Cartier are up there with the best of them in every way. Not only horologically, but also in terms of prestige and history. In our "branded" culture, Cartier is a good brand to have.
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Cartier are up there with the best of them in every way. Not only horologically, but also in terms of prestige and history. In our "branded" culture, Cartier is a good brand to have.
There must be a point where it stops being a watch and now it is something else.
Spring drive are way too expensive to be useful in any way. The only one I have ever seen used was the Spacewalk that was carried by some rich bloke on his round trip to the International Space...
https://i.imgur.com/9IsDNdX.jpg
On the website it has a different and better bracelet.
I like this model very much. Very French. In a year's time you will be able to pick them up at half...
There are cultures that like to show off and play one one-upmanship/one-upwomanship. Especially towards the East, and they will keep the industry going for many decades to come. They most definitely...
The word I would use is "hybrid". Half machine and half electrics. I would describe it as an electronically (as in quartz) controlled mechanism. Yes it was fancy 20 years ago. Now it is just...
Interesting dial surface. Works well with all the shapes. It could have done without the TREASURE SEEKER on the dial.
That looks fantastic, well made and crisp. I always loved watches with two crowns. The colour combo is nice too.
Christopher Ward isn't really in the clique of Swiss manufacturers. Not yet. Not by a mile. And what are mark-ups anyway? Some of these items coming out Switzerland, even at below Ł10K, are actual...
Richard Mille
Kinetics also have rotors, but they are not classed as automatics. Seiko had tried for years to ""hide"" the quartz element of spring drive... as people wouldn't pay the asking money for quartz....
It just shows that the choice of good crystals is better than thermo-compensation.
It never fails to surprise me that people can still be thinking that the spring drive is anything but a quartz.
Yes. Seiko make their own crystals and the best (pre-aged and more stable) are put in the spring drives. It doesn't matter if Seiko or Grand Seiko. The spring drive have their own niche in terms of...
From the comments...
Ressence Debuts Limited Edition Type 1 Squared X Watch
https://www.ablogtowatch.com/ressence-debuts-limited-edition-type-1-squared-x-watch/
It looks like it is going to be soon anyway. In less than a month.
In the long term, the Everest will always be more popular than the Navigator. Who ever heard of the Mk11 outside enthusiast circles?
No, he just needs a solid date. Shall we let him have it?
+1 ...and expensive
Very good price. Someone should grab it.
Don't worry we are only joking. Everybody will have the same fair chance on the day of its release.
Coool. I'm up for that. It will increase the resale value on ebay by 4. Just joking. https://yoursmiles.org/msmile/fun/m0171.gif
Sweets, 36mm
Consider yourself duly ignored.
That is gorgeous! I love it!
How the salmon dial came to be
https://www.acollectedman.com/blogs/journal/gone-fishing-how-the-salmon-dial-came-to-be