So here's the game, a very wealthy relative of yours has just passed and left you a blank cheque for whatever amount you can possibly think of. Here's the catch his requirement is that you have to buy one watch and only one. You can choose any watch in the whole wide world. You can never sell the watch either.
I'll get things started off with my dream watch I've had many ultimate grails but lately I've been leaning towards this the Mechaniques Gravees 14 day tourbillon
Time for me to roll out my standard gag when this question comes up...
Harrison's Lesser Watch H6:
it hasn't been made yet. in the fantasy world of blank cheques i would be heading to either a mainstream manufacturer or one of the independents to sit and decide exactly what i wanted. it would be a seriously complicated piece of kit and would be constructed using only the finest unobtanium and vererarium.
As wonderful as a custom made timepiece sounds with all the complications and features I would need it would take decades to make. The PP grand complication took several years to make.Originally Posted by deerworrier
black cheque mate, you could have teams if international watch making superstars on it. Speake-marin on the movement, PP on the case design, Japanese ninjas polishing it, the cuban ladies volley ball team on the strap work or just in leather (maybe that's not for this thread!), NASA on the dial, Cuervoy Sobrinos making the Humidor case....
i need to stop now, i have realised just how poor i am and how far my dreams are from me
Universal Geneve tricompax with moon phases
It doesn't hurt to dream does it? Hahablack cheque mate, you could have teams if international watch making superstars on it. Speake-marin on the movement, PP on the case design, Japanese ninjas polishing it, the cuban ladies volley ball team on the strap work or just in leather (maybe that's not for this thread!), NASA on the dial, Cuervoy Sobrinos making the Humidor case....
i need to stop now, i have realised just how poor i am and how far my dreams are from me
I dream Rolex will one day do as omega and make two sizes of submariner, 40mm and my dream 44mm, that's my dream watch a 44mm sub
That's a nightmare surely? My dream watch is an Explorer 1 with new movement and bracelet but with 36mm case.
Lange Double Split. Thank you.
A non sterile SBIII (I know it's coming but I'd add the Speedbird emblem below the hands.
A Timefactors Snowflake, in the correct blue. Was it brave of Tudor to have chosen the hue they have or a cop out ?
Mine would be a custom build, probably starting discussions with Swatch group - in particular Omega. Why Omega? Because the movement requires a feature on which, I understand, they have the patent.
It has to be a chronograph, with centre-minute chrono hand - i.e. the Lemania 5100 type. They will modify this movement, which they still use, in modified form, in the Breguet XXI, to incorporate a 24-hour hand, with the permanent 12-hour hand, rather than the 24 hour hand, being quickset, as used in the Omega GMT Chronos, the Omega SMP GMT and the Rolex GMT II. The movement will be automatic, but very accurate.
There will be a turnable 24-hour bezel, possibly incorporating some sort of 60 minute scale, but in any case it will be barely thicker than the bezel on a Speedy Pro. The bezel will be a simple silver on black, and the case - which will be low profile and no more than 14mm thick - will use the pusher design found in the Seamaster Chrono, which allows for safe operation of the pushers underwater. The case will be based on a Speedmaster "Grail" 376.0822, but with decent WR, and the acrylic crystal from that watch, for aesthetics. The case material will be tegimented titanium, for lightness and scuff resistance, so Sinn will probably have to be involved in the project.
In fact, given the apparently limitless funds I have available to build this, I think I'll use them to buy Omega - the company, not the watch, then have build this watch for me, and put it into production - allowing me to have just the one watch for myself, but to enjoy the financial proceeds of all their other models, as well....
Either one of these...
A Credor Minute Repeater GBLS998
...or one of these...
Montblanc Metamorphosis
An all original 5513 for me. I'm a man of simple taste.
I have handled a fair few $200k and upwards watches (I photograph them for a living) from well known Swiss manufactures but my choice is not one them but a Laurent Ferrier Galet square. Don't know which one but I would visit the manufacture and pick the one I liked the most. (Probably with a sunbirst dial)
My reason being is looks, I love the cushion case style and I think LF have the best execution of that style, that and the simplicity of the dial.
For Q1 2016 my dream watch is a maxi dial 5513.
A.Lange & Sohne Zeitwerk Minute Repeater would be my choice.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArPFlmHXCTU
Mike
Crikey yes.
I see what you mean.
The case, the dial and that movement is stunning.
Good call.
Absolutely stunning in blue....id take one of those
De Bethune DB16 Tourbillon Regulator
I don't dream of watches... do I need to hand my membership card in at the door?
I'd quite like a Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, but that's as far as my horological fantasies stretch.
Complexity for its own sake doesn't appeal to me, even if I can admire the skill involved.
M.
at the moment an AP ROO bumble bee, but that will probaly change in a heartbeat
Right about now its a vintage rolex gmt 1675 gilt dial iv been dreaming about her......
Can I have this but leave out the cut off numerals - would it be wrong to ask for England instead of Great Britian?
Wow that's a stunning watch. I'd keep the Great Britain but remove the capitals from the GREAT
Can I have this but leave out the cut off numerals - would it be wrong to ask for England instead of Great Britian?
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I agree
Interesting as having seen the LF Galet Square in William & Son I found it to be somewhat naievely proportioned and not at the same level as a Moser or high level Credor. Different strokes for different folks of course.
My dream watch would be a custom commission from Grand Seiko if such a thing existed.
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A Rouchefoucauld World Complication for me.
I'm with you on this ^^^ although it may be a Credor rather than GS
D.
So many watches I want but this would be near the top of the list
The same watch I usually wear.
I've always fancied the Patek Aquanaut, so there's that. I really like how light and unassuming it looks. I have a very small wrist, so regardless of the price the watch should be quite small. Maybe the new Vacheron Constantin Overseas ultra-thin would fit as well.
I've always liked the look of many Cartier models and JLC Reversos, but I don't think I'd like a watch that's meant to be on a leather strap. Tried that many times with my Grand Seiko and Speedmaster, but after a couple of days I always change back to steel. That leaves out most finer watches, I'm afraid.
Yep, have to agree that is pretty near the top of the list. Along with an RM011 RG and a PP5970.....So many watches I want but this would be near the top of the list
Yes I absolutely love this watch,apart from the fact that where audemar piquet is written on the top of the dial it is not in the centre ,would drive me bonkers,maybe that's just my OCD
This - but it was a bad dream !
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