(I know this is tough) Favourite watch introduced between 2010 - today, regardless of brand, function, price/future price, if you own one etc.
Mine would be the salmon dial 5270P, off to you!
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Mine would be my Dornbluth. It may not be the most expensive one I own but to have a watch hand built to order, to see the process to have an engraving of your choosing on the watch, to have first class customer service and to be actually valued as a customer I would certainly buy again.
This is my most modern watch, released in 2014. Its a chunky monkey but gorgeous, it was a treat to myself after a very very busy time at work. Omega Speedmaster Mk II reissue.
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I could be here all day going over my favourite watches from the last 10 years, there have been so many. But if I had to have just one it would be the Urban Jurgensen.
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As a Rolex guy I have to say Rolex 116600 Sea-Dweller. I think it was introduced around 2010. Best looking 6-digit without a doubt.
I still prefer my 5-digit version though.
Omega Planet Ocean GMT is also pretty damn good looking watch.
(Picture is a web find)
Really close between this and the Tintin
This one, which I'm lucky enough to own and enjoy!
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My favourite at the moment would have to be the Explorer 2 polar 42mm. Just very versatile and fairly low visibility. (except to wis of course)
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
Great question OP. That 5270 would be in my top 10. As to the best, I can’t decide between the Gronefeld 8 second remontoire, the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Chrono GMT and the Tudor BB58.
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214270 - either version.
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My Hulk pictured. First released 2010.
Tudor BB GMT or BB 58, a lot of watch for the money!
Has to be Seiko SKX007.
So many to choose from, but the only complicated movement steel Rolex just about tips it for me.
I would have to say the Rolex Deepsea Deep Blue 126660. Incredible engineering and that dial....
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The GS Snowflake must surely be on the shortlist. Introduced in 2010 and still making waves, it’s a mascot for one of the most interesting brands of the decade. Spring Drive was controversial at first but seems to be gaining acceptance as a twenty first century twist on classic watchmaking and is part of its charm. Certainly one of the icons of the decade and looks to be no less popular in the next.
Either of these two for me would be possibles, A-13A too.
Generally, I think the BB GMT is one of the most important watches launched, it really is making Tudor a big player.
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Another vote for the Tudor GMT from me.
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Adam.
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I’d go with the Tudor GMT
My Schofield Signalman GMT
I must have owned 20 watches over the decade some more expensive than this, most less. The quality of the case, case back, hands and dial is exquisite, design unique and exclusivity guaranteed ( one of 300 produced ). Feels special every time that I wear it.
Instant classic
Mine too.Originally Posted by TKH
DSSD was 2009, I think. Otherwise, it would be a tough choice for me.
That looks sensational! Is it the sd4k?
About five years ago, a new design was released, a modern watch clearly referencing the past without looking like some kind of reissue. At first it was only available in platinum, but the photos drew me in. Then it was available in steel and I saw it in shop windows and I gawped at it there. Then one or two of them appeared on the forum in handsome photos and gawping moved up to longing. Then they started appearing on SC and my man maths started trying to find a way. Then there was a perfect alignment: exactly the version I wanted, at a price I could afford, being sold by a TZ UKer who I had met IRL and who lived within walking distance of me. Once I had it for myself, all the alternatives I had also been considering seemed much less attractive, and so I think its proved itself to be my watch of the (half)decade. I really hope it proves to be my favourite watch of the next decade too
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Three votes already for Rolex releasing a more affordable homage to a 5 digit model - what does that say about the last decade? Probably sums it up quite nicely...
it is !
I love 16600's - I can't live with an SD43 - I cant carry off a Deep Sea..
but the 116600 SD4K is just well perfection the shortest of production runs but it burned brightly....
Couldn’t agree more! Tintin for me...Really close between this and the Tintin
With a close second ST1
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Absolute stunner
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My favourite of the decade has been my trusty PRS20.
100% agree.
+1. All the good stuff of the modern Rolex without the glossy ceramic.My favourite at the moment would have to be the Explorer 2 polar 42mm. Just very versatile and fairly low visibility. (except to wis of course)
That's lovely.. enjoy in good health:)
So glad that I got one last year, before it's discontinued
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One of my favourites too!Nomos Metro power reserve
A nice GS is on top of my list for the next decade:)
So far there're 9 votes for Rolexes, with SD being the most popular:) Tudor GMT also seems to get a lot of love!
For me it's a tough call but the SDc would be the one.
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Ceramic ND Submariner or JLC Tribute to the Deepsea.
The only watches i bought from the past decade.
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That's incredible discipline..Ceramic ND Submariner or JLC Tribute to the Deepsea.
The only watches i bought from the past decade.
The 116600 was a great release, perhaps the first ceramic Rolex diver to capture the ‘fizz’ of the aluminium models. I hope the next Sub has the SDc’s lug shape. It’s understandable (though also regrettable) that, having made such a watch and not sold many, Rolex decided to differentiate the Seadwellers and Submariners by increasing the SD’s size - and thus attempting to ‘correct’ a historic sales problem with the Seadweller; over-similarity with the cheaper Submariner.
The new Datejust is rather lovely too; often forgotten by enthusiasts, but it remains the best and most important mechanical watch on sale.
One model line that’s had great form recently is the Royal Oak. The frosted gold and ceramic models do what the first Jumbo did when it came out in 1972; redefine, in a playful and desirable manner, luxury watch materials. The salmon one launched this year is lovely too. AP were also responsible for one of the worst releases of the decade, the ugly Code 11:59, which sounds like a perfume, and shows how hard it is to step outside of traditional watch case design (by extension, it shows the triumph of the Royal Oak).
If one watch had to be chosen to sum up the Tens, it should surely be a Tudor Black Bay of some sort. The 58 incorporates perhaps every main trend of the 10s: return to traditional proportions (or at least the offering of several sizes), ‘heritage’ models, sports watches on bracelets, the proliferation of in-house movements (often with silicon etc).
Effectively relaunching Tudor in the minds of enthusiasts, the Black Bay will be seen as an important watch in the history of Rolex.
But my favourite watch launched this decade? The one I’d have above all others?
The 116649EMBR, launched at the first Basel World of the decade.
What can I say? I’d get rid of the diamond pavé bracelet, but I’ve always liked emeralds, and the fully gem-set watches by Rolex are rather interesting IMO. They are executed to the highest standard, reasonably rare, and I find it impressive that Rolex can successfully take a watch from £7k to £250k.
Something quite special about it still being a functional divers watch, with its Oyster case and reliable movement plodding away.
Rational justifications only go so far, however, I just want it.
LW Spidolite.
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
Anything by bremont. Cough
For me it is the Pelagos. I don’t own one but it cemented Tudor in my mind enough to start seeing them as a brand to consider. I now own three, and have no need or want for a Pelagos, but it re-launched them in the UK rather well. In the end I bought a Steinhart Ocean 500 at a fifth of the price.
If one watch had to be chosen to sum up the Tens, it should surely be a Tudor Black Bay of some sort. The 58 incorporates perhaps every main trend of the 10s: return to traditional proportions (or at least the offering of several sizes), ‘heritage’ models, sports watches on bracelets, the proliferation of in-house movements (often with silicon etc).
Effectively relaunching Tudor in the minds of enthusiasts, the Black Bay will be seen as an important watch in the history of Rolex.
Ooh I have one of these, love it.Nomos Metro power reserve
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Of the watches I’ve owned it’d be the Nomos Metro Gangreserve.
Otherwise I’d go with Nomos again and their worldtimer
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For Me it is the DSSD JC. I like it so much I bought one of each iteration, but having owned both for almost a year I don't feel there is enough of a difference to justify this position. Apart from the wider bracelet and clasp I struggle to differentiate.
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