Reply With QuoteI thought the Miami Vice watch was the standard automatic not a chronograph? Very nice watch I was not aware they could be found with the Zenith movement in them.
I always wanted this watch. I knew it wears just as small as Daytona and I'm not a two-tone guy either. But this watch is different as it's a 80s icon. And everyone needs at least one dressy piece.
The El Primero high beat inside is just phenomenal.
Thanks fellow longtime watch community veteran Henk Hoving for great transaction and the watch (which is in beautiful condition).
I thought the Miami Vice watch was the standard automatic not a chronograph? Very nice watch I was not aware they could be found with the Zenith movement in them.
My excuse is I was only a kid when this was out, you lot were a lot olderOriginally Posted by learningtofly
Yes it was this exact chronograph. First they used it with that wave band. Later came this link band. But it was full gold version.
It's a dressy piece.
Who knew? My favourite TV show of the Eighties. I’m seriously considering buying the 5 Season DVD box set as I can’t find all the seasons to stream anywhere. Season 1 comes up every now and then.
Lovely watch OP. Push up your jacket sleeves, crank up the Phil Collins and fire up the Testarossa.
Haha I'm a Genesis fan but I wish I could afford a Testarossa.
Very nice looking chrono!
Miami Vice was the coolest show on telly when I was a youngster in the late 80’s. A group of us used to go out around the pubs in pastel coloured t-shirts and jackets. Great days but my father thought I looked ridiculous in my white jacket and that I was off out selling ice cream.
The watch I recall Crockett wearing was the gold Rolex Day/Date and it looked fantastic. Did the Ebel come before or after the Rolex?
Cheers
Neil
In case you wanted to hunt it down
https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cul...ri-testarossa/
Yeah he actually wore a fake Day-Date and then switched to Ebel in season 2.
Cheers.
It wasn’t the only fake on the show. So was the Ferrari Daytona.
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Supposedly Ferrari donated the Testarossa in return for Michael Mann blowing up the Daytona.
As explained in the link posted earlier in the thread.
Thanks. If only we’d all just gone and read that link we wouldn’t have had to waste our time carrying on reminiscing with our mates.
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I wrote a small blog of the watch. It was fun to do and collected all trivia there. Enjoy!
https://luxurywatches635.wordpress.c...h-ref-1134901/
That’s a really nice write up, thanks. You really are a superfan :). I hadn’t realised quite how big Ebel were.
I would say that two-tone metal watches are very fashionable at the moment as well.
Thanks.
I was about 12-13 when the show started. I watched the episodes again just recently and was surprised how good they were. Sure there are some crappy ones but the show has stood the test of time very well.
About two-tone... I owned the Rolex 16613 once and I didn't feel comfortable with it. This 1911 chrono is different. The gold is not so much "in your face". I like it and after a while the smaller size doesn't matter, either.
Added this one. Ebel 1911 was almost twice as expensive as the Daytona back in 1996. At least in my country.
That is quite amazing considering the current Zenith Daytona prices and the dirt cheap 1911 chronograph prices (around 2K or even less).
totally agree, the gold acts more to highlight the detail. A great looking watch and a history I didn't know about. Thanks for posting.
Good shot that man
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Actually I was always a fan of the series but my first experience of Ebel 1911 was because one of my friend's father owned one. Not this El Primero which was super expensive back then but just standard non-chronograph steel watch with the "wave band". I always thought the hexagon case shape and sleek design was very cool.
I learned only much later that the watch was used in Miami Vice.
Cheers.
I've never been a fan of Ebel, but that is a really lovely looking and good quality watch. Enjoy :)
Thanks JonRa.
Shot this today at my summer home. Nevermind the date... I never bother with it as I change watches all the time.
Oops. Thanks. Fixed. :)
Funny how designs age, I like the Ebel and definitely has the late 80s/90s design, whereas the Daytona has an almost timeless design that has really grown on me, unfortunately it has grown on everyone else too!Added this one. Ebel 1911 was almost twice as expensive as the Daytona back in 1996. At least in my country.
That is quite amazing considering the current Zenith Daytona prices and the dirt cheap 1911 chronograph prices (around 2K or even less).
Ohh... how I wished I just walked into an AD and said - I’ll have that ZenithDaytona in the window your struggling to sell if I can have a discount!
I thought Daytona looked old even back in the nineties. I don't know if it's "timeless" any more than a TAG Monaco. It's just an iconic design which stays fresh because of all the hype. It wears very small and the long pushers even increase that feel.
Take an example from another industry. Mercedes G-Wagon is one of the most desirable car models and the design comes from the early seventies. It's not desirable because it has "timeless design", it's just iconic. My wife said it's just plain blocky and ugly. But she doesn't know anything about cars. I had to educate her and tell her that "oh that's the Mighty G-Wagon... it's not ugly but very expensive and all celebrities, hockey and football millionaires drive one". She looked to me like an idiot and said "to me it looks old and ugly". :D
But yes... two-tone is very eighties and 1911 chrono is definitely an eighties icon like Cartier Santos. But generally... now that nobody gets the steel models anymore from Rolex they're all forced to buy TT's. So maybe we can soon call it a "renaissance design" haha.
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Sounds like your wife summed it up perfectly, it’s not iconic or classic it just costs a lot of money (so it must be good) I do like two tone watches (but then I think I am getting old) the Ebel bracelet is certainly iconic and unique but I think I got a bit put off seeing loads of them for sale in the Sunday markets in Switzerland (along with Omega and Tissot)
Truly a beautiful time piece
I wish I could get a Chronograph in 18ct Gold and leather
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How do I get this in 18ct Gold and leather ? Ebel is a Masterpiece I truly believe that and I know you do too. Can you help me find my grail watchI always wanted this watch. I knew it wears just as small as Daytona and I'm not a two-tone guy either. But this watch is different as it's a 80s icon. And everyone needs at least one dressy piece.
The El Primero high beat inside is just phenomenal.
Thanks fellow longtime watch community veteran Henk Hoving for great transaction and the watch (which is in beautiful condition).
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