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| The Ice Cream Man |
What would your perfect watch look like? Dial marked in "60", with a second hand, and a minute hand. One display for the hour, in 24 hour time, and another to display which day of the year it is... And maybe a 3rd dial for the local hour, so the main one could be kept at GMT... I have a bit of a thing for exactness, at times... | ||
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| Experienced Slacker |
I like that list, but only if it is as accurate over a month as my $40 Casio. Of course 200m minimum water proof, and not look like a brick sitting atop my wrist. | |||
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| Official forum SIG Pro enthusiast  |
I’ve given a great deal of thought to this. My ideal watch would have to have: A very good automatic movement A rotating bezel A day and a date complication A screw down crown At least 100m water resistance (preferably 200-300m) An easy to read almost flieger style dial VERY good lume I have not yet found a watch that ticks all those boxes and does so with style but Hamilton’s now discontinued Khaki King Scuba comes close.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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Don't think there is a "perfect" watch. Everyone's tastes are as different as each ones idea of perfection. Maybe why there are so very many watches to choose from. One thing I am too, is with a "bit of a thing for exactness" ... that's why my solar powered radio controlled (self sets to atomic clock each night) "Casio Lineage" with hour, minute and second hand along with world time zone, digital calendar, alarm and timer functions fits the bill for me. ... and I seldom wear it or the other dozen different watches I have. Not much since retirement about 14yrs ago anyway. | |||
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For me: high contrast hands vs face, clean simple face with minimal markers, long lasting bright luminous hands, solar, atomic clock, 200 meters. At reasonable average joe price. "Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy "A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book | |||
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I have no idea the quality of the movements, but given the emphasis on lume quality, you might look at Ball. They use tritium tube lume in all their watches, which (they say) will provide 20+ years of continuous, bright lume before they start to fade, at which point they can (maybe) be replaced. Certainly they have watches which tick the rotating bezel, day/date, screw-down crown, and 100m+ water resistance boxes. | |||
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Seeker of Clarity |
That's a tough one...  | |||
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Nosce te ipsum |
Rolex Air King, 15-20 years old. Before the cases became more massive. A basic 34mm watch with a stick dial, no date, no numbers. It'll likely have the Precision movement, not the COSC movement.   | |||
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| Do No Harm, Do Know Harm |
The Hamilton above is pretty close to me. Add a GMT hand and it would be the perfect watch for me. Knowing what one is talking about is widely admired but not strictly required here. Although sometimes distracting, there is often a certain entertainment value to this easy standard. -JALLEN "All I need is a WAR ON DRUGS reference and I got myself a police thread BINGO." -jljones | |||
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I wonder if there will be a day where we can order a custom watch that checks all our boxes. I too have a unique set of desires. Year V | |||
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Pretty much this. Time only with baton markers and stick hands. The current OP is a good size as well. I would happily take either. There is a Sinn 556i with a MOP dial thats a poor man's version essentially:  They dont sell it in the US because of regulations on pearl I believe. | |||
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| Official forum SIG Pro enthusiast |
Keystoner, I wonder about that too. Mad mod world has a configurator on their website that allows you to build your own watch out of a selection of hands, dials, bezels and bezel inserts. It’s a cool way to build a one off watch without having to actually build it yourself though the options are somewhat limited. Mad Mod’s Seiko Rolex Homage configurator It’s an interesting concept. I’m surprised someone has not tried to take a configuration program for watches and give people a large list of options to let them build a watch to their own taste. I wonder if such a thing is even financially viable? If done right it might be. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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| Rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated  |
I'm happy with these. One with a date and a GMT hand. The other just pure simplicity.  "Someday I hope to be half the man my bird-dog thinks I am." looking forward to 4 years of TRUMP! | |||
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Wilson Sporting Goods does this for their baseball gloves and tennis racquets. They're expensive. When that came out for ball gloves, I was like a kid in a candy shop. I'm so picky about esthetics. I've purchased two custom racquets. It seems like a waste of money for the nearly plain black racquets I created but I don't have to justify my spending. Year V | |||
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| Why don’t you fix your little problem and light this candle  |
I have always wanted the Oris Automatic 7490. It just has the perfect face, etc. I know I know, it is the watch from Constantine, and I know that is the first place I ever saw it . . . but I still think it is the perfect dress watch.  This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. -Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Joshua Painter Played by Senator Fred Thompson | |||
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 I agree Sinn 656 no longer sold 556 similar without strong antimagnetic properties. I love the simple very legible face. German watch with eta movement. Last I knew only one AD in us watchbuys in Charlotte. | |||
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We require solar power and time sync with the atomic clock. Prefer analogue hands combined with digital stop watch/timer. We trudge on. | |||
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| An investment in knowledge pays the best interest |
As far as dress watches, it doesn't get finer IMHO than a Vacheron Constantin Platinum Patrimony Traditionnelle. For solar power and sheer toughness, the Casio G-shock Black MRG-G1000B-1A would be my go-to watch. For everyday use, Bulova Curv Blue. | |||
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How about one that doesn't cost a second mortgage to own for us poor peons. That's nearer my 'ideal'. | |||
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Raptorman |
Mine is the Vacheron Constantin Fifty Six Complete Calendar in 18k. ____________________________ Eeewwww, don't touch it! Here, poke at it with this stick. | |||
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