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Baselworld: What else caught your eye?

  1. al128

    al128 unsolicited co-moderation giverer Mar 16, 2016

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    Rolex seems to have hit a homerun with the new Ex1 and the white ss Daytona

    Breitling is just being silly with a 50mm hockey-puck with a previously unheard waterproof-rating of ...

    ... 100m

    what tickled your fancy or made you mad?
     
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  2. donkii

    donkii Mar 16, 2016

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    Roger, the one and only. Look at the index, freakin fantastic work

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  3. Nobel Prize Ω 2

    Nobel Prize Spell Master! Mar 16, 2016

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  4. Nobel Prize Ω 2

    Nobel Prize Spell Master! Mar 16, 2016

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    Agreed on the E1 and the Daytona. I like the blue panda speedy. The new AirKing is not bad either.

    Still need time to look into other brands. Overall I am surprised Rolex dos better than Pmega this year.
     
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  5. donkii

    donkii Mar 16, 2016

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    I wouldnt buy it.. but the attention to detail is beyond... Dubuis watches always amaze even though you don't like em.. :)
     
  6. Nobel Prize Ω 2

    Nobel Prize Spell Master! Mar 16, 2016

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    I'm not judging.... I think I just ate something bad.
     
  7. Foo2rama Ω 2

    Foo2rama Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can. Mar 16, 2016

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    I thought this was released 6 months ago. Is this a second version?
     
  8. Optimizer13 Ω 2

    Optimizer13 Mar 16, 2016

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    This is the only one that caught my eye so far... fantastic job in my opinion. Pic taken from ABlogToWatch.
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  9. rbob99 Ω 2

    rbob99 Mar 17, 2016

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    Somewhat surprised and very pleased with the new Explorer I.
     
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  10. proximal

    proximal Mar 17, 2016

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    The black bezel Daytonas are a huge improvement.

    The new Tudor Black Bay models are nice as well. The bronze one is interesting (in a good way), but the 36 mm one is particularly tasteful in contrast to a lot of newer designs.

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  11. hansmaulwurf Ω 1

    hansmaulwurf Senior Snoopy Owner Mar 17, 2016

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    Well:

    Omega did a great job at Basel 2016 ... after what i have seen from the novelties: The Price of the Snoopy will not drop for one Dollar ::bleh::

    Best Regards,
    Hans
     
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  12. demollo Ω 1

    demollo Mar 17, 2016

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    As majority of WIS i like new Daytona a lot. Also the Exp I is really cool. They improved the things that were bugging me at that watch. I only like one Omega from Basel 2016: Blue LE "FOIS"
     
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  13. dsio Ω 2

    dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Mar 17, 2016

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    Dumping the silver rings on the white Daytona was a great move as its a much easier watch to read now, keeping them on the black Daytona is not so smart, but at least the white one will be good.

    The Explorer 1 is nice, but its sort of like "Yea we're sorry we screwed that watch up the first time we refreshed it by giving it the silly hands, we put proper ones on this time".

    Yet they didn't choose to give it the new updated movement started in the Day-Date 40 last year, so presumably this Exp1 will be replaced again when the movement filters through to it in a few years.

    That new white Daytona is just badass IMO.
     
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  14. Darlinboy Ω 2

    Darlinboy Pratts! Will I B******S!!! Mar 17, 2016

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    The Daytona is MUCH better with a black bezel, and the white dial may actually cross the line into acceptably readable - will reserve judgement for a live view. :thumbsup:
     
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  15. Mr Bing

    Mr Bing Mar 17, 2016

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    This:

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  16. wx_073

    wx_073 Mar 17, 2016

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    New Explorer 1 longer hands and blue lume is outstanding!
     
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  17. Riviera Paradise

    Riviera Paradise Mar 17, 2016

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    The Basel 2016 Explorer 1 has no new movement but is at least now officially regulated to -2/+2..all I can see the new movement offering is a 70h power reserve and perhaps a slightly longer service interval? I know the Explorer 1 is not a groundbreaking release...but correcting the hands and using the lumed numbering...admitting that they (Rolex) were wrong based on client feedback is an agile reactive maketing capacity I did not expect from the Crown. Cheers
     
  18. abrod520 Ω 2

    abrod520 Mar 17, 2016

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    I'm mostly interested in seeing the in-house Tudor Black Bay line expansion. The Bronze is 43mm which spooked me, but that "Dark" one or whatever is 41.
    What I'd really like to see would be an in-house 41mm Black Bay Blue, with an "Explorer" dial like the bronze.
     
  19. Perseus

    Perseus Mar 17, 2016

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    The new Explorer is cool, and so is the black bezel Daytona, but I wish they used all black sub dials. Tudor put out some interesting watches, and the Heuer Manza looks great. The Omega offerings were a disappointment to me.
     
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  20. Nobel Prize Ω 2

    Nobel Prize Spell Master! Mar 17, 2016

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    +1 on black subdials. Bring the panda back.