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pdxleaf
··In Art We TrustSpace flown Speedmaster.
My 'Grail watch'. What is your's?
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50kopek
·As a vintage Seiko and GS enthusiast and collector, it would have to be a GS 6185 (or perhaps the 6186 day/date) and then the version with the very high hour markers.
(photo courtesy of thegrandseikoguy)
(photo courtesy of thegrandseikoguy)
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Emeister
·And now I would say my “grails”, by definition unattainable, are colorful chronographs from the 1960s, ie the Heuer Skipper, tricompax and “exotic” Ninas below.
you might be interested in these:
https://monchardwatches.com/products/regatta-blue-on-beads-of-rice?variant=57493771190645
The brand has become quite popular on sister forum Tagheuerforums.com in their WRUW thread:
https://tagheuerforums.com/threads/whats-on-your-wrist-what-are-you-wearing-wruw.19044/page-1244
Strange how such an old post of yours stuck in my mind.
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Garden Veggies
·@Syrte
you might be interested in these:
https://monchardwatches.com/products/regatta-blue-on-beads-of-rice?variant=57493771190645
The brand has become quite popular on sister forum Tagheuerforums.com in their WRUW thread:
https://tagheuerforums.com/threads/whats-on-your-wrist-what-are-you-wearing-wruw.19044/page-1244
Strange how such an old post of yours stuck in my mind.
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Emeister
·never stumbled across this before. it works very well on that bracelet
Not too keen on the 24 hour subdial on these mecaquartz but I think this Monard is better than the Seiko and Citizen chronos.
Not sure I'd be OK without any second hand constantly moving without having the chrono running all the time though.
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Bonk
·The problem with grail anything is they're either unobtainable or if you do attain one eventually there will be another grail to chase after. It's just like the mythical exit watch. There's always something else around the corner.
I've reached the financial apex of my watch collecting. By that I mean the handful of watches I lust over are realistically beyond my means. Doable? Yes, but as a retiree on fixed income and a modest portfolio they wouldn't be prudent purchases. As much as I like some JLC and ALS watches they're too expensive and too dressy for the world I live in 99% of the time. My personal watch budget is capped around $10K USD per watch. Anything more than that requires serious thought and consideration. I've snuck over that line once or twice but it's not something I care to do on a regular basis so no JLC or ALS for me. I'm going to have to admire them from afar. If I come across one I can't live without I'll probably do what everybody else does and sell off 2 or 3 watches to fund the new one. Never say never.
I've reached the financial apex of my watch collecting. By that I mean the handful of watches I lust over are realistically beyond my means. Doable? Yes, but as a retiree on fixed income and a modest portfolio they wouldn't be prudent purchases. As much as I like some JLC and ALS watches they're too expensive and too dressy for the world I live in 99% of the time. My personal watch budget is capped around $10K USD per watch. Anything more than that requires serious thought and consideration. I've snuck over that line once or twice but it's not something I care to do on a regular basis so no JLC or ALS for me. I'm going to have to admire them from afar. If I come across one I can't live without I'll probably do what everybody else does and sell off 2 or 3 watches to fund the new one. Never say never.
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bsowers34
·A steel Daytona at MSRP.
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elephantcage
·Colorful chronographs from the late 1930s and '40s. I'm still chasing ones like these:
More in these threads:
https://omegaforums.net/threads/what’s-your-vintage-omega-grail.110957/
https://omegaforums.net/threads/what-is-your-grail-omega-and-why.107343/
https://omegaforums.net/threads/what-is-your-dream-grail-watch.143345/
https://omegaforums.net/threads/what-are-your-grail-watches.119624/
https://omegaforums.net/threads/whats-your-ultimate-grail-watch.67049/
Looks like my delbana Landeron 48
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Felix_La_PuBelle
··A lot of room for comedy in there, gang.For watches that are theoretically obtainable: the new(ish) VC stainless 222.
For unobtainium watches: a Space Shuttle Speedmaster (with the radial numbering on the sub registers.)
Edit: Also unobtainium, an original Speedmaster Alaska project with 220 error bezel.
For unobtainium watches: a Space Shuttle Speedmaster (with the radial numbering on the sub registers.)
Edit: Also unobtainium, an original Speedmaster Alaska project with 220 error bezel.
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MRC
·I don't know about "grail", but I'm very desirous of a original Skipperera. That's the Skipper in the 7753 Carrera case not the later Autavia based Skipper. So the post of the Monchard Panatlantica got my attention right away. How about 38mm diameter, Carrera lugs, less than £500 list! Oh, quartz, well my first Omega was/still is quartz so not a deal breaker. So I looked and looked at it. Errm, date. My Hamilton chrono-matic has a date like that. 60 minute sub dial, well my Speedy has that. Tachy ring, sure I've got more than a couple of tachys. Grains of rice bracelet, yup I've used one on my first Carrera, also 7753 cased. (Bracelet wore out and broke but while attached to a Hema, which survived.)
But all those details, each of which I have on other watches, don't make the sum greater than the whole for me. And a look at the T&Cs shows the price is before import taxes, duties and fees.
Damnit, good try but not this time. I'll have to keep saving for one of the 40ish Skippereras known at £40+ grand. Funny thing, my 7753 Carrera is much rarer at fewer than 10 known with its dial.
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Vinz Clortho
·One of my grail watch for a long time, the original Ck2998. By luck and good timing, I was able to acquire a beautiful example of a Ck2998-5 from a fellow Of member.
Another one was the Ploprof for it's unconventional design and uniqueness. Remember watching the Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau and and marveling at as a kid. Always thought it was too large of a watch but with the release of the Summer Blue, with the original proportions, wears surprisingly good and deceiving for the case size.
Now that I have acquired them, not sure what the next one will be. Needs to be unique and it will need to me moving some of my collection on before acquiring. Have a lot of watches which I love but don't wear that much. Might as well move them on before getting another safe queen to pull out to only admire.
Another one was the Ploprof for it's unconventional design and uniqueness. Remember watching the Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau and and marveling at as a kid. Always thought it was too large of a watch but with the release of the Summer Blue, with the original proportions, wears surprisingly good and deceiving for the case size.
Now that I have acquired them, not sure what the next one will be. Needs to be unique and it will need to me moving some of my collection on before acquiring. Have a lot of watches which I love but don't wear that much. Might as well move them on before getting another safe queen to pull out to only admire.
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hen
·Boring answer; I have my grail watch, Seamaster 2254.50
A bit more in line with the tread; Globemaster in gold, but I would never spend that kind of money on a watch. It looks really nice though.
Other than Omega; Citizen aq6021-51e. Accuracy + 1 second a year
And the boring display caseback fits right in. Why not a steel caseback, Citizen?
A bit more in line with the tread; Globemaster in gold, but I would never spend that kind of money on a watch. It looks really nice though.
Other than Omega; Citizen aq6021-51e. Accuracy + 1 second a year
And the boring display caseback fits right in. Why not a steel caseback, Citizen?
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CHAZZOMEGA
·Hi, from my small collection of 5, I think this one because it is small and perfect for my 6.5 in wrist (37mm case size), it " flyes under the radar" , it is solid white gold, it has a Travel Time function and I must confess I also got interested for the brand on its dial. I bought it almost for accident...it was in a reunion with friends where the last I expected was to be it offered it to me.
Regards
Regards
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Syrte
·@Syrte
you might be interested in these:
https://monchardwatches.com/products/regatta-blue-on-beads-of-rice?variant=57493771190645
The brand has become quite popular on sister forum Tagheuerforums.com in their WRUW thread:
https://tagheuerforums.com/threads/whats-on-your-wrist-what-are-you-wearing-wruw.19044/page-1244
Strange how such an old post of yours stuck in my mind.
in the meantime I got the following watch as a birthday gift!
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Felix_La_PuBelle
··A lot of room for comedy in there, gang.Deviating slightly from the “Grail” concept but still filed under the “random object I think is curiously interesting but would cost a ridiculous amount of money to obtain” case file, I find these Heuer built Abercrombie & Fitch references appealing.
They’re a curiosity and I’m interested in the incongruity between what A&F was in the early 1900s versus what it became in the 1990s.
But at the prices they seem to go for due to how esoterically collectible they appear to be, I can’t see these being anything other than safe queens, which defeats the point of watches for me.
They’re a curiosity and I’m interested in the incongruity between what A&F was in the early 1900s versus what it became in the 1990s.
But at the prices they seem to go for due to how esoterically collectible they appear to be, I can’t see these being anything other than safe queens, which defeats the point of watches for me.
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