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·This post was motivated by my failed attempts to find photographs of "c-case" models from different brands next to each other (e.g. Omega Constellation, IWC Yacht Club, Girard Perregaux HF, etc), and also, of course, by the similar-but-different "Post a curated single-brand three-watch collection" thread.
The idea is to show two or more watches from different brands that have very similar designs. I don't mean just vaguely similar, but more-or-less strikingly similar in a way that reflects a specific design philosophy from a particular era that seems to have been used by more than one brand.
I thought it best to allow two or more watches rather than three specically, as sometimes the most striking examples only involve two brands and/or people only have two examples. Two to four is probably ideal, though (I think when you get to more than about four or five you start not being able to see the wood for the trees!).
To begin with, here are my Omega Constellation 168.010 and my IWC R802A, both from 1967. This particular combination of narrow, often inlaid or black-striped hour markers, silver sunburst dials, narrow baton or dauphine hands, simple straight lugs that are often chamfered, and automatic movements with date complications seems to have been particularly common in the late 1960s:
P.S. Still hoping to see a picture of Omega and non-Omega c-case watches next to each other.. 😀
The idea is to show two or more watches from different brands that have very similar designs. I don't mean just vaguely similar, but more-or-less strikingly similar in a way that reflects a specific design philosophy from a particular era that seems to have been used by more than one brand.
I thought it best to allow two or more watches rather than three specically, as sometimes the most striking examples only involve two brands and/or people only have two examples. Two to four is probably ideal, though (I think when you get to more than about four or five you start not being able to see the wood for the trees!).
To begin with, here are my Omega Constellation 168.010 and my IWC R802A, both from 1967. This particular combination of narrow, often inlaid or black-striped hour markers, silver sunburst dials, narrow baton or dauphine hands, simple straight lugs that are often chamfered, and automatic movements with date complications seems to have been particularly common in the late 1960s:
P.S. Still hoping to see a picture of Omega and non-Omega c-case watches next to each other.. 😀
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