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SkunkPrince
路I made a choice between two watches, and I know I'm not the only one, so I thought it might be instructive for others.
I could have bought this (not this exact one, ganked it from Chrono24):
Instead, I got this one:
I purposely chose two that looked very much alike. In the mid-50s when both of these were produced, the separation between Seamaster and Constellation were not all that great. Certainly, the Constellation line were predominately certified chronometers, whereas Seamasters were rarely so.
In general, I chose to not buy Constellations instead of Seamasters for the following:
* I already have a few modern chronometers.
* Restoring a Seamaster to original spec costs enough as is... and these specs are a lot looser in the 50s than COSC. Restoring a Connie? Forget it.
* Buying a Connie costs a lot more than buying a Seamaster of equivalent quality.
*Seamaster case parts seem to be more prevalent than Connie case parts.
Now, for me, Connies into the 60s and many Seamasters as well had pretty boring dials and hands and lugs. I like cases with character and not-stick hands and not-stick markers. It seems like a lot of you like the style of Seamaster or Connie that has stick hands, stick markers, and stick lugs. Not for me. 馃榾
So these were my choices. What choices did you make?
I could have bought this (not this exact one, ganked it from Chrono24):
Instead, I got this one:
I purposely chose two that looked very much alike. In the mid-50s when both of these were produced, the separation between Seamaster and Constellation were not all that great. Certainly, the Constellation line were predominately certified chronometers, whereas Seamasters were rarely so.
In general, I chose to not buy Constellations instead of Seamasters for the following:
* I already have a few modern chronometers.
* Restoring a Seamaster to original spec costs enough as is... and these specs are a lot looser in the 50s than COSC. Restoring a Connie? Forget it.
* Buying a Connie costs a lot more than buying a Seamaster of equivalent quality.
*Seamaster case parts seem to be more prevalent than Connie case parts.
Now, for me, Connies into the 60s and many Seamasters as well had pretty boring dials and hands and lugs. I like cases with character and not-stick hands and not-stick markers. It seems like a lot of you like the style of Seamaster or Connie that has stick hands, stick markers, and stick lugs. Not for me. 馃榾
So these were my choices. What choices did you make?
