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Some Watch Photos - hope you're not on dial up

Post by FlyPenFly » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:11 am

Going through some of my old photos, thought I'd post these for nostalgia's sake.
Of the ones I flipped, I think I miss the Planet Ocean the most. Might have to pick one of them up again once they finally put in the 8500. I flipped all of them except the Portuguese.

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Post by naihet » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:21 am

wow great stuff Jae..awesome photos and awesome collection! :drool:
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Post by BSears » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:33 am

:drool: :clap:

That IWC Ingenieur chrono is sweet as is the Portuguese.

Anyone know when Omega plans to drop the 8500's into the PO's? :think:
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Post by matt.wu » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:41 am

BSears wrote::drool: :clap:

That IWC Ingenieur chrono is sweet as is the Portuguese.

Anyone know when Omega plans to drop the 8500's into the PO's? :think:
Read an interview (with Nick Hayek, possibly) awhile ago that said to expect them by 2011. Who knows what the actual release date is, but judging by how quickly Omega tends to shift models, I'd say that 2011 wasn't unrealistic. :mrgreen:

8500 PO would be cool, but I'm worried they're only going to have huge case sizes. Hope not though... :pray:
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Post by ezcheese » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:41 am

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I used to have this guy too.

Love the Bremont! :love:
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Post by BSears » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:44 am

matt.wu wrote:
BSears wrote::drool: :clap:

That IWC Ingenieur chrono is sweet as is the Portuguese.

Anyone know when Omega plans to drop the 8500's into the PO's? :think:
Read an interview (with Nick Hayek, possibly) awhile ago that said to expect them by 2011. Who knows what the actual release date is, but judging by how quickly Omega tends to shift models, I'd say that 2011 wasn't unrealistic. :mrgreen:

8500 PO would be cool, but I'm worried they're only going to have huge case sizes. Hope not though... :pray:

I hope not. Frankly, I think the 45.5mm version of the PO is just right (or maybe right at the limit of what I can pull off). :lol:
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Post by FlyPenFly » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:47 am

Forgot the Ebel which is a sweet underrated piece with high value for money.

I think the 2500C is already pretty thick, I imagine the 8500 isn't that much thicker if you consider the Aquaterra 8500 models.

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Post by TLgdeL » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:50 am

Love the aquaculture :love:
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Post by matt.wu » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:52 am

FlyPenFly wrote:Forgot the Ebel which is a sweet underrated piece with high value for money.

I think the 2500C is already pretty thick, I imagine the 8500 isn't that much thicker if you consider the Aquaterra 8500 models.
Yeah, not so concerned with the size of the movement, but rather the direction Omega would head with their case design. The Hour Vision models are fantastic but ridiculously oversized for their application.

True that they did at least keep the a reasonably sized Aqua Terra model with the 38.5mm option, however, they elected to call that model "mid-sized".
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Post by 425ranger » Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:56 am

FlyPenFly wrote:Forgot the Ebel which is a sweet underrated piece with high value for money.

I think the 2500C is already pretty thick, I imagine the 8500 isn't that much thicker if you consider the Aquaterra 8500 models.
just read the WUS thread on this, I think they may goto one size. the CoAx Speedy size is kickass (44.3) and would be a great compramise. Always wondered about the ebel's, interesting case and a quality look..... The black and yellow BTR fs on another forum was sweeeeeeeeeeeeet!
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Post by FlyPenFly » Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:00 am

There's one on TZ righ now for $1500 for a Ebel chrono using their partially in house movement. It's a really sweet watch. They're part of the Movado group but I found the Discovery series to be very well made.

Forgot my second speedy and a Glycine Bl*w Job, so I added them in.

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Post by matt.wu » Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:05 am

BTW, beautiful pics. :love:
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Post by ANOMALY » Mon Jul 19, 2010 12:57 pm

Nice pics...

...what made you sell so many?
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Post by FlyPenFly » Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:01 pm

The never ending quest for the grail and the lack of unlimited funds. This was done over a span of 1.5 years.

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Post by moishlashen » Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:14 pm

Damn Jae :shock:

I too suffer from missmyPOitus. Fond memories eh? Bremont is sweet.
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Post by FlyPenFly » Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:29 pm

Surprisingly I've actually made money on my hobby so far than lost. Depending on the resale value of that stow chrono I preordered, I should stay that way. It's the new watches I think that kill you in the long run.

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Post by Enskeri » Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:00 pm

Nice watches, especially Ingeneur chrono! :drool: Is it Titanium? Was it Ingeneur's that had in-house movements?
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Post by the working man » Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:10 pm

Nice photos, a bit pricey for me but they are pretty.

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Post by TikkTakk » Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:07 pm

:excited: Been through some awesome watches there!

Glycine :love:

Great pics - thanks for sharing :thumbsup:
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