The Dive Watch Connection

This may be taking the fake patina thing a bit too far.

http://forums.watchuseek.com/showthread.php?t=3026282

Some things still surprise me. "Let's buy a brand new watch that looks like it was rusting in a cave for 40 years. We will be the cats ass then. "

Unreal.

tattoo chef wrote:Some things still surprise me. "Let's buy a brand new watch that looks like it was rusting in a cave for 40 years. We will be the cats ass then. "

Unreal.

....or let's buy a watch worn by German pilots in WW2.... because I'd like to see what the pilot was wearing when he was bombing his enemy..

Well ... this should have been announced April 1st.

Looks like a movie prop watch. I don't see the point.

FAIL

Hipsters will buy it for the fake air of authenticity. Then they'll toss it in the back of a drawer because the battery died after two days.

Henryj wrote:Hipsters will buy it for the fake air of authenticity....

And then hopefully their fathers or grandfathers will smack them upside the head and lock them up in their garage with garage doors closed and both cars running for 5 minutes, you know to give them that "fake air of authenticity"

what a "smokie" that thing is

Wonder what their marketing pitch is going to be? When you put this on your wrist you immediately transform into Uber Zoldaten who Killed 500 Jews while wearing this watch on his wrist? Just dumb, while all other german-made watches with WW2 history are trying to erase their dirty past this one is like asking for it. Next thing will be: Audi - one of the rings represent Hitler's favorite automobile Horch

A bit over the top. Missing lume?

nickname "crusty snatch"

jswing wrote:A bit over the top. Missing lume?

I wonder if the 'missing' pieces are floating around in the dial? That would be some real authenticity

It seems that the Laco designers are perusing the different forums for ideas...

I have seen some such modified watches and kind of find them interesting although not really something I would buy or wear...

Laco's said the one they sell will have more scuffs on the crown also. yuck

logan2z wrote:

jswing wrote:A bit over the top. Missing lume?

I wonder if the 'missing' pieces are floating around in the dial? That would be some real authenticity

Perfect. And maybe some floating around in the movement. So you can get both the look and maintenance issues of vintage.

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No, I don't believe it..lol

jswing wrote: And maybe some floating around in the movement. So you can get both the look and maintenance issues of vintage.

Paging River Rat

Not the dumbest thing I have seen today. Oh no wait a minute, it is.

looks like dog shit..

This is dumb, it's like buying pants that are already worn out.

apnk wrote:This is dumb, it's like buying pants that are already worn out.

... which is very popular and a lot of folks are making money with it. So, maybe the average 'consumer' is dumb as a post Dont' know.

A minute hand with all the lume busted out of it? Really?

I can make any watch look like that in about an hour

justsellbrgs wrote:

tattoo chef wrote:Some things still surprise me. "Let's buy a brand new watch that looks like it was rusting in a cave for 40 years. We will be the cats ass then. "

Unreal.

....or let's buy a watch worn by German pilots in WW2.... because I'd like to see what the pilot was wearing when he was bombing his enemy..

IWC became a lot less appealing to me when they went away from the RAF style pilot's watches, and embraced der fuhrer's favorite design.