Alf is right on. Most of this thread is like listening to "tuners" discuss the differences between a '79 VW and '79 Porsche.

Rolex and Porsche have much in common. It is all about the details and what is under the hood. Anyone that appreciates a 911 should gain some knowledge on mechnical watches.



A couple of favorites in no special order.
http://standingwave.org/albums/watches/aaj.sized.jpg
http://standingwave.org/albums/watches/abf.sized.jpg
http://standingwave.org/albums/watches/adu.sized.jpg
http://standingwave.org/albums/watches/aal.sized.jpg
http://standingwave.org/albums/watches/abx.sized.jpg
http://standingwave.org/albums/watches/adk.sized.jpg

The best everyday, hard use watch I can think of after 30 years of using one. Although I have most recently been very fond of a no date sub for daily wear.

http://standingwave.org/albums/watches/aah.sized.jpg

The simple solution:

An atomic, solar Casio G for an everyday driver and a "complicated" Patek Philippe auto or manual for those "special" times when "time" is less important than art.

What do a few seconds mean when one is wearing black tie garb with one's better half?

Mechanical will always be more sexy and romantic; but a cheap, radio based atomic watch powered by the sun will win time after time if you want to know what time it really is, IMHO.

One day when I may have an IP based WiFi watch that synchs with "network time" anywhere on Earth, I will also want to have an isolated movement that finds time via very small, precision bits made by a human.

One can have both ways.

BR,

Kurt

RDane,

Very nice collection Sir! Mine is about the same except with GMT Master's (a stainless as well as a stainless and gold), Daytona's (again a stainless and a 18k version) and a antique dress version as well as a semi-modern President thrown in the mix. Your collection reminds me that I do not have good current photos of my watches and need to correct that shortly!

What is the reversable watch in your second photo? Looks nice.

Am partial to the Kimber Custom but the Colt sure is a nice piece to start with. Something about the .45 auto that just makes you feel safer in its presence...

JoeA

Re: reversible,

Joe, I believe it's the Jaeger LeCoutre "reverso".... afaik, it's their "signature" watch.

Thanks Joe, my favorite watch is the '78 white sea dweller, 4 down. Lots of history there.

The Reverso is a pink gold, date, which I bought about the same time as my 911. Again a lot of history behind the design. The first, intentionally designed, sports watch BTW

Like many of us who collect watches I trade in and out of them. Mostly out of them while building my car over the last two years.
I had to keep asking myself, "do you want to keep the stainless Daytona or would you like a new engine?" But I started wearing a Rolex because there is nothing tougher to keep accurate time. I am lucky enough to use good watches in ad shots so they are a write off like all the props :)

http://standingwave.org/albums/best-.../aai.sized.jpg

http://standingwave.org/albums/burns.../act.sized.jpg

http://standingwave.org/albums/engra.../aaw.sized.jpg

http://standingwave.org/albums/burns.../aco.sized.jpg

http://standingwave.org/albums/burns.../aee.sized.jpg

http://standingwave.org/albums/burns.../aeh.sized.jpg

http://standingwave.org/albums/April03/aax.sized.jpg

RDane,

Nice pictures! My first Rolex was a stainless and gold GMT master that I got in 1975 or so. Nothing like the prices in the PX! Know what you mean as its a member of the family now and I could not let it go for any amount.

Nice looking HK. I had a model 91 years ago and used a MP-5 while overseas but they would not let me bring it back! I can smell the powder right now...

Joe

Woo Hoo, I've got one of these on the way, should be here the middle of next week

http://www.falconwatch.com/images/3831_19T_large.jpg

Swiss Made
Swiss ETA 2893-2 Automatic Selfwinding 21 Jewel Movement
Sapphire Crystal
Double "O" Ring Screw-Down Crown
28,800 Vibrations Per Hour
Autonomy 44 Hours
Oscillating Weight on Ball Bearing
Unbreakable Mainspring
Nivarox Hairspring
Date Display in Window, Hour, Minute, and Second of Local Time on the 24th Scale, Quick Correction of Date
Special Rotating Bezel with 24 Hours Division, Gives Second Time Zone
Bezel is Positioned by a Spacer System at the 4:00 Position
Stainless Steel Case
See-Through Case Back
Water-Resistant to 200 Meters
Case Diameter: 36mm (without crown)

Dane
A man after my own heart. Although next time you want to use a Japanese sword as background let me know, i got a bunch of really nice old stuff you could use. That Paul Chen thing detracts from your 1911.

I buy all sorts of old Swiss mechanicals but find myself going back to Rolex for their simplicity in design and reliability as a time piece. That and i am a cheap bastard and Rolex are the cheapest watches around.

alf

Re: My new addition
 

Harlequin
Here is a Red Sub with a morden twin, both Bonded out on a Japanese sword handle from the 1700s.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1094877619.jpg

Just noticed that they are showing the same time, i set the sub to Atomic time about 2 months ago and the GMT about 2 weeks ago. They keep pretty decent time.

Good call on the Bugei Chen, Alf :) Nice red sub too. You were wearing that one on the first Porsche tour we met on IIRC.

Ooooh Alf, now you're teasing! As nice as that pair looks, that tight wrap and the stingray makes them look *almost* mundane. It's gonna cost me but someday I'd like a Red or a Double Red, and pair it up w/ a Comex.

By the way, do you have a blade for that handle?

Doh, this thread finally got banished to OT land...

The blade to that handle is getting restored. But if you want to see some swords goto www.japanesesword.com that is my night job.

Dane
Wow, good memory. Have fun on the run tomorrow, my mom is coming over to visit, so i have to stay home.

alf

Alf, those are some great blades on that site. Have you been in touch w/ BlueSkyJaunte? He's into those too. Maybe he already knows ab the site. Do you do any of the resto work yourself?

I do not do any restoration, leave that up to the professionals. It takes 10 years of apprenticeship to learn to polish a sword.


alf

Well, thanks to you guys I have started to develop an interest in watches. Man, I love anything mechanical so it doesnt take much of a push to get me off on a new tangent. I thought I would re-start this thread.

Right now my faves are the Heuer Targa Florio
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1098845369.jpg

and this Sinn....
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1098845399.jpg
Maybe someday........:)

Here's my latest...

http://www.princetonwatches.com/imag...hes/SNA311.jpg

One of my favorites..

http://standingwave.org/albums/watches/abh.sized.jpg

Ah, the El Premiero, nice. I think it is the best darn chronograph movement in the world. I need to make room on my winder for one :)

alf

The Zenith is a heck of a lot less expensive and a good bit easier to read day or night than a Daytona.

Rdane,
Did you know that the El Primero has the movement that is used in the Rolex Daytona? a little modified, though.
Funny that the most sought after Rolex has a Zenith mechanism.