And the Jaeger-LeCoultre minute repeater !!! Minute repeaters are well sought after complications said:
Any one is a high end watch connoisseurs on the board???
- Thread starter BookerL
- Start date
Well marc7
You seem to know a little about watches ,I have been a avid collector for the last 20 years I have a hour striker in platinum from Ulysses Nardin and Fly back from Vacherons and many others !!!!
Watches not only show time there also a prestige and intrinsic value to it !!!!
Hollywood actors are well known to promote certain high brand it carries a great momentum for both the watchmaker and the actor or famous professional athletes .
John Travolta for Breitlings
Arnold Schwarzenegger Audemar Piguet
Nicole Kidman Omega
Daniel Graig as famous James Bond Omega
The old bond Sean Connery was waring Rolex'es
And so fourth
You should take a look at the grand complication from Patek Phillippe the skymoon Tourbillon ,minute repeater http://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabe...rbillon-earns-a-place-in-horological-history/
Enjoy
Waiting on your Comments
Warm Regards
BookerL
Well nice collection indeed !
Witch models do you have in Rolex ,Breitling,Panerai and A. Lange & Söhne?
Titanium watches are way lighter that stainless steel !
What you think of a Patek Phillippe perpetual calendar in platinum ?
Regards
BookerL
Hummmmm!I smell a watches connaisseur ,cars and women.
I have a seamaster skeleton 50th anniversary limited to 50 worlwide!
What about 67 mustang Carol Shelby modified
http://jalopnik.com/this-1-3-million-1967-shelby-is-the-most-expensive-mus-508915851
Gone in 60 seconds http://jalopnik.com/the-mustang-from-gone-in-60-seconds-just-sold-for-over-508535977!!! 1 million ain't too shabby or Shelby !!!!:lol:
Warmest Regards
BookerL
Titanium is light but ceramic is more scratch resistant ! Pphillippe perpetual is nice but manual wound and if you don't were it you will forget to wind it but with automatic you can buy an electric winder so you don't loose the stamp of Geneva ! Also pp as a tourbillion reapeter that is automatic but I prefer the moon celestial ! Jlecoultre as a super thin automatic who is simple and gorgeous http://www.jaeger-lecoultre.com/WW/...hin-minute-repeater-flying-tourbillon/1313520
Nice watch the minute repeater tourbillon from Lecoultre !
What is your casing material of choice for hautes horlogerie watches ?
Regards
BookerL
Ceramic at least the bezel ! Most resistant to scratch !! Looks new longer . Like the omega dark side as a casing made of ceramic who is black to and through meaning any deep scratch is still going to be black! Ceramic is also light and doesn't shrink or expand with extreme temperature .
But if not I like it to be mirror like , platinum white gold!
Frank muller as a watch fully transparent , but looks too plastic to me !
Well good taste with luxury alloys ,I prefer white as well its more inconspicuous ,only the real connaisseur will know what you are waring !!!
I am more into high end complication movement then diamond set or precious stoned watches ,I also enjoy the enamals dials from Ulysses Nardin,Jaguet Droz ,and others its like art on watch .
Do you prefer crocodile or alligator straps to same material as casing ?
Single Deployment buckle or double ?
Haute horlogerie is captivating !
Warmest Regards
BookerL
Hi all
Preferred divers watch ?
Complication?
Grand Complication?
Enamel dials ?
Chronograph?
Sports watch?
Regards
BookerL
Preferred divers watch ?
Complication?
Grand Complication?
Enamel dials ?
Chronograph?
Sports watch?
Regards
BookerL
Tag Heuer ... The Monaco who is a great classic watch that Steve McQueen decided to feature in is legendary movie Le Mans.
Beautiful watch that you can bring on any occasion love it
http://www.tagheuer.com/int-en/luxu...omatic-chronograph39-mm-blue-leather-bracelet
Beautiful watch that you can bring on any occasion love it
http://www.tagheuer.com/int-en/luxu...omatic-chronograph39-mm-blue-leather-bracelet
Hi Marc7
There was a re-edition of that Model
http://www.calibre11.com/tag-heuer-monaco-re-edition/
Ultimate Guide to the TAG Heuer Monaco
Posted by: David Chalmers | 30 July 2009 | 32 Comments
The Heuer Monaco disappeared from the catalogues around 1975 having been only a modest success due to its unusual shape. TAG Heuer hadn’t shown a lot of interest in the heritage of the Heuer collection until the late 1990′s when it decided to press ahead with a “Re-edition” collection made up of the Carrera and the Monaco. These were a success and were followed by others in the classic range including new models that looked like they might be old Heuer’s but weren’t (Carrera GMT and Monza).
Following the takeover by LVMH, TAG continued with the Classic series, but decided to drop the “Heuer” only branding and revert to TAG Heuer. The Autavia and Targa Florio (again, not truly a re-edition) followed.
Today, The Carrera and Monaco are a key part of the TAG Heuer model range and the company has embraced rather than rejected its heritage, with the Monaco and Carrera names being used on the new technology developed (V4 Monaco, Carrera Calibre 360).
There is often confusion around the black Monaco’s- and what is a re-edition and what is not. Below are the variants of the black TAG Heuer Monaco issued since 1997 (although other colours and limited editions have also been issued).
Nice watch
BookerL
Diving watch my favorite subject when talking watches. Jacque Yve Cousteau who invented the autonomous diving equipment was wearing an Blancpain fifty phantom http://www.blancpain.com/en/category/collections/fifty-fathoms-1 Verry nice but expensive for what it is
After it was an omega seamaster http://www.omegawatches.com/planet-omega/watchmaking/baselworld-2014?xtor=ADI-2467#!/seamaster-300-master-coaxial Really nice and sturdy with a good reputation. also lets not forget the Doxa http://www.doxawatches.com/mission31/ Verry good quality for the price. a dive watch for the pro
But for me ill use the Blancpain X phnatom ... It gives you the time and deep of your dive in an only mechanical way. The watch has an function for your staged ascent .Wow no electronics... http://www.blancpain.com/en/watch/5018-1230-64a
The secound model would be J-LeCoultre master compresor navy seal http://www.jaeger-lecoultre.com/US/en/watches/master-compressor-diving-alarm-navy-seals/183T470 simple sturdy with alarm)
My dive watch is a vostok amphibia http://www.ebay.ca/itm/RUSSIAN-VOSTOK-AUTO-AMPHIBIAN-WATCH-710916r-NEW-/121257484252 Very sturdy , i have dropped it on cement a couple of times and still work like a russian clok meaning more or less a minute per week
After it was an omega seamaster http://www.omegawatches.com/planet-omega/watchmaking/baselworld-2014?xtor=ADI-2467#!/seamaster-300-master-coaxial Really nice and sturdy with a good reputation. also lets not forget the Doxa http://www.doxawatches.com/mission31/ Verry good quality for the price. a dive watch for the pro
But for me ill use the Blancpain X phnatom ... It gives you the time and deep of your dive in an only mechanical way. The watch has an function for your staged ascent .Wow no electronics... http://www.blancpain.com/en/watch/5018-1230-64a
The secound model would be J-LeCoultre master compresor navy seal http://www.jaeger-lecoultre.com/US/en/watches/master-compressor-diving-alarm-navy-seals/183T470 simple sturdy with alarm
)My dive watch is a vostok amphibia http://www.ebay.ca/itm/RUSSIAN-VOSTOK-AUTO-AMPHIBIAN-WATCH-710916r-NEW-/121257484252 Very sturdy , i have dropped it on cement a couple of times and still work like a russian clok meaning more or less a minute per week
Well good sturdy watchesDiving watch my favorite subject when talking watches. Jacque Yve Cousteau who invented the autonomous diving equipment was wearing an Blancpain fifty phantom http://www.blancpain.com/en/category/collections/fifty-fathoms-1 Verry nice but expensive for what it is
After it was an omega seamaster http://www.omegawatches.com/planet-omega/watchmaking/baselworld-2014?xtor=ADI-2467#!/seamaster-300-master-coaxial Really nice and sturdy with a good reputation. also lets not forget the Doxa http://www.doxawatches.com/mission31/ Verry good quality for the price. a dive watch for the pro
But for me ill use the Blancpain X phnatom ... It gives you the time and deep of your dive in an only mechanical way. The watch has an function for your staged ascent .Wow no electronics... http://www.blancpain.com/en/watch/5018-1230-64a
The secound model would be J-LeCoultre master compresor navy seal http://www.jaeger-lecoultre.com/US/en/watches/master-compressor-diving-alarm-navy-seals/183T470 simple sturdy with alarm
My dive watch is a vostok amphibia http://www.ebay.ca/itm/RUSSIAN-VOSTOK-AUTO-AMPHIBIAN-WATCH-710916r-NEW-/121257484252 Very sturdy , i have dropped it on cement a couple of times and still work like a russian clok meaning more or less a minute per week
I do have seamasters in my collection and officine Panerai divers watch is my most resistant to depth pressure http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/politics/pm/pierretrudeau.htm I have the one at extreme right !
What do you think of the coaxial" escapement movement ,
I have in a few of my watches a speedmaster chronograph and a DeVille with that movement?
There is many great watches out there we need to find the one that makes us vibrate !!!
Regards
BookerL
I think is nice but more complicated than the swis escapement.
My favorite escapment is the jaeger lecoultre tourbillion with a cylindrical hairspring....
http://youtu.be/lmxLAZZ2fhM
and they use aluminum for the cage ... lol its like a half million dollars watch..
there's also for a more performant chronograph you have the breguet type xxi who beats at 10hz and also a tag who could stop a one thousan of a second . Zenith also has a high frequency watch at 5hz .http://www.zenith-watches.com/en_en/el-primero-chronomaster-bullitt-18.html
favorite speedmaster is the dark side of the moon .
My favorite escapment is the jaeger lecoultre tourbillion with a cylindrical hairspring....
http://youtu.be/lmxLAZZ2fhM
and they use aluminum for the cage ... lol its like a half million dollars watch..
there's also for a more performant chronograph you have the breguet type xxi who beats at 10hz and also a tag who could stop a one thousan of a second . Zenith also has a high frequency watch at 5hz .http://www.zenith-watches.com/en_en/el-primero-chronomaster-bullitt-18.html
favorite speedmaster is the dark side of the moon .
The best and most comfortable indestructible watch bracelet is the maratac zulu band http://www.natozulu.com/content/11-zulu-strap-vs-nato-strap-difference
or the double claps is the nicest and also comfortable for the minute i tried
or the double claps is the nicest and also comfortable for the minute i tried
Yeah interesting choices !
You don't seemed to be into rolex much?
But you are naming very excellent ones a Breguet watch is in my aim Chateau D'ivoire in Montreal http://www.chateaudivoire.com/montres.html carries the brand and Royal De Versailles in Toronto http://www.royaldeversailles.com/watches/
A annual calendar of Patek is also in my collection the 150th anniversary special edition of Tiffany&Co and Patek association witch by the way is the longest lasting ever between two corporation in continuity .
Regards
BookerL
I think it's an heavy trend in the Basel world ! Love black watches like the zenith el primeiro rainbow! Great list of watches !
My Vostok ambhibia is dead ! I think I have to disassemble it and put some oil . I had some problem of condensation inside of it ! Not a pro but it's a 75$ I don't mind if I break it a little more ...
BookerL if you have to buy a watch go to Saint Marteen they have the biggest duty free market in the world ! Amazing ! And all the big brands were there even Vostok was there !!!!
BookerL if you have to buy a watch go to Saint Marteen they have the biggest duty free market in the world ! Amazing ! And all the big brands were there even Vostok was there !!!!
Haha!
The place my be Great but some high end watches does not even come in Canada
Too small market!
But thanks
BookerL
