I paid about $700 for 3 piece with 2 fittings. Boss is overpriced. You can do better than Allen Edmonds. Go English for your shoes. Crockett and Jones/Trickers/Sargent/Loake/Lobb/Edward Green/Gaziano & Girling.

That's the Kowloon discount. I think the amount for something that would rival a Savile row suit is more around $2K with lifetime adjustments. I will be in HK a lot in the next 3 months, and you could crash at my place.

Edited December 31, 201411 yr by luvdunhill

linen dial, or wait for a vintage tudor

I don't think the 80's lume has aged well, so it's not as attractive as some other aged watches - the linen dial one looks cleaner to me.

I might have picked one Coke bezel GMT II with sapphire, 3185 movement, and super-luminova instead of both the Speedy and Datejust.  Although when I made that choice myself I already had a vintage speedy and Submariner in the collection...

 

I LOVE MY COKE GMT II

Pepsi is it.

Why aren't you buying both, using the used one, and saving the new one as backup, or to deepak down the road?

**BRENT**

Make sure you cover the new one in packing tape to keep it minty.

Pix of the swatch and bands?

Jacob, didn't you get the linen dial?

Cool! I call dibs if you get tired of it.

Looks like a great deal, Jacob. Congrats

I couldn't pass this up, as I've always really liked the look of the B&M Hampton line.  Plus, I need something to wear until the Datejust arrives.  This runs the ETA 2894 movement, so I'm not too worried about the third party warranty:  doubt I'll need it.

 

Its a nice solid watch.  I have the same in silver.  Liked the looks for it.

 

Weird.

 

I think you should regard it as a sign to get a Reverso instead!

^ says the man who just dropped a small fortune of vintage watches.

well, received the Baume et Mercier today, and it wouldn't wind.  Back it goes, for refund or replacement, depending on their stock levels.

 

I'd take it as a sign and return it for a refund.

Stop being poor.

After recently getting an iPhone 6, I thought I'd tryout it's camera by taking a photo of my OMEGA De Ville Prestige automatic watch, so here's a photo of it.

 

 

 

 

 

There's an IWC Portuguese manual from the same place I got that OMEGA, and I like the look of it even more than the OMEGA, trouble is that IWC isn't cheap so I'll be keeping the OMEGA for sometime.

I added this to my buy.  The group price was just too good to pass up, and I've always loved the white dial Explorer II.  It'll be nice having a modern watch (this is from 1998) with hacking and quickset.  Other than the Hamilton Pilot Day Date Automatic that I plan on getting (to relive Interstellar every time I look at my wrist, you see), I'm done with watches for a while.

 

 

I'm jealous because my 16570 with an "S" serial number from 1993 has tritium lume that's 95% dead.  But you've got the luminova dial and hands.  That's why I bought the new 216570 for Thanksgiving, but I still tend to gravitate towards the older one more.  Am I nuts for wanting to trade my old 16570 for a newer one with Superluminova (after 2000), but keep the newer 216570?

 

On another note, I gave my "Interstellar" Hamilton (like the one he gave his daughter) to my brother for Xmas, but my Hamilton Harrison Ford Conservation Chrono has the right kind of hands. I love this one, and the Hamilton modded Valjoux 7750 keeps great time and runs 60 hours on a charge.

Speaking of Explorer II's, I have owned this Bell & Ross BRV126 for almost 2 years now and I find that not only do I like it as much as I did when I saw it on Mike's wrist but I also reach for this more than I have for my Explorer II ever since. I think I've worn my Explorer less than 10 times in the past 2 years. Truth be told, selling the Explorer to add to my car downpayment fund has crossed my mind.

 

Sorry for the shitty shot but here it is:

 

Never seen a pink B&R.

He shot it with a Canon. That's the whitest they can do. 

Jk

Lol it's actually from a Sony. Right under the yellowish CFL lamp so that threw the WB off. But the watch is actually beige/light brown.

Never seen a pink B&R.

Drinking too much red vodka and sitting in a Jacuzzi full of cranberry juice will do that.

Is this more or less what it looks like?

 

 

 

Yep, pretty close. Maybe a tiny touch more beige but I'm nitpicking.

 

Don't get me wrong, the Explorer is a really nice watch but almost too nice for me. I almost never wear anything outside of a shirt/polo + jeans or shorts and I feel like the B&R is much more casual than the Rolex. And I love using Zulu straps and not having to worry about scuffing up the strap (I know I can put one on the Explorer but I've never tried).

Edited January 26, 201511 yr by raffy