January 23, 201610 yr I got tired of winning Fitbits at work so I switched it up and won a Garmin Vivoactive instead. Hopefully this was the right choice over winning the Fitbit Surge. Now I want the leather strap. **BRENT**
January 23, 201610 yr The Moto 360 has proved invaluable at the new job at the datacenter for seeing and replying to the insane amount of messages while my hands are in use. So thankful I have it now, whereas before I started I thought it might be unnecessary.
January 23, 201610 yr It's here! The color of the hands can look wildly different depending on lighting, from brown to dark grey to dark blue to light blue. The dial is also sometimes white and sometimes creme colored. I'd bought the brown Omega strap and Omega deployant clasp last year, in the hopes that I'd have a watch to put it on (was going to try it on my Moonwatch). Here's pics wearing the new watch on bracelet and leather strap. I kinda prefer the leather. In the sunlight the watch is simply stunning, and the applied blue metal Omega logo and text really stands out too.
January 24, 201610 yr That VC is quite nice. Reminds me a bit of Grand Seiko, which isn't a bad thing in my book.
February 21, 201610 yr Speaking of a VC Overseas... Anyone have any interest in a 47040/B01A-9093 variant? Non-chrono white dial. http://m.vacheron-constantin.com/en/watches/overseas/Overseas-47040-b01a-9093 Just got a titanium Blancpain Bathyscaphe and prefer it to the VC I have.
February 22, 201610 yr Bought this one back last week, so I'm still the original owner. i prefer it on the NATO to the Omega 1171 bracelet, but the Omega shark mesh is my second favorite.
February 27, 201610 yr Really liked test driving the Omega Tresor today, but alas it didn't make it home with me yet. But really enjoying my Titanium Planet Ocean this weekend...
February 27, 201610 yr That is a very well-done dial, although it may have a touch too much texture for me.
February 28, 201610 yr 17 hours ago, Hopstretch said: That is a very well-done dial, although it may have a touch too much texture for me. I think they did well with the fine-textured clou de paris dial, more so than some watches that have a more coarse block texture (although the AP RO ultra-thin blue dial stops my heart, in looks and price). I like this Omega more than the PP and VC watches I tried on, as it doesn't seem too dressy for a solid gold watch and I could wear it with jeans if I wanted to. My Aqua Terra 2503.33 isn't really a dress watch, but my incoming NOMOS Orion Midnight Limited Ed might fill that role as well as the Tresor, although not as elegant looking (nor as costly).
March 2, 201610 yr I've decided that I have an addiction that needs intervention. I've been VERY busy this past year too, with 18 new respectable watches in the past 15 months, possibly doubling the number of watches that I own:Rolex Polar 216570 new Thanksgiving 2014 Victorinox Dive Master 500 red dial automatic new Dec 2014 Omega Ti SMP chronograph used Feb 2015Omega Ti PO 8500 Liquid Metal new March 2015Omega Seamaster Pro ceramic chrono new May 2015Rolex Polar Explorer II 16570 used April 2015Rolex GMT II BLNR new June 2015 Omega SMP 2541.80 used August 2015 (gift for son along with a Luminox blue sunburst dial on leather)Omega GSOTM new Sept 2015 Seiko Astron GPS Solar chronograph new Sept 2015 Tudor Black Bay Red new October 2015 Omega SMP 2541.80 used Dec 2015 for me Omega Aqua Terra 2503.33 used Feb 2016 Omega PO 2500 Liquid Metal Limited Ed used Feb 2016 Rolex black Explorer II 16750 used Feb 2016 NOMOS Orion Midnight LE pre-order coming this month Secret watch ordered 4 weeks ago coming this week, to be revealed soon...
March 3, 201610 yr Great! I wish they didn't charge you an arm and a leg for the repair, Chris. Definitely looking good.
March 4, 201610 yr Great! I wish they didn't charge you an arm and a leg for the repair, Chris. Definitely looking good. Yeah it was about $500 including shipping which I consider a good value for how much stuff they replaced or refurbished.
March 9, 201610 yr Looks like Hodinkee opened up a shop, or at least revamped it. I've seen a bit about this on my feed, so thought I'd share.http://shop.hodinkee.com/ **BRENT**
March 10, 201610 yr Ed - hey wait I thought that was going to be longer - will look for part 2 if there is one. Edited March 10, 201610 yr by mikeymad
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