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I am working on a deal with my watch guy for a pretty hard to get piece. If I manage to get it, I will feature it in next months watch piece.
@LebamDawg
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The Art of Manliness? This was all we needed in the day my dear friend.
So Eighties!
I love the look of this Jaegar LeCoultre:
Or a Cartier:
Steve McQueen with a Submariner in Bullitt (he was first know for earlier wearing TAG Monaco's)
Paul Newman and his Rolex Daytona (most expensive watch ever at auction btw - 17 million)
JFK famously wore Omegas. Charles Lindburgh famously wore Longines. Sir Edmund Hillary summited Everest wearing a Rolex Explorer. Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in an Omega Speedmaster. Chuck Yeagar broke the speed of sound wearing a Rolex Oyster.
And who could forget Sean Connery as Bond wearing a Rolex Submariner in almost all of his films.
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To be fair, most all the modern Bonds have worn Omega. And those kick ass too (except Pierce Brosnan fuck that guy).
Anyway, no reason to think loving a kick ass watch is anything other than manly as shit. I got deer blood all over my Breitling Chronomat this year while skinning it out. That's just bad ass. 6K watch covered in deer blood. 'Merica!
JLC is a super interesting brand....from a horological perspective they are the bar. Guess who the only manufacturer Patek ever sourced a movement from? Yep, JLC. I mean fuck, Patek! 90% of the world doesn't know what Patek is, but they make Rolex look like Seiko, and do almost ALL of thier own movements, but int he past, when they have needed a specific complication and didn't want to tool up to build it themselves, they went to JLC. Fantastic watches. Wish they held their value better. But the value proposition is a thread unto itself i may actually tackle one day if there is enough interest from our little knitting circle of watch nerds.
I will never for the life of me understand men who think elegance and class aren’t manly. Some of the TUFFEST dudes I know wear beautiful tailored suits and spend more on shoes than a lot of women.
Speaking of James Bond, his watch game wasn’t always on point. He wore some pretty cheap looking Seikos during the Moore years (I don’t care how many cool gadgets Q added, they looked awful).
https://www.thrillist.com/gear/iconic-james-bond-watches-ranked
I’ll admit my love of Omegas comes from Bond. This Omega Seamaster is gorgeous:
That’s impressive about Patek sourcing from JLC! I think most people don’t know about Patek as there’s no way they could afford them. They’d rather drop that cash on a car.
Anyway, it's those goddamn quartz Seikos that did it.
Funny we are talking Omega. I have owned two. Currently have one on the winder. The deal I am trying to broker right now would actually include the one Omega I have left, and my last Breitling.
The watch I am trying to get right now is 13K, and I am trying to negotiate a trade of two watches, plus cash, to get it. This will be the most expensive watch I have ever owned. And it's like pennies compared to the true high end world. Rich fuckers.
Flame away.