The Incoming / New Arrival Thread

[wileeeeeey]

That has to be one of the last. Congrats jack, what a watch. On the list for an openworked next?

[jackjack]

Congratulations Jack.

Stone cold classic AP there ahead of it's 50th anniversary. Enjoy.

Thanks buddy!


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[jackjack]

That has to be one of the last. Congrats jack, what a watch. On the list for an openworked next?

Thanks mate. Yes very luck to get one. Haha if the budget permits.


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[beechcustom]

Finally added a Speedy to my collection. Can't believe how well this wears for a 42mm watch. It manages to actually feel slim too.

[Gareth-W]

Thanks buddy!


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I've missed out on the 15202 but hope to get whatever AP bring out next year as the 50th anniversary model. Happy to wait for the 15407 openworked too (plus 2-3 others I am down for) and that is most definitely a multi year wait piece here in the UK.

Assume you dealt with the team at AP House Jack?

[wigdog]

Got a grail watch today. Absolutely over the moon. Stared at it most of the way home in the cab. Driver must of thought I was a weirdo.




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That's a great pickup and a real keeper.

[FK77]

[tommyzzj]

congrats! looks amazing

[deepreddave]

I'm assume that getting a new Royal Oak is akin to a small lottery win so congrats for that alone!

[andyd30]

Having been told expect a wait of up to two years, picked this up today after a….. wait for it….four week wait.

[numberjack]

2nd time with this watch , never stuck the first time and always missed it .

[M1011]

Having been told expect a wait of up to two years, picked this up today after a….. wait for it….four week wait.

When I bought my Explorer they told me up to 6 month wait and that there were several in the queue ahead of me. Swear these sales folk are just reading off a script... I had a phone call the next day to go pick it up!

[matt]

I have noticed, that the GS logo on dial reflect on the inside of the crystal and then reflect back to hour hand !

[FK77]

I have noticed, that the GS logo on dial reflect on the inside of the crystal and then reflect back to hour hand !

I have found the ‘d’ and ‘S’ on the hour hand. Great spot! Also the ‘R’ from “SPRING” on the 6 o’clock marker and the arcs from power reserve indicator on the 7 o’clock marker.

[andyd30]

When I bought my Explorer they told me up to 6 month wait and that there were several in the queue ahead of me. Swear these sales folk are just reading off a script... I had a phone call the next day to go pick it up!

I have no purchase history with the AD, had to fill in the obligatory expression of interest...the displays every time I have been in looked like old mother Hubbard's cupboard.

I can only conclude that either I got lucky or they lie like a cheap watch. Not complaining mind as I love the watch

[shoppy]

Early birthday gift from my wife, watch from the children has not arrived yet.

I will have to console my self with this.

[g40steve]

Early birthday gift from my wife, watch from the children has not arrived yet.

I will have to console my self with this.

Like that a lot!
What are the kids buying you?

[spuds]

Early birthday gift from my wife, watch from the children has not arrived yet.

I will have to console my self with this.

Love that mate, can’t beat it as a Summer watch IMO, I take it that’s the new 41mm case version?
Either way big congratulations….

[spuds]

So happy to finally have this in my collection.

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Lovely to see it being enjoyed mate….

[spuds]

Got a grail watch today. Absolutely over the moon. Stared at it most of the way home in the cab. Driver must of thought I was a weirdo.




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BOOM!!!

Massive congrats mate, that’s one of the very few pieces I still yearn for, well played Sir!!

[shoppy]

Love that mate, can’t beat it as a Summer watch IMO, I take it that’s the new 41mm case version?
Either way big congratulations….

It is indeed the 41mm version and is very sublime, loving the blue variations in the light.

[jackjack]

BOOM!!!

Massive congrats mate, that’s one of the very few pieces I still yearn for, well played Sir!!

Cheers mate! I appreciate how lucky I am


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[jackjack]

That's a great pickup and a real keeper.

Absolutely. This one ain’t going nowhere.


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[shoppy]

Like that a lot!
What are the kids buying you?

Kids are getting me a yachtmaster, hopefully be here when I am back.

[jackjack]

Wow! Big congrats :-)

Cheers fella. I knew you would especially appreciate this


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[daveyw]

Looks great on your wrist

[namzo]

Having been told expect a wait of up to two years, picked this up today after a….. wait for it….four week wait.

Looks lovely Andy.

The quintessential datejust for me.

[FK77]

Looks great on your wrist

Thanks

[Chewitt13]

Back to level par for the year with a completely unexpected and unnecessary purchase

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[Tokyo Tokei]

Spotted this one on Yahoo Auctions, a steel Luminox 3204 for the Japan market:



Part of the "Navy Seals" range, which is useful for those breaks inbetween simian poetry recital and ikebana during which I enjoy covert missions:



No sign of Bear Grylls anywhere, fortunately.

Mine came on a ratty Luminox velcro band, which I binned. Tried a thick leather strap, then a 22mm tropic:



5-jewel Ronda 715Li inside...



This version of the 715 normally offers 10 years battery life, but in this application Luminox suggest 8 years. Presumably because the hands are heavier, being fitted with the borosilicate glass tubes containing gas and tritium.

These work as advertised, the markers and hands being perfectly illuminated all night. I admit some childlike wonder at seeing this the first time. And the second

[Der Amf]

Got a grail watch today. Absolutely over the moon. Stared at it most of the way home in the cab. Driver must of thought I was a weirdo.

Does the absence of a seconds hand indicate that its one of the Extra-Thin models?

[Wallasey Runner]

Does the absence of a seconds hand indicate that its one of the Extra-Thin models?

I think the AP logo above the 6 also indicates that. An expert will be along shortly

[jackjack]

I think the AP logo above the 6 also indicates that. An expert will be along shortly

Hey guys. Yes you are both correct. this is the Jumbo.


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[EJL25]

[mk1974]

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[JP28]

Does the absence of a seconds hand indicate that its one of the Extra-Thin models?

Yep. 15202

[Jon Kenney]

Hey guys. Yes you are both correct. this is the Jumbo.

Very nice, Jack. Can we see its backside?

[Gavbaz]

This one I MUST keep!

[1974AD]

This one has arrived today.





I was looking for something blue to join the family, so it is definitely another one that I will be keeping forever!




I am happy with everything about it.

Except the ridiculously small screws in the bracelet. They made the process of adjusting it an experience so painful that now I have fond memories of the canal treatment I had to go through when last visiting my dentist.


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[RAJEN]

This one has arrived today.


I am happy with everything about it.

Except the ridiculously small screws in the bracelet. They made the process of adjusting it an experience so painful that now I have fond memories of the canal treatment I had to go through when last visiting my dentist.


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Nice PO
I agree about the tiny screws. I always wonder when adjusting an Omega bracelet, what exactly was the thought process behind it. I would pay to know.

[1974AD]

Nice PO
I agree about the tiny screws. I always wonder when adjusting an Omega bracelet, what exactly was the thought process behind it. I would pay to know.

Thanks for the compliment on the PO.

As far as the screws, it is fair to say that more likely than not there was no thinking whatsoever behind it!


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[sish101]

^^^ that PO is very striking and a great addition to your clutch of Omegas. That Great White is especially lovely.

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[1974AD]

^^^ that PO is very striking and a great addition to your clutch of Omegas. That Great White is especially lovely.

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Thanks sish101.

There is arguably not much variety in them, but one led to the other and in the end small nuances between them make they unique to me!


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[RAJEN]

Thanks for the compliment on the PO.

As far as the screws, it is fair to say that more likely than not there was no thinking whatsoever behind it!


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It is a pity as the quality of bracelet otherwise is very good. In fact it is excellent.Many have said that Omega outsourced bracelets to China. If the quality is this good, I have no problem. The problem is the design which is flawed.

[Tokyo Tokei]

Many have said that Omega outsourced bracelets to China.

It was Hayek Jr. himself:

"What are the main component parts of a Swiss Made watch manufactured in China?"

N.H.: "Certain bracelets, low and mid-range, sometimes hands and dials, also packaging"

Extract from an interview with Bilan magazine, 2005

[RAJEN]

It was Hayek Jr. himself:


Extract from an interview with Bilan magazine, 2005

B.: What are the main component parts of a Swiss Made watch manufactured in China?

N.H.: Certain bracelets, low and mid-range, sometimes hands and dials, also packaging. However, no piece made in China concerns our haut de gamme production or the Swatch.

It is not clear to me what he meant.

[Sinnlover]

B.: What are the main component parts of a Swiss Made watch manufactured in China?

N.H.: Certain bracelets, low and mid-range, sometimes hands and dials, also packaging. However, no piece made in China concerns our haut de gamme production or the Swatch.

It is not clear to me what he meant.

Is that Omega or Swatch group as a whole?
I read that as most of what we sell…
I have no real issue if the quality is good but it makes a mockery out of Swiss made. (The rules of which are quite loose)

[RAJEN]

Is that Omega or Swatch group as a whole?
I read that as most of what we sell…
I have no real issue if the quality is good but it makes a mockery out of Swiss made. (The rules of which are quite loose)

Swatch group as a whole.

[Tokyo Tokei]

Sorry for taking this thread on a detour. I don't think the 2005 Bilan article is online, if it ever was, but extracts (from whence I took the quote) are here https://www.europastar.com/magazine/...-produces.html

It is also well worth reading the JCB interview here https://www.europastar.com/the-watch...nt-future.html .

Biver discussing how he bought the rights to the moribund and archiveless Blancpain group in 1982 for less than CHF22K (about $24K).

This was a period when quartz ruled, but JCB knew that the then-30-and-40-somethings that were his market were looking for permanence and their own tradition, to be bought if necessary. He told investors that was quartz was carcinogenic, inventing a story about a doctor giving his patients mechanical watches.

For the public, he aggressively marketed against quartz (you'll recall the Blancpain slogan...) pushing that quartz has no soul. A line that is eagerly repeated today by all sorts of people who weren't around in 1982, and even some who were.

It was so successful, Philippe Stern wrote to congratulate him. At the time, Patek had been buying back their watches from dealers.

Mechanical watches back in fashion with both the public and investors, JCB sold Blancpain in 1992, for CHF60 million ($65 million).

[ddm27]

Having been told expect a wait of up to two years, picked this up today after a….. wait for it….four week wait.

You've got to be kidding me. It's a beautiful watch, but a 2-year wait?! I bought one in the same configuration on a walk-in last week. Fell in love immediately - the new 36mm DJs are spectacular.