Darkside wrote:
Do you guy carry timepieces?
I have always liked watches, but didn't develop enough of an interest in them to start collecting them until I was in my late 30s. Initially, I just bought ones I thought looked nice regardless of their dimensions in relation to my relatively bony wrist. Consequently, I wound up with several that are too large. I became a little more selective once I realized what size best suited my wrist, but have still accumulated more than I can wear and, at this point, want to keep.
I have 16, and would like to sell 10 or 11 of them.
One of the ones I will never sell is my late grandfather's Longines Grand Prize Automatic that he bought either just before he left for WWII or just after he arrived in Europe.
Juice's Lecture Notes wrote:
I have a few MVMT quarts watches which replicate the look and style of watches I can't afford (or at least shouldn't buy) like the IWC Portugieser or TH Aquaracer, but my highest and best automatic movement is the Hamilton Jazzmaster Maestro. It's a bit of a rip off of the Portugieser with a thicker case and wider body, but it captures the same simplistic look and feel of the up-market buy.
Funny you mentioned the IWC Portugieser. One of the first watches I bought when I started to collect them turned out to be an "homage" of the Portugieser. I didn't know that at the time, though, and thought it was just an inexpensive but exceptionally handsome watch. It wasn't until a year or two later I realized it was essentially a copy of the rather well-known IWC.
The Hamilton Jazzmaster Maestro is very nice! I have a Khaki Field automatic and have been eyeing the 38mm Murph.
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