Show off your timepieces! / What's on fanatics wrists? (PICS!!)

Originally Posted by budfox4life

Very nice LV sub man! That has to be the most popular watch I see at work... it almost seems like a right-of-passage thing... get above L1 analyst -> get a LV sub

BTW - What type of winder is that? I have 3 of the same cheap-o dual vertical dual winders and was looking for a new design that might be able to accomodate 6 or 8 at once horizontally.

I bought the winder off of Amazon a few years back cant remember the brand. its a dual quad winder that winds 8 watches and it has a two drawer storage to hold another 8 watches.

Originally Posted by doramon1313

Just picked up my "beater" I'm worried my 171 is going to get more beat up, so I picked up a 111 for daily...a crappy pic...

Originally Posted by doramon1313

the PAM 111 cost $5600 from the NYC Panerai Boutique, and the 171 I bought in 2007 for $7,700. I recently bought the rubber strap and deployment strap for my 171 for $900 . Now I have a rubber strap with the 111. But heres what the 171 looks like stock.

You picked up a $5600 watch to keep your $7700 watch nice? So where exactly did you find this money tree of yours?

think this might be my next watch.

Originally Posted by FreshMint

think this might be my next watch.

hmm... looks cool enough but a lot of people might call that an ap roo knockoff...

as long as you like that piece for what it is and don't try to pass it off as a roo then

Originally Posted by SDKmann

You picked up a $5600 watch to keep your $7700 watch nice? So where exactly did you find this money tree of yours?

the 5600 dollar watch was picked up to keep my 7700 dollar nice because the 7700 one is much harder to replace if i fvck it up (only 500 made in J series vs 5000 made of the other one). Also, the 7700 dollar watch now retails for 9900, so it'd cost me even more to replace it. Lastly the 7700 one was my first panerai, so I'd like to keep it forever.

And I found this money tree called my job...also i recently sold 2 of my pieces, rolex gmtcii and my anonimo cronoscopio, which were both posted a few pages back.

Originally Posted by doramon1313

the PAM 111 cost $5600 from the NYC Panerai Boutique, and the 171 I bought in 2007 for $7,700. I recently bought the rubber strap and deployment strap for my 171 for $900 . Now I have a rubber strap with the 111. But heres what the 171 looks like stock.



Anyone interested in buying an OEM Panerai rubber strap and clasp....=)

I really never understood why Pams are so expensive. I just don't see it. To each their own of course but... $900 for a rubber strap just reinforces my opinion that they are nichy and waaaay overpriced because of it.

JMO.

Originally Posted by bmwti

in the price range you're looking at, Id suggest either Hamilton, or Swiss Army Victorinox.

Ding, ding, ding, WINNAR. Thank you (and others) very much for the suggestions--part of why I keep coming back to OT!

Got the Hamilton Pilot and I really dig it. Certainly not the most sophisticated piece in terms of mechanics, but it's exactly the look I was searching for.

Where is the best place to pick up a second hand or refurbished watch?

Originally Posted by ghorn

Ding, ding, ding, WINNAR. Thank you (and others) very much for the suggestions--part of why I keep coming back to OT!

Got the Hamilton Pilot and I really dig it. Certainly not the most sophisticated piece in terms of mechanics, but it's exactly the look I was searching for.

Congrats! Enjoy the new watch!

Originally Posted by W.C.Adams

Where is the best place to pick up a second hand or refurbished watch?

Check out the sales corner in timezone.com

Originally Posted by W.C.Adams

Where is the best place to pick up a second hand or refurbished watch?

Also check out the watchuseek forum classifieds.

Originally Posted by glockman9c

I really never understood why Pams are so expensive. I just don't see it. To each their own of course but... $900 for a rubber strap just reinforces my opinion that they are nichy and waaaay overpriced because of it.

JMO.

it was not 900 for JUST the rubber strap, the strap and clasp...lol. Actually maybe it was around 850 or so

But I hear ya, it's a rip off. I was going to buy an AP ROO Safari, but am afraid I won't like it in a few years.

watches suck, they always rip out my arm hair.....yea im hairy. Plus im way too skinny to wear a watch.

Originally Posted by ghorn

Ding, ding, ding, WINNAR. Thank you (and others) very much for the suggestions--part of why I keep coming back to OT!

Got the Hamilton Pilot and I really dig it. Certainly not the most sophisticated piece in terms of mechanics, but it's exactly the look I was searching for.

Nice choice, I really like what you ended up with.

Originally Posted by alwaysbored786

watches suck, they always rip out my arm hair.....yea im hairy. Plus im way too skinny to wear a watch.

just get a strap without a bunch of links. a leather strap would work.

Originally Posted by budfox4life

Very nice LV sub man! That has to be the most popular watch I see at work... it almost seems like a right-of-passage thing... get above L1 analyst -> get a LV sub

BTW - What type of winder is that? I have 3 of the same cheap-o dual vertical dual winders and was looking for a new design that might be able to accomodate 6 or 8 at once horizontally.

That's not an LV, the green one is the LV (Look at my pictures, I have one).

LV has maxi dial (incl. bigger hands) and green bezel. His is a blue 16613.

Originally Posted by alwaysbored786

watches suck, they always rip out my arm hair.....yea im hairy. Plus im way too skinny to wear a watch.

Also have a tiny ass wrist. I wear the strap big enough to have some play so it fits more like a bracelet and less like the traditional non-moving watch fit.

I hate you guys. Now I want another automatic.

Same old, same old...

not much but i like till i saw the Breitling Navitimer Series need to upgrade soon..