Your toys are quite lethal.

This post has been edited by kotmj: Aug 28 2011, 12:02 AM

Spent the whole evening having this bloody watch twinkling in my face. It's an Omega, like the moonwatch but without the chrono function. It has a saphire crystal, and i almost forgot how reflective uncoated saphire is.

I am convinced now that acrylic is a better choice then uncoated saphire.

Belongs to the CFO.

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Added on September 7, 2011, 11:57 pmoh btw the cfo came in a suit, if anyone wants to know.

he gingerly took it off, held it by the collar then carefully folded it before placing in on the seat beside him. it is a bespoke.

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Added on September 8, 2011, 12:01 amthe omega is very twinkly! the hour indices sparkle incessantly.

This post has been edited by kotmj: Sep 8 2011, 12:01 AM

Oh, I think you may be right. It is this watch. Didn't know it had such a similar case to the speedy.

I just bought this because I find it fascinating. It looks more opulent than any Lange or Patek.


The price is about a quartz Seiko from Seiya.

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Added on September 15, 2011, 12:54 amThe engraving on this makes the little bit on Lange's balance cock look like a cruel joke


It actually still works.

This post has been edited by kotmj: Sep 15 2011, 12:54 AM

It looks humongous on your wrist.

Not an optical illusion but simple real estate. The guy cannot wear anything larger than 36mm. The lugs are jutting out from beyond his wrist instead of following its curvature.

^gahmen subsidies

This is a wrist that is barely large enough to wear such a big watch

If 42mm is ideal, what is 45mm?

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Added on September 16, 2011, 5:54 pmAnother strange thing I notice about that Stowa is that the hour and minute hands do not have the same thickness near the pivot. This makes it look as if the hands are not really a set, and is visually incongruos. The minute hand is really thin while the hour hands noticeably thicker.

They should be of identical thickness before they take on their own forms towards the tips as this Dornblüth shows


But then this is a small point considering the degree of vulgarity in watches nowadays ... stainless steeel monstrosities on thin wrists ... all watch and no wrist ... where the wearer is like a vehicle for the watch, instead of the watch being a small accessory for the wearer.

This post has been edited by kotmj: Sep 16 2011, 05:54 PM

I wonder how many millions Rolex had to pay Federer for that.

Looks like a ticking time bomb .. on the wrist of a suicide bomber

I do not like the UHR. A designer with Nomos said that a watch should return your gaze. Which he says is difficult with a minimalistic design. The UHR lacks this expressiveness.

Just found a remarkable watch



Nomos Tetra in 18K gold. Hand winding. So fresh and elegant.

Nobody wears gold anymore. It's out of fashion.

But like jade and linen, it is something humans instinctively like. Was part of humanity forever. Warm in many ways.

The fashion du jour is for huge blocks of stainless steel in about the size of alarm clocks.

What is remarkable about the Nomos Tetra is that it does not look elaborate, a look people associate with gold. The shape makes the gold look contemporary. Relevant. Non-fussy.

This post has been edited by kotmj: Oct 6 2011, 06:32 PM

Pocket watches preceeded wrsitwatches by something like 200 years. For a short transitory phase, people wore watches with pocket watch movements on their wrist. It was a very, very brief period. A miniaturization of movements took place almost immediately as wristwatches became popular. Wristwatches were around the 30mm-36mm size for most of its (relatively) short history.

But nowadays people wear the Unitas pocket watch movements on their wrists. Willingly. Wristwatches have reached and in some cases exceeded the size of pocketwatches.