TeeJay

I don't think it's one I'd wear myself, but I love how the dial catches the light, I bet it looks stunning in direct sunlight Nice collection as well

+1 That is precisely how the gen not only feels, but is supposed to feel

Collection redundancy? For me, I want one of these as the base for a custom project

For a while I'd thought that the SD wasn't being made anymore... Fantastic to see that they're still available

Go for it

I'm not keen on the Bamford branding, but I do like how the Cali dial is looking in the Sub case

I'd wear it for sure, gotta love the wabi, but no way I'd pay that kind of money for it*, for that price, you could buy a nice pristine one *Unless it was the dial from Steve McQueen's watch

No way...

I'm actually surprised it hasn't happened yet, as both my mum and maternal grandmother went grey in their late twenties To be honest, I'd rather have had a full head of grey hair already than being a dark-haired slaphead

Ahh, thanks for clarifying We'll have to agree to disagree about the dealers though

Another option, are four-sided nail files. The first two surfaces are the buffing surfaces, the second two are for the fine polishing, and the results're pretty good

My vote would be for the silver DateJust, it has everything: Clear dial, ss bracelet incase you wind up swimming or hot tubbing, classic look, but not too ostentatious. You're going to be out of your zone for a fair period, you don't want to attract the wrong kind of attention and get jacked in a parking lot... Equally, with the DJ, you wouldn't need any other watch, so no need to worry about the maid ripping off your 'spare watch' either

That's quite a good idea though, it at least allows for repairs or a complete replacement

I totally agree, to any non-collectors, a watch is a watch, and they pretty much look the same I just remember the collection I saw a photo a while back, which was literally four 1680s, four 5513s, four 16610s etc, to me, that really did seem a tad redundant

That reminds me of my pre-marriage collection, when I really did have a lot of variety The problem I found was that I tended to wear a main beater, and many of the others simply sat on the shelf collecting dust It was rebuilding my collection which made me decide to have a 'seasonal' watch, with other options for occasional changes in needs or wardrobe

Very nice

Did that make you reconsider your collection in any way? How many do you own now? Is there more diversity in the collection?

Ahh, I rather like that school of thought, and somewhat similar to my own For example: Day to day beater - 16610 (will become 16800 in time) Tattooing beater - no date plastic quartz submariner (unaffected by magnetic field from tattoo machine) Suit Wear - DateJust (silver dial) Formal Wear - Datejust (black dial on leather strap) 'under the radar' casual - 1655 on leather fatstrap If I was to consider one GMT project as a 'quiet holiday' or 'cold holiday' watch, the other GMT project could be for vacations in sunnier climates or if more 'robust activities' are planned That could work Thanks for making the decision clearer

And of course, everyone's tastes're different, and beauty is in the eye of the beholder I certainly wouldn't get rid of a watch I liked to make room in the box for another (even if I really liked the other watch) as I try to let every watch have their own place in my wardrobe or seasonal scheme I might not wear my DateJust every day, but there are times when I feel it is a smarter watch, so more suitable than my Sub, so it still sees action at the right time, I'm just thinking about if it would be redundant to have two watches for only the one occasion, with very little aesthetic difference between them

But even though they are similar, the color variations do break up that 'same but different' vibe And of course, if they all get a turn as a daily wearer or wardrobe specific piece, that's all good From my own perspective, I'm thinking that I would likely only wear a GMT while on vacation (but of course, with watch collecting, who knows when a new acquisition will become a firm beater) so no need for the alternative selection, yet both are projects I really want to tackle

That's precisely my thoughts... At the moment, I have a Tudor Sub which I consider a 'summer watch' (as I tend to wear it on a Tropic-style strap) and I want to convert my 16610 Sub into a 16800 Sub (for the challenge of the project) but I am concerned that even that might be an unnecessary duplication (of a black and silver dive watch) of appearances

But for example, if someone was to have a black-bezel GMT, a Submariner and a Sea-Dweller, although the watches have the same basic overall look, they would all be different, and have different strengths. But several GMTs or Submariners, on the other hand, would be a different matter I guess I'm just thinking out loud and trying to come to a few decisions on what direction to plan my collection

Admitedly, the snowflakes are duplication, as the bracelet could always be swapped with the NATO and vice versa, but I wouldn't have said that the DDs or Daytonas were redundancy, as the color variations allow for being better suited to circumstances/wardrobe For example, my fluted bezel/jubilee DateJust now has a silver sunburst dial, and as much as I love it, I feel it's a little too showy for everyday wear with jeans and T-Shirt, and I really want to do a DJ project based on your white-dialled DD, with smooth bezel/oyster bracelet, as a potential daily beater which could be worn with the dressed down look ('business barbeque' is the best way to describe the level of formality I'm thinking of for it) and I feel that those differing options would not be duplication, yet I feel that my two planned GMT projects, one extremely vintage, one very contemporary (as they're not planned as daily beaters, just as 'travel watches') I feel wouldn't allow for enough distinction in purpose to not be redundancy/repetition, if that makes any sense? I guess I just wondered what others thought about having several watches which had the same appearance/functions

As this is something which transcends brand names, I wondered what folks thoughts were with regards this issue in collecting (in the hopes of crystalising my own opinions...) For example, I've seen photos of Rolex collections which showed three or four identical or near identical copies of the same model watch. Personally, I can't really see the point in having such replication, for example, having a GMT Master II, I can't see much point in having a GMTIIC as well (although I can of course, understand that bezel variation could allow for different looks according to wardrobe requirements) but wanted to see what others thought on the subject

Beautiful build I definitely think I'm going to have to build one of these at some point, although likewise, I think it would be a build which would wind up on someone else's wrist