HauteHippie Posted June 28, 2010 Report Posted June 28, 2010 Man are there ever some amazing pieces out there. I thought I'd start a thread to display your favorite watches owned by members of our community, preferably pieces that at the very least started their lives as reps. I know for certain that none of my favorites are my own. Here are a few of my favorites, without naming names and in no particular order...
Jkay Posted June 28, 2010 Report Posted June 28, 2010 My current favorite among many is Gran's Crazy Hours in silver on custom double hornback. I'll add more as I find more pics of the member's watches I covet I can tell you that JoJo, gioarmani, Lani, and Ubi are going to figure prominently in this rogue's gallery. P4GTR's UN Maxi By-Tor's glacier blue dial Day-Date (for the Mrs, not me)
robertk Posted June 28, 2010 Report Posted June 28, 2010 Tooo many to consider. Gran's got some beauties, but how do you pick a favorite?
Jkay Posted June 28, 2010 Report Posted June 28, 2010 Choose 5, then This one .. I'm sorry, I forget to whom it belongs ... is burned into my brain .. WOW.
chronos666 Posted June 28, 2010 Report Posted June 28, 2010 Z-'s Illinois Fiddy, and whoever's this super lumed slevin's is.
freddy333 Posted June 28, 2010 Report Posted June 28, 2010 Whenever this question comes up, the image that always comes to mind is Avitt's 2 6263 Daytonas - 1 black dial & 1 silver dial, which were the catalyst for many other members' DW projects (including mine). Here is 1 of them
ubiquitous Posted June 28, 2010 Report Posted June 28, 2010 Here are my current forum favorites: chieftang's beautiful FM franken with gen dial done up in Zigmeister lume: opcrown's very amazing 203/A: another vote for watchmeister's PAM28 franken: and an unknown, unfinished AP Barrichello II franken that bricciola is working on:
Member X Posted June 28, 2010 Report Posted June 28, 2010 Choose 5, then This one .. I'm sorry, I forget to whom it belongs ... is burned into my brain .. WOW. That's a one-off custom build by JohnG, I think!
HauteHippie Posted June 28, 2010 Author Report Posted June 28, 2010 Whenever this question comes up, the image that always comes to mind is Avitt's 2 6263 Daytonas - 1 black dial & 1 silver dial, which were the catalyst for many other members' DW projects (including mine). Here is 1 of them Ah yes, I was looking for this too. The silver dial version is the one I love. This one is easily in my top 5.
redwatch Posted June 28, 2010 Report Posted June 28, 2010 Concepta's Super Franken Laureus is definitely on my top list for sure!!! Also Freddy's new Albino 6542 is my ultimate grail watch!
vlydog Posted June 29, 2010 Report Posted June 29, 2010 Great idea for a thread B and also thanks for the shout-out! As chief said, some of my favorites but in no particular order... and definitely more to come.
HauteHippie Posted June 29, 2010 Author Report Posted June 29, 2010 <imagine a pic of Watchmeister's Fiddy here>
TeeJay Posted June 29, 2010 Report Posted June 29, 2010 I have two, in no order: Classic, yet customized: Inspiring to my own project:
tomhorn Posted June 30, 2010 Report Posted June 30, 2010 (edited) Ubi and Avitt's Daytonas ... OK, well anything from either of those two pretty much has to make the list ... Chief's 3717 gave me the incentive to do up mine, which is my personal favorite piece (although not as nice as his, yet). Any of Concepta's franken Portuguese chronos. Most recently being Deltatahoe's panda. Edited June 30, 2010 by tomhorn
ubiquitous Posted July 1, 2010 Report Posted July 1, 2010 I need to add one more to my list- Vly's WM9 Project X 16610: Very cool!
P4GTR Posted July 1, 2010 Report Posted July 1, 2010 Nice idea for a topic Chief. Jkay, i'm flattered to see one of my watches in the 2nd post. That UN is very special, given to me by the owner of the 1st watch in the thread, Mr. Ubi-doo. By-Tor and I have similar taste, so here are two beauties captured with class.. RobbieG's Gen UN MMD, and genuinely amazing photographs Nanuqs Gen double Red. A watch that looks like if it could talk, would have some good stories.
Nanuq Posted July 1, 2010 Report Posted July 1, 2010 This thread just can't be complete without Delta's
lhooq Posted July 2, 2010 Report Posted July 2, 2010 Inspiring to my own project: Wow, why didn't I check this thread earlier? I'm honored you'd put me in such esteemed company, TeeJay! So here are a few of my favorites. Ubi's 7032: Someone's already posted Freddy's epic, white 6542, so I'll go with his Honpo: jmb's fantastic, I-can't-believe-he-did-that, Tudor: And, most of all, Stilty's sensational, inspirational Explorer:
TeeJay Posted July 2, 2010 Report Posted July 2, 2010 Wow, why didn't I check this thread earlier? I'm honored you'd put me in such esteemed company, TeeJay! It was seeing your pre-Daytona on the Tropic strap which gave me the 'final color-scheme' for my project, although I'm planning to make it a Tudor Chronograph instead of a Rolex, and also gave me the final push I needed to try the Modena Tropic-Style strap, which has been a real pleasure to wear during the recent hot/humid weather
By-Tor Posted July 8, 2010 Report Posted July 8, 2010 Lani's 2xAR Seamaster Chrono comes to mind. Looks nicer than the gen.
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