Reasonably priced gens you want?

[fraggle42]

Ok, here's two for starters.

 

Tudor Black Bay, can be had for £1700 on bracelet from Italy.

 

And whilst looking through the Basel 2012 report on WUS, I saw this Aviator Professional Chronograph

 

http://www.swisstime.ch/index.php?id=41&idDetailProd=2443#.UqYdJeJlmRl

 

PVD loveliness!

 

I can't find it on sale anywhere, but supposed to be between $1000 and $1999.

 

 

[astonjenks]

Love the look of that Aviator!

 

AJ

[lhooq]

I like the Tudor Pelagos a lot, but even that's on the high end of reason. Among new(ish) releases, if I had the money to spend, I'd be taking long looks at the Sinn 656 and the Oris Grand Prix 1970.

[Cromag]

I'm seeking out a gen 3717-04 in the $3500 range. Possibly 3777-04 too but I prefer getting a Franken rep, with gen dial and custom AR crystal, to the gen.

Edited December 9, 2013 by Cromag

[fraggle42]

It was at the 2012 Basel show Andy, so you'd think it would be for sale somewhere by now? Ah well, if I ever see one in the flesh in 6 months time, it ill be a good test to see if I still love it or not.

I had a look at pictures of that Sinn and personally found it very plain? Nothing wrong with plain, but why that one? I'm curious And that other watch is very, err, green! Certainly very, very different and I like it. I'm just nt sure if I like it just because its different, or if I like it because of its design if you see what I mean.

[fraggle42]

One thing I can't help but wonder, how much is it to get into the Basel show?

Has anyone organised a GTG there? Would be a hoot, a few days in a cheap hotel next to a good bar, Basel in the daytime, bar in the evening!

[fraggle42]

Just been having a play with the Basel show iPad app. It's cool

Details, images and videos from hundreds of exhibitors, funky 3D map of all the halls.

I can see me wasting quite a few hours looking through that thing.

And per day entry cost is 60CHF, or 150CHF for an 8 day pass.

[lhooq]

Has anyone organised a GTG there? Would be a hoot, a few days in a cheap hotel next to a good bar, Basel in the daytime, bar in the evening!

 

Are there any cheap hotels in Basel during Baselworld?

[fraggle42]

Cheap? Probably yes, but will have to book them early (probably too late for 2014 now) and the cheap ones won't be close to the show centre.

And most of you lot have as many gens as you have reps!! Cheap hotels indeed!

[panerai153]

There are tons of really nice genuine watches in the 1000.00 USD to 2000.00USD range, and the range expands tremendously if you add gently used watches, because that will get you into a lot of the Omega and similar priced watch lines (used). Personally I have no problems with letting someone else take that initial purchaser hit! When you can buy a slightly used gen for 60% of the selling price, and the watch is only a couple of months old and comes with all the boxes, papers and probably some warranty left, why not. That initial euphoria from walking out of and AD with a brand new watch lasts for such a short time, and then you start kicking yourself when you see one just like yours advertised on WUS or TZ for hundreds less!

[sirdiesel]

Ok, here's two for starters.

 

Tudor Black Bay, can be had for £1700 on bracelet from Italy.

 

And whilst looking through the Basel 2012 report on WUS, I saw this Aviator Professional Chronograph

 

http://www.swisstime.ch/index.php?id=41&idDetailProd=2443#.UqYdJeJlmRl

 

PVD loveliness!

 

I can't find it on sale anywhere, but supposed to be between $1000 and $1999.

wow i love that swisstime aviator! nice find! i hope you get it for chrismas!

[sirdiesel]

One thing I can't help but wonder, how much is it to get into the Basel show?

Has anyone organised a GTG there? Would be a hoot, a few days in a cheap hotel next to a good bar, Basel in the daytime, bar in the evening!

i would be there for sure!

tell me when !

[SSTEEL]

I have a couple of genuine watches I plan on getting, these are, a Tudor Prince Date Panda, and a Breitling Titanium white dial Aerospace.

[icoopernicus]

I'm in the market for a TAG Heuer 500m Ceramic diver. At around $2000 it is very reasonably priced. 

[fraggle42]

I can definitely recommend the Aerospace, I love mine! Got to send it off to Breitling for the full makeover, fantastic value for £300.

 

That Aviator Pro chrono is lovely, 42mm and just enough interesting features on the dial to go well with the PVD. Needs a nice dark brown Pam style strap to go with it though.

 

And yes, considering used watches for the upto £2k price brings in a lot of nice stuff.

 

Keep your dream-but-affordable watch ideas coming guys!

[martijnp]

I really like the Orient Mako EM65002D. But I can't find this model on the internet to buy

 

[gsiguy]

Definitely a gen Tudor black bay is a target for 2014. I have pre-ordered these 2 watches and hope they come in February... http://www.steinhartwatches.de/en/Nav-B-Uhr-44-handwinding-bronze,811.html http://www.steinhartwatches.de/en/OCEAN-One-Vintage,817.html Sent from my RM-821_apac_singapore_293 using Tapatalk

[fraggle42]

Nice.

 

There's a couple of Steinharts from their website that I feel calling to me:-

 

http://www.steinhartwatches.de/en/Marine-Officer-Grey,430.html

 

and

 

http://www.steinhartwatches.de/en/Ocean-vintage-GMT,339.html

 

Well, there's loads of them but those are the two that would slot nicely into my current modest collection.

[fraggle42]

wow i love that swisstime aviator! nice find! i hope you get it for chrismas!

 

You have no idea how much I'm waiting for the postman to deliver a certain oblong package....!

[panerai153]

this the one I'm waiting for. Probably at least another 6 months to go, but nothing about MKII is fast. It's the MKII homage to the 6542.these are just preliminary renderings to show the different fonts for the bezel insert.

 

 

[StormTooper4]

Frag42 Having seen your wristie with the Armida I had to get myself one 

[Mike on a bike]

Here's my pic

 

Link http://www.chrono24.com/en/glycine/combat-sub--in2watchescom--id2059089.htm?manufacturerIds=104&picnum=1&referenceNumber=3863%24104&tab=pics&urlSubpath=%2Fglycine%2Fref-3863.htm

[dannesyd]

A tudor black bay would be nice for sure. Have had a quick look at it at a local AD and it looks very nice. But so there are a couple of reps on my to do list before saving up for the tudor

Edit: Damn you Mike . Now i found another must have. Glycine really have some nice watches!

 

[markiemark]

PP Aquanaut, only 20k

[Mike on a bike]

Yea markie like that is going to happen!

 

Nice one ain't it Dan about one grand, maybe in the spring after I recover from Christmas shopping!