Never was a Rolex fan. Overrated garbage. Patek Philippe >.
Hublot too
Everyday watch - Breitling.
Of course ME would be a watch expert too
Why would you say avoid Tag?Nah, Rolex makes great kit, don't let the way too successful marketing blind you to that. Great build quality, timeless designs, fantastic finishing.
Hublot's build quality has gone to shit, as has Breitling's (as soon as you start putting off the shelf eta movements in "luxury" watches, **** you). Neither is doing in house movement development anymore. I don't say that happily at all, I'm a huge stan for the Navitimer design. Most of the more popular of the mid tier luxury brands (where I'd place Rolex) have gone to shit on the quality front. Breguet, Rolex, Omega ,Nardin,Glashutte, JLC, IWC are the tits in that category. Avoid Hublot, Breitling, Tag (Monaco is an exception...just too gorgeous and it uses their own movement, not the eta's like most of their stuff has), Panerai, Muller.
Holy trinity is obviously a solid step up on that group with Lange somewhere in between imo. If you want the finishing quality of a Patek (better in a lot of cases) with half the price tag, Lange is the way. A Datograph has been my grail watch for a while now.
#mostinterestingmanintheworldHardly an expert. I have a small collection though. One of my interests, yeah.
Why would you say avoid Tag?
I didn’t see any mention of Baume.
And IWC makes some beautiful ones but crazy expensive.
I'll disagree as I've owned several. Hublot big bang circa 2010 is a great watch.Nah, Rolex makes great kit, don't let the way too successful marketing blind you to that. Great build quality, timeless designs, fantastic finishing.
Hublot's build quality has gone to shit, as has Breitling's (as soon as you start putting off the shelf eta movements in "luxury" watches, **** you). Neither is doing in house movement development anymore. I don't say that happily at all, I'm a huge stan for the Navitimer design. Most of the more popular of the mid tier luxury brands (where I'd place Rolex) have gone to shit on the quality front. Breguet, Rolex, Omega ,Nardin,Glashutte, JLC, IWC are the tits in that category. Avoid Hublot, Breitling, Tag (Monaco is an exception...just too gorgeous and it uses their own movement, not the eta's like most of their stuff has), Panerai, Muller.
Holy trinity is obviously a solid step up on that group with Lange somewhere in between imo. If you want the finishing quality of a Patek (better in a lot of cases) with half the price tag, Lange is the way. A Datograph has been my grail watch for a while now.
Thoughts on the Fitbit Versa 2?Tag started putting ETA 2824's in a lot of their stuff about 10 years ago. Which is a fine movement, but it's an off the shelf swiss auto, which has it's place (it's a solid movement, cheapish, easy to service) but that place isn't in a watch with a 8-10K price tag. You can get an Oris (or a handful of others) with the same ETA movement in it for half or less the price. If it's not a precious metal watch, or the finishing isn't really good, where exactly is the rest of the money spend going?
yeah, I didn't mention Baume, I like Baume but they're a tier down from the group I named imo (which isn't a bad thing. I'd put them in the bag with Oris, Sinn, Nomos, Longines, Tudor and a bunch of others). The name I forgot from that group was Zenith though, Zenith has some top of the food chain movements in that group.
IWC is just flat out awesome, worth every penny from a quality standpoint.
The case and design on the big bang is revolutionary, no arguments, but unless you were rocking one from the first few years with the Valjoux movement, it was touched up ETA. Which is fine, ETA makes good solid movements, but like I said above, not my cup of tea in a watch at that ~20K price point. Not when Rolex is putting superior in house movements into "just" a submariner for 5-10K less.I'll disagree as I've owned several. Hublot big bang circa 2010 is a great watch.
My everyday Breitling super navigator is a beast.
Patek philippe is the standard imo.
Thoughts on the Fitbit Versa 2?
That's what I wear. I have a few different bands so I can be fancy and shit.you joke, lol, but I own one. The only digital I own. It's not bad actually. I don't use it nearly enough. Got it for airmiles and figured I would use it to track my steps when I was out doing landscape photography last summer.
I think Tag and Baume are great watches. They don’t necessarily come with those hefty price tags, but they have some of the best looking and also quality pieces out there among what I’d call the more casual collections.Tag started putting ETA 2824's in a lot of their stuff about 10 years ago. Which is a fine movement, but it's an off the shelf swiss auto, which has it's place (it's a solid movement, cheapish, easy to service) but that place isn't in a watch with a 8-10K price tag. You can get an Oris (or a handful of others) with the same ETA movement in it for half or less the price. If it's not a precious metal watch, or the finishing isn't really good, where exactly is the rest of the money spend going?
yeah, I didn't mention Baume, I like Baume but they're a tier down from the group I named imo (which isn't a bad thing. I'd put them in the bag with Oris, Sinn, Nomos, Longines, Tudor and a bunch of others). The name I forgot from that group was Zenith though, Zenith has some top of the food chain movements in that group.
IWC is just flat out awesome, worth every penny from a quality standpoint.
I think Tag and Baume are great watches. They don’t necessarily come with those hefty price tags, but they have some of the best looking and also quality pieces out there among what I’d call the more casual collections.
IWC is a beaut. The pretty ones are pricey.