masi Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 I just bought this piece as a b-day present .... for myself! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Great watch!!!!! Quote Link to comment
masi Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 Boss Atong, fancy meeting you here!!! Not only are you a good food critic you are also a watch lover... I own a few watches: 1. Heuer Camaro - Chronograph... (this is was my dad's watch. he bought it in the 60s before TAG bought into Heuer);2. Cartier Panthere - s.s. quartz.3. IWC Spitfire Chronograph I "DREAM" of owning a IWC Portuguese perpetual calendar, in rose gold... Dream na lang talaga.... Quote Link to comment
heavygatin_but_cutie Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 Boss Atong, fancy meeting you here!!! Not only are you a good food critic you are also a watch lover... I own a few watches: 1. Heuer Camaro - Chronograph... (this is was my dad's watch. he bought it in the 60s before TAG bought into Heuer);2. Cartier Panthere - s.s. quartz.3. IWC Spitfire Chronograph I "DREAM" of owning a IWC Portuguese perpetual calendar, in rose gold... Dream na lang talaga....<{POST_SNAPBACK}> hi Masi...hmm nice watch you have there. you have few but EXPENSIVE watches i can say. :cool: for me..i am dying to have technomarine, phillip charriol, bulgari .. but most of all .. i am dying to have a custom made PATEK PHILLIPE watches! haaayy... like masi..these are the watches I dream of owning 1 someday...but far from reality. not that rich to buy one... so simple ... so elegant...soooo EXPENSIVE!!!! i attached some of the fav PATEK watches i would love to have ... Quote Link to comment
ATONG ANG Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 (edited) Boss Atong, fancy meeting you here!!! Not only are you a good food critic you are also a watch lover... I own a few watches: 1. Heuer Camaro - Chronograph... (this is was my dad's watch. he bought it in the 60s before TAG bought into Heuer);2. Cartier Panthere - s.s. quartz.3. IWC Spitfire Chronograph I "DREAM" of owning a IWC Portuguese perpetual calendar, in rose gold... Dream na lang talaga....<{POST_SNAPBACK}>just a food and watch lover. keep your heuer, its much better than any 'tag' watch ever produced. normally i would prefer an automatic cartier. as for the spitfire, i envy you. almost bought one at hk a couple of years ago but the stingy side got to me. i like it better than the standard flieger because of its sword hands. i just dont know how to read all the details with such small writings and that many indicators. let me know when you get your dream and plan to part with it. here's some for appetizers: http://www.iwc.ch/collection/_img/2_0_portuguese/5021_003_l.jpg Edited June 15, 2005 by ATONG ANG Quote Link to comment
MODERATOR bonito99 Posted June 15, 2005 Author MODERATOR Share Posted June 15, 2005 @atong: I'm a collector on a shoe-string budget. hahaha Quote Link to comment
ATONG ANG Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 @atong: I'm a collector on a shoe-string budget. hahaha<{POST_SNAPBACK}>perhaps that may be a pair of bally shoes Quote Link to comment
masi Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 just a food and watch lover. keep your heuer, its much better than any 'tag' watch ever produced. normally i would prefer an automatic cartier. as for the spitfire, i envy you. almost bought one at hk a couple of years ago but the stingy side got to me. i like it better than the standard flieger because of its sword hands. i just dont know how to read all the details with such small writings and that many indicators. let me know when you get your dream and plan to part with it. here's some for appetizers: http://www.iwc.ch/collection/_img/2_0_portuguese/5021_003_l.jpg<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Atong, you just made my day with the pic... what really catches my fancy about this watch is the 7 day power reserve and a 500 year guarantee on the calendar.. meaning. the moonphase, leap years skips are so perfect. as for the spitfire... the sword hands was the selling point and its functionality. at the time i got it last year, i was going for functionality and thought that a second chronograph was superfluous... now i'm thinking, i should have gotten the double chrono... anyway, i'm pretty happy with what i have. Quote Link to comment
ATONG ANG Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Atong, you just made my day with the pic... what really catches my fancy about this watch is the 7 day power reserve and a 500 year guarantee on the calendar.. meaning. the moonphase, leap years skips are so perfect.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>which means you should be wearing it at least once a week. 500 year guarantee? will the world still be around during that time? i'd like to keep a watch for the next generation, but for more thatn a generation??? one of the problems with complications and tourbillions is that once you past the dersired time and date, it will be a fuss to adjust back. that's one of the reasons i sold my perpetual moonphase watch. Quote Link to comment
masi Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 which means you should be wearing it at least once a week. 500 year guarantee? will the world still be around during that time? i'd like to keep a watch for the next generation, but for more thatn a generation??? one of the problems with complications and tourbillions is that once you past the dersired time and date, it will be a fuss to adjust back. that's one of the reasons i sold my perpetual moonphase watch.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> i had the same comment from my wife when we went to a watch shop at a mandaluyong mall and looked at my dream watch... she said by the time i can afford to own a perpetual calendar watch, i would not have enough years to enjoy the calendar... i had the same issues bugging in my head .. what if the watch stops and have to adjust it manually, can you imagine how long it would take.... the other logic would be to buy a watch winder.... i guess you would have to buy 1 of those by that time. as for power reserve.. my iwc has a 44 hour power reserve. even if i wear it everyday. there are just time that there wasnt enough movement on your wrist to wind it. so you have to wind the power reserve every now and then... being a mechanical watch.. it does need some maintenance... for no or less maintenance get a quartz. Quote Link to comment
ATONG ANG Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 i had the same comment from my wife when we went to a watch shop at a mandaluyong mall and looked at my dream watch... she said by the time i can afford to own a perpetual calendar watch, i would not have enough years to enjoy the calendar... i had the same issues bugging in my head .. what if the watch stops and have to adjust it manually, can you imagine how long it would take.... the other logic would be to buy a watch winder.... i guess you would have to buy 1 of those by that time. as for power reserve.. my iwc has a 44 hour power reserve. even if i wear it everyday. there are just time that there wasnt enough movement on your wrist to wind it. so you have to wind the power reserve every now and then... being a mechanical watch.. it does need some maintenance... for no or less maintenance get a quartz.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>the quartz just doesnt have 'it'- the x factor. notwithstanding the resale price, an automatic watch feels more alive than the quartz which comes on as a machine. strange, my speedmaster doesnt seem to stop when i alternate it another watch daily and i dont see the need to wind it. had it serviced last june at omega hk. im contemplating on selling it because tmy datejust doesnt seem to be getting any wrist time. im just hesistating because it is already out of production and it is such a beauty. omega stopped two tone speedmasters 10 years ago. i read somewhere that for perpetual calendar moonphase watches like iwc or patek, you need to bring it to a watchmaker to have it adjusted if you pass the actual time and date. others use watch winders but more to avoid the lubrication inside the movement getting stucked up. what your wife said makes sense. that's why they came up with that marketing slogan for patek, but im not sure the next generation would appreciate the watches the same way we do now. by the way, are you in your 30's or 40's? dont worry, i wont tell Quote Link to comment
masi Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 the quartz just doesnt have 'it'- the x factor. notwithstanding the resale price, an automatic watch feels more alive than the quartz which comes on as a machine. strange, my speedmaster doesnt seem to stop when i alternate it another watch daily and i dont see the need to wind it. had it serviced last june at omega hk. im contemplating on selling it because tmy datejust doesnt seem to be getting any wrist time. im just hesistating because it is already out of production and it is such a beauty. omega stopped two tone speedmasters 10 years ago. i read somewhere that for perpetual calendar moonphase watches like iwc or patek, you need to bring it to a watchmaker to have it adjusted if you pass the actual time and date. others use watch winders but more to avoid the lubrication inside the movement getting stucked up. what your wife said makes sense. that's why they came up with that marketing slogan for patek, but im not sure the next generation would appreciate the watches the same way we do now. by the way, are you in your 30's or 40's? dont worry, i wont tell <{POST_SNAPBACK}> yes, the automatic is the movement of choice for collectors and true afficionados. as the for quartz, accuracy is its foremost virtue plus it gives the watchmaker the ability to keep it slim and tiny. i havent come across that item of having a watchmaker to adjust the moonphase of those watches... well, i guess, i will get there if and when i could get my dream watch.. but for now... it remains a dream am in my 40s, which was the essence of getting the iwc. i had my panthere for about 10 years. other watches that i like to look at are drivers' watches.. Oris came out with the a Williams Montoya and Schumacher but these drivers left Team Williams BMW. Tag has the Coultard and Raikonan and Omega the Michael Schumacher. The Omega is pretty pricey. IWC came out recently with the Ingenieur AMG limited edition. Quote Link to comment
ATONG ANG Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 yes, the automatic is the movement of choice for collectors and true afficionados. as the for quartz, accuracy is its foremost virtue plus it gives the watchmaker the ability to keep it slim and tiny. i havent come across that item of having a watchmaker to adjust the moonphase of those watches... well, i guess, i will get there if and when i could get my dream watch.. but for now... it remains a dream am in my 40s, which was the essence of getting the iwc. i had my panthere for about 10 years. other watches that i like to look at are drivers' watches.. Oris came out with the a Williams Montoya and Schumacher but these drivers left Team Williams BMW. Tag has the Coultard and Raikonan and Omega the Michael Schumacher. The Omega is pretty pricey. IWC came out recently with the Ingenieur AMG limited edition.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>drivers watches are the territories of iwc and tag. oris is slowing creeping in. imho, i think omega has been getting endorsements right and left without much consideration to its identity. only good ones they had was pierce brosnan, cindy crawford and anna kournikova. oris has been more picky, getting the likes of miles davis, louis armstrong, charlie parker, frank sinatra, ralph schumacher, beckham, Nicolas Cage, Keanu Reeves, anthony hopkins, meg ryan, harrison ford, tommy lee jones. two of my simple desired watches:http://www.oris.ch/pr/pictures/tn/tn_BigCrownComplication.jpg http://www.oris.ch/pr/pictures/tn/tn_prp6_2004.jpg the second one is 24 k gold case but not available locally Quote Link to comment
masi Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 drivers watches are the territories of iwc and tag. oris is slowing creeping in. imho, i think omega has been getting endorsements right and left without much consideration to its identity. only good ones they had was pierce brosnan, cindy crawford and anna kournikova. oris has been more picky, getting the likes of miles davis, louis armstrong, charlie parker, frank sinatra, ralph schumacher, beckham, Nicolas Cage, Keanu Reeves, anthony hopkins, meg ryan, harrison ford, tommy lee jones. two of my simple desired watches:http://www.oris.ch/pr/pictures/tn/tn_BigCrownComplication.jpg http://www.oris.ch/pr/pictures/tn/tn_prp6_2004.jpg the second one is 24 k gold case but not available locally<{POST_SNAPBACK}> oris watches... yes! good watches yet reasonably priced! true value for money! pretty long list of celebrity endorsers, including the godfather.. Ol' Blue Eyes... it's quite unfortunate the Oris was not featured in the book Watches International V. I use this book as reference to the different brands that catches my fancy. Quote Link to comment
ATONG ANG Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 oris watches... yes! good watches yet reasonably priced! true value for money! pretty long list of celebrity endorsers, including the godfather.. Ol' Blue Eyes... it's quite unfortunate the Oris was not featured in the book Watches International V. I use this book as reference to the different brands that catches my fancy.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>good watches need not be expensive nor flashy. oris makes only mechanical watches, which is a big plus added to some beautiful and functional watches dago to some, ol blue eyes to many, my main man. too bad he was too old for his last concert here in manila to the point that he forgot the lyrics of my way. you seem very knowledgeable with watches. maybe we could get together some time with the bo man for some watch and food talk. i'm sure i could learn much from you Quote Link to comment
ATONG ANG Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 seeing your avatar, youve probably been collecting tudor chronos before and tag nowadays Quote Link to comment
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