The Watch Thread - Part 4

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StephenHawking said:
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Wanted a pocket watch. Impractical, who cares....
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How much did you pay to custom-make this?
 
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mirage_77 said:
How much did you pay to custom-make this?
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Ha, it's not really custom, as was pointed out it's just a UTS adventure without the lugs screwed on and with a crown guard. Herr Spinner makes all of his cases himself in his workshop, assembles them and applies the finish by hand. He uses the ETA Valgranges, an extra large movement which fills up the case very nicely. 2400 euros, which is ok to me for something with this level of personal attention. It looks very much nicer than my crappy photo suggests. You would pay a lot more for an IWC ingenieur which is just a copy of this :)
 
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StephenHawking said:
Ha, it's not really custom, as was pointed out it's just a UTS adventure without the lugs screwed on and with a crown guard. Herr Spinner makes all of his cases himself in his workshop, assembles them and applies the finish by hand. He uses the ETA Valgranges, an extra large movement which fills up the case very nicely. 2400 euros, which is ok to me for something with this level of personal attention. It looks very much nicer than my crappy photo suggests. You would pay a lot more for an IWC ingenieur which is just a copy of this :)
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UTS's design is never original to start with and IWC Ingenieur is definitely not a copy. Gerald Genta is the originator behind the design of the ROO and Ingenieur.
 
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StephenHawking said:
Ha, it's not really custom, as was pointed out it's just a UTS adventure without the lugs screwed on and with a crown guard. Herr Spinner makes all of his cases himself in his workshop, assembles them and applies the finish by hand. He uses the ETA Valgranges, an extra large movement which fills up the case very nicely. 2400 euros, which is ok to me for something with this level of personal attention. It looks very much nicer than my crappy photo suggests. You would pay a lot more for an IWC ingenieur which is just a copy of this :)
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Lol. I think btw iwc n uts's design, its the opp of what u mention :p. Think another bro also pointed out liao.

But no matter, designs are always copied if its popular. But uts does have other original designs.
 
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DaBenDan said:
UTS's design is never original to start with and IWC Ingenieur is definitely not a copy. Gerald Genta is the originator behind the design of the ROO and Ingenieur.
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RO rather than ROO i think. ROO was an inhouse marketing gamble (that paid v well) by AP themselves.

Believe nautilus is also genta's design
 
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All in a Day said:
RO rather than ROO i think. ROO was an inhouse marketing gamble (that paid v well) by AP themselves.

Believe nautilus is also genta's design
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Yup! Its RO. ROO was created to b a bigger version to promote the sportier (and rich younger) generation. I read that GG was screaming at AP saying that they destroyed his design with the ROO :s13:
 
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This topic really last chance sia... Last time I missing come back got Richard Milles... then now I missing come back got Patek -_-
 
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aerolord said:
This topic really last chance sia... Last time I missing come back got Richard Milles... then now I missing come back got Patek -_-
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To miss aerolord or not to miss aerolord...

Miss him got some bro buy big 4 watch to see

Don't miss him.. maybe can save some bro from some impulsive buying
 
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Paladium said:
Eh bro what you talking? U just bought a 9-10k watch. You ARE poisoned deeply already lah. Resistance is futile man, give in to the dark side. :s13:
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Welcome to the Dark Side.... please help yourself to the Posion.... its free :)
 
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Rooney3 said:
anyone knows the local price of tag carrera chrono? any discounts?
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Just visit the Tag at ION. The price is $10.25K with 15% discount.

That's the lower end model for that range.

Service very friendly.
 
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jjj2323 said:
Opps... Forgot abt this post even though I saw it couple of days ago

Prefer Swiss
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My wrist is small ard 6.25. So nothing above 42
No pref on strap but I wear it with jeans n t shirt
A date function is nice.
No pref on color
Can buy online. Grey is fine. Even 2nd hand is fine
Not gg to swim with the watch.

Did I miss out anything???
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Your wrist size same as me but i feel 45mm still ok.
 
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