My shortlist

[tribe125]

[Raza]

Can’t argue with that choice!

[is that my watch]

well I guess if I can't live vicariously I might have to get me a tank yeah right

but as you say a Rolex explorer is a Rolex explorer ... as Rolex go one of the classic sooo yeah happy for ya ..sounds hard earned ...

[Cybotron]

Congrats! Perfect choice.

[Kronos]

Can't argue with you. Congrats! Now about that Ranger ....


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[tribe125]

Now about that Ranger ....

Would you believe that I was planning to send you a PM?

Stand by…

[skywatch]

"Only watch credentials" indeed! Great choice. Timeless, if that adjective can apply to a timekeeper.

[tribe125]

I’ve commented on my reasoning, but the deciding factor - the one that closed the book on thinking - was servicing. My local watch repair guy is Rolex. In no time at all, I can park up at Rolex and be talking to people with coronets on their clothing. Occasionally, they will do small things while you wait. With Zenith or IWC it would be a day’s outing just to get to an AD. I don’t want to be sending things abroad or hacking up to London.

The other big factor was this notion of nonchalance. I like watches that can be worn almost carelessly and don’t make a splash. Most of the time I hardly want to be conscious of them myself.

Something like this -




I couldn’t give a monkey’s what James Bond wore, but I am interested in what his creator wore. I couldn’t quite do the cigarette holder, though.


And then there’s this for people who think that 36 mm is for girls -




Robert Mitchum. Robert Mitchum in 1967, but still - Robert Mitchum.


And then there’s Bryan Ferry, where admittedly the nonchalance is a bit studied and self-conscious -




We’re very much alike, me and Bryan Ferry. Both working-class lads who went on to become style mavens.


Anyway, that sort of thing. A good but undemanding watch worn casually.

[tribe125]

It’s not new, by the way. I was going to enquire about wait times but used prices told me all I needed to know. I also didn’t want to have that conversation with a bloke in a suit reading from the Watches of Switzerland script.

It’s two years old and is coming from a long-established dealer with a very solid reputation. I could have bought an unworn example but couldn’t bring myself to pay over the odds.

[uchinanchu]

It’s not new, by the way. I was going to enquire about wait times but used prices told me all I needed to know. I also didn’t want to have that conversation with a bloke in a suit reading from the Watches of Switzerland script.

It’s two years old and is coming from a long-established dealer with a very solid reputation. I could have bought an unworn example but couldn’t bring myself to pay over the odds.

Very nice! Is that the current production model or a predecessor?