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d4nth3m4n · Feb 27, 2008, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton

I can't figure it out either, but I don't want to say so because people on the MacNN forums might think I'm stupid.

greg

Meh, set the bar low- you only impress from there. Mongo has made a career of this.

mdc · Feb 27, 2008, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by d4nth3m4n

How do you tell time on that? I can usually crack the code of weird watches, but this one has a triangle of 9 dots and a rectangle of 10. Am i missing something?

edit: I'm talking to mdc, because apparently people can't follow this thread without quoting exactly whom you're talking to.

That was the first photo I found with Google Images.
The thing you see >|| is actually what shows up when you press play/pause. There is a button on the right hand side what will show the hour and then the minutes.

I took a photo of it showing the minutes.

BasketofPuppies · Feb 28, 2008, 03:03 AM

Zenith El Primero Zero-G Multi-Dimensional Tourbillon
$500,000
(Link)

Kerrigan · Feb 28, 2008, 04:25 AM

excoet for olepigeon, u gusys have terible taste ;in whatches. i wufk never soedn %500,000 on a watch even id it did but it woud have to appreicate at a rate faster tahn teh market average in order to be considered a good pruchse/investnent.

richwig83 · Feb 28, 2008, 05:50 AM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

excoet for olepigeon, u gusys have terible taste ;in whatches. i wufk never soedn %500,000 on a watch even id it did but it woud have to appreicate at a rate faster tahn teh market average in order to be considered a good pruchse/investnent.

Hey, have you been using that old typewriter again???

- - e r i k - - · Feb 28, 2008, 07:09 AM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

excoet for olepigeon, u gusys have terible taste ;in whatches. i wufk never soedn %500,000 on a watch even id it did but it woud have to appreicate at a rate faster tahn teh market average in order to be considered a good pruchse/investnent.

Take off those boxing gloves Strong Bad!

BasketofPuppies · Feb 28, 2008, 08:12 AM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

excoet for olepigeon, u gusys have terible taste ;in whatches. i wufk never soedn %500,000 on a watch even id it did but it woud have to appreicate at a rate faster tahn teh market average in order to be considered a good pruchse/investnent.

Even if I could afford the %500,000 whatch (sic) that I posted, and even if I could justify paying for it, I wouldn't. This thread is about notable watches, not necessarily good looking watches.

But I stand by the Nooka, Nixon and Movado watches that I posted earlier.

Originally Posted by abe

It seems that wristwatch fashions change every few years and this thread is to help us take a look at some of the MOST notable styles. The MOST expensive or the BIGGEST or the MOST beautiful or MOST strange or...

abe · Feb 28, 2008, 10:59 PM

Originally Posted by BasketofPuppies

Even if I could afford the %500,000 whatch (sic) that I posted, and even if I could justify paying for it, I wouldn't. This thread is about notable watches, not necessarily good looking watches.

But I stand by the Nooka, Nixon and Movado watches that I posted earlier.

Yup!

The more "MOST" the better!

Tiresias · Feb 29, 2008, 11:19 AM

Originally Posted by BasketofPuppies

Zenith El Primero Zero-G Multi-Dimensional Tourbillon
$500,000
(Link)

The only thing impressive about this watch is the price. It looks like something you'd get in a high-end Christmas cracker.

fire3500 · Feb 29, 2008, 02:21 PM

Nice thread, I'm a bit of a watch nut... Macs and wristwatches are my poison

The daily...

The beater...

The Bell & Ross is lovely, I'm up for trading my PAM111 up to a B&R BR0192 Orange when I get some spare funds (no time soon then

).

Also B&R have a lovely OS X screensaver, enjoy: Bell & Ross Official Website (look in goodies and choose the watch you most fancy - they have the Phantom on there too

)

Macfreak7 · Mar 2, 2008, 06:07 AM

Bought me one of these last xmas.. totally love it. Breitling - Instruments for professionals

Franck Muller's "crazy hours" watch seems interesting too (just for a few minutes tho.)
Franck Muller | The Masterpieces

BasketofPuppies · Mar 4, 2008, 11:30 AM

It will complement your Aston Martin.
£1699.99 ($3372)
Rosendahl PCH GMT by Henrik Fisker - acquire

d4nth3m4n · Mar 4, 2008, 07:32 PM

Originally Posted by BasketofPuppies

It will complement your Aston Martin.
£1699.99 ($3372)
Rosendahl PCH GMT by Henrik Fisker - acquire

these days, that would compliment your coachbuilt fisker

THIS is what you need for your aston-

it'll even start it- it ties into the keyless remote on the DBS for the full 007 effect.

ShortcutToMoncton · Mar 4, 2008, 07:47 PM

Does anyone else not like how busy some of these watches are? I guess that makes them expensive, but I'm not a fan.

greg

Buckaroo · Mar 4, 2008, 11:58 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

excoet for olepigeon, u gusys have terible taste ;in whatches. i wufk never soedn %500,000 on a watch even id it did but it woud have to appreicate at a rate faster tahn teh market average in order to be considered a good pruchse/investnent.

- - e r i k - - · Mar 5, 2008, 12:55 AM

Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton

Does anyone else not like how busy some of these watches are? I guess that makes them expensive, but I'm not a fan.

greg

Agreed. That 007 watch is just freaking awful. KISS!

BasketofPuppies · Mar 5, 2008, 09:50 AM

Originally Posted by d4nth3m4n

these days, that would compliment your coachbuilt fisker

Wow. I didn't know that that watch could talk. Heck, I didn't know that any watch could talk. Well worth the almost $3400 then.

Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton

Does anyone else not like how busy some of these watches are? I guess that makes them expensive, but I'm not a fan.

Agreed. "Minimalism" describes my sense of style. Even if I could afford one of the ridiculously expensive watches posted in this thread, I wouldn't buy it. They're not my style.

But this thread isn't about good-looking watches; it's about "most" watches.

BasketofPuppies · Mar 5, 2008, 10:21 AM

Icon Watch
Nerdy yet interesting.
$75

- - e r i k - - · Mar 5, 2008, 07:24 PM

I don't wear watches anymore, but I want one of those!

PlacidTubs · Mar 5, 2008, 08:19 PM

That is awesome. I want one.

abe · Mar 5, 2008, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by ShortcutToMoncton

Does anyone else not like how busy some of these watches are? I guess that makes them expensive, but I'm not a fan.

greg

Me neither.

BasketofPuppies · Mar 7, 2008, 08:21 AM

HOW TO BUY A WATCH: THE COMPLETE GQ GUIDE: GQ Fashion on men.style.com

abe · Mar 7, 2008, 10:01 AM

HOW TO BUY A WATCH: THE COMPLETE GQ GUIDE: GQ Fashion on men.style.com

I'd be impressed that Bond wore it and try to forget the bearded fellow had also been an owner.

abe · Mar 7, 2008, 11:26 AM

I like this one a lot!

Reversable face to prevent damage or scratching the bezel and that 1930's look are killers!

Really nice!

abe · Mar 7, 2008, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by BasketofPuppies

HOW TO BUY A WATCH: THE COMPLETE GQ GUIDE: GQ Fashion on men.style.com

I expected the buyers guide to be strictly a 'puff' piece. But it is educational and really interesting to read. Thanks!

BasketofPuppies · Mar 8, 2008, 03:52 PM

When it comes to casual watches, I am a fan of Alessi.

(If only I wore a casual watch.)

Kvasir · Mar 8, 2008, 10:54 PM

My daily wear watch is a Casio wave ceptor. I love these - solar powered so the battery lasts forever (I have a couple of solar G-shocks nearing 5 years old now). And since they pick up the NIST time signal radio broadcast out of Fort Collins CO every night, they are always perfectly accurate. This morning, it will automatically adjust for DST too. I just wish they would put saphire crystals in them (Casio does on their Oceanus line, but they also charge a lot more for those).

BasketofPuppies · Apr 30, 2008, 10:33 AM

Return of the luxury digital watch?

(Image courtesy of Nooka founder Matthew Waldman's blog.)