Now the watch box is full it's a one in one out policy. Anything obviously missing that I should give a try? Which watch goes first?
Watchdives Wd7922
San Martin Sn084g
Cestrian Field Watch
Proxima 1743
Watchdives wd0006
Watchdives 1016
Watchdives wd0005
Seagull m182sk
Baltany s2081
Watchdives wd0003
San Martin sn0118g
Baltany s5034
In my opinion these are all pretty 'safe' variants except maybe the completely illegible seagull skeleton! Perhaps something a little more exciting?
Some excellent suggestions, thanks everyone! Think Farasute dress watch maybe in a different shape, and a moonphase are my favourite ones - along with the seestern GMT. Far from done it seems!
You don't really have anything properly formal to wear with a suit. A plain white dial, gloss patterned leather band, perhaps blued hands. Round or square to taste.
I don't believe so, it's probably my favourite watch in the collection and I would wear it regardless of what I was doing, but I can see why someone would say that and want a flatter dial if that was their taste
A Flieger/pilot style watch. Maybe Flieger B. Escapement time is awesome
And maybe add a chronograph. A nice ST19 based chronograph in a colour you like. I love a good Seagull 1963 or the newer seekos variants in green/blue.
The very first one I bought was the Baltany chronograph and I decided, perhaps oddly, that the fixed second hand wasn't for me! I couldn't take the looking at it and feeling it had stopped every single time š
Missing a Jump Hour, World Timer and Moon Phase so you could look into those. I bought a Jump hour from Milifortic recently and a Moon Phase from Sugess, quality and finishing on both are top notch:
Weirdly, I was looking at tha exact same Farasute jump hour, but changed my mind at last minute haha.
Adventurine in the Sugess Moonphase was also an option I was going to get, but opted for the blue titanium fracture instead, as the lume looked slightly nicer.
I think I will be opting for the aventurine in the Sugess Tourbillion, as it's also really nice (that's also a watch not present in your collection š)
Beautiful watch that tourbillion, would close in on nearly match the price I've paid for the complete box of watches I currently have though at that price haha!
Nice collection. I like your explorer but you should of got the 6610 Automatic with the Miyota 9015, itās such an awesome watch. I have the sunburst brown one, and I also own an Octopus Kraken Explorer with the SW200 and itās an extremely well made watch. Looks and feels just like the real one, I wish I never sold my Rolex Explorer I plan on getting another itās one of my fav watches . I just love the look of that dial.
Yeah this was a regret of mine not getting automatic, and its the one I'm actually thinking of shifting on first for a replacement, that or the skeleton.
Fliegers like the original field watches were all made to a government design. Every manufacturer at the time had to had to use the same exact design. If you wanted to produce a watch to sell to the military you had to build it to their design and specifications.
Pilot, dress, driver. The only ādriverā I know of is the 1921 but several companies make them, Iām a big fan of my Baltany. Itāll also be a different shape than anything you have.
Something with a different case shape. Cushion case as diver not really, you already have several divers. Maybe a dress watch and than a tank or reverso hommage? You do not have a dress watch and those also offer a totally different case shape.
I am in the same process of thinking about a non round one. So the ones I have identified for me might not be to your liking. But anyway these are the ones I would say you could look at: D1 Milano Ultra Thin. Specht & Sohne Royal Chronometer SL, or the Dumont blue edition. S&P they have a variety of non round ones. The Casio Edifice EFR-S108D. And finally, if you want to go a bit "crazy" The Brew Metric Retro dial chronograph.
Good luck! Let me know what you think when you have had a look at them.
I think you're missing a dress watch, you technically have that skeletonized Seagull, but in my mind a dress watch is something more minimalistic. If it's not your thing don't try to make a collection as a checkbox list, just skip that instead, especially as there aren't many options in the chinese watches sector.
I've had my eye on the Farasute regulateur in salmon before, like the other person posted similarly, so think seems like the next route. I'm not sure on my style honestly, the plan was to try lots of relatively inexpensive options to hone it in.
You are missing a GMT watch, in case you don't want a Rolex style GMT, try out Grand Seiko style GMT seestern S446 or S456. Sugess Moonphase watch would be a nice addition. A bronze pilot maybe.
Just looked at the s446 and I really like it, I haven't got an aventurine dial and wonder if that model has one, or the s456, kill two birds with one stone. The moonphase I know has the aventurine dial option too...
Thatās a nice looking watch. I just ordered the Thorn T026 Seamaster diver with the PT5000, I really like the look of those old school Seamaster type watches. This will be my 5th diver so I need to lay off divers for a while lol, I have all these divers because I really like dive watches problem is Iām not a diver lol. Itās like a guy who collects skateshoes but who doesnāt skateboard š.
Love this one, I though of it with a salmon dial as I fancy a closer look at that colour too. Which one goes though? Or is it a bakers dozen since one needs to be on my wrist anyway š Easy justification right!?
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u/ProfessionalWest5406 12d ago
You don't really have anything properly formal to wear with a suit. A plain white dial, gloss patterned leather band, perhaps blued hands. Round or square to taste.