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kostal2093 wrote: »

Cyrus wrote: »

wearing the VC this week, of the 3 recent arrivals i think this is my favourite, very slim and wears very nicely.

A nice watch and well wear, but personally I do not like date indications at 4pm position - for me, it is either 3 or 6 position or none at all. Also, the 'greyness' would not exactly want me to look at the watch too frequently as it is a little 'lifeless' . It also looks big on the wrist, but maybe that is just the camera angle - I assume it is 42/42.5mm? Are VC still manufacturing this variant or has it been discontinued/replaced by the chronograph version? While I appreciate VC are part of the 'Holy Trinity' of watchmaking, I see them well behind PP & AP - indeed I would rate AL&S well ahead. For example the 1815 shown here a few days ago is a far superior watch in my opinion. At the end of the day, it is all about choices, but this one would certainly not be on my list. It is a solid investment though more especially when you like it.

Its 42mm but wears quite small actually and its relatively thin at 12.5mm or so, its the unfortunate angle you get when you take your own wrist shots!

This is gen 2 (of which there is also a chronograph which i have my eye on), they released gen 3 a year or two ago which are pretty similar but with a few nice changes like micro adjustment and quick strap changes. This deepstream is a hybrid between gen 2 and 3 as it eschews the maltese cross dial decoration on the others in the second generation.

As for the holy trinity, isnt it all just marketing fluff.

And i do like 893s ALS, its one of the few represenations of a pr on a dial that i could work with but to be fair comparing it to this is a little apples and oranges.

Wouldnt life be strange if we all liked the same things

please let us see your collection, as you can see everyone here is very open.

shano76 wrote: »

Hi All, first piece I've posted here. Been meaning to do so for ages but haven't got around to it until now. (Not sure how to embed a photo so hopefully the attachment works!)

I wanted to start with this one as it's probably one of the only watches I have that has a bit of sentimental value attached. It's a Certina Vainqueur which my Grandfather gave to my Dad when my Dad first left home & moved to Dublin to work & study in 1957.

It was worn daily as his one & only watch until around 1996 when it was replaced with a (far inferior) watch that I bought him, knowing nothing about watches at the time. It was consigned to a drawer at that point & sat there until a couple of years ago, when he realised he'd never wear it again & gave it to me.

I have no idea if/when it was last serviced (possibly never!!) but it's keeping remarkably good time considering it's 63 years old! It has a beautiful patina on the dial & plenty of war wounds on the crystal, while the case is scratched & pitted telling the tales of a life of wear & tear.

I wear it sparingly to make sure I appreciate the time with it on my wrist, but each time I look at it, I'm reminded of looking in wonder as a child at that small seconds hand & those concentric circles in the subdial as it sat on my Dad's wrist.

893bet wrote: »

I need to handle this watch to make an assessment. I would have bought it had Cyrus not beaten me to the march when it popped up. Second hand these are great value in comparison to the current version.

Don’t think that’s a like for like comparison between an 1815 and this Overseas.

I also see VC > AP. AP only have one watch, the Royal Oak, which is lovely but they have little else in the arsenal. In horological terms they are both behemoths.



What ref number is this Cyrus? I thought it was a 47040? Is that a typo in the thickness? Thought these were around 10mm which is a big difference from 12.5mm





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