Fitz II wrote: » In the car world (BMW is the one I know about) they often take a tried andd tested engine block like the legendary 6 Cylinder and fettle it into the high end models like the M car engines. Now the m car engines are totally reworked, finer tollerances, better parts etc but at the end of the day it started life as a bog standard 6 cylinder block.
Wibbs wrote: » As TF noted earlier Citizen, Seiko and Sea-Gull are "inhouse" and have been forever. I could add the French LIP and Mortima to the list. Mortima, the now defunct purveyor of very cheap and cheerful watches were more inhouse than any Swiss. they made everything in the factory, dials, cases, hands etc, even their own straps, jewels and springbars. And haute couture watchmaking they were not. American brands were far more inhouse, when they were still around. Of the Swiss brands? Well the Swiss had always outsourced from the early days. Initially with handmade parts and then when industrialisation came along(nicked from the Americans) they continued that parts bin trend. Well it worked and worked very well. When the wristwatch came along the Swiss brands would buy cases from company A, very often movements from company B, dials from company C and so on. Rolex were the king of this. In the early days they weren't a manufacturer at all, more like a parts assembly house/wholesaler. A rare few like Zenith, IWC(who were more known as movement makers until the 40's) and Longines were movement wise fully inhouse until the late 60's. Few enough of any of the rest were. People originally bought watches depending on the retailer, often by the jewel count, then came the brand name(again an American import notion, Rolex being the pioneer of that in the rest of the anglosphere), the movements or where they originated would have barely been in the mix for 99% of customers. Now I do get why it's a wish/concern for buyers today, but it's quite the more recent concern.
893bet wrote: » If I get one I will likely engrave the movement also. Though that does mean I can’t spend 15-20 minutes talking about the box it came in on YouTube before returning it for a refund but that is a cross I will carry.
Cienciano wrote: » Or casio. My g-shock has an in house movement
7 years later……
Well you’d still be waiting on a hulk so not too bad
Tried one on today. Still like it. Would be a Rolex I would buy. But not sure I would wear.
Well wear @893bet - that is class
All the Rolex fans are going to shoot me now but I fancy a pre-ceramic bluesy. But I don't really like the two tone bracelet. So thought is to buy a sub date, get a bluesy dial and blue aluminium bezel insert and get it modified 🤪
Fully reversible obviously.
Try anything else nice on ?
Wouldn't it be easier to change the bracelet on the bluesy? 😄
No…..choice was limited in a carpark 😀
That’s hardly the JLC I messaged you about last year ?No papers with it
No. But it came from this parish at the bottom of one of the regulars watch drawer.
You spend more time trading watches in carparks than even the most dedicated dogger😉
Great to look back over the old posts on this thread and see where folk went.
I'd love to add a Bregeut XXI and a Sinn Damazsener or 1 of their GMT chronos.
Don't know what I'd move on to add them tho.
It would be far more expensive to go that route. Bracelets cost a fortune. A sub is about a grand cheaper than a bluesy, a genuine bluesy dial is about €400-500 and a bezel insert less than €100
If I went the bluesy route and had to change the bracelet, I'd probably buy a jubilee to be even more different 😂
But when you return to original condition the bracelet is way more scalable than the blue dial and bezel.
If / when I return to original, it is back to being the sub date that I bought. Even if that leaves me with the dial / bezel insert that might be unsellable (in Ireland), it won't have cost me much
Sub date is always an easier sell than a bluesy
Thanks for your input though and that of the others, I have never done anything like this before or even considered it. Damn Rolex, they simply won't make the watch that I want 😂
And for the life of me, I haven't found any pictures of anyone done the same but then with a steel jubilee. Have seen a pre ceramic bluesy with a TT super jubilee with hidden clasp from a DJ alright, which was quite tasty
Bluesy not a bit purple for all that no ? I can’t imagine it looking like you expect
I had never opened this thread before, opened it today and was directed to the first page and noticed the JLC.
Skipped then straight to the last page ttgo to the most current posts and saw it again
Great to see that after such an old thread was started you got the watch you wanted.Congrats.
I intend over the next 3 (maybe 4) years to move from the Steinhart above to the Omega below.
The only problem at the minute is trying to figure out what the in between watches will be. There aren't any watches in the €2k & €5k bracket that I can say I would like that much.
Yeah it seems most of them have aged to a very dark sunburst blue almost purple. I really like that. That said, I have to try one on again, I just dismissed them in the past off hand as being too small.
Purely on the wish, rather than any active effort, list...
A Speedmaster Mark 4.5
I love the dial, and the movement is a marvel for the time.
My favourite automatic Speedmaster.
For me... My stretch goal is to get this on my wrist in the next 3(ish) years. Life can throw some curve-balls, so let's see how that shapes up but thats the goal right now.
My list is all over the place but here it is warts and all.
Casio G Shock metal
Zenith El Primero Chronomaster 410z movement
Rolex GMT-Master II 16713, faded aluminum bezel and chocolate dial ideally on a jubilee if possible
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Duoface Tribute Duoface Calendar 3918420
A. Lange & Söhne Grand Lange 1
and for some reason I am really liking the retro Omega Seamaster 300 heritage in black
Rolex don’t make a watch I like either…
