I have a question… you said Rolex doesn’t make the toughest watches… I understand that statement comparing it to a quartz watch but what mechanical watch is tougher and what tests are there that show that? I’m sort of curious since my dream watch has been a Rolex because I see so many vintage models still around that I figure that they are really robustly built. Even the guy from wristwatch revival says they are a really robust movements.
You made right choice. The seamaster is pedestrian. Take a look at used sales and there are thousands. You do not see many Brietling very often in public. Comparing OMEGA - Chevy vs BMW.
Personally, I'm going for the Santos. I love the classic look and the long (120 year !) history attached to it. Besides, it looks unique. You can spot a Santos from a distance.
I also don't get the Daytona obsession. It is a status symbol of a watch within a status symbol of a company. I'll take a Sub or GMT every day before a Daytona.
Aluminum bezel and unidirectional….. if San Martin can make a titanium case with ceramic and bidirectional watch for $300…. This seems just like a cash grab
I am honestly hoping that the next iteration of the GW-6900-1JF will use LED backlight instead of Electroluminescne (not to say that EL is bad, I still love it ever since when I was little), and maybe replace the Multi Band 6 with Bluetooth.
I had a quartz Pulsar that looked like that one back in the day. That Pulsar was less immune to Citizen's marketing BS than you, clearly. I'll leave now and sleep, nestled amongst the soft, sweet dreams of the bullshit sniffer.
We kill to live and live to die.If we stay here we die. We have nothing to lose. We must explore the lands beyond the ice wall and center of our Plane directly under Polaris at Magnetic North to see if Hyperborea exists and if there is a portal out of this no win situation.
I absolutely share the annoyance around this watch leaving the catalogue, best modern Daytona by far. What I find interesting is that nobody seems to be commenting on the fact that this was created for the 100th anniversary of Le Mans, making it no different than other brands who produce anniversary pieces for a given year and once that year is over they're out of production. One example of this was the JLC Master Control sector dial collection to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Master Control line. Regular production, pieces weren't numbered or limited, but after that anniversary year they left the catalogue. Now there's a yellow gold version of this watch but because there isn't a 100th anniversary to celebrate anymore, it's an off catalogue piece with zero marketing tied to it. Rolex didn't really do anything different compared to their peers in the industry, but they made something so desirable and because everyone is already annoyed with them this did nothing to help that cause.