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My Patek Philippe Complications 4947/1A-001

Picked this up last week and now can share the journey so far

Turns out my two recent Rolex watches were a little bit of a head turner. Beautiful two tone watches to me. But alas, I wanted something a bit more under the radar

I’ve had two Pateks befo…

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New Watch – VC Fiftysix

Just received a new shipment from the Vancouver boutique. I’ve spent a lot of time (years) waffling back and forth about this model….

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New Ferdinand Berthoud

Looks amazing imo

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IWC Ingenieur Gay Freres

I went fishing this week and managed to catch 2 Gay Frishes, I mean Freres… I have not been looking for long so I am curious what luck others have had finding these? My research makes believe these are somewhat rare, especially the earlier overhangin…

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Battle Of The Brown Dial Chronographs!

Who did it better?
I’m leaning towards AP 🧐

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Thoughts on Urban Jurgensen ONE GMT?

Even before UJ dropped their new collection this year, I had long been considering adding a ONE GMT to my collection. I was worried it would be redundant with my VC 7920v, but after months of circling back I decided it was time to pull the trigger. Wai…

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Thoughts on Laine Gelidus 3

I really don’t need another watch, BUT I love everything about this watch and the company. The highly upgraded base movement (Unitas) is one of my all time favorites, and his dials look amazing (G’ed not Stamped). I would choose the frosted movement …

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Armin Strom Gravity Equal Force Ultimate Sapphire (Pic Heavy)

I just posted my review of this watch here, which includes a lot of macro footage of the impressive finishing on display throughout the watch.

https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/armin-strom-gravity-equal-force-the-perfect-…

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Anyone been able to try on the new BP FF 38mm 5007 series watches?

If so, thoughts? Pic stolen from www . . .

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Help Identifying Rare Chopard Chronograph Ref. 8271 QZ (Two-Register Variant)

Hey guys!

Picked up this Chopard 8271 chrono recently and I’m having a hard time finding much on it. Caseback is engraved 8271 QZ / serial 939770.

The weird part – almost every 8271 I can find online is a 3-register quartz chrono, but mine only has t…

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