Your Watch & Naim

Just checking here. You’re not an octopus, are you, by any chance?

I was wondering how many of those (very lovely) Submariners you’re able to get on your wrists at any given time?

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last i checked, not an octopus :joy: Just one sub on one wrist :grimacing:

Do you have a favourite?

Richard, no special preference but you can tell that i wore the 2 tone most- also because it was my first sub.

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All fabulous but if I had to pick a winner it’s the Sub no date.
Looks classic and wonderfully symmetrical. :+1:t2:

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yes, the sub no date is indeed a classic. Date was a later addition.

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Sub without a date ( and that daft bubble) would be my choice.

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I have a friend who was given a No date Sub about 20, maybe 25 years ago as a work bonus. He doesn’t wear it. “I don’t like it” It’s not me" etc. However he is well aware of it’s value given that I think it cost his boss about £3K, maybe less.

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It’s a challenge to get one from AD. However, there’s a price softening in resellers market which is a good thing. Mine are all from AD :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

Last week I received back this '70s PAX Monnin Chronograph after it had been restored by Richard Askham.

I have a bit a of a thing for these French chronos with their fumed dials, funky steel angular cushion cases, and lopsided subdials thanks to the Valjoux 7765 Caliber movement. Believed to be made by George Monnin who famously made early examples of the 844 Diver and the 1614 and 1611 Chronos for Jack Heuer, the similarities between this PAX and the Heuer 1614 in particular are hard to ignore.

I bought this example in France some years ago but it was in poor condition and not running properly. I first took it to my local watch repairer who had it for a couple of years before finally informing me that it was “too far gone” for him to service and repair. Meanwhile I had been greatly enjoying Richard Askham’s watch repair blog and impressed with his work, so contacted him and he agreed to take a look and let me know. There were one or two challenges along the way but the results are superb. He has restored it just the way I wanted so it hasn’t lost too much of its patina or its originality (save the glass and pushers). I think the brown J P Menicucci Strap suits it nicely - appropriately autumnal.

Here it with two stablemates:

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Understated style IMO. My one and only quality time piece

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My Rolex Submariner 14060 from the early 90s, Caliber 3000, 40mm. The last classic Submariner watch from Rolex with lug holes. Timeless.

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Those are VERY cool!

My favourite so far of all the watches I have or had…

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Nice. That’s a MK1?

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Thanks.:smiley:No it is a Sea-Dweller 43mm.

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Lovely Seamaster, Cohen.

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Yes, it’s a SD43. The current ones are referred to as Mark 2 - with a crown at 6 (between Swiss & Made). The earlier version (Mark 1) is without the crown at 6.

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I learned something new! :+1: I bought it new in 2017 from an AD in Rome. I keep my fingers crossed that the MK1 is/will be more “collectable”… but I am aftaid that sometimes less is not more

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Over many years veering between Submariners and Sea Dwellers, I worked out that the easy way to tell them apart at a distance was that on the Sub, the case was notched to accommodate those final central flexible links on the bracelet, whilst on the Sea Dweller, those last “links” were actually part of the case … … … which made the watch stand out too far from my less than manly wrists.

Just my experience, and may not apply to all models.

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