[kwkarth]

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Originally Posted by Samgotit /img/forum/go_quote.gif Thank goodness. A 20,000ft diver: Watch Happening

Gotta have it!

 

[Born2bwire]

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Originally Posted by kwkarth /img/forum/go_quote.gif Gotta have it!

It looks like it's sized to fit your leg.

 

[bass_nut]

as per my eyes this is one beautiful timepiece... unfortunately, i have not seen an actual unit

i wonder how much asking price

 

[guitarman19853]

You HAD to post that Orient watch, didn't you. I stopped looking for watches a while ago because I couldn't find anything that fir my wants:
Good looking, automatic, sapphire crystal, and (relatively) inexpensive. Now I desperately want the CFT00004B

Is there any others worth considering around that price point ($300)?

 

[Samgotit]

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Originally Posted by kwkarth /img/forum/go_quote.gif Gotta have it!

I figured it would retail for about what it's rated to dive, but it really isn't all that bad.

 

[leftnose]

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Originally Posted by guitarman19853 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Is there any others worth considering around that price point ($300)?

Are you familiar with the Seiko Spirit line? When I bought mine it was about $300 but the price might have gone up because of the low value of the US$.

 

[leftnose]

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Originally Posted by bass_nut /img/forum/go_quote.gif

What's up with the numbers on the bezel? Why are they 'backwards'? At first I thought they were for GMT hand but there are only 12 and they run counter-clockwise. And there's no GMT hand!

 

[guitarman19853]

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Originally Posted by leftnose /img/forum/go_quote.gif Are you familiar with the Seiko Spirit line? When I bought mine it was about $300 but the price might have gone up because of the low value of the US$.

I am not familiar with that line, but I guess I should mention that one of the big things that draws me to the Orient is the partial skeleton of the face. From what I've researched, you just don't get that at that price. I want to be able to see the fine mechanics of the watch and not just by taking it off to look through a back window.

 

[apnk]

I should be getting this Doxa sometime today:

 

[LordofDoom]

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Originally Posted by bass_nut /img/forum/go_quote.gif as per my eyes this is one beautiful timepiece... unfortunately, i have not seen an actual unit i wonder how much asking price

I'm going to take a shot at guessing... $4500? It's pretty friggin sweet looking.

EDIT: Just looked, it's $3,679.47 (2490E). I was in the right ballpark

 

[kwkarth]

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Originally Posted by LordofDoom /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm going to take a shot at guessing... $4500? It's pretty friggin sweet looking. EDIT: Just looked, it's $3,679.47 (2490E). I was in the right ballpark

It shouldn't be priced at over a grand, maybe $1300.00 tops.

Heck, you can get this IWC for under 4 grand!

Or this one under $5200

I think this Longines uses the same ETA movement as the one you showed in the picture and you can get the Longines for inder $2300. It's a nice watch, by the way.

 

[immtbiker]

So many watches, so little time (pun intended).

 

[kwkarth]

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Originally Posted by immtbiker /img/forum/go_quote.gif So many watches, so little time (pun intended).

Good one!

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.

I visited Bill Bevill today and saw several new models from Omega that are soon to be introduced. Hold on to your wallets friends!

 

[Mercuttio]

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Originally Posted by kwkarth /img/forum/go_quote.gif Good one! Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana. I visited Bill Bevill today and saw several new models from Omega that are soon to be introduced. Hold on to your wallets friends!

Ooh! Prototypes?

 

[kwkarth]

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Originally Posted by Mercuttio /img/forum/go_quote.gif Ooh! Prototypes?

I wish, just lots of nice pictures and some training material.

Speaking of training, Bill invited me to attend an in-house training session next Monday, which is being put on by Seiko. Bill is picking up the Ananta line which is an amalgamation of Grand Seiko and Spring Drive, about 50% of the new models are GS movements and the other half is Spring Drive. Pretty cool stuff!