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Watchmos - thoughts on 2 tone cases (steel and gold); is this prole?
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Date: October 5th, 2025 10:20 PM Author: Sapphire sound barrier Is it better for the case to be all gold or all another metal? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783516&forum_id=2Vannesa#49327826) |
Date: October 5th, 2025 10:28 PM Author: Saffron associate Depends on the model. Some it’s a classic variant like with the santos. Sometimes it just feels like you want to be fancy but couldn’t afford the full gold version so it kind of defeats its own purpose. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783516&forum_id=2Vannesa#49327852) |
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Date: October 6th, 2025 2:49 AM Author: Sapphire sound barrier What do you think of Zenith Defy Skyline (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783516&forum_id=2Vannesa#49328104) |
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Date: October 6th, 2025 5:32 PM Author: Saffron associate I’m never going to spend a lot of money for not the real thing. If I can’t afford a Royal Oak I’m not gonna still shell out a lot for a defy skyline.
Zenith is the el primero. Seems crazy to get a non-chronograph zenith. |
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Date: October 8th, 2025 11:59 AM Author: Sapphire sound barrier This attitude is so strange to me.
1) Zenith is older than AP and DEFY is older design than anything from AP.
2) If you mean it's not chronograph, some people don't want that in a watch. DEFY's movement is simple and more importantly, extremely small giving it a low profile. The only watch with a lower profile is Santos
3) Only VC and Patek are on AP's level |
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Date: October 8th, 2025 3:45 PM Author: Saffron associate The defy line covers a lot of ground. The specific ref you mentioned is a blatant copy of the Royal Oak. I’m not even saying it’s not a nice watch. I just wouldn’t feel good about spending thousands of dollars on it.
Zenith is a great brand with tons of history 100% of which is tied to the el primero movement. So if I’m going to shell out $5-10k on a zenith, it is definitely going to be a chronograph. These are just my opinions. |
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Date: October 9th, 2025 7:14 PM Author: Sapphire sound barrier What makes you willing to spend thousands on a watch? I only asked you about Defy Skyline because it's closest to Santos in the same price category. But I get why someone would prefer an original Cartier design over a non-EP Zenith (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783516&forum_id=2Vannesa#49337987) |
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Date: October 9th, 2025 8:17 PM Author: Saffron associate I’ve come close to pulling the trigger on exactly 2 watches: zenith chronomaster original and Cartier santos.
Both are original, classic and timeless designs. Of all the watches I’ve looked at, these are the 2 I keep coming back to. I still can’t get past spending that much money on a watch though. |
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Date: October 8th, 2025 3:51 PM Author: comical blood rage To be fair at this point "AP" is just 8,000 versions of the Royal Oak. Sure those are the traditional trinity but Lange, Journe, and like 100 other small indies are doing much better work. My next watch will be a Gronefeld or a Laurent Ferrier, or maybe Romain Gauthier. Or prob just buy all 3. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783516&forum_id=2Vannesa#49334869) |
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Date: October 9th, 2025 7:09 PM Author: Sapphire sound barrier Tbh I think AP makes by far the coolest looking watches, and a lot of huge lower tier brands (Omega, Zenith, Tag etc) relentlessly steal from AP and not even subtlety. But I'm also a huge prole. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783516&forum_id=2Vannesa#49337973) |
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Date: October 10th, 2025 9:54 AM Author: comical blood rage I mean the RO has it's place in history for sure, but personally I am not a big fan, the ROO is prole AF. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783516&forum_id=2Vannesa#49339080) |
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Date: October 8th, 2025 3:51 PM Author: comical blood rage It's an 80's/90's kind of look, can be CR. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783516&forum_id=2Vannesa#49334870) |
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Date: October 8th, 2025 4:09 PM Author: opaque shaky chapel If im planning to live exclusively outside for the foreseeable future, what is the best place along the Mediterranean to crush rooftop/patio bar scenes? Assume I can only drop $300k tabs once every month or so. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783516&forum_id=2Vannesa#49334920) |
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Date: October 8th, 2025 4:11 PM Author: comical blood rage outside America or you're planning to live in a tent? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783516&forum_id=2Vannesa#49334921) |
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Date: October 8th, 2025 4:13 PM Author: opaque shaky chapel I’ll have a basically unlimited budget for ultralight mountaineering equipment and yes can live in a tent on the deck of an oceangoing catamaran yacht. So probably best if it’s someplace with outdoor showers, but I can probably get one of those on said yacht (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783516&forum_id=2Vannesa#49334928) |
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Date: October 8th, 2025 4:14 PM Author: comical blood rage summer for sure between SoF/Corsica/Sardnia/Italy, could sail over towards Greece. For winter can you cross the Atlantic or have boat transported to Carib? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783516&forum_id=2Vannesa#49334932) |
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Date: October 8th, 2025 4:16 PM Author: opaque shaky chapel Per rules of the other threads hypo, I can’t go inside the cabin of the boat or any planes or anything but I can hire a crew for the boat and just sleep in the tent with a lot of good foul weather gear for the crossing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783516&forum_id=2Vannesa#49334942) |
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Date: October 8th, 2025 4:26 PM Author: sooty stimulating newt shitlib who else thought of 2 tone dick guy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783516&forum_id=2Vannesa#49334970) |
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Date: October 8th, 2025 4:35 PM Author: tan abusive puppy a 2 tone datejust is somehow prole and classy at the same time, really depends on the person wearing it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783516&forum_id=2Vannesa#49334998) |
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Date: October 10th, 2025 9:57 AM Author: rough-skinned lake philosopher-king brunch I have a two tone datejust from the 1980s and i love it. i bought it from another xo poster. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783516&forum_id=2Vannesa#49339086) |