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Watchmakers - what is your favorite non-Rolex brand and why?
I always hear that JLC is the "watchmaker's watchmaker" but I'm curious for those of you who actually make your living as a watchmaker, what brand is your top pick and why? I'm hoping to get into some technical points here (which is why I posted in this subforum) as to what you've seen in the brand that intrigues you.
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I had the fortune of meeting a couple watchmakers from the Horological Society of NY this past month. For what its worth, they were wearing a IWC Portugieser and vintage JLC respectively. (or at least I thought it was a JLC)
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FWIW, the watchmaker at one of the ADs I was in recently had an amazingly beautiful vintage red Sub that he'd completely overhauled himself. Please tell me that the Portugieser was the 7-day, not the Chrono... |
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Omega, especially the vintage stuff they made is incredibly good.
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Same goes for vintage Rolex, Patek, Jaeger, they all made incredible movements back in the day, with burnished steel. Now the steel pivots are all electropolished steel, which is quick and cheap in manufacturing but not even in the same league when it comes to durability. If modern movement technology was combined with some old school methods the movements would be truly incredible. |
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I appreciate your comments and insight as always.
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I am certainly not a watchmaker, but have a vintage Movado with an incredible manual movement.
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Interesting subject, and great responses.
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Great question: Of course my favorite is vintage Rolex (starting with the 1560&70s... the 1520 not so much). But if not Rolex then I do really like the 500's in the Omega family. Vintage Longines also very nice. I haven't done as much work with Patek but a close friend has and he raves about some of their stuff.
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Omega, from the 19 ligne pocket watches with that beautiful blued overcoil to the 1861 they still make today.
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Interested in a watchmakers thoughts on vintage Universal Geneve.
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