Wow, thats cool! I think more Gulf Porsche than Oilers....My in-laws just returned from a trip to Switerland and brought this guy home for me.
They didn't know what to get so they just picked something with Oilers colors haha!
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Omega Seamaster 300 HeritageThe Night Watch. Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Good Planet GMT, bought in 2016. Has great persistent lume and highly reflective rhodium plate on the indices and hands, ideal for the dark hours.
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Mine is the current titanium model with date and depth rating to 500m (1,640 ft).Matte and Brushed is a classy finish. The dial has a bit of satin though.
I can't speak for the United States, but in Europe a watch manufacturer must necessarily supply the market with spare parts for the next 25 years when selling watches. Be it Rolex, Patek Phillipe or Tissot.Why I love watches:
Rolex stats
Production output 1.05 million pieces (2021)[1] Revenue $13 billion (2021)[2] Owner Hans Wilsdorf Foundation Number of employees 30,000
Subsidiary Tudor stats
Headquarters Geneva
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SwitzerlandProduction output c. 200,000 (2015)[1] Number of employees 194 (2016)
My watchmaker friend John Martin just hated Rolex.
Not because they were bad watches, because they wouldn’t sell him parts. Martin would have a customer with a Rolex that needed a service, and the innards of a Rolex are all doing exactly the same thing as any other automatic watch. Martin knew how to service any watch, even high end minute repeaters.
(When Lake of the Ozarks country legend Lee Mace died in a tragic airplane accident when an experimental aircraft he was riding in struck a boat dock, it was John Martin who rescued Mace’s $30,000 minute repeater. He was a master watchmaker.)
Until the Black Bay, all modern Tudor watches used a modified ETA 2824 movement, the same as my Tissots. Until recent times Martin could buy parts for an ETA movement.
Today not only is a Black Bay made by the same manufacturer as Rolex it has an in house Tudor caliber.
When Martin was old enough for full Social Security and Medicare he retired to his farm. His watch shop is now a barber shop.
If you spend $9,000 or $4,000 on a Rolex product when it needs service you’ll have to have a Rolex technician service it. There’s nothing inside a Rolex or Tudor magical but each has more than a hundred parts and each tiny little part will have a part number.
The exact, same thing occurs between an Orient and Orient Star.
My $120 Bambio Orient and $340 Orient Star Classic were both made by Epson, part of the Seiko group.
If you own an Orient product then to keep it original it must be serviced by Orient.
But if you just want a good watch, the Seiko NH35 series can be inserted by anybody in a simple Orient on their back deck. If it has complications, then it needs sent to Orient.
And if you buy a two dollar grade watchmaker’s loupe, the differences between an Orient and Orient Star are real, apparent, and obvious.
Spend mo’ money, get mo’ better!.
Amazing how a different band can change the personality of a watchA simple strap change and this versatile watch goes with every situation.
I do as well. The changes are numerous, although to someone unfamiliar-both appear similar.APersonally the Mark XVIII
Beautiful Watch !Decided to take a 110 mile motorcycle run to pick up my “new to me” gently worn IWC Mark XVIII.
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Forgive the sunscreen, pollen and my fingerprints. I wore it home via motorcycle.
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One of the coolest features of this watch is the double-domed crystal and the use of anti-reflective coating - which in harsh light gives the dial a fluorescent blue.
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Indirect lighting returns the dial to a rich black.
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No regrets with opting for the Mark XVIII over the latest version, the Mark XX.
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On edit. One extremely pleasing benefit is that IWC’s Warranty extends to the Watch for 8 Years! I registered the watch online and it’s previous owner had purchased it 10 months ago… my Warranty is good until August of 2031 !!!
Let’s hope I’m still here.