Boccanegra
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All powerpoint, I'm afraid
Jun 06, 2023,08:16 AM
Thanks for the thoughts - the planetarium stuff is cool but wasn't something I wanted in a world timer; the astronomical watch would be another of the four forever pieces. And no clever software; I just mocked up in ppt!
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Fantasy watch review challenge
By: Boccanegra : June 4th, 2023-20:51
A post a little while ago by Art Collector (“3 watches that sing to me”) made me ponder that oft-considered rhetorical question “what is the minimum number of high-end watches that could represent a forever collection?”. Even assuming an exemption for rel...
That's quite a watch!
By: patrick_y : June 4th, 2023-20:58
A repeater, world time, alarm, and perpetual calendar watch. Geez! Uhh... If I were to design a watch, I'd want it to be able to do everything! Oh! Wait! They already make one of those! It's called APPLE WATCH! Joking aside, what a wonderfully fun post! T...
Interesting ...
By: Kurt Behm : June 4th, 2023-21:41
I think 'Forever' watches exist, but not among advocates of watch forums like ours. Unless it's an heirloom or gift from a special person, in my experience, nothing is forever. For over 5 years I had a Patek 5020, AP Royal Oak Offshore Moonphase Perpetual...
Hopefully simpler!
By: Boccanegra : June 6th, 2023-08:30
Although I'd put a lot of functional complexity in here, at heart this is an automatic minute repeater, perpetual calendar with a 24 hour function, all elements that the Patek 3974 had in a 36mm x 12mm case in 1989 (though, to be fair, it doesn't have the...
All powerpoint, I'm afraid
By: Boccanegra : June 6th, 2023-08:16
Thanks for the thoughts - the planetarium stuff is cool but wasn't something I wanted in a world timer; the astronomical watch would be another of the four forever pieces. And no clever software; I just mocked up in ppt!