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Old 10 August 2008, 04:01 AM   #1
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Some eye candy

A couple of pictures from the latest issue of Watch magazine:

Greubel Forsey Quadruple Tourbillon à Différentiel Sphérique:



Blancpain Carrousel Volante Une Minute:



Ebel 1911 BTR:



Concord C1 Tourbillon Gravity:



Urwerk UR 202 (runs on air pressure generated by small, wrist movement operated, turbines!):



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Mechanical watch making is far from dead, it has begun its third renaissance
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Old 10 August 2008, 06:54 AM   #2
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While they might be mechanically good watches, most of them look like my damn gas meter!!
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Old 10 August 2008, 07:00 AM   #3
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While they might be mechanically good watches, most of them look like my damn gas meter!!
For once forget about that mass produced ticker on your wrist and think out off the box JJ!
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Old 10 August 2008, 07:05 AM   #4
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For once forget about that mass produced ticker on your wrist and think out off the box JJ!
I'm trying to, I'm trying to, Frans......but just look at the aesthetics on some of those babies. Hell, you can't even tell the bloody time!!
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I'm trying to, I'm trying to, Frans......but just look at the aesthetics on some of those babies. Hell, you can't even tell the bloody time!!
Well, owning them it a moot point anyway. Most of them are well over 50K
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Well, owning them it a moot point anyway. Most of them are well over 50K
OUCH! For 50K won't you rather get this? I just saw this beauty for real.....only yesterday!!

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great watches- i have the basel guide from 2008 and there are a couple of those in it along with a couple other masterpieces like the Maurice Lacroix memiore 1 and ones by de Grisigono
These watches ae just a whole knew watch making level- just looking at them gets me over excited!
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