Crosswind - a blessing in disguise !!

[JJ Irani]

This is a dead serious post, guys....so listen up....and no wisecracks!!

Okay, I bought the Crosswind for TWO reasons....

1. The minute I walked into Watches of Switzerland, it caught my eye sitting there in the display cabinet under the SALE sign.

2. The price on it was just too damned good to pass up. Trust me, fellas, the final price of US$2,400 which I paid, well you'll never get that price anywhere on any site....ever.

So how does that make it a "Blessing in Disguise"? Good question! Well, you remember how I was so keen on the TT Daytona? Don't get me wrong....I still love and admire that watch very much, but there are TWO things about the Crosswind that do piss me off....and this is God's honest truth!!

1. The stationary second hand.
2. The white hands on white dial camouflage.

...making both factors a major contribution in time readability....absolutely horrendous!!

Which makes me think....what if I had foolishly bought the TT Daytona on impulse and then realised these problems (and a NO DATE to boot!!! )...then I would have really been stuck with a VERY EXPENSIVE watch with hardly any resale value.

At least with the Crosswind (even if I decide to keep it, which I may), the investment (if you could call it such) of NZ$3,500 is pretty meagre as compared with what I would have had to shell out for the TT DT (NZ$13,200 = US$9,000).

So, as they say, sometimes certain things happen for the best. And anytime you guys want to see more pics of the Crosswind, just let me know!! This last bit was the only silly bit in an otherwise very serious thread.

JJ