# Watch Crew: What to buy? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 23, 2007, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295 "2007-08-23T08:38:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 65
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295/1281 "2012-11-13T15:34:41Z")
received my Rolex today, here are some better pictures of it. ![http://www.bings.ca/images/misc/Other/Watches/PVD%20Rolex%20(1).jpg](http://www.bings.ca/images/misc/Other/Watches/PVD%20Rolex%20(1).jpg) ![http://www.bings.ca/images/misc/Other/Watches/PVD%20Rolex%20(2).jpg](http://www.bings.ca/images/misc/Other/Watches/PVD%20Rolex%20(2).jpg) ![http://www.bings.ca/images/misc/Other/Watches/PVD%20Rolex%20(4).jpg](http://www.bings.ca/images/misc/Other/Watches/PVD%20Rolex%20(4).jpg) Everest doesn’t like to respond to emails… this is my second email that I’ve sent inquiring about their straps without a response now. ---
**Author:** ![EvoMR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/evomr/32/7186_2.png) [@EvoMR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EvoMR)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295/1282 "2012-11-13T17:04:57Z")
I like the blacked out look but wish they would have just left the original aluminum bezel. Very cool though. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295/1283 "2012-11-13T17:19:43Z")
it takes a lot of the weight out of the watch surprisingly… diamond is lighter than metal i guess ---
**Author:** ![EvoMR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/evomr/32/7186_2.png) [@EvoMR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EvoMR)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295/1284 "2012-11-14T05:22:29Z")
Is that going to be your new daily wearer Bing? ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295/1285 "2012-11-14T06:48:41Z")
no. too nervous about scratching the PVD and i can’t really wear it for work in meetings etc. i’ll stick with my speedy most days. i slept with one on each wrist last night though… is that weird? i have a watch winder coming next week ---
**Author:** ![EvoMR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/evomr/32/7186_2.png) [@EvoMR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EvoMR)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295/1286 "2012-11-14T07:52:50Z")
> [@bing](#): > > no. too nervous about scratching the PVD and i can’t really wear it for work in meetings etc. PVD SHOULD BE REASONABLY DURABLE. > > i’ll stick with my speedy most days. AGREED > > i slept with one on each wrist last night though… is that weird? YES > > i have a watch winder coming next week I NEVER BOTHER WITH WINDERS ^ ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295/1287 "2012-11-14T12:42:47Z")
do you know how much of a pain in the ass it is to reset a triple calendar movement? (i assume that you do) It literally takes like 3-4 mintues to remember how to set that stupid day / month wheel and then there are times of the day when you’re not supposed to do it… i hate that. i don’t even know how to set a perp calendar… that will be fun someday… not someday soon thoguh. on a winder it goes. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295/1288 "2012-11-14T12:45:42Z")
I have a day/date on my Oris and even that is a pain. Although, I usually just roll the time forward and let the day/date go forward on their own. It’s not that bad if it’s only a day or two behind. How far behind does it typically get? ---
**Author:** ![buffalo\_vr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@buffalo\_vr4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/buffalo_vr4)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295/1289 "2012-11-14T13:47:11Z")
bing, how much did the bezel cost you? must be expensive based on the size of the diamond. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295/1290 "2012-11-14T14:59:42Z")
when the date wheel is a hand on the perimeter of the watch and you add the day/month features in it gets weird. you can only properly change it at certain hours of the day when some of the sub-wheels are not partially engaged. It’s in the manual but i forget the finer points. You can’t go back on the month or date features either like you can on a day/date (since the date is on the perimeter) so if you go one over on the day you have to click through all the days of each month… 364 clicks bro…,. and then if you go one over again… FUUU!U!! 1% problems. Well maybe 10% problems… but someday bro… > [@buffalo\_vr4](#): > > bing, how much did the bezel cost you? must be expensive based on the size of the diamond. don’t know dude. the bossman did 4 of them through his ‘watch guy’ in Cali who did the diamond work on the breitling’s the guys bought in year’s past. NYC for the PVD. it appears to have been quite the chore. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295/1291 "2012-11-19T07:16:49Z")
Deal Alert on Breitlings through [woot.com](http://woot.com) > **[Breitling Men's Watches](https://www.woot.com/plus/breitling-mens-watches)** > > Yes, they're certified Breitling watches. Yes, they're on Woot. No, you're not hallucinating. ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295/1292 "2012-11-19T14:21:41Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > Deal Alert on Breitlings through [woot.com](http://woot.com) > > [Woot](http://www.woot.com/plus/breitling-mens-watches) All sold out. I might have pulled the trigger on the Montbrillant 47 ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295/1293 "2012-11-19T18:35:35Z")
> [@BigRon](#): > > All sold out. I might have pulled the trigger on the Montbrillant 47 My favorite of the choices as well ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295/1294 "2012-11-19T20:25:59Z")
i love the montbrilliant, if i were to get a breitling it would be one of those… the datora though. was at a charity event tonight and ran into a friend with a SIQQQQQQQQ 18k Daytona… he let me try it on. ![http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/66086_10152288652725179_1273133149_n.jpg](http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/66086_10152288652725179_1273133149_n.jpg) double fisted ![http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/263459_10152288652810179_655612490_n.jpg](http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/263459_10152288652810179_655612490_n.jpg) no comaprison between the watches though… an 18k Daytona with the bracelet is about as awesome as you can get for wrist-wear ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295/1295 "2012-12-02T09:54:26Z")
Everest trap installed… i bought a watch tool-kit and it works quite well… ![http://www.bings.ca/images/misc/Other/Watches/Rolex%20on%20Everest%20(11).JPG](http://www.bings.ca/images/misc/Other/Watches/Rolex%20on%20Everest%20(11).JPG) ![http://www.bings.ca/images/misc/Other/Watches/Rolex%20on%20Everest%20(15).JPG](http://www.bings.ca/images/misc/Other/Watches/Rolex%20on%20Everest%20(15).JPG) ![http://www.bings.ca/images/misc/Other/Watches/Rolex%20on%20Everest%20(19).JPG](http://www.bings.ca/images/misc/Other/Watches/Rolex%20on%20Everest%20(19).JPG) ![http://www.bings.ca/images/misc/Other/Watches/Rolex%20on%20Everest%20(2).JPG](http://www.bings.ca/images/misc/Other/Watches/Rolex%20on%20Everest%20(2).JPG) ![http://www.bings.ca/images/misc/Other/Watches/Rolex%20on%20Everest%20(3).JPG](http://www.bings.ca/images/misc/Other/Watches/Rolex%20on%20Everest%20(3).JPG) It’s definitely more comfortable than the bracelet and it’s much quieter than the bracelet but i’m not 100% sure that i like the look of it… ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295/1296 "2012-12-20T08:42:37Z")
Breitling Superocean Men’s Automatic Watch $1699 + free shipping [http://slickdeals.net/f/5723930-Breitling-Superocean-Men-s-Automatic-Watch-1699-free-shipping](http://slickdeals.net/f/5723930-Breitling-Superocean-Men-s-Automatic-Watch-1699-free-shipping)? Not my style but figured I would share. I have my eye on a Chopard Mille Miglia GT XL Power Control. I threw my IWC in the FS section. Maybe move my 60’s Omega as well. I also got that Zenith in the FS section as well. I will be in Buffalo this weekend if anyone is interested. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295/1297 "2012-12-20T10:27:16Z")
if you are interestedin my Omega CAL 265. i would consider a trade + cash. ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295/1298 "2012-12-20T13:13:28Z")
If you have a pic pass it along. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295/1299 "2012-12-20T13:21:06Z")
I want the IWC so badly ☹ It’s just so impractical and I really don’t have the spare cash at the moment ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295/1300 "2012-12-20T13:31:09Z")
![http://www.bings.ca/images/misc/Other/Watches/Omega%20Nikon%20(2).JPG](http://www.bings.ca/images/misc/Other/Watches/Omega%20Nikon%20(2).JPG) it’s small though, 36mm. Also, when you pull the crown to adjust the time it doesnt have a good connection and skips a fair bit. new crystal, new omega strap and clasp and new hands [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295.md?page=64) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295.md?page=66)