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Royal Oak 15450ST

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The Watch Snob Tackles Timepiece Management

Out With The Old But In With What New?

I'm one of the few people out there that is trying to find the so called "best" one watch that I could wear for most occasions. Throughout my watch journey I've finally gotten a Rolex 116710BLNR, aka Batman. Today though, I've grown bored of the Batman because, literally, everywhere I go I'll bump into someone wearing it. I recently had to go for a 2 week business trip to Hong Kong and saw around 2 people wearing it per day.

I've nailed down to a few watches that I believe could be my next attainable grail .

1. Rolex Daytona Ceramic 116500LN

2. Patek Aquanaut 5167A

3. Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 15450ST Blue dial

Would you prefer one of these compared to the other two? Additional question, if you could own one Rolex, which one would it be?

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This is of course the universal problem with Rolex, and virtually the only problem associated with the brand: at just under one million watches produced per year, you are virtually guaranteed to see other people wearing the same watch you’re wearing, especially the popular stainless steel sports models. It somewhat takes the sting away that those are also exactly the same models which are now so thin on the ground that one can sell them for around twice their retail price so you ought to do well from the sale of the Batman, which is an excellent watch of course, but you apparently don’t care to be part of so large a club.

Quite honestly, I find the Aquanaut rather forgettable in general, and while there are probably far fewer of the 116500LNs out there than of the Batman, it’s still a wristwatch that has been made in rather large numbers and especially if you travel frequently in environs where fine watchmaking is admired, you are apt to start seeing it on other wrists as well. . Audemars Piguet makes a tiny fraction of the watches Rolex does but my dear sir, the overwhelming majority of them are Royal Oaks which you will inevitably run across as well.

You can steel yourself to simply ignore this problem and enjoy the watch you currently own, or you can follow your plan; of the three watches you mention, I think you would probably find, based on your self-analysis, the Royal Oak the more interesting to own and wear. In general I find the Royal Oak admirable but not loveable but the blue dial rather mitigates this. Just be prepared to see its cousins appear around you as if by magic once you own one.

A Few “Simple” Demands

I am currently in the market for a "luxury" sports watch, and am wondering what your take is on the options that are out there right now. My main criteria are that it is made of stainless steel or titanium , is powered by an interesting movement, has a high level of finish , has a metal bracelet, and something I can wear daily to go with fairly casual attire . Typically, when talking about watches of this sort, the AP Royal Oak and PP Nautilus are the first to be brought up. On occasion, the VC Overseas also gets a mention, as well as the GP Laureato. Of this bunch, I personally find the AP 15202IP and AP 15202ST most interesting and attractive. However, beyond these watches, what other possibilities am I overlooking?

One possibility I am seriously considering is the FP Journe Octa Sport Titane. When I first saw this watch, I was not sure I liked it--the dial seemed a bit busy and cartoony, the combination of the titanium grey and red/white accents on the dial too racecar-like, and the rubber bumpers too strange. But as time has passed, it has really grown on me, to the point where I find those little idiosyncratic aspects to be features, not bugs. Of course, if I was being honest, I would love to have the Journe Chronographe Monopoussoir Rattrapante, but alas that is at a price point I am not currently prepared to venture into. A more out of the box option I have been considering is a Ressence watch, namely the Type 3, or perhaps the Type 2 with their newly released e-Crown. I understand that this is a completely different beast than all the others, with the tech being the main focus, and violates the criteria I set out previously , but they are just so damn cool. What do you think of these watches, and am I missing any other interesting options in the "luxury sports watch" class of watches? Appreciate your thoughts on this matter, as I have appreciated your thoughts on many topics over the years.

You know I must confess something of a sneaking admiration for the Ressence E-Crown. I have no idea how I would feel about the damned thing after ten years but I give them a great deal of credit for being willing to experiment, and a most interesting experiment it is. Ressence has the advantage over the other watches you mention of being extremely distinctive in both design and construction; they certainly do not offer the risk of perceived ubiquity that other brands do, such as Rolex .

I like a lot of what Francois-Paul Journe does and I have a sneaking admiration for his well-known stubborn streak, without which his company and his watches might not exist at all, but I don’t have a great deal of affection for his sports watches. I wouldn’t call myself an outright detractor but there are in my view, other things that he does better, and generally in more classically oriented materials and designs. You must evaluate for yourself whether the features in these watches that you currently find interesting novelties, would not become sources of annoyance given enough time.

A true luxury sports watch that is successful through and through is a tough thing to design and really, there are only two that have always struck me as unqualified successes – these are of course the Nautilus and the Royal Oak. Unfortunately, pretty much every other attempt tends to seem a bit of a knock-off of one or the other. The Laureato actually does not feel that way when you have one in the hand and on the wrist but in the wake of Patek and Audemars it cannot help but seem a little derivative – this is unfair, perhaps, as well as an inevitable consequence of its place in history but the fact remains that it can seem that way. The Overseas in my view has the advantage of seeming a bit more its own design than the Laureato but some people find it derivative as well. However, if you are seeking something different from the Patek or the Audemars Piguet it may well be your best choice.

Barely Legal, But Good On Time

I am 18 years old and fortunate enough to own, in my opinion, a pretty decent watch collection. I recently purchased my dream watch, a Rolex submariner 114060. Along with that I have a Maurice Lacroix masterpiece lune , a 1990 Omega Speedmaster , 1970’s vintage Seiko chronograph and a 1966 Omega constellations . My question is what is the next watch I should buy in terms of style. I am trying to make a complete well rounded collection and want to look back on it when I’m older and be happy with my purchases from this time.

Over the years, I have often wondered who in the world buys Maurice Lacroix timepieces and now I know, so thank you good sir for shedding light into what for the Snob has hitherto been darkness from a wristwatch-anthropological standpoint! With the Rolex, the Speedmaster, the vintage Seiko 6139 and the Constellation, you already have a fairly well-rounded collection; for a next acquisition I would recommend something a bit more formal than anything you currently have. It doesn’t necessarily have to have a gold or platinum case, but a modern watch with some sense of elegance and refinement to it would be a fine choice.

Two watches that I would recommend looking at for this purpose are the Cartier Tank, and the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso – both would add some variety to your collection both in terms of case shape and in terms of case metal, if purchased in gold. They are both also watches that have a proven design that remains fresh many decades after the first appeared – something to be treasured in today’s watch world, where so many watches seem destined to be forgotten the moment they appear.

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