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| I got an Itch bad for a B&R 02 | Rate Topic |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26th, 2012 09:56 am |
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ericf 3T WIS 
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Man, I saw one for sale on Watch Recon and it got my mind going...I really dig this watch and feel I may need one....I like both the 3 hand and the chrono versions. Not to mention the Black DLC one....Any opinions on the brand, the model etc??   
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26th, 2012 11:23 am |
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stew77 Admin 
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I like this model too Eric!  I 'almost' pulled the trigger on a 3-hander a couple times last year...have read good things about this model. I think it is a matter of price-of-entry for me...I'm not paying anything near new prices if I give one a try at some point.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26th, 2012 01:16 pm |
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Tony Duronio 3T WIS 
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Very cool watch. I prefer the 3 hander over the Chrono because of dial size. The Chrono just seems to much for that dial.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26th, 2012 02:30 pm |
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Antoine1966 3T WIS 
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Hey Eric...a friend of mine has the 3 hander..and I drool over it every time I see it...I find the chrono too crowded...but I like B&R a lot...really like their simplicity and no nonsense approach.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26th, 2012 02:38 pm |
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Hammerfjord Moderator 
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Seems like the 1000m version is housing an ETA 2892-2 from what I've been reading...Or a SW200(Sellita clone of the 2824-2). Whatever: They all house ETA movements anyway, except the tourbillon model. B&R makes nice watches but there's NO WAY in a lifetime that I will ever pay a such price for a watch housing a 200$ mass produced movement. I just can't wait for them to be forced to invest them huge profits in making them own movements when ETA will cut them off: That will be about time. Sellita will never match the market demand ETA was barely reaching anyway, so good luck to those overpriced brands. 
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26th, 2012 03:02 pm |
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Antoine1966 3T WIS
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I have to concur with Hammer..they are just soooo over priced and you think at those prices they would have incredible in-house movements...but they are nice to look at!!
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| Posted: Fri Jan 27th, 2012 10:44 am |
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YARGH 3T WIS
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Hammerfjord wrote: Seems like the 1000m version is housing an ETA 2892-2 from what I've been reading...Or a SW200(Sellita clone of the 2824-2). I concur. B&R is significantly overpriced, considering the stock movement inside and lack of company heritage. Kudos to those who have enough resources so that these issues don't matter much to them, but I have to consider value when I buy. B&R doesn't offer much, IMO. I'd certainly take one as a gift, though!
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| Posted: Fri Jan 27th, 2012 12:10 pm |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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YARGH wrote:Hammerfjord wrote:Seems like the 1000m version is housing an ETA 2892-2 from what I've been reading...Or a SW200(Sellita clone of the 2824-2). The thing for me is: Even I would easily have the money for it, it would hurt me to buy one. Why? Because there's no glory into wiping your own butt with money: Even when you can afford it. This kind of stunt is for childish show-offs. I explain: Imagine...I'm stinky rich...My neighbor go to the AD down town and buy a 2500$ watch worth 100% it's honest price:Like where everybody along the chain been making a good margin on this watch. Then he comes to ring on my door and shows me the watch: Tells me "It's 4500$ buddy!" Then I ask "Why, it's not the AD price??" So he tells me that he drove down town, lost his time to do so, burned gas, paid it in advance and delivered it to my door like a warm pizza: "So price difference is justified!" Then I tell him "F@ck you man: I can drive myself!" You would do so too! SO: Why are you ready to pay something overpriced who's justified by NOTHING? Or something like a status ,a reputation made overnight or a sick advertising budget? Just because you have the money? Maybe because there's no direct proof that the brand scams you like your neighbor would do? Are we so blind? There's a limit on "to be taken for a donkey": Even when you're rich... I don't give "charity" to millionaires when I buy a watch: Even I'm a millionaire.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 27th, 2012 12:13 pm |
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ericf 3T WIS
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Cant i buy it simply because i like it.............
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| Posted: Fri Jan 27th, 2012 12:28 pm |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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ericf wrote:Cant i buy it simply because i like it............. It's your own choice: Question is, if you feel like your buks are rightly used. It's all about a personal feeling: Don't buy a watch for the others, buy it for yourself. Maybe I'm too hard on delivering my buks and I also know that I have a hard mouth on this phenomena: But it's me. Everybody's different: If everybody was like me, Rolex and other brands wouldn't exist... 
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| Posted: Fri Jan 27th, 2012 12:46 pm |
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stew77 Admin
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ericf wrote: Cant i buy it simply because i like it............. I think that, at the end of the day, that is what every WIS should be doing... The WIS landscape is a very diverse one...so many ways to spend your hard earned dollars. After weighing the pros and cons for a particular piece inclusive of value (if that sort of thing is an important variable too)...I would always support someone buying what THEY like!!!! Heck yes! 
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| Posted: Fri Jan 27th, 2012 01:03 pm |
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ericf 3T WIS
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i agree.....Hell if i dont like it i can always flip it...and we can have this same conversation all over again....
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