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anders213 3T WIS 
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Will like to gather what everyone thinks. We will be introducing a line of new watches. It can be either vintage or contemporary looking. For example, do you prefer: 1) Vintage Rolex Submariner 5513 or 2) New Rolex Submariner 14060M 1) Vintage Blancpain Fifty Fathoms or 2) New Blancpain Fifty Fathoms 1) Vintage Omega SM300 or 2) New Omega Seamaster Pro 1) Yellowish Wabi lume or 2) New green lume Some examples. You get the idea. Best Anders |
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oagaspar Site Founder 
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Greta idea Anders!hand6.gif...I would like to see all 3 of those vintage timepieces in a homage of sorts with the yellowish wabi lume!cool10.gif |
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bgrazman 3T WIS
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wabi wabi wabi |
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Dookie 3T WIS
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Great idea anders!hand6.gif With everyone now vying for marketshare in the big tool dive watch market, the vintages often get overlooked. But will u be able to source movements for those projects? personally i do not know a lot bout vintages but i like to see wats on offer. btw wats wabi wabi?? |
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bgrazman 3T WIS
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Wabi (to me) is the total patina a working tool gathers during its life. It can include everythign from dings, scratches & swirls to aging of lume (even flaking, but that is not nearly as universally loved). On a strap, it can include staining, sandpapering, etc. Some people actually aritificially age their watches & straps (just like furniture). b |
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Dookie 3T WIS
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cool! thanks bgrazman for the enlightenment :) makes sense for the actual vintage pieces. but does 'wabi' work on homages? |
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bgrazman 3T WIS
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Question you must ask: are you doing a homage to a tool watch that has seen lots of life? or are you doing a homage to a safe queen? The answer to that will tell you if you want "wabi" on your watch & strap or not. Quesion: take a new "homage" watch. put it on a beat up strap and what do you have? a shiny homage watch on a beat up strap. to make the whole piece "harmonious"--age the strap (beat up is what I called it above) & then make the watch look old as well... sandpaper, a few gouges, use vintage lume, whatever you like. just my opinion of course... brent |
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oagaspar Site Founder
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this is wabi lume that was used years ago from what I have been told.....at night it glows a pale yellowish/orange...I'll take a lume shot later...see thread linkwatch2.gif http://www.timetechtalk.com/view_topic.php?id=6338&forum_id=1&highlight=rolex+5517 |
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bgrazman 3T WIS
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or you can look at iww or the panerai 249 to see nonaged wabi lume... |
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oagaspar Site Founder
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bgrazman wrote: do you have a link or pic?hand6.gif or you can look at iww or the panerai 249 to see nonaged wabi lume... |
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anders213 3T WIS
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Looks like everyone likes the vintage feel. I personally am a fan of vintage watches as well. From military watches to vintage divers to pilots. I have a few babies in my collection that are vintage as well. The acrylic crstal, the yellowish lume and the overall looks. Simple yet useable if you know what i mean. We will have 3 models coming up real soon. And its a tribute to the original watch. I love them honestly, but not sure if everyone will share my passion for them. And yes these will be mechanical movements this time round. And Dookie: yes we got some movements in stock now. Some NOS some new movements. Still planning on what to do. Pilots? Divers? What do you think? |
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Dookie 3T WIS
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hmm, sounds like a decent idea...with the NOS movement....how much do one those them vintage style pilot.something that sets it apart from the other pilots out there. I actually like the oceantimer design very much. Any plans for an auto version?? that would prolly sell i reckon. As for dive watches, it really depends how many movements u have managed to score., the options r endless. However i do feel everything has been done, theres always a watch that look like another. It be good to get the designer to draw up something n maybe work from there. Wat bout your tritium range, any plans to go that way but with higher grade auto movements? smile8.gifsmile8.gif regards chris |
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oagaspar Site Founder
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even though the fifty fathoms has been done there is always room for another imho.....especially if you can get the A.Schild auto movement to give it more of the vintage feel....the Omega SM300 would be BadA$$ as well and is highly regarded among many collectorshand6.gif |
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anders213 3T WIS
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How about some Rolex 5508 or 5513 or 6538? |
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oagaspar Site Founder
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anders213 wrote: all 3 work for me Anders!  How about some Rolex 5508 or 5513 or 6538? |
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Dookie 3T WIS
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hey if we r gonna do 'homages' why not draw up a diff dails at least to have some variation from the others?? would that be better or do people like exact copies to get that original feel? both ways work for me as i dont got a any of them original watches yet.smile8.gifsmile8.gif just a suggestion. chris |
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mcwright Admin 
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Style = New on all accounts. Lume = GREEN, green, green. |
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oagaspar Site Founder
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Any news on these projects Anders....Seamaster 300 homage,Rollie homages.....hand6.gif |
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Dookie 3T WIS
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hey, if im not mistaken, the new dievas tritium watch be out around now?? thats wat ive been told.......MARCH???? its nearly april now!! Anders comments??  chris |
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Chick Hazzard 3T WIS 
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A Rolex 5517 would be an awesome homage. |
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