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veen  ·  512 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Onlywatch 2023

The Moinet one is DOPE. I'd wear that. Beats the Bell & Ross out of the water. In the category of technicolor entries, I also quite like the Grönefeld if you recolor the second dial and gve it a normal strap. The Krayon is also very nice, if that center art doesn't look plastic IRL.

I think Hublot wins the "most batshit watch" award, maybe Jacob in second place. ArtyA gets an A for the effort of machining a case out of moissanite. I do not know what Ressence and Louis Vuitton were thinking.





kleinbl00  ·  511 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I adore Krayon. They're a bajillion dollars. I think there are maybe 6 in the world.

Hublot makes that ugly fucking watch a dozen different ways.

Ressence is a one-trick pony. They have a 2892, a module, and a dial full of mineral oil. That's all they've ever had. Most of the time it'll look like this.

Louis Vuitton had a collector that wanted that watch, was willing to pay to license Einstein's image, and wanted a tax deduction. So he arranged for LV to make that watch, where he will be the high bidder or he won't. Guaranteed its purchase has been prearranged at a certain minimum. You do not whip out something like that without a customer in mind.

I have theories about the customer.