Double trouble

Today a friend was over... and it was a nice set-up ;-)

More to follow...

Cool strap

Today i am wearing a nice combination.... waiting for some cool ones...

I love the vintage SWISS Tropic strap. In combination with the faded inlay and MK1 Maxi... yummie!

1976 kind of style

Well a great guy send me a nice old National Geographic magazine from '76 with an 1680 (REDSUB) ad in it.... 

And as we all love those vintage watches... and look at them now.. it nice to see them next to the other icons/products and lifestyle of that era.. and relate it to that.... gives just another 'view' on the watches don't you think... in relation to their era. And in relation how still 'fresh' they look today. 

Rolex is a great design.... timeless beauty. Can't say that about most of the things.

From the old box...  when a car still had character, Spain was still Spain,.. and rich people still had real privileges ;-) 

I was a bit young then. I was having a party in the 80th. With wrong cloth, wrong drinks,... wrong places...... and wrong glasses LOOL!. But a lot of fun.

Cool strap

I just had a reply on the strap in the post below. About the brown strap. Well the straps are real cool. They come from a nice seller (LOOL) at the watchfair in Munich. They have all kind of nato straps and this kind of strap. It's thicker and the inside is from leather. The outside is textile. And they look real cool in my opinion. Have never seen them for sale anywhere els... someone else of you did???

Just some friends...

Had a little meeting yesterday with some great guys from the German forum. One guy's dream came true... 4 guys enjoying.

Vintage Panerai

For me they are the beginning of the toolwatch. So beautiful, pure and full of history. Partly with a Rolex movement, the vintage Panerai's are a big part of my passion and Rolex heritage. Used for the German and Italian Combat divers in the 40th and later series also used by divers in the middle-east. The straps olden so great and the dials often turn brown. Which looks so cool. Only downer,... they became much to expansive for me and their high radiation. It ain't a daily beater .... but almost nothing can beat them cooooolwise. Here are some watches from friends..

Love in detail part 1

As we run,.. we often forget to look slow. That is why i like to shoot watches. You get the time to cherish the details. The perfection of the design and the timeless beauty. Like the shape of a 6262. The sigma dial graphics,... the fonts of an insert. Little details ... yeahhhh it's all about details.

Modern simplicity

I don't like the modern Rolex watches.... except 1. The 14060 4 lines is a ultra cool watch.

Reduced to the max. And still holds a almost 60 years tradition of the ultimate toolwatch.

Coool bike

For the McQueen fans and 5512 passionisties. What a cool bike. Just spotted it on another forum. If i would buy a bike... that would be the one! A replica of Mcqueen's Metisse Desert Racer. Love it!

From the Archive... Classics

Next to my vintage Rolex passion i am also in love with vintage design classics. I guess as many of us... the passion reaches beyond watches. A lot of you might also be collecting art, cigars, wine, fountain pens, cars,... As i guess collecting is a wider scope. A way of looking against things. Against details, emotion and design. For me these old pieces tell stories which fill a room. Even when only 1 piece might be around. As for the watches... they make me feel real warm. Pure pleasure!... and of course eye-candy.

And as for the Submariner... great design last for years, years,.. no decades. And still looks fresh and exciting!

WTB perfect 1675 GMT

Well maybe a strange post.... but after 2 years of GMT-less Life,... and looking at some real nice ones from friends lately... i am back for a real nice GMT. For the perfect GMT! Nothing special... well FAP for normal money would be ok LOOL!... just a perfect unpolished one. With mint dial. Of course good condition and everything matching,... This image of a friends watch... that is my picture on the wall to compare with. I love that looks of the case and dial. A bit more white is also nice. So maybe you know one? Please let me know. And thanks for your help to get me my own special X-mas present;-)