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AskMen.com March 11, 2014 |
The Snob Weighs In On Two Lange & Sohne Watches It's true that the Terraluna is a quite large watch. It is also so extremely beautiful and so emotionally and intellectually compelling that I could not possibly care less. |
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Glashutte Original: Watch Snob This week we received an inordinate number of questions related to the other German brand, Glashutte Original. It may not be A. Lange & Sohne, but it's worth looking into. |
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Best Watch Brands: Watch Snob There are plenty of brands that most people consider "high-end" that, while I respect, simply aren't superlative in any way: IWC, Vacheron, Piaget, and Zenith all make nice watches, but they are meaningless. |
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Steel Watches: Watch Snob Every great watch ever made has been done in steel; it is both durable and handsome. |
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Gold-Tone Watches Never let a woman make wrong horological decisions for you. |
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Maurice De Mauriac Watches: Watch Snob I'd like to learn more about boutique watches. Could you please steer me toward some other interesting watchmakers who produce watches under $5,000? |
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Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin High-grade timepieces convey prestige and class, and could be not unjustifiably considered fine artwork in many cases. |
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Watch Snob: Budget-Friendly Watches Let me, a true horological aficionado, enlighten your plebeian minds as to what makes a real watch, what you should wear when and what to do with those old watches of yours. |
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Men's Vintage Watches Starting a watch collection with vintage watches... Complications in a modern watch... Finding a Swiss-made timepiece with some history that is good value... |
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Moon Phase Watches: Watch Snob I've said it before and I'll say it again: Maurice Lacroix makes fantastic watches. If you want an interesting moon phase, you'll do well here. |
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Mono-Brand Collections: Watch Snob There is a particular gene present in some men -- often those men who define daring as pairing a patterned shirt with a striped tie -- that causes them to go bonkers over one brand and one brand alone. |
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Jump Hour Watches: Watch Snob The jump hour is a century-old movement design. It is not popular today, but purists like me have a strong affinity toward those timepieces that employ such a relic of horological accomplishment. |
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Seiko Watches: Watch Snob I am considering a watch from the Seiko Premier series, the Kinetic Direct Drive in particular. What do you think? And if my selection is horribly misguided, please, point me in a better direction. |
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Frederique Constant Watches Is Frederique Constant Worthy Of The Snob?... Is A Watch Chime Obnoxious?... Is Rafael Nadal really a watch lover?... |
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Watch Snob: Ceramic Watches AskMen will still be bringing you great features on interesting watches to buy, both old and new, expensive and cheap. |
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Cartier Watches The Calibre de Cartier is the only Cartier watch that gets true horological props from the Snob. |
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Braun Watches I have always been interested in vintage Braun watches, and I recently noticed that it has recently reintroduced its line of Dieter Rams and Dietrich Lubs designed watches. |
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Swiss Army Watches: Watch Snob Despite what one may think, Victorinox Swiss Army really does make a decent product. |
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Watch Inscriptions: Watch Snob If there is a story to tell, a watch inscription is a good way to do it. |
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Sport Watches & Sports?: Watch Snob I commend your desire to find something out of the ordinary, but I abhor the fact that it must be around $2,000. Little, if any, great watches from the independents can be purchased for $2,000, or for even $10,000. |
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Watch Snob: Stop Wearing Panerai Get over the hackneyed, mainstream choices and move on to something real. There is nothing, and I do mean nothing, worse than a young man who wears a Panerai watch. |
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Watch Snob: On The Deepsea & "Novelty" Watches Is the new Rolex Deepsea worth the investment?... Is a Hublot Big Bang worth the money?... etc. |
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Thin Watches: Watch Snob The Watch Snob answers questions about Jaegar LeCoultre Master Grande Ultra Thin and Breitling watches. |
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Watch Snob: Are Watches Just Status Symbols? You may think you know watches, but let's be real -- you just don't. |
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Journe Watches It is impossible to compare one haute horlogerie watch brand to another. There really are not any downsides to either F.P. Journe or A. Lange & Sohne. It is akin to comparing Mozart to Beethoven. Both make exceedingly fine timepieces. |
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Watch Dial Colors I have a question for the Watch Snob about dial color for luxury watches. I was wondering what your opinions are on white vs. black. Are black dials just as acceptable as white ones? |
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Breitling Comeback Panerai's 15 minutes of fame have lasted 15 years too long. "The Transocean, and to a degree the new Navitimer, are slowly restoring my faith in Breitling." |
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Watch Snob: Ebel Watches All the opinions expressed by the Watch Snob are my own, and are just that -- opinions. Don't worry, though, we will still be bringing you great features on interesting watches to buy, both old and new. |
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Engagement Watch Value: Watch Snob The first Snob law is that you simply cannot get any decent watch (and by decent I mean not completely emasculating and embarrassing to wear) for under $5,000. |
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Rafael Nadal's Winning Timepiece: Watch Snob My take is that Rafael Nadal is the best tennis player in the world and he deserves to be wearing the $525,000 RM 027 from Richard Mille. |
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Nixon Watches: Watch Snob I need some of your horological advice. It's time to dump my 50-year-old Longines. I can't find a new dial or a decent place to refinish it. |
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Hamilton Watches: Watch Snob I was given a Hamilton chronograph by my boss after setting a new sales record at work. It's nice looking, but I don't really wear a watch. |
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Gevril Watches: Watch Snob I have a friend who misses no opportunity to rave about his Gevril Avenue of Americas watch. Does this watch hold any real horological significance? |
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A Watch That Matters: Watch Snob If you want something of the high-end haute horology realm, travel to Geneva. All the greats are located there. |
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Xetum Watches After disregarding emails about the Xetum brand, the Watch Snob finally gives his opinion. |
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Military Watches: Watch Snob What do you think of the military watch trend, from those all-black watches by Luminox to the models by Bell & Ross that claim to be the watches of special-ops groups such as the Navy SEALs? Can a regular guy ever sport one of these? |
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Watch Dials Is it just too flashy to wear a vivid cloisonne dial with a rose or yellow-gold case with my very conservative work wardrobe? |
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Watches And Hand Size The Watch Snob gives his opinion on watch sizes and the question of dress watch vs. sports watch. |
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Sport Watches Do yourself a favor and read all of my archived writings here before you even consider making a purchase. The scales will be lifted from your eyes. |
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Rose-Gold Watches Q&A for the Watch Snob: Rose-Gold watches... |
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Watch Conglomerates The downside is a slight loss of character from buying a watch from a conglomerate brand. However, at least you know the brand will be around in 20 years |
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Dive Watches: Watch Snob Working on a tight budget? Consider buying a vintage watch. "Even divers aren't wearing dive watches anymore..." |
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CFO Watches: Watch Snob Owning a minute repeater is like dating Jennifer Aniston; it may impress a few friends, but day to day it's outdated and more trouble than it's worth. |
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Rubber Strap Watches: Watch Snob Nobody does rubber better than Audemars Piguet. |
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Watch Snob: The True Value Of Bell & Ross Bell & Ross watches are good-looking, and many people like them. However, they do something that is almost inexcusable in the eyes of the Watch Snob. |
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Boutique Watches Raymond Weil is a perfect example of what is wrong with sub-$3,000 watches. It's just too much money to spend for too little. |
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Xemex Some Xemex watches are produced with Valjoux movements; others are not. Can you appraise the brand in general terms? |
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Classic Watches I am more given to classic designs in timepieces, preferring that watchmakers focus on improving precision, longevity and reliability through new materials, movement enhancements and techniques. |
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Cuervo Y Sobrinos Watches If a brand is all about the trimmings instead of the watch itself, it's not worthy of any snob. |
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Watch Snob Q&A You may think you know watches, but lets be real -- you just don't. Let me, a true horological aficionado, enlighten your plebeian minds as to what makes a real watch. |