Essential watches

[kqxrlovesSpeedmasters]

Dress watch for me at this point in life would be a JLC Master Control or a GO Pano model...if money wasnt an issue Lange 1 or a PP Calatrava..

[wean_sg]

Daily beater = Sub, GMT, EXP II (must have date la)

Dive Watch = SD

Dress Watch = Daytona, Datejust, Day Date, EXP 1

[icy.mint]

My pick:
Daily beater --> GMTIIC/Explorer II
Dive Watch --> Green Sub
Dress Watch --> Still looking.... possibly a Daytona S/S or IWS Portofino Eight Days. But for the time being, Green Sub does the job
Casual Watch --> PAM111

[Helmsley]

oh you're talking about watch snob. He actually does give pretty good advice, abeit in a very arrogant manner. His dislike for Panerais are well known and not without merit completely but with Pam's coming up with its own movements, he has actually softened and even recommended a Pam in one of the writeups.

Yes, he sings praises of Lange and Patek but seriously not everyone can afford those.

Quite surprised to see Daytona as a choice of dress watch. I always think its a little too sporty to be one.

[lefty]

I'm happy to use the Cartiers or even the Meistersinger as my dress watch. The Rolexes and Pams do pretty well as daily beaters.

[theoldjaffa]

my ultimate dress watch will be the Corum Golden Bridge.

Simple, unique, classy and minimalist.

[Helmsley]

Can Pams ever be considered dress watches?

[Oceanklassik]

Radiomirs, that is.

[dark.magnet]

Love watch snob in ask.men. Deliciously disgusting.

Not sure about catergorising watches into daily beater/dive/dress watches. But for every collector, a rolex sub and an omega speedmaster moonwatch is probably the archetypal core. As for a really high-end one, a PP would be v nice indeed. I can't afford, so my JLC reverso 976 does the job!

[raystinger]

Here's mine rotation...

daily beater: explorer ii
casual: pam000 DLC
diver: PO 42mm
dress: still deciding, maybe getting the explorer 39mm to complete my explorer collection

[Seventh Son]

That guy's a PAM hater!

[ichiban]

I think the appropriate 3 categories should be - daily beater, chronograph and dress watch. Within each category, looking at only luxury watches, you can also classify into 3 price range - value (less than 10k), premium (10-20k) and super premium (above 20k). my pick for the category would be;

Daily beater - rolex sub, AP royal oak, Patek nautilus
Chronograph - omega speedmaster, rolex Daytona, AP offshore
Dress - IWC portofino, JLC master control, Lange Saxonia/Patek calatrava

Just my thoughts...

Just chanced upon this thread
Agree almost totally with the choices except jlc master control. Prefer jlc reverso or iwc portofino 8 day reserve


To me rolexes are sports watches. Haha

[LPYeo]

For me:
Daily beater/sports --> Sea Dweller 16600
Dress Watch --> Patek 5712/1A

But dream of:
Daily beater --> Patek 5712/1A
Sports Watch --> AP Royal Oak 15202
Dress Watch --> Patek 5070P or 5970P (both discontinued)

[kaijiehimself]

me wise:
beater --> G9300 mudman
dress --> rolex exp I
sports --> omega PO

[dark.magnet]

New method of categorising:

Daily beater (Yardwork)
Daily beater (Office wearer)
Weekend wearer
Sports/Diver/Chronograph
Travel watch
Dress

an excuse to have more than 3 watches hehe