Crowning glory - what's your favourite crown?

[whatmeworry]

I'd never really thought that much about crowns before I got my Archimede, I think they tend to get overlooked a bit in favour of dials and hands and all that good stuff. It may just be that I've never had a crown I've fallen in love with, but I'm absolutely smitten with the one on the Pilot. It's so big, so beautifully designed and machined, and so wonderful to fiddle with. It's made me think about the crowns on all my watches and consider them a lot more when looking at watches I don't own.
Here's mine, show me your faves!

[Der Amf]

Is there an 2824 in there? The perfect movement to have when you've a very very tempting crown.....

[whatmeworry]

Is there an 2824 in there? The perfect movement to have when you've a very very tempting crown.....

Well that is a slight drawback...

[Der Amf]

Be sure always to correct the time the long way round

[whatmeworry]

Be sure always to correct the time the long way round

I'll do that, and listen to the date click over

[crownpuller]

This is the most tactile:


This is nicer to look at:

[OTGabe]

Here's a grab bag of crowns from different dive watches I've owned. My favorite is probably the Jenny Caribbean reissue:



Planet Ocean 42mm



Halios Tropik



Prometheus Ocean DIver shown at the beach. Very rugged and grippable.



DWP (Dive Watch Project) from the Dive Watches Forum at WUS:



Ocean7 LM-2



Sinn U1



Not my watch but it's quite a crown...

[whatmeworry]

The logo on that DWP one is great

[GlennO]

Likewise, definitely the favourite amongst my collection.

[Samanator]

Not only is this a cool crown, Ball took extra care in it's implementation and it has the best feel, action and operation to make it the best I've ever tried. And that is a pretty extensive list:
Ball EHC DeepQUEST



The second generation Ball EHC went to this secure and stronger setup which is a EHC signature item.

Ball EHC Black




Anonimo Magnum


Arnold & Son White Ensign


Bremont MBII


Bremont ALT-1C


Bremont Super Marine 500


Corum Tides 48


Longines Legend Diver


Rolex Hulk (Sub)


And saving the big boy for last.
Zenith Type 20