Private thread, secret project, do not look

[rodia77]

Inspiration:


https://forums.watchuseek.com/f11/19...l-2006874.html

Outline:
- Roman numerals > anything else
- auto or hand-wound
- size 37-40mm, great if wears like proper 38mm
- miltary/tool DNA (descendants of deck/trench watches?), with only moderate 'dress' factor
- fancy hands welcome (Breguet, spade etc)
- reissues good, vintage bad
- price: up to €1k would be lovely but it's not a hard cap
- Longines, kiss my caseback with your 3ATM

Examples of what I looked at:













This is so cool:



and would probably scratch the itch, but I'm reluctant to shell out that amount of money. The reason why it's not automatically discarded is that it looks like pure fun and I'd probably be able to forget about the price tag.

[rodia77]

No idea what Hammelmann Essen is, but these two don't look bad:





Raymond Weil Mestro:



A bit too much on the dress side, would prefer printed numerals, too.

Tissot Bridgeport:



There's also a chrono version, two birds with one stone?



And this one even better:



The genius who split the day-date here should have some body part split themselves...



And Gevril Park -- too much on the dress side, again?

[OhDark30]

Not that I saw it
but I like that black Orient Star with Breguet hands

‘Deck watch roman’ seems quite a useful search term








‘ETA Unitas 6498 blued hands’ HK seller

[Seriously]

Outline:
- Roman numerals > anything else
- auto or hand-wound
- size 37-40mm, great if wears like proper 38mm
- miltary/tool DNA (descendants of deck/trench watches?), with only moderate 'dress' factor
- fancy hands welcome (Breguet, spade etc)
- reissues good, vintage bad
- price: up to €1k would be lovely but it's not a hard cap
- Longines, kiss my caseback with your 3ATM

Examples of what I looked at:

With those requirements may I humbly suggest the Halios Puck



Roman numerals - check
- auto or hand-wound - check
- size 37-40mm, great if wears like proper 38mm - check
- miltary/tool DNA (descendants of deck/trench watches?), with only moderate 'dress' factor - check
- fancy hands welcome (Breguet, spade etc) - check
- reissues good, vintage bad - check
- price: up to €1k would be lovely but it's not a hard cap - check
- Longines, kiss my caseback with your 3ATM - check

You’re welcome

[skywatch]

What? I don't see anything. What is this thread about?

[rodia77]

Thanks Kath, yes, I'm only warming up.

Of the ones you posted I like the Seiko (bold numerals), although it's probably hitting the vintage mark and it wouldn't be a legibility monster with those silver hands.

The Stowa is 41mm and the Archimede is 42mm.

but I like that black Orient Star with Breguet hands

I thought the dial was dark blue.



Black or blue?

[Strela167]

These don't wear as big as listed imo.

https://meranom.com/vostok/retro/550...15-550930.html

pretty sure someone posted one as blue not black hands

[Strela167]

There's talk about some new projects

https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.p...0-Future-plans

a new Czech Airforce sounds cool , missed the last

[tribe125]

There's talk about some new projects

https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.p...0-Future-plans

a new Czech Airforce sounds cool , missed the last

I find the flared lugs a bit odd. I know they’re faithful to the original, but I find that a bit odd as well.

[Strela167]

I find the flared lugs a bit odd. I know they’re faithful to the original, but I find that a bit odd as well.

https://www.timefactors.com/precistaprs9.htm

Oh , hadn't noticed before , thought just how the pic. was shot. Not too bad though.