Watches - another OCD problem

[Chris]

I've been doubling for a about a year and a half- mechanical on the left wrist, Garmin Vivosport on the right.  One thing about it that I kinda like- if I travel to another time zone, I can leave the watch on home time and let the Garmin sync to local.

[Manticore]

I'll be the contrarian and advise wearing two mechanicals instead. While I've never been a huge fan of wearables, I'm even less a fan given lockdowns and staring at screens all thetime.

[Graeme]

@Giles there's a new Blancpain No Radiation watch...

[Giles]

Nice, but I don't need two 

[henry_david]

That's lovely, @Graeme 

[Graeme]

Nice, but I don't need two 

I'll be the contrarian and advise wearing two mechanicals instead.

[Filthy]

I keep hoping maybe this year, year after year, will be the year I can afford my much coveted Tag Heuer Monaco calibre 12. Maybe hopefully soon. 

[Graeme]

Omega have just announced a number of new models for 2021.

There's a new Seamaster 300 Professional in black ceramic.



The retro Seamaster 300 has had a facelift, which now has a sandwich dial.



They're also offering it in what they call bronze gold, which is an alloy of bronze and gold. Yeah, I know, imaginative naming there...



I particularly like the new Tresor with small seconds and a power reserve.

[JDelage]

That bronze gold is nice looking. It's not cheap though.

Speaking of bronze, I'm interested in the Longines Legend Diver. I don't know much about the brand though. How does it compare to, say, Oris?

[Chris]

Longines is part of the Swatch Group, positioned below Omega and above Hamilton. I'd consider them more or less comparable to Oris.

Something about a low visibility dive watch just seems wrong to me. But I bet that black ceramic is nice...

[Graeme]

Time and Tide, the Australian watch website, were excited about the Longines Legend Diver when it launched. They look good in the metal, and I'd agree with @Chris that they're probably on a par with Oris.

Mechanically they use an ETA movement, which has been tweaked using a silicon hairspring. The Oris uses a fairly stock Selita, so the Longines is probably ahead on that front.

I'd also cross shop with the new Oris Carl Brashear, which has their new in-house movement. But it's about 30% more expensive than the Longines.



Bell & Ross have just launched their diver in bronze with a red dial, which looks really nice, but is a similar price to the Oris.

[JDelage]

I have the first Carl Brashear; it's lovely (though the crown is a bit aggressive on the wrist I find).

I'm hoping for a bronze BR05 one day from B&R...

[Graeme]

@JDelage I'd forgotten about your Carl Brashear.

I'm not a big B&R fan, but the bronze diver is really nice, and I think that the red dial is the best of the bunch. But for the price of one plus the Longines, you could (almost) get the Bronze Gold Omega...

[Chris]

I particularly like the new Tresor with small seconds and a power reserve.

I like this one a lot, but the more I look at it, the more the power reserve dial bugs me.  It's so minimalist that it's essentially useless.  What are the increments supposed to be, just decorative?

[Graeme]

@Chris you could get the version without the power reserve indicator.