Monday, July 22, 2019

NSOW Weekly News 14-21 July 2019



MUSICAL CREDIT: SCOTT HOLMES: BREATHE NEW LIFE 2
from Free Music Archive


INTRO
THIS IS A LITTLE LATE - MY WEEK HAS BEEN A BIT CRAZY SO IVE SWAPPED A LONG AND SHORT VIDEO. I VERY MUCH DOUBT ANY ONE PLANS THEIR WEEK AROUND ME SO I RECKON IM SAFE. THIS IS NOT COMPREHENSIVE - JUST STUFF I FOUND INTERESTING AND THOUGHT WORTH SHARING. IF YOU ARE AS BIG A NERDS AS ME YOU MIGHT KNOW THIS ALREADY - AH SORRY I’LL BE ADDING MY OWN COMMENTARY ALONG THE WAY - AFTER ALL WHATS THE POINT OF HAVING A YOUTUBE CHANNEL IF YOU DON'T USE YOUR SOAPBOX. WATCHES MONOCHROME.
PANERAI RADIOMIR MIL INSPIRED GREEN DIALS MILITARY INSPIRATION - MATTE GREEN ON ONE HAND NOTHING SPECIAL - YET ANOTHER ITERATION SAMES CASE (48MM), HANDS, DIAL JUST MATT FINISH AND MATTE GREEN DIAL - COUPLOE OF VERSIONS AND SIZES BUT VERY VERY SWEET LOOKING BUT ALSO 10-12K USD? TOP END THE CERAMIC HODINKEE HODINKEE DID A GORGEOUS BLANPAIN 50 FATHOMS BATHYSCAFE VERSION COULD IT BE ANYTHING BUT - STUNNING BASE MATERIAL QUICKLY - BATHYSCAFE WAS CONSUMER VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL MIL 50 NICE TO LOOK AT BUT CANT BUY - THE WHOLE BATCH SOLD IN MINUTES SO WHAT YOU GONNA DO? 9.5K USD MONOCHROME GIRARD PERREGAUX 1966 BLUE MOON UNSURE HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS REMINDED ON THE AP CODE 1159 MODERN, CLEAN, BEAUTIFULLY BUILT - BUT IS THAT ENUF? FOR 9K USDISH I SUSPECT THAT ITS NOT AT ITS BEST IN PHOTOS LIKE 1159 - PEOPLE THAT HANDLED ONE MORE POSITIVE THAN PEOPLE REVIEWING FROM IMAGES PROBABLY SIMILAR SO RESERVE JUDGEMENT WATCHES NEWS VACHERON CONSTANTIN PATRIMONY DAY DATE RETROGRADE THIS WATCH HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE BUT SERIOUS UPDATE DIAL COLOURS AND COMPLICATION DISPLAYS EASY TO LOVE - THAT BLUE IS PERFECT WITH THE GOLD THE DATE AND DAY DISPLAYS INTERESTING BUT CLEAN AND EASY AND CHECK OUT THAT MOVEMENT STILL 44K EURO - IT WOULD WANT TO BE PRETTY SPECIAL DEPLOYANT.COMhttps://deployant.com/review-tutima-patria-admiral-blue-ss/
NOT A NEW WATCH BUT A REVIEW OF THE TUTIMA PATRIA ADMIRAL LAST WEEK I SPOKE ABOUT TUTIMA NOT SIDES - DOWNSTAIR WORKERS AND UPSTAIRS GENTRY LAST WEEK WAS THE WORKERS FLIEGER GO TO DEPLOYENT AND CHECK OUT THEIR REVIEW OF THE PATRIA - YOU’LL SEE THE OTHER SIDE- NOTING STILL ONLY 4900 CHF BOLDR EXPEDITION FIELD WATCH THATS TRYING TO ACT COOL IN A DIVE WATCH STYLED CASE - SORT OF: SELLITTA SW200 MVMT 200M/SAPHIRRE/INTERESTING 3D PRINTED DIAL AND STEPPED DIAL/BEZEL MY EXPERIENCE WITH GLOBETROTTER REALLY POSITIVE NOW AVALABLE AT 499USD (GOING TO 599) - VERY GOOD PRICE COMPELLING OFFER IF YOU LIKE THE STYLING WATCH INDUSTRY HALF YEAR SWISS WATCH REPORTS AND ANALYSIS. THIS IS WORTHY OF A FULL EPISODE AND I MIGHT DO THAT IN A FEW WEEKS OVERALL SWISS WATCH SALES UP 1.4% - BUT HELD BACK BY A SHOCKING JUNE RESULT BIG FALLS IN THE ENTRY LEVEL - SEE IN BOTH PRICE AND MATERIALS HONG KONG BIG FALL LINKED TO CIVIL UNREST BUT SOME TAKEAWAYS MONOCHROME: SWATCH HAS SOME ISSUES - SALES AND PROFITS DOWN - LOOKS LIKE LOW END HAMILTON/MIDO/TISSOT/SWATCH IN THE GUN ALSO A LITTLE NOTE ABOUT ACTION AGAINST GREY MARKETS PRODUCTION AND JUNK SALES DOWN RICHEMONT SEEMS TO HAVE NAILED IT - SOLID/OCCASIONALLY DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH NOT AS AFFECTED BY THE DOWNTURN IN ENTRY LEVEL SALES WATCH MEDIA KEEPING WITH INDUSTRY WATCHING NEWS. BLOG TO WATCH ARTICLE - FHH ANALYSIS INTERESTING IDEA REALLY BUILDING ON FHH FIGURES - LESS FOCUS ON “VALUE” AT THE ENTRY LEVEL AND MORE ON QUALITY - MORE CONFIDENCES IN THE MARKET - ADVENT ON IN-HOUSE MOVEMENTS, MORE INTERESTING MATERIALS ETC NOT SURE I ENTIRELY AGREE - IE I DON'T THINK THATS WRONG RATHER NOT COMPLETE. HODINKEE YOU MIGHT NOT BELIEVE THIS BUT IT IS IN FACT LEGAL TO SEND WATCHES OTHER THAN SPEEDYS INTO SPACE. JACK FORSTER HAS A REALLY COOL ARTICLE RUNNING THROUGH ALL OF THEM. TIME AND TIDE 5 INSTAGRAM CLICHES THAT NEED TO DIE: (CURIOUSLY I AGREE WITH I DON'T SEE THE FIRST THREE MUCH - THEY ARE INSTANT UNFOLLOWS FOR ME) NO 4 HAS BECOME KINDA BORING AND I KINDA AGREE WITH NUMBER 5 - BUT NOT ALWAYS: CAR INTERIOR AND WATCH FISTFUL OF WATCHES OBNOXIOUS TRAVEL SHOT THE BOOB/BABE SHOT YES, YOU HAVE NICE WATCHES, YOU’RE ALSO A DICK
WRIST ROLL - LESS SURE ON THAT ONE THE ONGOING REHAB OF SERIOUS QUARTZ
WORN AND WOUND BIG ARTICLE ON TWO GRAND SEIKOS WITH THE 9F DOUBLE DOWN ON THE CONTINUING LOVE AFFAIR WITH GS FRATELLO ON THE LONGINES CONQUEST VHP GMT CLOCKBAIT

NAILING IT WITH THREE GREAT VIDEOS THIS WEEK SEIKO ALPINIST REVIEW - EXCELLENT MORE IF WATCHES WERE CARS - VERY FUNNY ALBEIT VERY ENGLISH I HADNT HEARD OF MANY OF THE CARS THEY REFERRED TO. TUDOR GMT REVIEW - AGREE ONE OF THE BEST ROLEX KNOCK-OFFS GOING AROUND KEY IS THESE GUYS BRING A REALLY FUN PODCAST KIND OF VIBE AND GREAT ANTIDOTE TO PEOPLE LIKE ME WITH A TENDENCY TO TAKE THIS ALL A BIT SERIOUSLY. HOROLOGY HOUSE. I DO SOME PHOTOGRAPHY MYSELF BUT TRAVEL/STREET AVAILABLE LIGHT - FANCY WAY OF SAYING IM LAZY AND SHIT AT THE TECHNICAL STUFF LIKE LIGHTING. MARK OVER AT HOROLOGY HOUSE IS THE BEST WATCH IMAGERY GUY ON YOUTUBE RIGHT NOW AND IM AWE OF HIS SHOTS. BUT NOT JUST GRATUITOUS BEAUTY SHOTS - IVE FOUND AS MUCH AS I HAVE TO WORK THESE MACROS SHOW US STUFF ABOUT OUR WATCHES WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE REAL LEVELS OF CARE GIVEN. AND MARKS STUFF HERE IS BRILLIANT. THE IMAGES OF ‘DISCOLOURATION’ MAYBE SURFACE CORROSION, MAYBE LEACHING OF LUBRICANT? WAS FASCINATING AND REALLY REVEALING. IN PODCASTS BARK AND JACK NEW PODCAST WITH PAUL THORPE PAUL REALLY INTERESTING GUY - EX DEALER AND SO AS YOU’D IMAGINE VERY BUSINESS FOCUSSED BUT HE’S SELF AWARE ENOUGH TO KNOW IT AND IS OPEN ABOUT IT. SO I NEVER SAW HIS PREVIOUS STUFF, WATCHED A FEW MORE NOW, REALLY RECOMMEND YOU CHECK HIM OUT. NOW THIS LAST ONE IS CHEATING A BIT TENN AND TWO KATLAN AND KAT FROM TENESSEE. APART FROM THE GRAM I DON'T KNOW KAT MUCH BUT SHE GOT SOME NICE WATCHES. IVE HEARD KATLEN ON SCOTTISH WATCHES MORE THAN A FEW TIMES AND A) SHE KNOWS WATCHES AND B)SHES FUNNY SO DEFINITELY WORTH A LISTEN.






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