What time is it? Watches and horology

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No date, but 10-12mm depening how you measure it... and wider obvs... In fact idk why I posted it.

But who needs a date on a watch when we've all got smartphones in our pockets.

Has there ever been a GMT and Date in a movement that thin? Don't think so.

Rolex GMT Master 16750 is 12.5mm

Edit: forgot to say congrats on the Tudor, that’ll get some serious wrist time.

Don’t make em like they used to that’s for sure.

They really don’t, Tag Heuer reissued the famous 2446 Rindt Autavia in 2017 and it’s not nearly as well proportioned, 42mm and 16mm thick.

People much better on the pulse than me seem to think prices are plateauing but I don’t see nice vintage pieces dropping in value anytime soon.

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I think the BB58 movement is 6.5mm thick so theyd struggle to fit a GMT and date into the case. GMT only, poooossibly. Then again, no reason why they can't add a mm or so to the case.

Fuck me, just read that Hermés make a movement with GMT and day night indicator that is only 4mm thick.

Prices have definitely peaked IMO. Ninas that were selling for £20-£25kk are now around the £15-£18k mark for example. Same for Heuers, though a bit less so. That said I doubt we'll see major further falls, just that the froth has come off the top.

Let me know when speedies are a ton and I’m game

Oof you’d feel really hard done by buying at the top wouldn’t you.

I'll raise you a chronograph

According to this the ETA 2893-2 which has GMT hand and date is 4.1mm thick

https://www.eta.ch/en/our-products/mechanical-movements/mecaline-specialities/eta-mecaline-specialities-2893-2

I will get round to one of the T4AP meet-ups, just rubbish at planning.

As others have said, I don’t think it’s really that thin in the scheme of things. It’s just a lot thinner than the regular BB.

The Bell & Ross V2-93, which uses a decorated ETA, is at least as slim, I think, especially if you discount the domed crystal.

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March 19th is the next one. We’re going to be launching chronovault that day. Come along!

Wow, good spot. So you can buy an OTP movement with GMT and date that is thinner than ththe BB58 movement.

I’d say there will definitely be a GMT version coming although Tudor normally drip release their new versions and from memory it took hem a few years to release the BB GMT.

I tried to talk you out of getting that done man.

The ETA GMT movement is very widely used. It’s in the Farer GMTs, the Bell & Ross, etc.

It’s thin and reliable but the quick-set jumping hour functionality is on the GMT hand (like the original GMT-Master), not the local hour hand (like the GMT-Master II). People on the internet seem to get in a tizz about that.

The Tudor GMT movement has the “superior” jumping local hour hand, but they have also had a lot of issues with the date not changing properly on them. They had to take a lot of them back to be fixed (which has probably made the supply issues even worse). So I wouldn’t expect a BB58 GMT for a good while, if it ever happens.

Actually I could see them making a second (third?) generation BB before that, with the same basic dimensions as the current one, just thinner.

It's definitely a look.

Soul will have an aneurism over the numerals.

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I am genuinely a fan of that Hermès GMT. The blue Hoodwinkee version is particularly nice.

https://shop.hodinkee.com/products/hermes-slim-dhermes-gmt-for-hodinkee?variant=13607437008971

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Me too. I’d buy a (non-GMT) Slim d’Hermes, if I could convince myself I’d wear it regularly.

I feel sick

That watch has a nice arse.

I'd love to own a Micro-Rotor watch.

you're a micro rotor

Nicely done...