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Re: Show Off Your New Watch

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Split-Time wrote: Tue Dec 15, 2020 5:09 pm The Milus Snow Star from the Jomashop deal arrived yesterday. I did not have a chance to open it until the family was in bed. At that point it was close to by bedtime as well. Needless to say, the anticipation was real. There is something about the design of this watch that I have been drawn to since I first saw it. More on that at the end (that is called "foreshadowing" :lol: ).

I typically do not take unboxing pictures, but since we have a little fun with it sometimes, I took a few. I'll spare you most of them other than to say that there is nice outer and inner box. @cel4145 had already confirmed that we would be receiving the LE with the nice case.

So far, so good...
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Imagine my dismay when I found this inside! :oops:
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That is untouched...just as I found it. The rectangle at the bottom is the plaque missing from the left. The back of it is very sticky and lot of the items were stuck very well to it.

The watch looked fine to the naked eye, and I have pretty good eyes. There are a couple of extremely small light scratches that I could see. This morning I looked with a loupe and there isn't anything there that I wouldn't do within a few outings.

I love the polish of the case. Admittedly I did not capture that in these evening photos.

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The hands ;)
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@cel4145, the rotor in mine seems a bit noisy as well. I probably would not have noticed it had you not mentioned it which led me to give it shake. It looks like I am going to roll the dice and keep this one. So far is is keeping good time, but I am less than 24 hours in.

Shipping woes aside, I am very happy with this watch. It seems to share some design elements with what we think must be my father's watch that my wife found having been untouched for at least 35 years. Am I the only one who notices a resemblance?

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Got the new one in. The metal plate had also moved and stuck itself to the watch. Could not find any scratches with the naked eye, so dodged that bullet.

And the rotor does not sound janky like the last one. So all good :)
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cel4145 wrote: Wed Dec 16, 2020 4:04 pm
Split-Time wrote: Tue Dec 15, 2020 5:09 pm The Milus Snow Star from the Jomashop deal arrived yesterday. I did not have a chance to open it until the family was in bed. At that point it was close to by bedtime as well. Needless to say, the anticipation was real. There is something about the design of this watch that I have been drawn to since I first saw it. More on that at the end (that is called "foreshadowing" :lol: ).

I typically do not take unboxing pictures, but since we have a little fun with it sometimes, I took a few. I'll spare you most of them other than to say that there is nice outer and inner box. @cel4145 had already confirmed that we would be receiving the LE with the nice case.

So far, so good...
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Imagine my dismay when I found this inside! :oops:
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That is untouched...just as I found it. The rectangle at the bottom is the plaque missing from the left. The back of it is very sticky and lot of the items were stuck very well to it.

The watch looked fine to the naked eye, and I have pretty good eyes. There are a couple of extremely small light scratches that I could see. This morning I looked with a loupe and there isn't anything there that I wouldn't do within a few outings.

I love the polish of the case. Admittedly I did not capture that in these evening photos.

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The hands ;)
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@cel4145, the rotor in mine seems a bit noisy as well. I probably would not have noticed it had you not mentioned it which led me to give it shake. It looks like I am going to roll the dice and keep this one. So far is is keeping good time, but I am less than 24 hours in.

Shipping woes aside, I am very happy with this watch. It seems to share some design elements with what we think must be my father's watch that my wife found having been untouched for at least 35 years. Am I the only one who notices a resemblance?

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Got the new one in. The metal plate had also moved and stuck itself to the watch. Could not find any scratches with the naked eye, so dodged that bullet.

And the rotor does not sound janky like the last one. So all good :)
That is a very good turn around. Glad to hear that your new watch does not have the rotor sound. I may take mine to a jeweler that I know and see what their watch person thinks.
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My Alpina watch have finally arrived from the forwarders. Put on a blue strap while searching for a wire mesh strap
This is really a good deal ..

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First new watch day in over 2 years, had both arrive on the same day! Unfortunately it's a workday and the Tourneau doesn't have normal springbars to explore straps. Damn screws.
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My Tourneau arrived today. I'm impressed.

Good size for me. The padded strap is very nice and not overly long, as with some fleigers.

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Lots of little screws hold this together:

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Nicely decorated movement:

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I went outside to get enough light for the wrist shot. This guy was observing:

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Just my $0.02 USD as always.
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So I did a thing. Went to a local AD to have the bracelet put on my Airboss, and they had this in the case. I've known one of the sales guys there for years. I jokingly said if they payed for my sales tax I would buy it. Low and behold....

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bocbass wrote: Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:56 am So I did a thing. Went to a local AD to have the bracelet put on my Airboss, and they had this in the case. I've known one of the sales guys there for years. I jokingly said if they payed for my sales tax I would buy it. Low and behold....

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That's a beauty! Congratulations and enjoy! I am sure we will be seeing the GMT around the forum 8-).
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My latest acquisition and my first ever Zodiac...

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ManOnTime wrote:Humbled.

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Congrats !! I’m always in admiration of their watches ! Always wanted to pull the trigger , but I’m always afraid of their after sales issues !! I might man up and buy one soon !!

Looks great though ! I’m eyeing the navygraph


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Split-Time wrote:
bocbass wrote: Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:56 am So I did a thing. Went to a local AD to have the bracelet put on my Airboss, and they had this in the case. I've known one of the sales guys there for years. I jokingly said if they payed for my sales tax I would buy it. Low and behold....

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That's a beauty! Congratulations and enjoy! I am sure we will be seeing the GMT around the forum 8-).
That’s awesome ! Congrats ! One of my contenders for a GMT! So conflicted as I have the BB58 and they’re close !! But a superior looking GMt for sure !!


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Christmas gift from my sister. Absolutely amazing watch. Engraving is a quote from my favorite author 😁

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Had been waffling back and forth on the Deep Blue 40mm divers, and for Christmas the wife made the choice for me. Very cool and seemingly well built watch, but it is a thicc boi. Cuffs are definitely a no go with one of these!

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Christmas gift from my wife. Just looking at this perfect lemon yellow dial cheers me up. I'm going to have a hard time getting this off my wrist—Bernhardt's bracelets deserve their brilliant reputation. So comfortable.Image

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Ironman_KL wrote:Fresh from Ashford to Australia with free expedited shipping and Black Friday sales. Awesome - thanks Ashford!

Glycine GL0295 - colours are something remarkable.
Will post more photos in the next month or so with review.

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