Bronze Twins - Should I Keep Both ?
Bronze Twins - Should I Keep Both ?
Bronze twins
C65 Trident Diver SH21 Bronze LE - One of the CWs Iāve been waiting for and itās everything I expected it would be. The dial, the small seconds, the date, all stunning. Takes ages to hand wind, but it then runs for 5 days.
C65 Trident Diver Bronze Prototype - Simple, elegant dial. Slight āOmbrĆ©ā style markings on it. Quick and easy to wind and ready to go whenever.
Both take a range of strapsā¦ brown leather, blue hybrid, blue canvas, distressed leather, and look stunning.
Now I have to decide do I keep both ?
C65 Trident Diver SH21 Bronze LE - One of the CWs Iāve been waiting for and itās everything I expected it would be. The dial, the small seconds, the date, all stunning. Takes ages to hand wind, but it then runs for 5 days.
C65 Trident Diver Bronze Prototype - Simple, elegant dial. Slight āOmbrĆ©ā style markings on it. Quick and easy to wind and ready to go whenever.
Both take a range of strapsā¦ brown leather, blue hybrid, blue canvas, distressed leather, and look stunning.
Now I have to decide do I keep both ?
C1 - Bel Canto, Grand Malvern 5 Day
C5 - FLE
C60 - Concept
C65 - Cranwell, Super Compressor
C9 - 5 Day Small Seconds
Omega - Aqua Terra, SMP Nekton
Breitling - SuperOcean
Rolex - Air King
C5 - FLE
C60 - Concept
C65 - Cranwell, Super Compressor
C9 - 5 Day Small Seconds
Omega - Aqua Terra, SMP Nekton
Breitling - SuperOcean
Rolex - Air King
Re: Bronze Twins - Should I Keep Both ?
Both great lookers, but if I had to keep one it would be the SH21, better looking to me.
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Omega Speedmaster Professional.
Tudor Pepsi GMT.
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Re: Bronze Twins - Should I Keep Both ?
This is my current thinking too, but gosh itās still hard to think about letting one go
I donāt āneedā to let one go, but I just donāt like the thought of loving one more and neglecting the otherā¦ very much a first world problem
C1 - Bel Canto, Grand Malvern 5 Day
C5 - FLE
C60 - Concept
C65 - Cranwell, Super Compressor
C9 - 5 Day Small Seconds
Omega - Aqua Terra, SMP Nekton
Breitling - SuperOcean
Rolex - Air King
C5 - FLE
C60 - Concept
C65 - Cranwell, Super Compressor
C9 - 5 Day Small Seconds
Omega - Aqua Terra, SMP Nekton
Breitling - SuperOcean
Rolex - Air King
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Re: Bronze Twins - Should I Keep Both ?
I have been making a conscious attempt recently to avoid repetition and redundancy in my main watch box. To me it seems that the SH 21 does everything the other watch does and more, so it begs the question of when you would choose to wear one over the other. However, your take on it could be different.
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Re: Bronze Twins - Should I Keep Both ?
Agree, both lovely looking watches, however SH21 LE for me would be the keeper. It has more going for it, i love the small seconds and it has the date window too
Re: Bronze Twins - Should I Keep Both ?
That's becoming my view recently too... I've acquired a significant number of lovely watches, but they're not here to sit in a watch box, but actually be worn. My fear is that one will get worn and the other won't, and just sit languishing in the box... that doesn't seem right to me, when someone else could be enjoying it as their pride and joyAmor Vincit Omnia wrote: āFri Jul 30, 2021 5:10 pm I have been making a conscious attempt recently to avoid repetition and redundancy in my main watch box. To me it seems that the SH 21 does everything the other watch does and more, so it begs the question of when you would choose to wear one over the other. However, your take on it could be different.
Not rushing the decision, but heart and head are definitely playing their parts here
C1 - Bel Canto, Grand Malvern 5 Day
C5 - FLE
C60 - Concept
C65 - Cranwell, Super Compressor
C9 - 5 Day Small Seconds
Omega - Aqua Terra, SMP Nekton
Breitling - SuperOcean
Rolex - Air King
C5 - FLE
C60 - Concept
C65 - Cranwell, Super Compressor
C9 - 5 Day Small Seconds
Omega - Aqua Terra, SMP Nekton
Breitling - SuperOcean
Rolex - Air King
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Re: Bronze Twins - Should I Keep Both ?
If you don't need to let one go yet, my advice would be to keep both until a clear winner/loser emerges in your own mind, and then sell the "loser" as it were. If a clear winner never emerges, then keep them both ad infinitum if you get pleasure from both of them.
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Re: Bronze Twins - Should I Keep Both ?
I'm not saying this to be different, but I like the flexibility of a "no date" watch, ready to go as you say so, for me. the C65 prototype would win.
I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left
Re: Bronze Twins - Should I Keep Both ?
In most respects they are identical... same bronze case, blue face (although the prototype does have very light slight "Ombre" style markings) and primary hands.
The small seconds is something I've always liked on a watch (I also have the C8 PR and Stainless Steel SH21 LE). The date is useful and elegant.
Some differences are only really noticeable when side by side... the prototype (like other C65 Trident Divers) has second sub divisions, which (arguably) make the face more "busy".
But as mentioned above, real reason for my thinking, is that I am wondering now whether one will just not get worn as much (or at all) and that doesn't feel right
C1 - Bel Canto, Grand Malvern 5 Day
C5 - FLE
C60 - Concept
C65 - Cranwell, Super Compressor
C9 - 5 Day Small Seconds
Omega - Aqua Terra, SMP Nekton
Breitling - SuperOcean
Rolex - Air King
C5 - FLE
C60 - Concept
C65 - Cranwell, Super Compressor
C9 - 5 Day Small Seconds
Omega - Aqua Terra, SMP Nekton
Breitling - SuperOcean
Rolex - Air King
Re: Bronze Twins - Should I Keep Both ?
Good advice, and I'm in absolutely no rush at all here... not thinking of selling one to fund another purchase, that's already coveredwelshlad wrote: āFri Jul 30, 2021 5:17 pm If you don't need to let one go yet, my advice would be to keep both until a clear winner/loser emerges in your own mind, and then sell the "loser" as it were. If a clear winner never emerges, then keep them both ad infinitum if you get pleasure from both of them.
C1 - Bel Canto, Grand Malvern 5 Day
C5 - FLE
C60 - Concept
C65 - Cranwell, Super Compressor
C9 - 5 Day Small Seconds
Omega - Aqua Terra, SMP Nekton
Breitling - SuperOcean
Rolex - Air King
C5 - FLE
C60 - Concept
C65 - Cranwell, Super Compressor
C9 - 5 Day Small Seconds
Omega - Aqua Terra, SMP Nekton
Breitling - SuperOcean
Rolex - Air King
Re: Bronze Twins - Should I Keep Both ?
That's one of the things that's stopping these being a no brainer decision... the SH21, whilst it runs for 5 days it does need a significant amount of winding and the crown is smaller than on my C8 PR, so more effort. The C65 prototype is very much, wind 20/30 times (less than a minute), set time and put it onexHowfener wrote: āFri Jul 30, 2021 5:19 pm I'm not saying this to be different, but I like the flexibility of a "no date" watch, ready to go as you say so, for me. the C65 prototype would win.
C1 - Bel Canto, Grand Malvern 5 Day
C5 - FLE
C60 - Concept
C65 - Cranwell, Super Compressor
C9 - 5 Day Small Seconds
Omega - Aqua Terra, SMP Nekton
Breitling - SuperOcean
Rolex - Air King
C5 - FLE
C60 - Concept
C65 - Cranwell, Super Compressor
C9 - 5 Day Small Seconds
Omega - Aqua Terra, SMP Nekton
Breitling - SuperOcean
Rolex - Air King
Re: Bronze Twins - Should I Keep Both ?
Hard to say as I donāt know your collection size, preferences, financial situation, etc. but my own preference is to have as much diversity in my collection as possible. For me, those two are both so similar (and stunning, by the way) that Iād happily forego one and then replace it with something totally different.
Thatās just me, though. What a nice dilemma to have!
Thatās just me, though. What a nice dilemma to have!
Re: Bronze Twins - Should I Keep Both ?
Im gona agree with 2 posts above.
Id certainly keep both if you dont need to move any on. We all love our various watches, in different ways, and for different reasons. I certainly dont love all mine equally!
One will no doubt "win" but the other is too nice to ever loose, so its win win in my eyes!
In addition, I very much prefer the clean look of a no date. My watches are for time, not really date. But I appreciate others want/need a date feature.
Just my 2 penneth..!
Id certainly keep both if you dont need to move any on. We all love our various watches, in different ways, and for different reasons. I certainly dont love all mine equally!
One will no doubt "win" but the other is too nice to ever loose, so its win win in my eyes!
In addition, I very much prefer the clean look of a no date. My watches are for time, not really date. But I appreciate others want/need a date feature.
Just my 2 penneth..!
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Re: Bronze Twins - Should I Keep Both ?
JasperCat, there's a reason why God made more than 1 watch box...think about it..
Ebels are a lot like women that lack a lowcut dress that zips up the side..neither gets the love that they deserve..
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