Your Watches of the Year 2022?

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Your Watches of the Year 2022?

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It's that time of year!
I suggest just one nomination is Too Hard. So how about a Top 3?
To get things rolling, here's mine in no particular order, also Too Hard :lol:

1. CW Bel Canto. A shoe-in for this list.
2. Longines Spirit 37. They listened and got it right.
3. Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF GMT Rattrapante. Sublime style meets original complication.

It's been a good year I think. I would have twice as many Honourable Mentions but that would break my own format....*self uppercut*
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Re: Your Watches of the Year 2022?

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I’m bad at remembering when watches are released and in most cases I couldn’t say whether something was released this year or the year before.

So out of the watches I know definitely came out in 2022 I’d have to agree that the Bel Canto is the number one. It’s not a watch if particularly want to own but for how it seems to have elevated CW and what it’s done for the brand it has to be there.

My one other honourable mention go to the IWC MKXX. Slow evolution of the design rather than a radical overhaul and when paired with the in house movement with a 120 hour power reserve also make it a considerable upgrade on the out going MKXVIII. I’m not going to upgrade mine though as mine has become a sentimental watch and I don’t have room in my small collection for two.
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iain wrote: Fri Dec 16, 2022 9:51 am I’m bad at remembering when watches are released and in most cases I couldn’t say whether something was released this year or the year before.

So out of the watches I know definitely came out in 2022 I’d have to agree that the Bel Canto is the number one. It’s not a watch if particularly want to own but for how it seems to have elevated CW and what it’s done for the brand it has to be there.

My one other honourable mention go to the IWC MKXX. Slow evolution of the design rather than a radical overhaul and when paired with the in house movement with a 120 hour power reserve also make it a considerable upgrade on the out going MKXVIII. I’m not going to upgrade mine though as mine has become a sentimental watch and I don’t have room in my small collection for two.
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The Bel Canto for sure, for many reasons.

Being an Omega fanboy, 2 of my choices will be no surprise:

Omega Speedmaster '57:

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Speedmaster 57




And the Chrono Chime:

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Chrono Chime
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I must confess that my decision not to buy any more watches for the foreseeable future has made me stop looking at what other brands are producing. So I really don’t have much of a clue about what has been introduced this year.

As far as CW are concerned the Bel Canto stands out, even though I didn’t order one.
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Re: Your Watches of the Year 2022?

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I’d put the Aquitaine in the list. Overshadowed by the Bel Canto, unfortunately, but it was a watch that brought many people - me included - to the brand.
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I don’t pay all that much attention to new releases so it’s often only if someone else shares something of interest that a watch will pop up on my radar. I definitely feel the C1 Bel Canto takes the top spot. I don’t own one but I find it a fascinating and beautiful watch. And it has greatly elevated CW in the eyes of many well beyond the fan forums.

I don’t much care for the world’s thinnest watch record, but I can appreciate the technical skill in achieving such a result. That a mechanical watch can be under 2mm thick is just amazing to me - and others as well. So that earns the Richard Mille UP01 a spot, too.

I’ve watched Andrew Morgan’s Watchfinder top of ‘22 list. There is much to explore out of curiosity, some nice examples to be found. Nothing else jumps to mind at the moment. Perhaps I’ll revisit and revise later.
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Re: Your Watches of the Year 2022?

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Hmm, possibly the:
1)Tudor Pelagos 39,
2)Oris Divers 65 12H Cal. 400, and
3)Steinhart Ocean 3 3-handers & GMTs
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Re: Your Watches of the Year 2022?

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C65 Aquitaine GMT for me and it's stunning sapphire bezel..... respect the Bel Canto, just not enough to purchase one
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