Looking forward to the Terra Nova

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Re: Looking forward to the Terra Nova

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Amor Vincit Omnia wrote:
downer wrote:...I followed AVO's rule #11 (chuck out the rules and go with your gut). :D
I had forgotten that! Well, it has already worked OK for me this year! :thumbup:

:D Now that's a rule i always use .
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Re: Looking forward to the Terra Nova

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Nice, I hope you like it, I was wondering what you'd gone for. It is a handsome dial, no doubt about it. It pulls off the difficult balance between different from the herd but still good looking to my mind.
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Nice one Richard, supermarine is an underrated watch imo. Superb original design with fantastic functionality and "toughness", if there was an in house movement in it i think it would be much more popular. Hope you get one with this one.
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Re: Looking forward to the Terra Nova

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jack wrote:Nice, I hope you like it, I was wondering what you'd gone for. It is a handsome dial, no doubt about it. It pulls off the difficult balance between different from the herd but still good looking to my mind.
Thanks, Jack. It was thanks to your comment that I managed to grab it, so if I keep it, It's down to you. :D
watchstudent wrote:Nice one Richard, supermarine is an underrated watch imo. Superb original design with fantastic functionality and "toughness", if there was an in house movement in it i think it would be much more popular. Hope you get one with this one.
Cheers WS. I think you are right about the in-house movement. As you know, I am a fan of Bremont, and I think the quality level is pretty high - but there is no doubt the prices are also high, and the equation would probably be more comfortable with an in-house movement - even if the prices increased.

At 50% though, I think it's a safe bet.
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Re: Looking forward to the Terra Nova

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Hm. I seem to recall a rule about not buying just because a watch is on sale. On the other hand you clearly have a thing for Bremont, so hopefully this will tick all boxes. Fingers crossed.
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Rule #11 renders all other rules invalid, Bjørn.
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^^^ :lol:
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Re: Looking forward to the Terra Nova

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I do like the colors on this watch, and it looks pretty great overall, though it has my pet hate about minute marker orientation inversion.
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blowfish89 wrote:I do like the colors on this watch, and it looks pretty great overall, though it has my pet hate about minute marker orientation inversion.
Well thanks to the fact that the minute markers have been replaced with a 24 hour scale, the TN version seems less afflicted. :lol:

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A lovely looking watch Richard , enjoy .
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Re: Looking forward to the Terra Nova

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Love the look of that
Annoyed all gone now at that price !




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Re: Looking forward to the Terra Nova

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Meh, that bezel would drive me nuts. Atleast, you'll always know where East and West are, in 30 degree increments (once you've oriented the North properly) :D
Inversion in chapter ring + inversion in bezel.. no lume on bezel.. send it back :silent:
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... But Om it's more robust than that vintageish sub that you are looking after for me until you decide to sell it! :lol:

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Re: Looking forward to the Terra Nova

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blowfish89 wrote:Meh, that bezel would drive me nuts. Atleast, you'll always know where East and West are, in 30 degree increments (once you've oriented the North properly) :D
Inversion in chapter ring + inversion in bezel.. no lume on bezel.. send it back :silent:
I guess we can argue about bezel numeral orientation all day long - although I think the outer bezel is "correct" and the chapter ring is arguably "incorrect" :D

However, there is definitely lume on that bezel...

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Re: Looking forward to the Terra Nova

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Not really a fan any of this, the bezel is pointless, the gmt indicators are small being on the chapter ring, the size, despite its lower weight it's still going to flop about on a nato lol.

On the plus side the inverted numbers on the chapter ring are surely a good thing though (even though they are not lumed but the gmt hand is...always an issue) and the colour of the gmt hand is pretty sweet along with the dial detailing. Just a missed opportunity that they took the cheap CW way out and didn't design a new, slimmer case for it.
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