stunsworth Posted June 15, 2011 Share #21  Posted June 15, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) My advice: Leica M9 & Breitling Super Avenger, real craftmanship  I prefer my far less gaudy Rolex <grin>.  I wonder what percentage of divers' watches are actually used by divers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 15, 2011 Posted June 15, 2011 Hi stunsworth, Take a look here dilemma!! m9p or a rolex submariner..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
siglo Posted June 15, 2011 Share #22 Â Posted June 15, 2011 Sell the M8, see if you can live without a digital M, if so, forget about the rolex and buy a patek philippe. If you can't live without digital then buy the M9P and a cheaper TAG or Breitling watch instead of the Rolex. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted June 15, 2011 Share #23 Â Posted June 15, 2011 I wonder what percentage of divers' watches are actually used by divers? Â Â The same as the percentage of hiking shoes/boots actually used by hikers? Â The same as the percentage of 4WDs actually taken off road? Â The same as the percentage of 'professional' cameras actually used by 'professional' photographers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 15, 2011 Share #24  Posted June 15, 2011 I prefer my far less gaudy Rolex <grin>. I wonder what percentage of divers' watches are actually used by divers?  Had my simple&boring standard model refurbished by Rolex and the equally 30 years old Seamaster refurbished by Omega, both for my fiftieth birthday. Quit diving after two years in the mid-eighties. Don't remember any serious "plongeur" wearing a mechanical watch when diving. To your question: divers like the gold quarterpounders . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted June 15, 2011 Share #25  Posted June 15, 2011 I take back the pretentious comment regarding the Rolex:o  Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted June 15, 2011 Share #26 Â Posted June 15, 2011 To your question: divers like the gold quarterpounders . Â That must be the most expensive thing that McDonalds sell <grin>. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted June 15, 2011 Share #27 Â Posted June 15, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Had my simple&boring standard model refurbished by Rolex and the equally 30 years old Seamaster refurbished by Omega, both for my fiftieth birthday. Quit diving after two years in the mid-eighties. Don't remember any serious "plongeur" wearing a mechanical watch when diving. To your question: divers like the gold quarterpounders . Â Tri, I've never shared the fascination with "quality" watches. I do understand the appreciation of the tiny, precision engineering, but the horrible jewellery that encases virtually all expensive watches is such a turn off. Â And, the fact that there is very little if any functional advantage anymore in a traditional mechanical watch means that the more expensive examples have become entirely items of jewellery, unlike the more expensive cameras, which only sometimes are! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsrockit Posted June 15, 2011 Share #28 Â Posted June 15, 2011 Do you really expect a Leica forum to tell you to buy the Rolex? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted June 15, 2011 Share #29 Â Posted June 15, 2011 Tri, I've never shared the fascination with "quality" watches. I do understand the appreciation of the tiny, precision engineering, but the horrible jewellery that encases virtually all expensive watches is such a turn off. Â And, the fact that there is very little if any functional advantage anymore in an expensive mechanical watch means that they have become entirely items of jewellery, unlike expensive cameras, which only sometimes are. Â I also do not like the gaudy watches worn as jewellery but each to their own. However, there are many watches which are simple and functional, solid and reliable, and built to very high quality and standards of finish. Perhaps by analogy like our Leicas, and are equally appreciated by their owners. Â Not that they tell time any better! In fact I often find that those with the most expensive watches are those who are often running late:D Â Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark2 Posted June 15, 2011 Share #30 Â Posted June 15, 2011 Forget LEICA and buy the fuji X100. Its more fun u save money and buy the rolex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz_Hillbilly Posted June 15, 2011 Share #31 Â Posted June 15, 2011 I currently have m8,m6 and 28mm cron asph. What would you do in my shoes? Buy a new watch or buy an m9p?!?!? Â What's an m9p and what shoes are you currently wearing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippopotamme Posted June 15, 2011 Share #32 Â Posted June 15, 2011 buy an Omega seamaster Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manolo Posted June 15, 2011 Share #33 Â Posted June 15, 2011 Do you really expect a Leica forum to tell you to buy the Rolex? Â buy the rolex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
larsv Posted June 15, 2011 Share #34 Â Posted June 15, 2011 By a Rolodex instead: mechanical, contents are much more individual and a la carte, lasts a lifetime, comes cheap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBA Posted June 15, 2011 Share #35 Â Posted June 15, 2011 Buy an MP, a few more lenses, and a Panerai Radomir chrono. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 15, 2011 Share #36  Posted June 15, 2011 buy the rolex  On the risk of jaap censoring my post again, because having fun is one thing and...  Could we please have a poll on this question?  (Though ozi's question about the shoes is also a matter of interest).  I vote like manolo. Before the refurbishing it was more precise than the Seamaster and also afterwards. Both have been done in Switzerland by their HQs and cost about the same, while the watches did not. Use the 28Cron on the M8 and the M6 is for bragging anyway. Which I don't blame. Only 5 Kleinbild rolls of TriX an no TriX rollfilm in all of Frankfurt this afternoon.  Why all this joy and laughter? Mine induced by the update being available Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_big Posted June 15, 2011 Share #37 Â Posted June 15, 2011 Get Viagra, that's what you really need. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwbell Posted June 15, 2011 Share #38 Â Posted June 15, 2011 Expensive watches are for people who want to look rich. Â To *really* wealthy people time is immaterial, things happen when they want them to. Â Buy the M9P, invest the watch money until you don't need one. Â Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecaton Posted June 15, 2011 Share #39 Â Posted June 15, 2011 Summarising the discussion: Ask the question in a Leica Forum and the advice will be to buy an M9. In the Rolex forum, likely advice is to sell the M8, get a Rolex plus a thick golden necklace, matching bracelet and chest hair implants:cool:. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanJW Posted June 15, 2011 Share #40 Â Posted June 15, 2011 One thing to consider is that the watch will likely still be in good order and telling good time in 20 years. Can you say the same about an electronic camera? Â Having said that, I have enough watches and the more you have the less certain you are of the time, so I'd likely go the camera route. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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