In that case, if one were to supply Bamford with a Silver 160th or Fragment Carrera, they could probably paint @Ara's designs. Yes?

 

You’d sacrifice a 160th or fragment for an Ara? I’m putting you on my Heuer Rooklyn Christmas card list.

 

Nice house.

 

The very definition of living the dream.

To answer when people asked about you "What do you do for living ?"

Me: "I design and modified watches".

Also me: "And i am quite successful at it too. I got my own mansion and Ferrari"

To think about it, it might even be longer lasting career than pro athletes !

 

Lovely car choices. Love the vintage Ferraris. Love the 911s. Love the Jag. However, apart from the deep blue on one of the Ferraris, I am not a big fan of his colour choices.

 

I don't think his business pays for his lifestyle and hobbies.

 

Dekla in Stuttgart make bespoke dials.

 

Unfortunately no. From Bamford's email:

So you'd have to hope that maybe they might get some supply of the 39mm case. But you could probably do the Tintin design on the 42 or 44

 

Interesting, as far as I can tell it's only either bespoke dials for their own watches, or as a contractor to other watch companies buying in bulk. I'll see what happens with Bamford's customizer but might try reaching out. Only thing is I don't want to spend 5 figures on this...

 

200 is a stretch but not impossible. What about crowd funding? Yema have been very successful with that.

 

Go DC! You’re the man!

“Don’t Crack Under (TH) Pressure”

 

Don’t TAG Heuer’s greatest fan/enthusiast-based forum deserve some kind of special consideration?

Hello?! We are the most die-hard TAG Heuer enthusiasts in the planet here! Tell me another TAG Heuer forum which is home to TH fans across the world better than Calibre11 ? I doubt if there is another.

 

Just as a matter of interest, are TAG Heuer willing to customise F1s or Aquaracers rather than $5000 Carreras? As you say 200 Carreras is A LOT (considering there's been 125pce LEs that ended up in the outlets).

 

Reach out to Bamford, I can't imagine they'd not be interested in the F1 or AR. Maybe they'll be part of this upcoming model line addition, with the new Carreras.

 

Well, arguably they have already done something for us with the Siffert Autavia.

The problem is, although you're right, we're not all going to agree on what we want anyway. Whilst I do really like Ara's design, I wouldn't buy one, even if I happened to have a spare £5000 lying around.

I still believe that manufacturers need to offer more personalisation on watches in the future. I can configure every aspect of my new car through a website configurator. Same now for my golf clubs! Custom paint fill, logos, engravings, shaft types, grips. Watches need to catch up. Undone and Bamford are on the right track but there is plenty of scope for improvement. Then we can all have exactly the watch we want.

 

I distinctly remember one watch company doing just that - but I can't remember who it was... the problem is personalisation is always going to cost more than is really reasonable and more than the watch is 'worth'.