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·There's a problem on the dial; whilst the original shows the word "executive" - the one posted by @Aquagraph has a sailboat with TAG on it.
Could it be a limited edition of a limited edition?
Limited Editions TAG Heuers
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Aquagraph
·I like em, but I know what you're trying to say...
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craigc
·That's a beauty- LOVE manual-wind watches and this one is really well finished. These came out before I started following Basel releases all that closely, but I think that they started life as a Limited Edition and then at some point became part of the regular range.
Perfect on the rubber strap too
Are there any other modern manual wind Tags?
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abrod520
·C craigcAre there any other modern manual wind Tags?
Nope. Aside from the Speedmaster Professional, there aren't many manual-wind watches still being produced, especially at the lower end of the market, though there are a couple of micro-brands beginning to use a cheap Seagull manual-winder these days.
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craigc
·Nope. Aside from the Speedmaster Professional, there aren't many manual-wind watches still being produced, especially at the lower end of the market, though there are a couple of micro-brands beginning to use a cheap Seagull manual-winder these days.
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elbeik
·Nope. Aside from the Speedmaster Professional, there aren't many manual-wind watches still being produced, especially at the lower end of the market, though there are a couple of micro-brands beginning to use a cheap Seagull manual-winder these days.
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abrod520
·C craigcWhat a shame. I wonder whether that is through lack of demand or purely the economics of producing them.
I think it's the former - back before cell phones, the vast majority of watch buyers just wanted convenience so with the advent of the automatic mechanism and then quartz, the industry followed those trends. Of course then economies of scale for automatic movements then brings us to the latter.
Baltic is one of them; I find their chronograph quite nice.
Yes I believe that's the one I was thinking of
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MRC
·Nope. Aside from the Speedmaster Professional, there aren't many manual-wind watches still being produced, especially at the lower end of the market, though there are a couple of micro-brands beginning to use a cheap Seagull manual-winder these days.
I think there are quite a few now. I searched for information on the Seagull ST19 movement before putting down my money for an Aramar using it, but there were a good handful of others. The Seagull is a development of the Venus 175 so it's stood the test of time, and most of the brands think it is well enough finished to have display backs. Nice to see that column wheel in operation 👍
What also seems to separate these movements from the much more expensive ones is that the number that fail when very new -- presumably full testing of the movements over several weeks costs too much. So the good brands over-order movements by 5-7% to cover the returns and offer a no-quibble guarantee.
I can report back after it arrives in May (June, July??).
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·I think it's the former - back before cell phones, the vast majority of watch buyers just wanted convenience so with the advent of the automatic mechanism and then quartz, the industry followed those trends. Of course then economies of scale for automatic movements then brings us to the latter.
A time before cell phones - hard to imagine now there was such a time, lol. I think because of technology, I am now rebelling against it and yearning for something manual to take me back to the days of my first watch, a Rotary.
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Appreciated.
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I admire its design and engineering but I am not sure I would want this beautiful beast sat on my wrist for too long.
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Aquagraph
·I saw a limited edition 'Heuer' Carrera on a bracelet in Bicester village this morning, it was a silver dial with a red Heuer logo and I think it had silver subdials. Sorry I can't say more definitely, but I was distracted by the CAL5113 Monaco24 ...
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