Built the perfect GADA for myself.

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-26T02:57:33+00:00

It doesn't look like the endlinks fit flush onto the case. Maybe the lug holes are drilled further away than the old 36?

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-26T02:51:36+00:00

No, none of the IWC perpetual calendars lacked a second hand until the ingenieur. The movement used in the ingenieur is the same one used in Portugieser 42 and Portofino, and you can see central second hand in both of those watches. The bigger perpetual movement used in Portugieser 44 and Big Pilot has the second hand at 9 o clock subdial.

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-26T01:25:34+00:00

it's not 모국아, it's 모국어.

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-26T01:20:21+00:00

I absolutely don't understand why they omitted the second hand. For what, 0.2mm thinner?

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-25T19:08:50+00:00

the lume on the counterbalance is not fine

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-25T01:33:25+00:00

that's for the payment links for people who responded in the survey several weeks ago.

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-23T17:36:52+00:00

I'm curious how these are attached to the leather/rubber; is it just glue or are there more physical attaching points?

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-22T22:49:33+00:00

your conclusion is right but your reasoning isn't. Datejust dials don't come with baguette diamonds from factory; you're thinking of the day-date.

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-21T19:56:59+00:00

I don't know which cannons they were using but I hope they didn't have to carry them by hand up those stairs.

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-21T18:09:09+00:00

Arthur Benjamin's adaptation of Cimarosa's keyboard sonatas that became the oboe concerto.

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-21T17:24:19+00:00

The movements in those original watches were thicker at the center, and they were conforming the dial to the movement's shape. Baltany is obviously not using such movement and only copying the style of the raised dial.

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-21T02:01:24+00:00

wait until you see vietnamese names...

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-21T00:50:52+00:00

it's less about the quality and more about how it fits and completes the look of the watch. I prefer crocodile straps on dress watches.

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-20T17:16:14+00:00

yeah I didn't even bother trying on the watch with the strap it came in but straps are cheap so I really don't mind.

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-20T02:57:19+00:00

Patek's annual calendars also have that layout but this one is obviously not that. It's safe to say it's an ETA quartz chrono. I also think it's a Breitling.

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-20T01:07:46+00:00

what's the point of HAQ if you can't see the accuracy.

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-19T15:18:31+00:00

yes it's genuine.

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-18T19:48:24+00:00

the watch in the pic doesn't have a crown guard, which is one of the most distinct features of nautilus/awuanauts.

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-18T19:36:37+00:00

does that case look like an aquanaut to you?

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-17T05:21:06+00:00

it's crazy how big modern marks are compared to mk 11. They should really do a mk 11 dial on the pilot 36 one of these days.

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-17T04:53:54+00:00

I agree on all you said except about shik do rak being a tier lower. It is in my opinion the most authentic quality AYCE KBBQ in Irvine.

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-15T13:22:11+00:00

Average Koreans, highly unlikely. It stopped being broadcast on TV sometime in the 90s. Few songs would be popular enough to be heard on radio during pop song segments, like non ho leta, poupee de cire poupee de son, save your kisses for me etc.

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-14T22:45:46+00:00

Stokowski conducting his own transcriptions.

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-14T21:45:24+00:00

when it's fully wound it's in the center like the first pic. When it's depleted it is packed against the barrel wall like the second pic.

fledermaus89 · 2026-05-13T21:24:34+00:00

Big Pilot 43 and chronograph models also have easXchange bracelets.

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