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Main Forums => General Discussion - Modern Watches => Topic started by: JOS2012 on March 18, 2012, 12:11:56 PM
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Was out of Bolehland yesterday on a single minded watch shopping 1 day trip with a fellow MWF and photo kaki…..
Covered all the outlets retailing GO from 11am till 7pm….
This a NOS that I finally tracked down….
Been looking for this in bolehland for a long time but the only piece I found in KL was selling at an outlet that I hated dealing with, due to their arrogant staff….
My grail for 2012……..
Didn't like the original brown leather strap and managed to find a Hirsch Carbon Fibre strap that is perfect for this watch, in my taste…waterproof, casual looking, very comfortable...
Sorry for inconsistent lighting…some quick shots after waking up, as I'm too impatient to put it back on my wrist…
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fuyoh nice choice of strap ! :thumbsup:
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hehehe…thanks mate..
couldn't have done it all without your help…
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fuyoh nice choice of strap ! :thumbsup:
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Sweet.......... :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:X10
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Thanks, glad you like it.. ;)
have to sell even more existing watches to pay my credit card for this…... :Blue:
Sweet.......... :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:X10
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Nice. :thumbsup: What is the ballpark figure after discount?
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thanks…
almost exactly 2.5 times the price of the latest Rolex Explorer II with the Freccione hands……….. :'( :(
Nice. :thumbsup: What is the ballpark figure after discount?
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Hi, JOS, Superb watch. Hope I'll get to examine it one of these days!! Wear it in good health!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Cool watch and incidentally, I was just checking out the evo sport this morning and now u have to go stroking the fire :laugh:
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like like like!!!!!! congraz!!!!! :Jumping:
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Cool watch and incidentally, I was just checking out the evo sport this morning and now u have to stroking the fire :laugh:
The GO Evolution Sport is fine choice, especially if you ar going for the one with SS bracelet. The bracelet (and the clasp) is very well designed, you'll feel the difference once it is on your wrist....macho yet elegant. ;)
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Congrats, a very nice watch indeed. Wear it with good health and wealth.
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Weren't you suppose to get the clean dial A-dial GO?
But none the less you end up with a great piece!
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Dude,
congratz on your new watch. Dont worry about what other think as long you yourself like it :)
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hi fellow GO fan,
would love to hook up with you on one of these weekends and chat watches & German military…
I love Teutonic engineering…cameras, cars, watches,etc..
Hi, JOS, Superb watch. Hope I'll get to examine it one of these days!! Wear it in good health!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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hi,
zeetan has one I think..
Was checking out the Evolution Sport last time
This Perp Cal has been on my radar for last few years…just couldn't bring myself to pay that much for the Perpetual initially but
well…..getting older and life is short.. so what the heck..
I have a few other GOs on my wishlist still
Cool watch and incidentally, I was just checking out the evo sport this morning and now u have to go stroking the fire :laugh:
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Well I already got the Archimede POLE so wanted another version with complications.
Thanks…nice to know others also appreciate it..
Weren't you suppose to get the clean dial A-dial GO?
But none the less you end up with a great piece!
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Thanks Hobbs.. still waiting to see if it would have been cheaper in Taiwan..
Congrats, a very nice watch indeed. Wear it with good health and wealth.
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thank you.. its a 2009/2010 model but I can't afford the Platinum (2010/11) and Pink Gold (2011/12)......
like like like!!!!!! congraz!!!!! :Jumping:
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thanks bro, I agree. As long as we know the quality/value we are getting, we should get what our heart tells us and not follow trends...
Dude,
congratz on your new watch. Dont worry about what other think as long you yourself like it :)
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Does it jump from feb 29th (leap year) or 29th to march 1st? Or is it manual set?
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A Perpetual Calendar takes into account the uneven dates and leap years as well. This GO's Perpetual Calendar is set to be correct until 2100…... :Startled: I wont be around by then…..
If it doesn't then its a triple date which is like my JLC Master Moon or like the Speedmaster triple date,etc. For triple dates, you have to manually forward the dates by 1 day between 30/31 days months and by 2-3 days between Feb or leap year Feb to March. The days are correct and do not need any advance.
Perpetuals are many times the cost of triple dates due to the complex gears required to compensate the uneven dates/leap years up to 2100.
Too bad I could only find this Perp now..missed staying up to see 29th Feb jumping over to 1st March..
Have to wait another 4 years….next year 2013 will just be 28th Feb jumps to 1st March
Does it jump from feb 29th (leap year) or 29th to march 1st? Or is it manual set?
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hi fellow GO fan,
would love to hook up with you on one of these weekends and chat watches & German military…
I love Teutonic engineering…cameras, cars, watches,etc..
Hi, JOS, Superb watch. Hope I'll get to examine it one of these days!! Wear it in good health!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Sure, just PM me whenever you are free... ;)
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hi fellow GO fan,
would love to hook up with you on one of these weekends and chat watches & German military…
I love Teutonic engineering…cameras, cars, watches,etc..
Congrats on the new GO :thumbsup:
Why don't you join us for this Friday gtg?
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congratz on GO. GO always have a very nice decorative calibre
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Hi,
I had originally intended to & commented in the post of this Fri gathering.
I work in golden triangle in KL and working till 8pm is normal.
Furthermore on Friday nights, the road in front of my office is very massively jammed. Will take me at least 1.5 hrs to reach MV.
I can try to leave by 7+ but will only reach MV after 8.30 or so. No point if you guys plan to leave by 9pm..
You guys said that you won't be there long..
hi fellow GO fan,
would love to hook up with you on one of these weekends and chat watches & German military…
I love Teutonic engineering…cameras, cars, watches,etc..
Congrats on the new GO :thumbsup:
Why don't you join us for this Friday gtg?
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Lange is still one up on GO for finishing.. :thumbsup:
but for now Lange is not affordable for me… :Mad:
congratz on GO. GO always have a very nice decorative calibre
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hi,
zeetan has one I think..
Was checking out the Evolution Sport last time
This Perp Cal has been on my radar for last few years…just couldn't bring myself to pay that much for the Perpetual initially but
well…..getting older and life is short.. so what the heck..
I have a few other GOs on my wishlist still
Cool watch and incidentally, I was just checking out the evo sport this morning and now u have to go stroking the fire :laugh:
yeah that one was sold.. unfortunately.
but now looking seriously and considering at the pretty Patravi Travelgraph. Since I already own one AD's watch might as well go for one from it's rival.
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If it jumps from 30th to 1st in months of 30 days chances are it will jump from Feb 29th to 1st. :)
A Perpetual Calendar does that. This GO's Perpetual Calendar is set to be correct until 2100…... :Startled: I wont be around by then…..
If it doesn't then its a triple date which is like my JLC Master Moon or like the Speedmaster triple date,etc.
Too bad I could only find it now..missed staying up to see 29th Feb jumping over to 1st March..
Have to wait another 4 years….
Does it jump from feb 29th (leap year) or 29th to march 1st? Or is it manual set?
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I've seen a friend's Perpetual at work from Feb to March at midnight, a long time back.
It is programmed until 2100… I think all Perpetuals are designed that way.
Thats why they are so expensive and also a killer to service (I heard its very close to 5 figures a service)
It will take into account 30,31 days as well as 28/29 days in Feb . Thats why you see the leap year indicator 1,2,3,L (Leap year) in ALL perpetuals.. Not all manufactures have perpetuals.. Some 'manufactures' do not have the tech so they outsource to Dubois Dupraz/Christophe Claret/ Renaud & Papi.
In the GO the 1,2,3 Leap Year dial is between 10pm & 2pm. The manual clearly says the watch is programmed until 2100 and it needs to be re-programmed after that.. but I'll be dead by then..
If it jumps from 30th to 1st in months of 30 days chances are it will jump from Feb 29th to 1st. :)
A Perpetual Calendar does that. This GO's Perpetual Calendar is set to be correct until 2100…... :Startled: I wont be around by then…..
If it doesn't then its a triple date which is like my JLC Master Moon or like the Speedmaster triple date,etc.
Too bad I could only find it now..missed staying up to see 29th Feb jumping over to 1st March..
Have to wait another 4 years….
Does it jump from feb 29th (leap year) or 29th to march 1st? Or is it manual set?
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Congratulations for acquiring such an outstanding piece of art. Youre the man!!! :Cheers: :Cheers: :Cheers:
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Thank you Sir,
I'm just born lucky…
Congratulations for acquiring such an outstanding piece of art. Youre the man!!! :Cheers: :Cheers: :Cheers:
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Hi, JOS, what a great GO watch.
Hope I'll get to examine it one of these days!
Do wear it in good health !!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Cheers.
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Thank you.
This is the 2009/2010 model and I've been lusting after it since the launch...
2010/2011 model same GUB100 movt but in Platinum under Senator series.
2011/2012 model same movt in Rose Gold under Senator series....
just looking at the Platinum and Gold perpetual prices would kill me.
Hi, JOS, what a great GO watch.
Hope I'll get to examine it one of these days!
Do wear it in good health !!
:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Cheers.
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if u bought it before FEB 29 at least u can get a taste of 29 FEB to 1 MARCH, now gonna wait for another 4 years... :Laughing_on_floor:
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phhheeeeew fit !!!! now that's a watch ! cantik o ... !! is incredible how a strap can make such a difference ! like glasshute being facelifted !! =) :thumbsup:
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only now got budget ma after selling off 10 watches... :P
nvm ...can still enjoy the Feb 28th 2013 to 1st March 2013...
only another 11 months..... :Blue:
if u bought it before FEB 29 at least u can get a taste of 29 FEB to 1 MARCH, now gonna wait for another 4 years... :Laughing_on_floor:
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Thank you...glad my taste is shared by others...
phhheeeeew fit !!!! now that's a watch ! cantik o ... !! is incredible how a strap can make such a difference ! like glasshute being facelifted !! =) :thumbsup:
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Hope I'm not too late to congratulate you on your latest acquisition.
What a beauty! :thumbsup:
Makes the hunt all worthwhile.
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Hi danny,
No, not at all, thank you.
Glad you find this GO to your liking too...
Yea..took early Sat morning flight in, covered all the major malls till my feet had blisters.
Skipped dinner as rushing back to airport for evening flight back to bolehland.
Reached home after midnight...didn't have anything to eat since lunch...
Read the manual to set the Perpetual, changed the strap, played with it for an hour or two till 6am Sunday...
awake and active for blinking 24 hours since 6am Sat morning.
Slept the whole of the day till after lunch...
Yea on top of the GO, my good buddy poisoned me to buy a TUMI male sling bag too... all monogrammed with my initials...the last time I bought a bag for myself was >10 yrs ago..hope I dont get the bag buying mania after this....a Bottega Veneta perhaps ?
Satisfied...crazy but one of my most enjoyable and memorable shopping trips...
Hope I'm not too late to congratulate you on your latest acquisition.
What a beauty! :thumbsup:
Makes the hunt all worthwhile.
:Cheers:
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Now thats dedication!
So you went down without knowing which shop had what stock?
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A beautiful watch.
'Exordinary people do things differently'
May it brings you everlasting joys and prosperity.
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Congrats on a cool watch! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Are u keeping this watch on a winder?
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Bravo.. The real WIS spirit... And congrats on your new purchase..
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Thank you all for your kind words & well wishes..I didn't know buying a watch could elicit such response… :Cheers:
Instead of taking too much space quoting each of you, I'll just summarise here..
When I went to our neigbouring country, I was only aware of the biggest AD who had stock of both the stainless steel and ceramic GO Perpetual. Unfortunately whilst I was targeting the ceramic, it was 2 mm smaller than the SS and I didn't quite like the look of the hands.. besides it was close to RM 18K (net price mind you) :Startled: more just because of the ceramic case. The Sales Mgr also dissuaded me from buying the ceramic but thats beside the point.
After visiting all the GO ADs there was only 1 other shop that carried the GO Perp. So I bought from the 2nd shop as he gave me a better price.
Everlasting joy is very relative…I guess based on the damage to my pocket , I'd better be in love with it a bit longer than my other watches…
Regarding winders, I have 2 Orbitas but I do not leave my watches on them permanently. I let the winder run overnight once every fortnight and then shut it down.
The great thing abt the GO Perp is that there are separate push buttons for day, date, month, moonphase. Once the calendar is set correctly, in the event the watch is left not running and it is days/weeks behind, there is 1 master button that advances all the 4 items at the same time so you only need to advance the master button, not all the 4 individual buttons. :thumbsup:
Real WIS spirit??… my wife begs to differ …she says I'm a lunatic..foregoing meals, flying up and down within a few hours.. being up 24 hrs non-stop...all for a watch… a piece of metal that happens to tell time….
who am I to argue... :Mad:
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great piece to live with.
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thank you...
hopefully this will remain my main 'after office and weekend' watch for a long while...
great piece to live with.
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Very nice piece there :thumbsup: sacrifice all the other for this...very determine
Wear with Good Health :Cheers:
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so happy dat u've made it, ur 2012 grail! very very nice piece u have there. n the story before getting make tis watch extra memorable..haha... love the GO's. glad to c GO fans in tis forum :)
forgot to mention, ur new strap goes really well wit ur new GO. congrates!!
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Thank you for your wishes..
I sold around 10 of my older watches as they were no longer being worn for a long while.
I made a 2012 resolution to reduce the number of watches down from 20+ to between 8-10 by mid 2012. To keep only those watches that were truly special to me in terms of complication, finishing, accuracy and less common in terms of calibres as they had to be in-house movements from true manufactures...have managed to sell off all my ETA based watches the last few months.
Selling 10 watches contributed only half the cost of this 1 watch….coz I lost between 40-60% of the cost I paid for those watches when new..
Well I learnt my lesson of buying impulsively the very painful way...
Very nice piece there :thumbsup: sacrifice all the other for this...very determine
Wear with Good Health :Cheers:
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Thank you.
Glad to know there are GO fans here in MWF too..
Hope to have a GO gathering to view as many models of GO's as possible in future..
I have 1 other GO in my immediate sights… hopefully it can bought within 2012 too…
I wasn't sure whether the strap suited the watch until it was actually installed.. Glad it looked ok..
so happy dat u've made it, ur 2012 grail! very very nice piece u have there. n the story before getting make tis watch extra memorable..haha... love the GO's. glad to c GO fans in tis forum :)
forgot to mention, ur new strap goes really well wit ur new GO. congrates!!
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nice watch bro, looked much better in real. :thumbsup:
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thanks…
Yup, the watch really looks much better in real life..didn't know you saw it in detail... ::)
Its my shitty photography that made the watch turn out that way..… :( the light was too strong making it harsh... :-[
Hope you're in love with the Speedy.. it's in superb mint condition… :thumbsup:
well, I had to move on to the next conquest….. ;)
nice watch bro, looked much better in real. :thumbsup:
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omg the watch looks totally different in those carbon straps~! like the strap very much
enjoy this wonderful piece :Cheers:
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Wow.. very nice piece! :thumbsup:
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Thank you v much for your kind wishes..
Its fun to play around with different straps to change the look..
omg the watch looks totally different in those carbon straps~! like the strap very much
enjoy this wonderful piece :Cheers:
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Thank you. Glad that you like it as well..
Wow.. very nice piece! :thumbsup: