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Shaken not stirred. Aka. Oh No!!! Not another Bond Watch Thread!!! (Pic. Heavy)
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Chrononymous
Ask Dr. Emmett Brown
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I am interested in this boyo. What rep do you think would do that justice today? I noticed the wavy lines in the modern version reps seem bigger. Yours is more like the original Goldeneye watch.
That is the Quartz one he wore in GoldenEye. He wore the 2531.80 automatic in the rest of the films. There have never been really good reps of the 2531.80. The "Closed Factory" was the best. I have had a few reps of this and a few frankens but I eventually ended up buying it in gen.I am interested in this boyo. What rep do you think would do that justice today? I noticed the wavy lines in the modern version reps seem bigger. Yours is more like the original Goldeneye watch.
Chrononymous
Ask Dr. Emmett Brown
- 27/12/23
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Ah yes, it was Quartz. I remember now. Okay, so the others are the 2531.80 automatic and not really that great. Closed factory? Interesting name. So if I was looking for the below what currently would get me somewhere close to it?
The closed factory made a few reps then closed lol. So yep that is why it got its name.
Nothing close at the moment. The factories all started to focus on the new ceramic ones about five or six years ago and there were only poor copies of the 2531.80 ever since. Even they dried up about three years ago unfortunately.
The only advice i can offer is keep an eye on M2M sales here and you might be lucky. All 2531.80s have "Wave dials" and an aluminium insert with numerals like the one above. You will notice the ceramics have broader numbers on the inserts. They are good but they have thicker cases.
Chrononymous
Ask Dr. Emmett Brown
- 27/12/23
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Ah, okay, so that explains things. They changed quite a bit. I will look into one of these newer red logo ones as they seem to be plentiful on the market and maybe go gen for the ones we are discussing.
Having bought a few cheaper Omega Reps recently I can tell you that it is likely you won't be disappointed with any Omega model that doesn't have Chrono
I do actually have a Speedy Apollo with Chrono, and the only time you really notice is if you use watch chrono, as the cheaper Mvt doesn't use the same subdial functionss as its gen, but me personally can live with that since it is still OK to time minutes and seconds, and I don't use them for timing anyways.
Ditched the Aston for a Canyon today… even Bond is trying to do his bit for the planet! Bond watch and Bond bike
