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19 April 2019, 10:07 PM | #1 |
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5196r- do I want one? Hmmm
So weirdest thing... i woke up and started thinking i wanted a dress watch. And had a craving for a 5196r. Probably could get one around $18k +/- i assume.
Weird... considering the new job is jeans and sneakers (no sandals). Woken up in the twilight zone If i was not expecting other watches coming. Id probably act on the impulse. |
19 April 2019, 10:09 PM | #2 |
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Can’t go wrong with a 5196r! I say go got it!
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19 April 2019, 10:10 PM | #3 |
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The 5196 is such a sleeper, I think itll work fine with jeans and sneakers. Ive been contemplating a platinum for a while now.
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19 April 2019, 10:31 PM | #4 |
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19 April 2019, 10:39 PM | #5 |
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19 April 2019, 10:50 PM | #6 |
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Big fan of the 5320g. Forget the 5196, just get the 5320
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19 April 2019, 10:57 PM | #7 |
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Never mind
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19 April 2019, 11:24 PM | #8 |
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19 April 2019, 11:24 PM | #9 |
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96r is stunning
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19 April 2019, 11:25 PM | #11 |
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19 April 2019, 11:46 PM | #12 |
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5196r- do I want one? Hmmm
Something similar happens to me, in my case with 5196-J (YG), I rarely wear formal but I “need” one ;-).
Never saw a YG or WG in the flesh and I have been looking for it the last days visiting or calling all ADs in South California but none had it in stock. I have seen some RG that are great but not what I look for, and a PT that is very super-nice but seems a different piece to me with that dial with arabic numbers. |
20 April 2019, 12:11 AM | #13 |
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5196 is a great watch, go for it
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20 April 2019, 01:39 AM | #14 |
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20 April 2019, 01:53 AM | #15 |
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I woke up on Tuesday feeling that urge for a dress watch and a Brueguet at that. Ended up getting a 3700 Worldtime that is incoming today.
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20 April 2019, 02:21 AM | #16 |
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20 April 2019, 02:22 AM | #17 |
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20 April 2019, 11:27 AM | #18 |
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20 April 2019, 11:30 AM | #19 |
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My advice: Wait a month before you start pursuing this. I am in a similar spot...I can wear jeans or khakis to work, but I had a hankering for a nice dress watch. I bought a 5119r to satisfy that itch. Great watch, but I maybe wore it twice. Ended up trading it plus another piece for a SkyDweller, taking a hit for doing this with a grey market dealer.
So give it some time-the itch might just pass. If it doesn’t, then go for it!
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20 April 2019, 11:34 AM | #20 |
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I have entertained the same reference on and off but the absence of a screw down case back and crown is a big deterrent for me. There aren't even gaskets for when you accidentally get it wet...
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20 April 2019, 12:05 PM | #21 |
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I say you do it.
I like the statement that a dress piece makes. Plus, it should pop on the wrist if you’re wearing it against a pair of Wrangler jeans and T. |
20 April 2019, 01:40 PM | #22 |
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5196>5320 . Go for it!
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20 April 2019, 01:46 PM | #23 |
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Agree! Alternatively, go straight for the PCC you have been eyeing.
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20 April 2019, 02:38 PM | #24 |
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A 5196 is stunning until you open the case back and see there is a huge washer around a tiny movement filling up the large diameter case...
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20 April 2019, 03:32 PM | #25 |
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20 April 2019, 10:18 PM | #26 |
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5196 is a great watch but if you're in jeans mainly for work or casual wear, you may want to consider the white gold variant over the rose gold. I wear my annual with jeans and it's fine.
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20 April 2019, 11:16 PM | #27 |
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20 April 2019, 11:29 PM | #28 |
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I think the 5196r works with jeans in the same way a Sub works with suit. Some like it and some don’t but it doesn’t look strange.
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20 April 2019, 11:42 PM | #29 |
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I think for many of us with at least a few Pateks and Rolexes, why not get dress pieces? Pay the right price and don't be an idiot and you should be ok :)
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20 April 2019, 11:45 PM | #30 |
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