YM2 SS already at my AD for sale

[Baselman]

Originally Posted by tkerrmd

probably could time lots of things you do that I doubt take more than ten minutes

That's still more than 9minutes over anything you could , youd need a 1minute timer lol

[petenyc]

nice watch

[VICI]

The YMII is really more useful to a yachting enthusiast.

Same as a Sub is better used by an avid diver than a business man.

Reality is an iPhone can keep better time than any watch - but that's not why we buy automatic watches.

Some purely like the look while others but for the horological appreciation.

Whatever the reason, the default can be the appreciation for an automatic piece compared to a digital item.

While most of us don't time races at Daytona, we can appreciate the movement AND look of the Daytona reference.

Collecting watches isn't a NEED, it's a luxury, love, infatuation, appreciation of a reference's overall...

[HRFdez]

Originally Posted by kmleffler

Totally useless unless you race yachts and have to time getting to the line, but if you can afford a YMII you can afford a yacht racing computer.

Touche!

[Nycturbovr6]

I like the ym2 just very expensive

[DJJon]

Originally Posted by Baselman

Do you really need this watch to tell you ten minutes and only ten minutes? I just don't see the point of it I really dont

X1000. Who really races yachts but can't afford the all gold version?

Guys who have never gone diving can pull off a Sub but folks who don't run regattas, why get a YM II ?

I just don't see this watch making any sense.

[SohAIS]

Buying a Rolex has no connection with making sense. Just enjoy your watch for what ever reason. what ever reference that may be

Originally Posted by DJJon

X1000. Who really races yachts but can't afford the all gold version?

Guys who have never gone diving can pull off a Sub but folks who don't run regattas, why get a YM II ?

I just don't see this watch making any sense.

[Shikar]

Why oh why did they make it without a date!!!

Regards.

[samsmart]

Originally Posted by Shikar

Why oh why did they make it without a date!!!

Regards.

because if you can afford that watch, you can always ask your hired help what day it is.

[kilyung]

Originally Posted by DJJon

X1000. Who really races yachts but can't afford the all gold version?

Guys who have never gone diving can pull off a Sub but folks who don't run regattas, why get a YM II ?

I just don't see this watch making any sense.

What does affordability have anything to do with it? Given the fact that most Sub owners don't dive, why is it such a stretch for non-yacht racers to own a YM2??? If you don't get it or think it's pointless, that's fine but the rest of us will enjoy a unique complication in a large case Rolex.

[George Ab]

The new 2013 Basel releases sure did hit the AD's in a hurry. Typically it is September before product starts to come in.

I would love to time my soft boiled eggs using the YM II. It is a beauty!

[kerytch]

watches are just jewelries nowadays

[kilyung]

Originally Posted by George Ab

The new 2013 Basel releases sure did hit the AD's in a hurry. Typically it is September before product starts to come in.

I would love to time my soft boiled eggs using the YM II. It is a beauty!

Ditto. Eggs and steaks.

[superboey]

Nice piece...but the price is ouch!

[Rags]

Never liked the YMII...

[Xk500]

First they see the Yathmaster II
Secound they see the Explorer II
Third they see the Yathmaster I
Forth they see the Daytona

Then they wonder why anyone will pay 18k for a watch when they can get something better for WAY less.

I use my watch (not as a jewelry) for actual work. Mainly to see how much time is left. For some reason I broke all the quartz watches I wore till now, it's weird but for some reason they break (not my fault.)

Digital and analog watches both serve a different purpose. iPhone has a digital (I think that's what you call it.)

[RRGHOST1]

I havn't got any use for a Yachtmaster II and totally pointless IMO !.......hang on, I tried a RG Yachtmaster II in Vegas a few days ago.....oh boy am I in love with it !

[Daytona-Dan]

Originally Posted by Baselman

That's still more than 9minutes over anything you could , youd need a 1minute timer lol

I thought it was programmable up to 10 minutes?
Pretty sure you can set it to 1min

[TimeOnMyHands]

Originally Posted by Baselman

Do you really need this watch to tell you ten minutes and only ten minutes? I just don't see the point of it I really dont

Agreed. It makes me dizzy trying to tell the time.

[JJL]

Originally Posted by ufboy73

i must admit, this is kind of funny to me based on your DSSD ownership

lots of reasons we choose to get 'impractical' watches - timer seems useful enough to me...maybe moreso than 3900m?

lol exactly.

[Daytona-Dan]

Originally Posted by 1911

Eggs.

Eggs is the first thing that sprang to mind for me too although that's possibly the worst thing you can say to a YM2 owner:
"That's a really nice egg timer you have there"

[JP Chestnut]

Originally Posted by Baselman

Do you really need this watch to tell you ten minutes and only ten minutes? I just don't see the point of it I really dont

It's an interesting and unique complication. I thought most fans of horology liked interesting and unique complications...

[Daytona-Dan]

Originally Posted by JP Chestnut

It's an interesting and unique complication. I thought most fans of horology liked interesting and unique complications...

We do!! (well, some of us do!)

In terms of practicality, a date is far more useful than a chronograph, and yet I have a Daytona! We choose with out hearts and not always with our heads. If we didn't we'd all be wearing the GMT2

[JP Chestnut]

Originally Posted by Daytona-Dan

We do!! (well, some of us do!)

In terms of practicality, a date is far more useful than a chronograph, and yet I have a Daytona! We choose with out hearts and not always with our heads. If we didn't we'd all be wearing the GMT2

For me, no date is more practical than a date since it saves me from having to set it after not wearing a watch for a week. I didn't realize how nice this was until I picked up my first no date watch.

I'm no YM2 fan (it's too big and the name on the bezel is silly IMO), but the idea that it's not an interesting watch suggests a rather narrow mind.

[rolexgolfer]

I dont understand why the MSRP is 5K more than the Daytona, a fully functional chronograph.

[nygo]

Originally Posted by kilyung

What does affordability have anything to do with it? Given the fact that most Sub owners don't dive, why is it such a stretch for non-yacht racers to own a YM2??? If you don't get it or think it's pointless, that's fine but the rest of us will enjoy a unique complication in a large case Rolex.

[Tony-GB]

I wish I had a YMII. I'd use it to time how long it takes to lock this thread!

[1911]

Originally Posted by Tony-GB

I wish I had a YMII. I'd use it to time how long it takes to lock this thread!

[JP Chestnut]

Originally Posted by Tony-GB

I wish I had a YMII. I'd use it to time how long it takes to lock this thread!

It's already been more than 10 minutes...

[mjclark32]

Jeez, I don't remember this much controversy when the YMII was originally introduced