12-04-2013, 06:37 PM
Well it is and it is not . This is more about the purpose of the Ploprof .
Most reviews i read about watches are either paid for ,or written by people who like the brand that made the watch involved.
I have read every review i could possibly find about the Omega Ploprof . And in my opinion they are not honest , because the eyes looking at the watch are blind . I have chosen the Ploprof because i have just got this watch , but it could be many other watches i am talking about here .
If i write a normal review i would just be repeating 90% of what people can google about this watch . So i will try to review it in another way . My way . No! not the title of the Frank Sinatra song written by Paul Anka , i prefere the Sid Vicious version anyway .
This watch as got no real purpose in life at all . It is really of no use to any prof diver today except as backup for his diving computer. It wieghs over a quarter of a kilo and nearly needs a counter weight on the other side of your body when wearing it . There are hundreds of dive watches that can do the same as a Ploprof in a lighter and more discreet way . But it has something that few if any other watches possess . It has an overwhelming presence on the wrist that puts any watch i have ever seen to shame .
Can it be described as beautiful ? That depends on the eyes looking at it , just like every other watch in this world . In my opinion beauty was the last thing Omega were thinking about when they made this watch . They built it like a Tool or instrument that was made with only one specific purpose at that time . This alone makes it different from any coffee bar diver out there . It was not made with the purpose of selling thousands to the general public , unlike any other so called dive watches you see out there . It is the Landrover of the watch world , or Hummer
The Italian industralist Billionere - Playboy- and one of the most powerfull men of his time Gianni Agnelli wore a Ploprof as his daily watch . He was voted by Esquire magazine to be one of the 5 best dressed men ever in the world . He had enormous influence on mens fashion world wide , for decades .
I first saw this watch in the flesh at a dealer friend of mine about one year ago . My first impressions were that it was an extremely well made watch that certainly looked different , but was very heavy . I forgot about it for quite a while , and dismissed it as a watch i would never own . I could simply not see any purpose in the watch at all .
So what changed my mind ?
I was thinking one day about all the watches i have owned , in my search for a watch i would keep And i said to myself , you are never going to find the perfect watch in terms of function or beauty . So why not get a watch that serves the purpose you want more than others .
And what is the purpose i am looking for ? Well i have to be honest , all of my watches were never bought just for myself . They were also bought to impress other people and to start conversations . Sometimes a watch is much more than just a ornament on a persons wrist that tells the time . A watch can break the ice and help to start new conversations and even friendship . Of course i still liked the history and tradition of watchmaking , and choose my watches with this in mind .
The Proplof is a watch that most people either love or hate . And that alone is enough to intrest me . It looks like nothing else ever made in the watch world . And that is quite an achievment in todays slave fashion world , where individualists are in short supply . You can always break the ice at a dinner or party with a Ploprof I knew i would never own a super complication watch costing a few million . So i decided to get the next best thing . A watch that always gets noticed , and always intrests people when they first see it . And in my eyes it is a beautiful piece of industrial watchmaking .
Since owning this watch , i am beginning to understand Gianni Agnelli and his reasons as one of the great industrialists of his time in wearing this watch . Willy
PS. Gianna Agnelli is well worth a Google . A fasinating man who dared to be different .
Most reviews i read about watches are either paid for ,or written by people who like the brand that made the watch involved.
I have read every review i could possibly find about the Omega Ploprof . And in my opinion they are not honest , because the eyes looking at the watch are blind . I have chosen the Ploprof because i have just got this watch , but it could be many other watches i am talking about here .
If i write a normal review i would just be repeating 90% of what people can google about this watch . So i will try to review it in another way . My way . No! not the title of the Frank Sinatra song written by Paul Anka , i prefere the Sid Vicious version anyway .
This watch as got no real purpose in life at all . It is really of no use to any prof diver today except as backup for his diving computer. It wieghs over a quarter of a kilo and nearly needs a counter weight on the other side of your body when wearing it . There are hundreds of dive watches that can do the same as a Ploprof in a lighter and more discreet way . But it has something that few if any other watches possess . It has an overwhelming presence on the wrist that puts any watch i have ever seen to shame .
Can it be described as beautiful ? That depends on the eyes looking at it , just like every other watch in this world . In my opinion beauty was the last thing Omega were thinking about when they made this watch . They built it like a Tool or instrument that was made with only one specific purpose at that time . This alone makes it different from any coffee bar diver out there . It was not made with the purpose of selling thousands to the general public , unlike any other so called dive watches you see out there . It is the Landrover of the watch world , or Hummer
The Italian industralist Billionere - Playboy- and one of the most powerfull men of his time Gianni Agnelli wore a Ploprof as his daily watch . He was voted by Esquire magazine to be one of the 5 best dressed men ever in the world . He had enormous influence on mens fashion world wide , for decades .
I first saw this watch in the flesh at a dealer friend of mine about one year ago . My first impressions were that it was an extremely well made watch that certainly looked different , but was very heavy . I forgot about it for quite a while , and dismissed it as a watch i would never own . I could simply not see any purpose in the watch at all .
So what changed my mind ?
I was thinking one day about all the watches i have owned , in my search for a watch i would keep
And i said to myself , you are never going to find the perfect watch in terms of function or beauty . So why not get a watch that serves the purpose you want more than others . And what is the purpose i am looking for ? Well i have to be honest , all of my watches were never bought just for myself . They were also bought to impress other people and to start conversations . Sometimes a watch is much more than just a ornament on a persons wrist that tells the time . A watch can break the ice and help to start new conversations and even friendship . Of course i still liked the history and tradition of watchmaking , and choose my watches with this in mind .
The Proplof is a watch that most people either love or hate . And that alone is enough to intrest me . It looks like nothing else ever made in the watch world . And that is quite an achievment in todays slave fashion world , where individualists are in short supply . You can always break the ice at a dinner or party with a Ploprof
I knew i would never own a super complication watch costing a few million . So i decided to get the next best thing . A watch that always gets noticed , and always intrests people when they first see it . And in my eyes it is a beautiful piece of industrial watchmaking .Since owning this watch , i am beginning to understand Gianni Agnelli and his reasons as one of the great industrialists of his time in wearing this watch . Willy
PS. Gianna Agnelli is well worth a Google . A fasinating man who dared to be different .
