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willy Skrev:

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willy Skrev:I would buy a IWC portuguese in gold with black dial.A absolutly strikingly beautiful watch in my opinion and i have seen them with the older calibers for around your budget.And even if it is a ETA based caliber it has got nothing to do with ETA when IWC have finished with it.Indeed you are getting a caliber with a better finish than new IWC calibers.And the price in the future will not be going down.Just my opinion and i must admit i am biased on this one Willy

I agree with you completely - both in terms of beauty and quality of the caliber. I have the Aquatimer 3536-1 and the caliber in this watch is based on an ETA but has been transformed into an entirely different level by IWC !!

Until now I am leaning towards a Portuguese (albeit maybe with a white dial) or a Day Date. But the purpose of this thread is to get some more inspiration so as to challenge my preferences

Ok i misunderstood sorry <!-- s:oops: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_redface.gif" alt=":oops:" title="Embarrassed" /><!-- s:oops: --> There is a watch you must look at.It is for sale with Bachmann & Scher in Munich a Chopard LUC Twist in white gold mint condition 43mm the dial on this watch is so beautiful.I have been meaning to buy it for the last 8 months but have not got the money right now.They wanted 55.000dkr but have come down to 48000dkr and i think they could be pressed even longer down.You get one of the best inhouse calibers in the watch world in a fantastic case.It is a steal in my opnion and if i could i would buy it tommorow Willy

No need to apologize All input are very welcome !

I will certainly check the Chopard out - however I am in the same pickle as you. The money that I will need to buy this watch will not be available for me, until I return home from deployment sometime in september this year. And with any luck you will have picked up that watch by then, I hope !

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Whow !! I have just been onto the Bachmann & Scher webpage and seen the Chopard - that watch is absolutely stunning !! And I agree very much that 48 K seems like a steal !!