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Originally Posted by Dimman
It's funny, I used to have a major hard-on for skeleton watches ever since I saw a pic of a Vacheron Constantin skeleton. But consider that that is a 6 figure watch. Lately I've seen so many terribly executed cheap skeletons (Nixon, Invicta, and even worse...) that my opinion has completely reversed. You could go with an Orient Esteem http://orientwatchusa.com/fdb08004b that has an 'open heart' to display the balance. They're pretty reasonably priced on Amazon. |
I think that watch looks a little awkward though, I prefer a little more movement exposed. I actually liked the Swatch skeleton automatic I saw in the store, but seeing how I broke 2 Swatches already not going to drop money on another one.
Usually skeletons have basically nothing covering the movement and I think that makes it a little weird from some angles, I don't have any examples but I think it's good when you have enough watch face covered on the outer edge so that there's space for numbers and stuff.
Oh yea I saw my first Sieko 5 up close, unidirectional winding??