In France Father's day is not far away. I going to ask for one of these:

http://www.purdey.com/ca.php?d=14

I can't help being curious about the price tag on one of these watches. I didn't see any mention of cost on the web site.

I suspect that this is one of those items that clearly falls into the category, "If you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it."
I guess I will just have to pass on this one...

Bill

They were about $18,000 a couple of years ago.

George

Nice looking watch. Do you want it to wear on a safari or wear after a safari??

Nice Watch

IMO Wear a watch like that in any big city in the world and you might as well be wearing a neon sign that says "ROB ME!" It would be nice to have but I'd be careful where I wore it.

I'm sure it is very expensive, being from Purdey. However, even if I could afford it,which I can't, I'm simply not into bling, only function, and a $500 Seiko will perform the function quite well enough fo me! Besides $30K will buy a lot of safari, where nobody cares wht time it is!

gee I wonder if the'd sell me one for each wrist. It's nice to have matching pairs

Call me an old fussbudget, but I don't see any hands or numbers on the watch face. Perhaps at this price point, telling time is immaterial.

The "outer face" pops open -- like a pocket watch.

Blowers in the UK had one -- replacement cost listed as 7,200 pounds. The show pics of the cover closed and open. It isn't the same model as the picture above, though.

Dan

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Originally posted by MacD37:
I'm sure it is very expensive, being from Purdey. However, even if I could afford it,which I can't, I'm simply not into bling, only function, and a $500 Seiko will perform the function quite well enough fo me! Besides $30K will buy a lot of safari, where nobody cares wht time it is!

The same can be said of a $350 factory rifle versus a $15,000 custom rifle or a Kia versus a Ferrari.

The base watch is a Panerai ($4000-7000) plus another $5k or so in engraving, plus a premium for the name.

I wager that if you can drop $15k-$30k for a watch, you're not too concerned about money.

George

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Originally posted by DanEP:
The "outer face" pops open -- like a pocket watch....

Silly me!

What escapes the casual observer is the irony that gun engraving had its origins as decoration for pocket watches in the mid-19th century. Purdey's famous rose and scroll engraving pattern is a direct descendant of the popular patterns used by the watch engravers that were hired by the firm back then to engrave their guns. Other London firms followed suit. Now Purdey has put game scene engraving on a wristwatch and the decorative art comes full circle.

Wink, if you'll donate $5,000 to the Scholarship Rifle project I'll buy you a watch just like that one.

Purdey Panerai

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Originally posted by GeorgeS:
The same can be said of a $350 factory rifle versus a $15,000 custom rifle ....
George

George that watch is not a CRF. It will not save your bacon either.

Hog Killer

When I left Atlanta for RSA I took off my watch and tossed it in the Tuff Pak....from that point on I didn't want to know what time it was any more.

Heck guys.....it's a nice watch.....it sure is "purdy"!!! But not for me!!!

It's not really to my taste as its less than subtle - but (IMO) the best hunting watches are the tritium ones. You can read the time in the dark and they're esp useful in a Leopard blind etc.

I think the nicest one currently, is the S&W titanium version..... Think the model number is SWW 357 T.

Here's a couple of useful links:-

http://www.smithandwessonwatches.com/

http://www.specialopswatch.com/cart/products.cgi?detail=44

Forrest,
Nice try, but you must realize you are addressing a man who has everything. It turns out I already have a very similar watch. It's true the engraving was subcontracted to Moulinex (but their sheet metal stamping is pretty well known) and you have to wind it up twice a day, but that's the price of old world charm.

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Originally posted by GeorgeS:
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The same can be said of a $350 factory rifle versus a $15,000 custom rifle or a Kia versus a Ferrari.

George

I dunno George if that is a good comparison, I bet the Kia starts when it is raining!


And a hijack back to watches- IMHO the timex expedition series are great outdoor watches. I like the ones with a dark face and indiglo and thats it. They have great luminous hands and the night light you can actually use to read instructions or look for stuff on the ground if you get on your knees.

Wink,

If it's for you, then you know what you're getting, and, of course, Panerai are fine makes. I don't care for them because they're so damn big they make me feel like I'm five years old wearing my father's watch. Some of today's watches have a bit too much "bling" for me, too, so I chose an IWC, with a deployant buckle, but that's just a personal preference.

Jaywalker

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Nice looking watch. Do you want it to wear on a safari or wear after a safari??

No, a good "tipper" always leaves his watch with the black tracker.

This the newest Luminox model 9002. It has incredibly bright borosilicate glass capsule markers that do not rely on sunlight to charge them. It contains a quartz movement. Because it is all black, there is no chance of it reflecting light and spooking game while in a hide or stalking.

It retails for $688, though most other Luminox models sell for +/- $300.



Luminox catalog

Joma Shop

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Originally posted by Wooly ESS:

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Originally posted by DanEP:
The "outer face" pops open -- like a pocket watch....

Silly me!

Hell, I figured the lions whiskers went around, kind of like Mickey Mouses hands...

watches are a hobby of mine, i have been a collector for years, I wear a Rolex most of the time while hunting, this year I wore a Cartier(not really a hunting watch).

as a side note its easy to spend $100K on a watch and be in a spot to make $$$, the watch market is very strong and there is very little down side for actual investment, I collect because I love them but the profit is nice too.

Ironically today you simply don't need to spend a lot of mony for a reliable, functional watch.

The quest for a reliable functional watch was driven bu seafarers and their need to be able to navigate a few hundred years ago.

The top end watches and clockes of those day really were materpieces of engineering on a miniture scale.

Today a $10 CASIO with a quartz movement will be more accurate, more reliable, and waterproof to boot. Thats not mentioning other features we take for granted like alarm, calendar and stop watch...

As to the likes of the Rolex and the Purdy, even if I had the money, I would not buy one; as others have said simply too much bling for my tastes.

For a dress watch, I prefer something slim and elegant; understated I guess. I have a 1960's vintage watch that belonged to my father that is very special to me for obvious reasons, but as its old and mechanical, its not as reliable was it it once was...

For ever day use, I prefer a "field" style watch as it has the functions I prefer..




I particularly like the protected "winder" & the lumibrite dial although I suspect a tritium or luminox would be better again...As Mark noted with the Tixmex watches that use a similar technoloy, they really are bright enough to read by! The down side of of lumibtrite is that it has to be charged regularly in daylite, or it does not work..

Regards,

Pete

I have a beat-up old Luminox but I kind of like the new Luminox SR-71 Chronograph for the extra dial for the second time zone:



However, between a new watch and trophy fees, I have to vote for the trophy fees!

I do not wear a watch. Everyone I know has a fancy watch and they just love to show it to me when I ask what time it is. I see a lot of nice watches that way. If I am by myself, I usually look at my cell phone. If I am in Africa, I don't care what time it is as long as I am hunting.....

When choosing between a new watch like that and a new double rifle, guess which choice will win each and every time?

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... I kind of like the new Luminox SR-71 Chronograph for the extra dial for the second time zone ...

That's for a third time zone. The other two models have an internal bezel for a second time zone.

Luminox 9002, 9022, 9032

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Originally posted by WPN:

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... I kind of like the new Luminox SR-71 Chronograph for the extra dial for the second time zone ...

That's for a third time zone. The other two models have an internal bezel for a second time zone.

Luminox 9002, 9022, 9032

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