It’s almost like nobody cares about Blancpain in the first place. I know they had a rich history and all that, but they went out of business, and this Blancpain isn’t really the same Blancpain as it used to be, someone just bought the rights to the name and recreated the brand. And now Swatch made an expensive, plastic, disposable version of it.

Kind of weird that the colors the picked for each ocean are based on sea slugs. I get the idea, but still… slugs.

Christopher Ward Bel Canto would certainty be high on my list, first thing that came to mind when I read the thread title.

I have my grandpas old Gruen Precision Day Date. Don’t know exactly what year it is, but it’s marked on the dial R SWISS R, so it’s got radium lume, making it probably from the late 50’s. Needs some work. It runs, and the day changes, but the date doesn’t.

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I’ve got a Seiko that will be turning 50 in a couple of months. It’s been serviced, but still runs fine.