Had an impromtu TT session with Sshark on Orchard today. So with nothing else to do, we went to E'colleczionne in the newly opened Madarin Gallery with hopes of seeing the Bamford Rolexes in de flesh.
Too bad... the watches have yet to arrive and heard from the SE that the first batches were already pre-booked, so no units would be on display from the first batch. Btw if anyone's in town on the 13th of May, they would be having a small party to meet customers by the store owners.
But they do have the complete Linde Werdelin watches on display and had the opportunity to fondle the watches.
Sorry no photos as we forgot our cameras. hope you guys would not be bored with the write up.
Linde Werdelin THree-Timer
These are the 2 that we manage to get our hands on. Retails about SGD8800. With the standard ETA 2893. So no independent hour hand setting, thus setting the GMT hand would be a pain in de arse.
the white dial version looks kinda like a fleeting resemblence to the AP ROO Safari. it's no 18 out of a limited number of 222.
with that price you get a very beautiful case with great dial finishing. the straps are also quite interesting with a very unique and creative way of affixing to the case as you can see from the photos.
as said..the finish of the case is really good with brackets on the sides for attaching the dive computers or altimeters which is sold seperately.
is it worth the money? if you have change in your pocket.,, i must say. quite an interesting presence and would be a great conversation piece.
another that we had a close look at is the Spidolite series
the Spidolite Skeleton..price not listed. Grade 5 titanium case and a Svend Anderson modified movement.
you can get it's cheaper brother the Spidolite for SGD13800
