Trapped indoors by biblical amounts of rain I found myself turning to this great hobby and making a top 10 list from the watches in my collection – a Mark Moss moment. The collection has swelled over the past two years and there are a number of pieces including the mint/NOS examples that get little or no wrist time. My Top 10 consist of the watches I wear the most. Those you keep going back to time after time regardless of value, desirability or condition but simply because you love the look and feel. If I kept statistics on my daily wearer over the last year (which I don’t) these would be the ones that feature the most and therefore are the ones I would keep if I chose to slim the herd. (That’s a Texan expression by the way).

Here is just one of my top ten taken with my trusty Canon G11 point and shoot on a light box. I just love this watch especially with the GF bracelet. Its not one we see that often and it shares some key details with the first generation 1163 – steel hour markers, steel hands, two registers and date window. The last feature gives the dial its classic proportion and the MH bezel adds just the right amount of detail to compliment the dial. The full reference is Autavia 30 Dato 7863 MH. More to follow in due course.

Regards
Paul
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