For some reason...

[CHIP]

I want this watch.
It sells for about 450 bucks.

[mike]

Very clean. Rather reminds me of a railroaders watch.

[CHIP]

I just have an itch for a manual wind with a nicely decorated Unitas movement.
I can not afford Panerai or Maurice Lacroix (they have the nicest decorated Unitas based watches) but 450 is a lot more within reach.
Unfortunatelly, (or maybe fortunatelly) RLT watches is always sold out of the thing.

Here are a couple more pics posted by an owner on a different forum. (btw... they only made 30 so far and everybody that has one is very very satisfied with the quality of the workmanship).

[Sam]

That's pretty cool Chip....I like it!

Does the one with the tan strap have a different color dial than the black strap version? It looks more silver/grey. Maybe just the photograph playing tricks.

[Adam]

I really like it, clean pilot look

I have looked at a couple like that, swiss army makes a really nice one, the only problem I have found is they are usually very large

[mamas]

forget about a unitas based system chip.. i think you need another manual wind, a chronograph.. a speedy pro!
mamas

[Sam]

mamas said:

forget about a unitas based system chip.. i think you need another manual wind, a chronograph.. a speedy pro!
mamas

Mamas is right here. Rather than spending $450 on something like this watch, put it toward your true love...the Speedy Pro.

[roloya]

AWESOME watch.

Unfortunately, you will have to pick one up (if you can) on the used market.

That was a Limited Edition Roy Taylor made 30 of and they all sold out before he had a chance to make them all.

I have 4 of Roy's watches and they all are excellent values.

This one is a one-and-only prototype he made. The Dial is unfinished and has some marks but I think those add uniqueness. mamas will appreciate this one; its name is Dodeca, the Greek word for 12.





His version of the Meistersinger one-hand:




It is very easy to tell time with this watch. The smallest index mark is 5 minutes, the next size 15 minutes and so on.

These are some of the reasons I put Roy's watches on my list of top 3 frugal brands the other day. You will miss a lot of watch styles if you don't visit Roy's site and Eddie Platts site at timefactors.com.

Eddie's Dreadnought has become a cult classic. He made 200 of them, sold them all out at 450 GBP ($750. or so) and at least one was sold for for over $3,000.

[CHIP]

I found his site a few months ago and I visit it several times a week.
He always has good deals and a large selection of "frugal" brands.