Johnny Smith's watch on Ch 5's 'Fifth Gear'? (UK)

[mascot]

Hi folks -
Can anyone identify this watch, as worn by 'Fifth Gear' presenter Johnny Smith? Sorry, this is the best image I could get on my camera phone...

If it's any help, the number '4' appears to be a white triangle..?



Any help would be very much appreciated!

[Adam]

hmmmm........ from the pic I cant really tell anything, but I will keep thinking


Welcome to the forum

[Sam]

Welcome to WWF!

Hmmmm....white triangle at the 4 o'clock marker. I can't think of what that might be.

[mascot]

I've done some digging, and thought it might be a U-Boat Classico A 925, but the crown on the U-Boats is normally on the left, as shown below.



The face is very, very similar though - large digits with just 12, 4 and 8 notated. I think what i thought was originally a white triangle where the 4 should be is actually a large number 4, as in the U-Boat watch above.

The other possibility was a Panerai, but these all have an enclosed crown.

Still looking for possibilities, so has anyone got any ideas?

Edit: OK, I'm as dumb as hell. He wears his watch on his RIGHT hand, so the crown IS on the left, ergo it IS the U-Boat..!

Mystery solved!

(retail around $3,750 if anyone's feeling flush!)

[Sam]

Yup....I think you've got it nailed down.

[mascot]

The U-Boats are not a range I'm too familiar with, but I really do like the look of the A 925. The fact that it's not made by one of the 'mainstream' watch manufacturers makes it even more appealing to me. I need to spunk up to a couple of grand (sterling) on a watch this time next year for my big four-oh, and this one is definitely on a growing list of possibilities. Has anyone here got any experience with U-Boats?