Watchlords

spanky1 wrote:At Some Point DB needs to lose there free pass on this forum. Too much dirt on their there porch steps to deserve such accolades. Take off the blinders WL Stepford Wives. It's all Chinese.

Drama, controversy and a bit of bullshit seems to be common denominators in most, if not all micros ... from Stan Betesh's Deep Blue water resistant unproven claims , Mitch Feig's Ocean7 erratic and at times plain nasty, costumer service, Jenny's Doxa general bullshit or Michael Kobold's poser extraordinaire persona...they all seems belong in some kind of watch, soap opera....
Nothing wrong with Chinese made components (especially the Hong Kong variety)if the QA is there, believe all micros tap into those common components in one way or another to a certain degree, don't believe any of these brands had claim Swiss origins ever...and to me, is all about how much Im willing to pay for basically the same shit across the board..and again, to me DB got the best bang for the buck, bar none...
That been said, Micros are just Micros, if I want something really special (like I do now) I set my goal into a JLC Master Compressor....

@mortuus: Many of my watches have Chinese cases etc. Just the nature of the beast. I used to be a huge DB Kool-Aid drinker. After purchasing a few of Stan's inferior models I started to hold them accountable. Some DB's are a good bang for the buck. Many of the newer models are nothing more than rebranded chinese ebay clones.
I think Stan is all over the board with his newer models. It's difficult for me to find the Love to Spend 500.00 plus on his better grade of watches. DB watches and a box of chocolates.

spanky1 wrote:At Some Point DB needs to lose there free pass on this forum. Too much dirt on their there porch steps to deserve such accolades. Take off the blinders WL Stepford Wives. It's all Chinese.

No free pass from me. I've stated here before the window of opportunity for a Deep Blue of great value has closed. No more COSC regulation on a non-COSC watch, consistent fit/finish, cut free components, or consistent quality across a given model run. All gone, now it's hit or miss. The good CS is still there, but you have to be able to repair and return a watch to sustain longevity. His CS biz model of just replace the whole thing can only last so long. DB is for a narrow range of nascent collectors that just can't afford what they really want - and that's ok. I was one of them but have since moved on.

Love my Master Explorer

Horse Feathers wrote:Love my Master Explorer

Now on a NATO strap, love mine too....

looks great Eddie. I took mine (thanks again Alain), on vaca to my parent house a few weeks ago.

Thinking of throwing the bracelet on there just to see how bad it is (based on reviews read here at WL's).

The strap that it came on is like butta though so I'm sure it won't be on long.

Watch Noob wrote:looks great Eddie. I took mine (thanks again Alain), on vaca to my parent house a few weeks ago.

Thinking of throwing the bracelet on there just to see how bad it is (based on reviews read here at WL's).

The strap that it came on is like butta though so I'm sure it won't be on long.

Jim,

what are your long term thoughts on this watch. I hated to part with it but it went to a good home and it gets to travel too.

I don't own a DB nor I ever will. What I find about this brand is another one trick pony. All Stan does is to crank out one diver after another and after a while they all look the same to me. Boring.

Stan jumped the shark with his watches, now just another tv brand.

hcharles wrote:Stan jumped the shark with his watches, now just another tv brand.

Unfortunately I have to agree, when he sold Panatime it looks like he went all in to be a bigger player on ShopNBC and that meant playing to the geeks.

Glad I bought when I did as most of his stuff now is overpriced, oversized and plays to the WG crowds taste.

He knows he fucked up

Horse Feathers wrote:

hcharles wrote:Stan jumped the shark with his watches, now just another tv brand.

Unfortunately I have to agree, when he sold Panatime it looks like he went all in to be a bigger player on ShopNBC and that meant playing to the geeks.
Glad I bought when I did as most of his stuff now is overpriced, oversized and plays to the WG crowds taste.
He knows he fucked up

Agreed...
Stan was told that "greed for lack of a better word is good, greed is right, greed works"...Unfortunately, they forgot to tell him that Gordon Gekko, is a fictional character from the 80's.

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