Good-bye, Mr. Bond

Sad to say good-bye to Mr. Bond. I have sold my Black Bond (Omega SMP co-axial with black dial). Its a absolutely stunning watch to wear and to look at. Its just an awesome watch and Omega did a great job on keeping the SMP fresh. My only "complain" is that the blue lume is somewhat less bright than SL C3 that the blue Bond uses. Though the white appearance does looks great with the black dial during day light. Since I am a lume-freak, bright lume means something in my book. :p And I was in the process of changing up my collection, so the black Bond had to go. In the future, if I come across a deal with the blue Bond, then maybe I will snatch that instead.

While we are on the topic of the new blue lume from Omega, its giving me second thoughs on my "grail" -- the new 1200m PloProf. I really like the style of the watch (which the why I now have a Ocean7 LM-7), but the fact that the 1200m PloProf doesn't have the "brightest lume" bothers me somewhat. And when compared to the Ocean7 LM-7 (which used SL C3), the lume on the LM-7 is a lot brighter. Combined with the much (MUCH!) lower retail price on the watch itself, I just need to own the LM-7 for a while and see if I could "settle" for the LM-7 instead of the 1200m PloProf.

And recently, I can't take my mind off Panerai 233. It has the 1950 case style, 8-day GMT manual wind in-house movement with date, and a super dome sapphire crystal and display back. It retails around USD$12,000, which is "slightly" out of my price range right now. :p But man, that's a beautiful watch. I doubt I would shell out that much cash for one watch, but who knows?! Maybe something will push me over the edge and I might end up with one. :p (Come on, for one PAM 233, I could have any two of the following: PAM 111, PAM 24, PAM 25, Rolex SD, Rolex Sub LV, Rolex Sub ND COSC, Rolex GMT IIc, ... etc)