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 Post subject: Carlo Ferrara
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I am currently becoming fascinated with unusual watches - companies that are taking the traditional concept of what a watch should be and tweaking it somewhat. There are the really 'out there' ones - the Romain Jerome Cabestan springs to mind, but they are typically out of the range of most people and are not necessarily practical.

I stumbled across Carlo Ferrara the other day, don't know much about them but their prices are reasonable - the one I linked to below retails for around $8,000 list, and the piece is still practical. There are a number of different styles, but they all have the dual racetrack concept. What do you guys think?

http://www.carloferrara.com/popup.php?i ... 12_eng.swf
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 Post subject: Re: Carlo Ferrara
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Roffensian wrote:
I am currently becoming fascinated with unusual watches - companies that are taking the traditional concept of what a watch should be and tweaking it somewhat. There are the really 'out there' ones - the Romain Jerome Cabestan springs to mind, but they are typically out of the range of most people and are not necessarily practical.

I stumbled across Carlo Ferrara the other day, don't know much about them but their prices are reasonable - the one I linked to below retails for around $8,000 list, and the piece is still practical. There are a number of different styles, but they all have the dual racetrack concept. What do you guys think?

http://www.carloferrara.com/popup.php?i ... 12_eng.swf

Certainly interesting, but not for me. A little too dressy for my liking.

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 Post subject: Re: Carlo Ferrara
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Driver8 wrote:
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I am currently becoming fascinated with unusual watches - companies that are taking the traditional concept of what a watch should be and tweaking it somewhat. There are the really 'out there' ones - the Romain Jerome Cabestan springs to mind, but they are typically out of the range of most people and are not necessarily practical.

I stumbled across Carlo Ferrara the other day, don't know much about them but their prices are reasonable - the one I linked to below retails for around $8,000 list, and the piece is still practical. There are a number of different styles, but they all have the dual racetrack concept. What do you guys think?

http://www.carloferrara.com/popup.php?i ... 12_eng.swf

Certainly interesting, but not for me. A little too dressy for my liking.


This is the 'Classic' so designed to be dressy - they have a 'Sport' and 'Jockey' range as well.

http://www.carloferrara.com/popup.php?i ... 71_eng.swf

This is the Jockey, a little less dressy, but I know what you mean.
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Never come across them before. They look like interesting pieces - how big are they?
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Roffensian wrote:
Driver8 wrote:
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I am currently becoming fascinated with unusual watches - companies that are taking the traditional concept of what a watch should be and tweaking it somewhat. There are the really 'out there' ones - the Romain Jerome Cabestan springs to mind, but they are typically out of the range of most people and are not necessarily practical.

I stumbled across Carlo Ferrara the other day, don't know much about them but their prices are reasonable - the one I linked to below retails for around $8,000 list, and the piece is still practical. There are a number of different styles, but they all have the dual racetrack concept. What do you guys think?

http://www.carloferrara.com/popup.php?i ... 12_eng.swf

Certainly interesting, but not for me. A little too dressy for my liking.


This is the 'Classic' so designed to be dressy - they have a 'Sport' and 'Jockey' range as well.

http://www.carloferrara.com/popup.php?i ... 71_eng.swf

This is the Jockey, a little less dressy, but I know what you mean.

Usually when you guys start venturing into "unusual" pieces, you lose me. Not here those are cool looking!! Down my list, but on there! 8)

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Interesting, can see why someone would like them, but way too many better options on my list.

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I like it also, but not that much. Too dressy for me.
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Roffensian wrote:
This is the 'Classic' so designed to be dressy - they have a 'Sport' and 'Jockey' range as well.

http://www.carloferrara.com/popup.php?i ... 71_eng.swf

This is the Jockey, a little less dressy, but I know what you mean.

Hmmmmm, that's still a bit too dressy for me as well. Not one for my never-ending list. (Hurrah! :wink: )

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Never come across them before. They look like interesting pieces - how big are they?


In true dressy style, they are fairly small - around 40mm.
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Funky, I could probably stare at it for a while :wink:

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