Nicely done - I've been tempted by a 3H to go with my LE, silly really but such a good watch, I've worn mine for about 3 years now.
I'm the original owner of my 3H, and it was my daily wearer for a few years. I got the Ar when it was clear that Lemania was going to stop making 5100's and Sinn was not going to be able to keep producing EZM1s. It was basically an insurance policy, since I liked my original one so much. Now that the 3H's tritium has yellowed, it's a safe queen, and the Ar comes out when I want to wear an EZM1.
Have just tried the Tutima on a Di Modell Chronissimo
Nice. I still have to hammer out the pins on the Tutima to get the bracelet off. It's been my daily wearer since I got it a month ago.
...and you're right what you say about the wear the ZUZ watches have been subjected to, but it adds rather than detracts, from an issued watch perspective
Absolutely agree. I like the issued watches from the collector's standpoint. But for functionality, I prefer newer mainly because of the tritium vs luminova issue. Most issued watches are older with tritium lumed dials, so a lot of time the tritium was already faded a lot and their nighttime visibility isn't that good. Now at night, I just wear a Marathon Navigator (composite) with tritium tubes.
Have you any more on the list for the future foodle?
I went on a bit of a Lemania binge this past year. I couldn't pass up the Tutima 750-42 once I found out that it was available new via special order (learned that from cowbiker on WUS), and before that I was scooping up Orfina Porsche Design Military chronos (7177 airplane hand versions only) like there was no tomorrow. The problem there is that to get them to NOS status usually took another $900 and 4 months worth of restoration work on top of the original purchase price.
Oddly enough, I've been looking at 3 hand divers and non Lemania chronos lately. Although I don't know if I can do a V7750 based chrono, having used ones with central minutes totalizers for so long. So my current targets are IWC Aquatimer 3536 (titanium), IWC GST Aquatimer chronograph 3707 or 3719 (titanium), or Breitling Seawolf Avenger (old E17370 version, titanium, black dial).
IWC 3536 - have wanted one for a long time. A true classic.
IWC 3707 - less popular than the 3536. Looks similar to the Orfina chronos.
Breitling E17370 - I never thought I'd ever want/own a Breitling (too much bling bling), but this one has really grabbed me lately for some reason. Also, it's pretty cheap compared to the IWC's. Can get one on a strap for around $1.5k. The downside is that it is gigantic (44mm, 18mm thick).