[johnnierocco]

My pick for the top 5 iconic watches of all time.

1. Omega Speedmaster Professional, what could be MORE epic than going to the moon and into space?
2. Rolex Submariner, too much to type out about this timepiece. It simply IS.
3. Rolex Daytona, again you can write a book here.
4. Rolex Day-Date, the "President" the quintessential "I made it watch" to many.
5. Panerai, take your pic. Nothing else quite like them out there and they have as devoted a following as anything out there.

What is your five?

 

[novedl]

my picks are in no particular order
-blancpain fifty fathoms~the first modern dive watch
-rolex date just~spawned thousands of immitators
-movado museum dial~love it or hate it you can not mistake it for anything else
-jlc reverso~what more needs to be said
-zenith chronomaster (w/the awesome el primero movement) on the short list of greatest chronograph movements ever

 

[Chev James]

For me, these are:

1. Omega Seamaster Professional ("Blue Bond")
2. Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean
3. Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra
4. Rolex Submariner
5. Rolex Explorer

Purely personal . . . and I don't own any of the Rolexes!

 

[Lilhoody]

No particular order here, I'm thinking ubiquitous first-iconic follows.

1. Omega SMP
2. Rolex Submarimer/GMT II/Sea Dweller
3. Blancpain 50 Fathoms
4. Doxa Sub
5. Stowa Airman

 

[NutellaBear]

1) Blancpain 50 Fathoms
2) Omega Speedmaster Moon Watch
3) Rolex Sub
4) Accutron Spaceview
5) Hamilton Ventura

-T

 

[H3O+]

Hmm...
1. Rolex Submariner
2. Blancpain Fifty Fathoms
3. Omega Speedmaster (Moon Watch)
4. Breitling Navitimer
5. Heuer Monaco.

 

[stevens]

1. Speedy Pro -- It went to the moon. That's an icon.
2. Rolex Submariner -- Most imitated modern diver.
3. IWC Big Pilot -- The classic pilot watch.
4. Tag Heuer Carrera Chrono -- Often imitated chrono styling.
5. Cartier Tank -- A symbol of sophistication.

 

[Simon]

Good question - made me think . I guess it depends what you mean by iconic, but if you mean instantly recognisable for their style, even by non WIS, and spawning numerous style imitations and homages, I am going for:

1. Rolex Datejust
2. Rolex Sub
3. Breitling Navitimer
4. GShock
5. Omega Speedy

Interestingly when I asked my 11yr old lad the same question, he picked out Rolex Sub, Breitling Navitimer, GShock and Omega Seamaster

[EDIT - reading other posts, I agree the Swatch should be in there as should something dressy like a plain clean Breguet]

si

 

[Ananda]

omega speedmaster
rolex oyster perpetual
citizen chronomaster
(tag) heuer monaco
casio g shock

 

[Barry H]

Well, just to get away from the predictable for a minute... Here's a few to prove that icons don't have to be expensive

Seiko 5
Seiko SKX007/9
Timex Ironman
Casio G-Shock (or even the F-91W - everybody's first digital)
Citizen Eco-Drive

:-d

 

[TheWalrus]

I'll take iconic to mean that it's the watch that best represents a certain type of watch. And 'for me' to mean, within my reach.

Dive Watch - DOXA Sub
Chrono - Omega Speedmaster Professional
Dress Watch - Baume and Mercier Hampton
Versatile watch - Rolex Submariner
Outdoor / Rough weather / 'Adventure' watch - Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon.

 

[Popoki Nui]

How about:

Rolex Submariner: considered the quintessential dive watch by so many people.

Timex Marlin: remember all those commercials in the 50's and 60's?

Bulova Accutron: mention tuning fork watch to most people and I'll bet they think of Bulova Accutron first.

Pulsar Time Computer: first mass-market solid-state digital watch ever. Major paradigm shift in timekeeping.

Swatch: who didn't have one in the 80's?

 

[wilfreb]

Rolex Submariner
TagHeuer Monaco
Omega Speedmaster
Cartier Santos
TagHeuer Link

 

[apeogre]

1. Rolex Sub - just because it is what it is
2. Omega Speedmaster - Moons are good for the soul
3. Casio G-Shock - who doesn't own one?
4. Seiko Divers - Why not
5. Timex Ironman - Cause it has to be here

 

[sunster]

1. Rolex Submariner
2. Omega Speedmaster professional
3. IWC Big Pilot
4. Blancpain Fifty fathoms
5. Zenith El primero (Surprised no-one has got this one on their list)

 

[houndoggie]

1. Rolex Submariner
2. Rolex Datejust
3. Omega Speedy Pro
4. Swatch watch of the 80's
5. Casio calculator watches.

 

[Kyle L]

Omega Speedmaster
Rolex Submariner
Rolex Datejust
Rolex Daytona
And Rolex Explorer I

 

[esm]

Rolex sub (check)
omega speedy pro 3570.50 (check)
rolex DJ (DJ2, on its way)
rolex day-date (one day soon)
patek phillipe (multi-comp, one day I hope)

 

[jabstick420]

1)Rolex Explorer I
2)Omega flightmaster
3)Omega Speedmaster Pro
4)Sinn U1
5)JLC reverso...

not in that order...

 

[Donut]

Breitling Navitimer

Patek Calatrava

Rolex GMT ll-C

Zenith El Primero

Panerai

Cheers,
Rob