Ultimate Cafe Racer Watch

[FIN69]

Finnish watchmaker Stepan Sarpaneva designed and manufactured this timepiece to honor 70's RR world champion Jarno "Baron" Saarinen who died -73 in Monza GP. Design follows Baron's helmet colors.

 

[Tune-A-Fish]

for sale?

 

[stroker crazy]

for sale?

It looks like one of those "if you have to ask the price …" situations: http://mikaruottinen.com/home.html

Saarinen was a great rider (with the most extreme clip-ons you will ever see!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qBbL94vUWY

Crazy

 

[J-Rod10]

Be interested in seeing the price. Not a real high dollar movement. It's one used in a lot of Audemars knock offs.

 

[Tune-A-Fish]

Yeah it's not going to be in the over $500 club

 

[Bevelheadmhr]

OR perhaps you'd prefer one of these, from one of the better Swiss makers...

http://www.watchonista.com/2914/watchonista-blog/news/zenith-heritage-pilot-cafe-racer-biker-and-libertarian-attitude

 

[Tune-A-Fish]

Nope... pass.

 

[canyoncarver]

Shouldn't a cafe racer watch have a lap timer? Stopwatch function minimum. I dig watches but I gather you guys know more about them than I do.

 

[snmavridis]

Those don't make me think of a cafe racer. this is my daily wear right now. Distressed brown leather band would make it 100% my style. Simple. Elegant. Does the job without gaudy frills. The way I like my bikes

 

[Tune-A-Fish]

Current daily

Citizen Titanium

 

[Finnigan]

Current daily

 

[J-Rod10]

Zenith makes nice watches. I imagine the "café racer" version is in the $3,000-$4,000 range.

These are my two I wear the most.

Have an Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean, few more Tissot's, the limited edition MotoGP versions, few Breitlings, one Tag, a Monaco I scored on CL for $800, and one Rolex I bought from a little old lady on Craigslist. Someone decided it was a good idea to hand me a six figure check, just to sign the dotted line when I was 19, so, I got in to watch collecting. I used to have a safety deposit box full of them, but I've liquidated most of them over the last few years.

 

[Bevelheadmhr]

The Zenith is a chronograph, that is, it has a built in 'stop watch', its rrp is 7100 usd. I have a few decent watches, including 2 Zenith chronographs which share the same El Primero movement as the one pictured, this is one I'm wearing today..

 

[spotty]

nope, this is the one you want...

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Popular-Blue-LED-Light-Aviation-Speedometer-Steel-Case-Wrist-Watch-Black-Strap-/331365619099?hash=item4d26ee159b:g:g7cAAMXQhpdR4MEw

I did indeed buy one (pretending to forget my skin allergy to all metals) and the metal backing ate a large piece of skin off the back of my wrist and the batteries lasted about a week, cool toy though

there are flasher versions available on the bay of E but I doubt they're any better

 

[Tune-A-Fish]

 

[snmavridis]

Not a fan of Rolex. I am quite partial to TAG and love omega. But my tiny little bitch ass wrists don't work well with the giant omega watches. Also, I can't afford them, so there's that.

 

[J-Rod10]

Tough to beat a Daytona.

If you have one of the rare ones with a Zenith movement in it, they are now worth a fortune.

 

[Tune-A-Fish]

Tough to beat a Daytona.

If you have one of the rare ones with a Zenith movement in it, they are now worth a fortune.

Just got mine from a garage sale and it came with an extra battery LOL never really wanted another fake I have a real GMT but $30 and it's so freakishly nice and the movement is spot on never stops haah!

Make me an offer??

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[J-Rod10]

Shouldn't a cafe racer watch have a lap timer? Stopwatch function minimum. I dig watches but I gather you guys know more about them than I do.

The, what you would normally refer to as the second hand, is the chronometer. The second hand is the small dial to the left.

 

[canyoncarver]

The, what you would normally refer to as the second hand, is the chronometer. The second hand is the small dial to the left.

Ah, didn't catch that. Cool. I wear an 80$ Pulsar so I'm not really one to talk high end watches. I have a thing for TAG's and an Omega or two though. I didn't know about the Zenith and the one Bevel posted is beautiful.