Epos v Stowa

[mcgus]

I'm in a bind...

Tertius' frequent postings about Stowa and Sinn have had me looking at the Stowa Antea and Marines for a while and just when I thought I had made my mind up he comes along and posts about Nomos so I look at them, and then I see Epos so now I'm confuselated

So, does anyone know much about Epos and what are the thoughts on teh following watches shamelessly pulled off other websites - Chronomaster in the main - and does anyone have an Epos that they can enlighten me? I've looked at the usual places for critiques...

Epos


Stowa Antea


Stowa Marine


cheers!

[tertius]

Pics don't work.

Which EPOS is it?

[mcgus]

god, I'm useless! how about now?! sorry guys.

[Rob_R]

Where can you buy Stowa from in the UK? Is it just a case of buying direct from their website?

[tertius]

OK, well I don't know much about EPOS but a bit of digging suggests they are a well respected mid-tier maker, about the equivalent of Oris or, well, Stowa.

There is quite a variety of styles in those three, however, they all have an ETA base movement: 2892 in the EPOS and 2824 in the Stowas. Not really a deciding factor.

Of those three I'd take the Antea, partly because I know Stowa and love my MO, and partly because I don't have a watch on that classic Bauhaus style - so hardly a good argument for someone else ...

I don't quite like the styling of the EPOS, the mixture of roman and arabic numerals, and the date window is very intrusive.

But, really I'd have a Stowa Marine Original in preference to all three - though there is no date on the MO and I'm guessing that you want a date?

If date is essential then I would be thinking Nomos: either a Tangomat Date:



or if you don't mind handwound, the Tangente Date:



Or (and this would be my choice I think) a Tangente Sport Date:

[V-spec]

tertius said:

There is quite a variety of styles in those three, however, they all have an ETA base movement: 2892 in the EPOS and 2824 in the Stowas. Not really a deciding factor.



But, really I'd have a Stowa Marine Original in preference to all three - though there is no date on the MO and I'm guessing that you want a date?

Hi Tertius

You are correct MO has no date - but has a Unitas 6498 - is this based on the 2824 then?

The Marine Automatic is an ETA 2824 - but does have a date.... (and a lot cheaper than the MO!)
http://www.german-watches.com/cgi-bin/lshop.cgi?ac...

I love my MO even without the date, thanks again for bringing Stowa to my attention!

Edited by V-spec on Thursday 27th March 21:01

[tertius]

V-spec said:

tertius said:

There is quite a variety of styles in those three, however, they all have an ETA base movement: 2892 in the EPOS and 2824 in the Stowas. Not really a deciding factor.



But, really I'd have a Stowa Marine Original in preference to all three - though there is no date on the MO and I'm guessing that you want a date?

Hi Tertius

You are correct MO has no date - but has a Unitas 6498 - is this based on the 2824 then?

The Marine Automatic is an ETA 2824 - but does have a date.... (and a lot cheaper than the MO!)
http://www.german-watches.com/cgi-bin/lshop.cgi?ac...

I love my MO even without the date, thanks again for bringing Stowa to my attention!

Edited by V-spec on Thursday 27th March 21:01

No the Unitas 6498 is a quite different movement from the 2824, though both actually made by ETA now. The Unitas was originally a pocket watch movement - which is why it is so big.

The movements are different between the MO and the Marine Auto - a key attraction of the MO for me.

[mcgus]

thanks for taking the time Tertius. I have two manual watches already - a JLC Reverso Grand Taille and an Omega Speedy Moonwatch. No probs with having another.....

Interesting comments on the face design of the Epos. You do have a point I think. The Stowa MO is much cleaner. I'm not obsessed with the date windows though. I think I'm torn between the MO and the Epos - the Epos offering something a bit different (the regulateur). Will let you know!

[tertius]

mcgus said:

thanks for taking the time Tertius. I have two manual watches already - a JLC Reverso Grand Taille and an Omega Speedy Moonwatch. No probs with having another.....

Interesting comments on the face design of the Epos. You do have a point I think. The Stowa MO is much cleaner. I'm not obsessed with the date windows though. I think I'm torn between the MO and the Epos - the Epos offering something a bit different (the regulateur). Will let you know!

I do agree re. the regulateur style - I'm quite keen on getting one myself but haven't found one that is quite right at a reasonable price.

The nearest I've found is the Louis Erard:

[mcgus]

that's nice too! Any idea how much? I am off to Switzerland this weekend so hope to do some further research!

[tertius]

mcgus said:

that's nice too! Any idea how much? I am off to Switzerland this weekend so hope to do some further research!

Here you go, I've been following this one for a while:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...

[petecoll]

I have a Stowa Marine Auto, and a Stowa Antea.
Stowa offer excellent value for money, and I love the style of both watches. The Nomos Tangente is significantly more expensive than the very similar Stowa Antea, but then it does have an in house movement, rather than a "bog standard" ETA.

Pete

[mcgus]

cheers all!

I like the look of the power reserve one - I'll have a look in Zermatt next week.

I think I'm coming down on the side of the Stowa Marine if I go that route.....problem is I'm seriously thinking about the JLC Squadra Hometime as well! Decisions.....