The watch thread: pocket, wrist, sporty, showy? You name it!
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windhoek
The Phoolosopher
I am I must admit a dreadful movement snob when it comes to watches - almost everything I own is a mechanical automatic. There is something eminently sensible about a quartz diver - especially a wonderfully big beast of a Seiko one
Are there any others you'd recommend apart from the Tuna and the 7548 ?
For a quartz diver, the Casio Duro has got to be on the table... or 200m under the sea!
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Truth be told most of my watches too are vintage mechanical but for every day wear nowadays I prefer my quartz Seiko divers. They are virtually fuss-free and accurate. I am a bit tired of keeping my mechanical ones in good order and good reliable watch servicing is not easy to find.
The Tuna and 7548s are my personal favorites but some of the old Seiko quartz chronographs are very cool as well. Especially the ones issued to British military helicopter crew:
They are a bit small by today's fashion standards but they are so cool!
There are various models and variations of the Tuna both vintage and current. I like the 300m version but there are 600m and 1000m ones that are really too big for me. Can't go wrong with a Tuna IMO. CWC also make some nice quartz military divers as well.
https://www.cwcwatch.com/collections/divers-watches
What is the reference number for the chrono in the pic? I like it!
Still
he said his naim was ralph
Tudor Submariner 76100
(My camera doesn't have a macro lens so I shot through one of those magnifying desk lamp things. This is a full-size Sub, not a medium, I just have large wrists.)
There's lovely :=)
https://wornandwound.com/review/time-spec-seiko-7a28-raf-gen-1-chronograph/
I've owned one rather briefly. Beautiful watch.
I've owned one rather briefly. Beautiful watch.
Yank
Bulbous Also Tapered
I was shocked the last time I looked at prices for these. I've got $800 in the watch, I'm seeing these priced at $3500-$8000 now. Granted, the $8000 ones still have box and papers, and clean bevels on the edge showing they've never been polished.
mondie
pfm Member
This is about my favourite watch, as a Chronograph geek I love that there is so much going on wrapped in GS quality and with the exquisite dial work that GS is admired for. It really is mesmerising, all my pic does is make it look rather dull!
IMG_20190802_115551 by Simon Gee, on Flickr
IMG_20190802_115551 by Simon Gee, on Flickr
zygote23
pfm Member
So I've arrived in Vienna and am taking the pensioners for a shuffle.....
Popped into the Rolex shop as they had the latest 'batman' on display. Rrp around 6.5k so I enquired thinking I might like it..... He gave me a knowing smirk and asked for 17900€ saying that's a little less than current market price! It was released in February ffs
Popped into the Rolex shop as they had the latest 'batman' on display. Rrp around 6.5k so I enquired thinking I might like it..... He gave me a knowing smirk and asked for 17900€ saying that's a little less than current market price! It was released in February ffs
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Hoopsontoast
pfm Member
This little Air-King, like the Tudor Sub, is from the early 1980s. 34mm case looks small now. Acrylic crystal, but it does hack. Best time-keeper of the three.
Love an Air-King, my 34mm 15200 says Hi!
Rolex by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
Hoopsontoast
pfm Member
Thats why I picked it, as an engagement present from my now Wife. It slips under the radar and I can wear it everyday without worrying.
narabdela
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Mullardman
Moderately extreme...
That is the first Rolex I've seen which I might wear.. but TBH I still don't like the 'standard' shape of Rollexes (Rolexii?) or similar watches.
I also intensely dislike OTT 'chronographs'. No reason.. I just went off them decades ago.
I also intensely dislike OTT 'chronographs'. No reason.. I just went off them decades ago.
Mullardman
Moderately extreme...
Here is an entire page full of mostly nauseating watches, and there's a pretty strong correllation between high price and nauseatingness. That Hublot 'Spirit of Big Bang.. is grotesque..mostly made of plastic and rubber and £66k ... yuk... somebody's taking the piss bigly with that one..
That Meister-Singer and some of the NOMOS models are much more to my taste.
https://www.goldsmiths.co.uk/c/Watches/filter/Show_All/?msclkid=3c7719cb85491b3f92de4486d6c22fed&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Bing - Search - Generics - Watches - HVK - Exact&utm_term=watches&utm_content=Watches - Pure - Exact
That Meister-Singer and some of the NOMOS models are much more to my taste.
https://www.goldsmiths.co.uk/c/Watches/filter/Show_All/?msclkid=3c7719cb85491b3f92de4486d6c22fed&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Bing - Search - Generics - Watches - HVK - Exact&utm_term=watches&utm_content=Watches - Pure - Exact
Still
he said his naim was ralph
What watch(es) do you like?