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The watch thread: pocket, wrist, sporty, showy? You name it!

That Christopher Ward GMT watch looks less like the Explorer 2 than Badger's and D Demon's Seiko GMT! Very close except for the dial color.
 
hockman said:
That Christopher Ward GMT watch looks less like the Explorer 2 than Badger's and D Demon's Seiko GMT! Very close except for the dial color.
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Gawd, the more I look at that Christopher Ward GMT the more I regret my recent purchase of the Seiko SPB147!
 
Jezzer said:
Gawd, the more I look at that Christopher Ward GMT the more I regret my recent purchase of the Seiko SPB147!
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But that is watch buying and collecting all over ... there's always something better around the corner ! Buyer regret is a thing to try to avoid. Celebrate what you have.
I know what my grail watch is, I can't afford it, probably never will, so i've reached the point of acceptance. "Know your place" etc.
 
badger748 said:
I know what my grail watch is
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badger748 said:
But that is watch buying and collecting all over ... there's always something better around the corner ! Buyer regret is a thing to try to avoid. Celebrate what you have.
I know what my grail watch is, I can't afford it, probably never will, so i've reached the point of acceptance. "Know your place" etc.
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I've got my grail watch, a Seiko Alpinist. It was under £300. Call me a cheapskate, but I'm done. Well, other than buying cheap ones for fun.
I wouldn't have wanted to pay the current prices for mine, so I'm lucky.
 
badger748 said:
But that is watch buying and collecting all over ... there's always something better around the corner ! Buyer regret is a thing to try to avoid. Celebrate what you have.
I know what my grail watch is, I can't afford it, probably never will, so i've reached the point of acceptance. "Know your place" etc.
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Great advice there Badger. I’ve decided to put on the Seiko and it’s looking great on my wrist..!
 
Jezzer said:
Great advice there Badger. I’ve decided to put on the Seiko and it’s looking great on my wrist..!
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There's a YouTube channel ( i think the chap is Jody who runs it) called "Just One More Watch" - ok so it's a cheesy pun - but the message is there.
Your Seiko SPB147 is a great watch - in many ways preferable to the Tudor BB I had (actually I've had 2, both enjoyed, both since sold).
Enjoy.
 
badger748 said:
There's a YouTube channel ( i think the chap is Jody who runs it) called "Just One More Watch" - ok so it's a cheesy pun - but the message is there.
Your Seiko SPB147 is a great watch - in many ways preferable to the Tudor BB I had (actually I've had 2, both enjoyed, both since sold).
Enjoy.
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The Tudor BB 58 suits my puny wrists! I haven’t seen the channel you mention but will check it out - I quite enjoy Watchfinder & Co (the voice and the hands) and Teddy Baldassarre.
 
Jezzer said:
The Tudor BB 58 suits my puny wrists! I haven’t seen the channel you mention but will check it out - I quite enjoy Watchfinder & Co (the voice and the hands) and Teddy Baldassarre.
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The best watch channel (IMHO obv) is "Youre Terrific" - Evan is amusing and has great presenting / videography. Also look for Oisín O Malley, and his walks around Florence. All great content.
 
badger748 said:
But that is watch buying and collecting all over ... there's always something better around the corner ! Buyer regret is a thing to try to avoid. Celebrate what you have.
I know what my grail watch is, I can't afford it, probably never will, so i've reached the point of acceptance. "Know your place" etc.
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Matter of interest, what's your grail watch and why? Is there an alternative or is that The One, to which there is no alternative?

I ask, quite apart from basic curiosity, because my grail was (is) a SARB 017 Seiko Alpinist. I might actually have preferred its predecessor, but they were discontinued and I wasn't prepared to stump up the extra. Either way, I have a SARB 017 and a much cheaper SNK 805 which has a very similar look and feel even though it's by no means a copy. Have a guess which one spends more time on my wrist and which is on now.
By the same token I like the 50 Fathom, but I'd never be prepared to come up with the money. A Seiko homage to such, however, now you're talking. Costs a couple of hundred quid, in lieu of £5k+. Similarly if I wanted a Rolex Sub (I don't, I don't like them at all) I'd be buying or making a very similar thing. The Casio (!) quartz diver with an Ebay bracelet gets very close for literally tenners. It used to be under £50, recent price rises and the sinking £ have pushed it to £60-80 but that's still loose change. Something that's a nod to your grail for under £100 has to have a draw.
 
To add, I’d not get one from WOS if the day ever comes.
I’d get it from Wempe, Bond St. where I actually tried one on (when buying my partners Nomos) and did consider making a run for it with VC on wrist!
 
My grail is the Rolex Skydweller. I like the Datejust look, GMT is the most useful complication in my view and annual
Calendar just sounds cool.

I am not sure I’ll ever be able to get one. They seem to made from unobtainium.
 
badger748 said:
To add, I’d not get one from WOS if the day ever comes.
I’d get it from Wempe, Bond St. where I actually tried one on (when buying my partners Nomos) and did consider making a run for it with VC on wrist!
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I went to Wempe to try on a Nomos, I knew more about the range than the guy serving me, I don’t know if he thought I was a tyre kicker but he didn’t try very hard. I bought one elsewhere.

Cheers BB
 
badger748 said:
My grail watch is…
Vacheron Constantin Patrimony

https://www.watches-of-switzerland.co.uk/Vacheron-Constantin-Patrimony-81180/000G+9117/p/17511026
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Lovely, but how much? That's just silly. It's not even an automatic.
So you want a 40mm dress watch with a white face, silver hour markers, baton or sword hands, and a white gold or realistically stainless steel case? Easy. £100 to £500, take your pick. Automatic, as a bonus. I bet you can get into Euro manufacture too at that, maybe German brands.
Opening bid - Seiko SNK 789, with change from £100. Now OK, it's not as elegant, but it's a good start.
 
stevec67 said:
Lovely, but how much? That's just silly. It's not even an automatic.
So you want a 40mm dress watch with a white face, silver hour markers, baton or sword hands, and a white gold or realistically stainless steel case? Easy. £100 to £500, take your pick. Automatic, as a bonus. I bet you can get into Euro manufacture too at that, maybe German brands.
Opening bid - Seiko SNK 789, with change from £100. Now OK, it's not as elegant, but it's a good start.
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I hear you, but that kind of misses the point.
Either way, I dont have one !
 
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