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Homer · 30-09-2015 9:15am

mynameis905 wrote: »

That's a real stunner Homer. Is she a handwinder?

Yep. But with the 8 day movement not winding it quite as much as the last one!

Cyrus · 30-09-2015 12:00pm

Homer wrote: »

It's thinner than the 312 for sure. That along with the cleaner dial steered me to the 560 as opposed to the 312 in the end as I looked very carefully at both. I'll post some wrist shots tomorrow

wouldnt be hard the 312 is too thick imo thats why mine went, pity because its a lovely watch but the thickness was too much!

mynameis905 · 30-09-2015 4:02pm

Homer wrote: »

Yep. But with the 8 day movement not winding it quite as much as the last one!

Nice. Something intrinsically lovely about a handwound movement. Wish there was more of them.

Eoin · 02-10-2015 11:05am

This arrived today - I'd been missing having an automatic diver for a while, and fancied something with a bit of colour. It's an automatic and 41mm wide.

No wrist shot yet, as I need to add some extra links.

First impressions are that the bracelet feels a bit average, especially around the clasp - but I'll see what it's like when it's on the wrist. I'm comparing it to my Breitling's bracelet today, which isn't really a fair comparison.

Wibbs · 02-10-2015 1:07pm

Found a late 1960's bracelet to match it. Very similar to the original optional and daftly rare type.

Deep Thought · 02-10-2015 1:30pm

Eoin wrote: »

This arrived today - I'd been missing having an automatic diver for a while, and fancied something with a bit of colour. It's an automatic and 41mm wide.

No wrist shot yet, as I need to add some extra links.

First impressions are that the bracelet feels a bit average, especially around the clasp - but I'll see what it's like when it's on the wrist. I'm comparing it to my Breitling's bracelet today, which isn't really a fair comparison.

So it was you.....I liked the look of it when I saw it..

Deep Thought · 02-10-2015 1:31pm

Wibbs wrote: »

[Found a late 1960's bracelet to match it. Very similar to the original optional and daftly rare type.

Seriously...whats your secret to finding these things

blue5000 · 02-10-2015 2:05pm

Nice watch Eoin, well you may wear. I might have to break my €200 self-imposed limit for one of these with a white dial, if you are ever tempted to sell......I promise to keep it away from the cow****e:).

Eoin · 02-10-2015 8:06pm

blue5000 wrote: »

Nice watch Eoin, well you may wear. I might have to break my €200 self-imposed limit for one of these with a white dial, if you are ever tempted to sell......I promise to keep it away from the cow****e:).

The white and red one is a lovely colour combo and a bit different to most of the subs out there. To be honest though, this has reminded me of what good value for money a Steinhart sub is. It's been a while since I owed mine, but I remember the bracelet having a bit of a premium feel and it has the lovely domed crystal.

Don't get me wrong, I do like the Longines - and I like how it's just different enough to not feel too much like a homage. But when it's the guts of 900 quid new, I think there's better out there if you're not too bothered about a brand name.

Anyway, here it is on the wrist. It wears bigger than I thought it would, which I'm happy about as 41mm is smaller than I would normally wear.

Wibbs · 02-10-2015 9:59pm

Deep Thought wrote: »

Seriously...whats your secret to finding these things

Late nights, the patience that comes with a glass or three of claret and doing non english language searches.

mynameis905 · 02-10-2015 10:27pm

Eoin wrote: »

The white and red one is a lovely colour combo and a bit different to most of the subs out there. To be honest though, this has reminded me of what good value for money a Steinhart sub is. It's been a while since I owed mine, but I remember the bracelet having a bit of a premium feel and it has the lovely domed crystal.

Don't get me wrong, I do like the Longines - and I like how it's just different enough to not feel too much like a homage. But when it's the guts of 900 quid new, I think there's better out there if you're not too bothered about a brand name.

Anyway, here it is on the wrist. It wears bigger than I thought it would, which I'm happy about as 41mm is smaller than I would normally wear.

Really like that Longines Eoin. I've been on the hunt for a diver with a bit of colour lately and the Archimede Sporttaucher seems to tick all the boxes. €900 or so, red bezel, 41.5mm and not a mercedes hand in sight

blue5000 · 02-10-2015 10:27pm

Eoin was it from Scotland?;)

Eoin · 02-10-2015 10:53pm

blue5000 wrote: »

Eoin was it from Scotland?;)

Yep, that's the one! It's really growing on me.

mynameis905 wrote: »

Really like that Longines Eoin. I've been on the hunt for a diver with a bit of colour lately and the Archimede Sporttaucher seems to tick all the boxes. €900 or so, red bezel, 41.5mm and not a mercedes hand in sight

Lovely, nice modern feel to that.

dr.fuzzenstein · 02-10-2015 11:19pm

Wibbs wrote: »

Late nights, the patience that comes with a glass or three of claret and doing non english language searches.

Booze and ebay have a lot to answer for.

Wibbs · 03-10-2015 12:22am

That they do Sir, that they do…

Mr Magnolia · 03-10-2015 5:02pm

I've been searching for a watch since this time last year with no definite idea on what I wanted.
Delighted to have stumbled across a Zodiac from the 50's. Very happy with it!

fulladapipes · 04-10-2015 9:49pm

Mr Magnolia wrote: »

I've been searching for a watch since this time last year with no definite idea on what I wanted.
Delighted to have stumbled across a Zodiac from the 50's. Very happy with it!

That is a fine watch. Look similar to some Zeniths and even a JLC.

fulladapipes · 04-10-2015 9:54pm

Being trying for a while to get a lume shot of the Datejust II. Eventually managed it, during the day even. A little bit of sunlight keeps it going for a long while.

Homer · 05-10-2015 9:22pm

Must get a lume shot of my PAM560 it's ridiculous! I thought my seiko sumo and tuna were bright.

Lex Luthor · 07-10-2015 10:30am

Ordered a distressed Grey NATO leather strap off ebay last week from a seller I have used before for my O1B. I was looking for something to give it more of a casual look but also keep the dress look to it and as I wear it as a daily beater most of the time, to take the weight down a little aswell.

What do you think?

Mods, please feel free to reduce size of pics...

mynameis905 · 07-10-2015 4:07pm

Very nice Lex. Wouldn't have ever thought about trying a grey strap but it really works with the Ocean one. I might get shot for this but I think sub style watches look much better on Nato and Zulu straps than bracelets.

musiknonstop · 08-10-2015 9:46am

And then there were two…

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Daemonic · 08-10-2015 1:18pm

musiknonstop wrote: »

And then there were two…

Careful, it's a slippery slope collecting Vostoks. These are just the Komandirskie's in my collection.

musiknonstop · 08-10-2015 1:22pm

Daemonic wrote: »

Careful, it's a slippery slope collecting Vostoks. These are just the Komandirskie's in my collection.

I've four more on the way! (I also have my eye on the Komandirskie K-35!)

firestarter51 · 09-10-2015 5:33pm

picked up a calibre 6 Formula one
very comfortable to wear

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dr.fuzzenstein · 09-10-2015 7:27pm

Guten Tag!:D

Wibbs · 09-10-2015 8:27pm

Was wearing this today.

T'is small at 34 and a bit MM, but wears nice on my thin wrist. Cracking gilt dial on these. Very nice quality stainless steel in the case that wears the years extremely well

Mredsnapper · 09-10-2015 8:48pm

Let's get a Friday vibe going.

Here's mine today (again)

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Had it regulated a couple of weeks ago and it's gained 4 seconds over the past 13 days.

Rolex 3130 movement. Supposedly the same as the later 4 liner Cosc models.

Really love the lightness of this watch. Sooo comfy.

Have a good weekend everyone.

saccades · 10-10-2015 2:59pm

A gently modded stargate2 (SRP491K1)

From this:

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to this:

Homer · 10-10-2015 4:54pm

I did mention a few more images of the latest arrival.. and some of the lume. PAM560 with in house p5000 handwind movement and 8 day power reserve.

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blue5000 · 10-10-2015 6:12pm

This is a bit of a first for me, first brand new watch and first Chinese auto since I got the bug. It has a Seiko NH 35 movement, and the curved back makes it very comfortable to wear. Bezel is a bit out of line, I can't decide is the 6 or 12 that's off.

Wibbs if you could wave the magic (mod) wand and show us all a few photos, that would be good, thanks.

saccades · 10-10-2015 7:08pm

If we are doing lume shots...

Flickr isn't particularly intuitive is it...

Deep Thought · 10-10-2015 7:22pm

Homer wrote: »

I did mention a few more images of the latest arrival.. and some of the lume. PAM560 with in house p5000 handwind movement and 8 day power reserve.

Stunning...had helped me decide I want a PAM...

Prob looking at 112 or Base 000

GEO147 · 10-10-2015 7:52pm

Didn't think I liked Panerai until I saw that above. WOW

Cyrus · 10-10-2015 8:07pm

Is that the oem strap Justin

sparrowcar · 10-10-2015 8:40pm

Not sure where to post this but looking for a bit of help. Myself and Mitch B purchased a shark mesh from wjean recently. We need to resize the mesh and it's recommended to use a dremmel type cutting tool. Homer suggested I ask here so would anyone have one and be willing to lend us one/meet up somewhere? Alternatively do you think one of the fast fix watch stores would be able to do this?

Cheers

Sparrowcar

blue5000 · 10-10-2015 9:47pm

sparrowcar wrote: »

Not sure where to post this but looking for a bit of help. Myself and Mitch B purchased a shark mesh from wjean recently. We need to resize the mesh and it's recommended to use a dremmel type cutting tool. Homer suggested I ask here so would anyone have one and be willing to lend us one/meet up somewhere? Alternatively do you think one of the fast fix watch stores would be able to do this?

Cheers

Sparrowcar

Have any of your neighbours got a small 4'' angle grinder, there are narrow 1mm cutting discs available for them.

sparrowcar · 10-10-2015 10:02pm

blue5000 wrote: »

Have any of your neighbours got a small 4'' angle grinder, there are narrow 1mm cutting discs available for them.

will look into it.

Homer · 10-10-2015 10:40pm

Cyrus wrote: »

Is that the oem strap Justin

It came with rubber and a lovely black leather with white stitching in the box and the one in the pictures above was a spare one I had off my cave dweller. Have ordered a kyros tan leather for it also.

blue5000 · 11-10-2015 2:14pm

sparrowcar wrote: »

will look into it.

Have you any pics of the buckle? How is it connected to the strap?

sparrowcar · 11-10-2015 2:57pm

blue5000 wrote: »

Have you any pics of the buckle? How is it connected to the strap?

Like so..

blue5000 · 11-10-2015 3:17pm

Ya I suppose you could cut a set of links up near where the spring bar holds the strap to the lugs. Hold it in a vise between two strips of leather.
If you are not sure what you are doing, make a cut shorter to the end than you actually need as a practice run first.
After cutting you will need something like a small screwdriver to open the cut links a bit wider so that the piece of strap you don't want can be removed. Hope this makes sense.

How much has to come off? Remember that the links you cut will be taken off, so allow for this when you cut.

sparrowcar · 11-10-2015 3:26pm

blue5000 wrote: »

Ya I suppose you could cut a set of links up near where the spring bar holds the strap to the lugs. Hold it in a vise between two strips of leather.
If you are not sure what you are doing, make a cut shorter to the end than you actually need as a practice run first.
After cutting you will need something like a small screwdriver to open the cut links a bit wider so that the piece of strap you don't want can be removed. Hope this makes sense.

How much has to come off? Remember that the links you cut will be taken off, so allow for this when you cut.

Thanks for advice. We haven't touched them yet since they were delivered. I'm in work now but I'll have another read of your post this eve and see if it will work.

sparrowcar · 11-10-2015 8:05pm

Problem sorted

893bet · 14-10-2015 5:48pm

Just landed. Not sure yet if it is staying.

Deep Thought · 15-10-2015 7:54pm

Arrived today, with custom Bezel and a lovely vanilla smelling blue rubber strap

Not bad for 57 euro

musiknonstop · 16-10-2015 11:55am

This Vostok Komandirskie arrived today. I was going to put it on a black nato strap, but the strap that came with it isn't terrible. Might keep it. Small scratch on the crown guard, but it's a €25 watch made from chromed brass so .... not a big deal.

dancrowley · 20-10-2015 8:47am

This isn't a new watch, but I recently picked up a few straps from Watch Bandit, one of which is on my PO. Very comfortable strap, inexpensive and totally compliments the look of the PO.

I picked up a few of these straps, of different colours and widths (20mm and 22mm) for my wee collection and am very happy with the versatility.

Mredsnapper · 20-10-2015 8:54am

I've been thinking about buying a similar Perlon strap but I've been wondering whether or not i should use shoulderless springbars as with a Nato strap. I presume the Perlon straps are as flexible around the Springbars as a Nato?

dancrowley · 20-10-2015 10:03am

Mredsnapper wrote: »

I've been thinking about buying a similar Perlon strap but I've been wondering whether or not i should use shoulderless springbars as with a Nato strap. I presume the Perlon straps are as flexible around the Springbars as a Nato?

They are as flexible, yes. Stop thinking and just grab a few of them!

My missus likes to wear my watches and loves that she doesn't have to get me to change the bracelets or other types of strap, now that I've changed them all to these perlon ones. They are all inherently the correct size, too.

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