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  • #4052
    firestarter51
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭firestarter51


    TAG Heuer f1 for the other half
    Handy for the holiday

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  • #4053
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,148 ✭✭✭893bet


    Trying to consider if there is room for both of these in the box. I don't think I can let the omega go!

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  • #4054
    sparrowcar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,867 ✭✭✭sparrowcar


    893bet wrote: »
    Trying to consider if there is room for both of these in the box. I don't think I can let the omega go!

    2 super looking watches, keep them both. :)


  • #4055
    Bateman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,818 ✭✭✭Bateman


    You're seriously struggling with that Omega! Not surprised, it's quality


  • #4056
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,148 ✭✭✭893bet


    Bateman wrote: »
    You're seriously struggling with that Omega! Not surprised, it's quality

    First world problems. Only have the Rolex a week and I love it.....but at wedding today and the Omega got the wrist...…!

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  • #4057
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,696 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    My wife thinks you should have worn the Rolex:cool:

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #4058
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,148 ✭✭✭893bet


    blue5000 wrote: »
    My wife thinks you should have worn the Rolex:cool:

    It's in the car outside....but my better half don't know about it yet!:)


  • #4059
    dinorebel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,283 ✭✭✭dinorebel


    893bet wrote: »
    It's in the car outside....but my better half don't know about it yet!:)
    Where are you parked;)


  • #4060
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,148 ✭✭✭893bet


    dinorebel wrote: »
    893bet wrote: »
    It's in the car outside....but my better half don't know about it yet!:)
    Where are you parked;)
    In an insured for all risks location


  • #4061
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,696 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Judging by your taste in watches, I reckon the car must be pretty good too.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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  • #4062
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,148 ✭✭✭893bet


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Judging by your taste in watches, I reckon the car must be pretty good too.
    lol 11 year old Corolla with a tow hitch count!


  • #4063
    firestarter51
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭firestarter51


    Picked these up last week, time to take a break from TAG Heuer for a while
    Omega needs a dip in the ultrasonic and a polish and good to go for the summer


  • #4064
    emo72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,317 ✭✭✭emo72


    firestarter51 wrote: »
    Picked these up last week, time to take a break from TAG Heuer for a while
    Omega needs a dip in the ultrasonic and a polish and good to go for the summer

    Damn. Planet ocean. Nice. The orange one too. I hope that's not your beater watch!


  • #4065
    firestarter51
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭firestarter51


    Fancied an ocean for a while and found a bargain so I had to have it
    Seamaster should clean up nicely with a bit of tlc
    Amazing the dirt on some used watches
    The ocean is spotless luckily


  • #4066
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,357 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    893bet wrote: »
    blue5000 wrote: »
    Judging by your taste in watches, I reckon the car must be pretty good too.
    lol 11 year old Corolla with a tow hitch count!

    So, a watch man


  • #4067
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,696 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Mixing it up a bit, horology and smithing :cool:

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    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #4068
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,728 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Augeo wrote: »
    Finally got my hydro conquest….

    ........ 3 months on I've gone from wearing it once a week ish to every day. I've it on now since the 08th July, set it to 22 seconds fast and it's still that :D

    Really delighted, I now hanker after nothing more in the watch dept.


  • #4069
    CarltonBrowne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 673 ✭✭✭CarltonBrowne


    Never expected to see one of those on here. Care to tell us a bit more?


  • #4070
    Mitch Buchannon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Mitch Buchannon


    Cool. That wouldn't have been a cheap. The bezel isn't original but other than that it looks good. I'm far from being an expert though. The two people that I would talk to would be Mike Wood and Haywood Milton. Both are well known Rolex Milsub experts in the UK. I think they have the guts of 50-100 of them between them.


  • #4071
    Mitch Buchannon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Mitch Buchannon


    I'm delighted for him getting that in a pawn shop. But seriously... Get him to contact the two people I mentioned. It could work out better for him in the long run.

    Edit to add: both are members in tz-uk.


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  • #4072
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,170 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Posts are missing because poster requested their removal. Sorry.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



  • #4073
    Mitch Buchannon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Mitch Buchannon


    Wibbs wrote: »
    Posts are missing because poster requested their removal. Sorry.

    Hope it wasn't because of something I/we said. Just offering the poster a bit of advise. Anywat, congrats to his brother on the lucky find. It's great to see.


  • #4074
    Deep Thought
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,485 ✭✭✭Deep Thought


    Mitch Buchannon wrote: »
    Hope it wasn't because of something I/we said. Just offering the poster a bit of advise. Anywat, congrats to his brother on the lucky find. It's great to see.


    ah lads...what did I miss?

    The narrower a man’s mind, the broader his statements.



  • #4075
    firestarter51
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭firestarter51


    This arrived today, need some serious cleaning - wonder was the last owner a coal miner lol it's filthy

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  • #4076
    paulanthony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 370 ✭✭paulanthony


    Arrived by post a couple of days ago. Really happy with the purchase.

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  • #4077
    Winterlong
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭Winterlong


    Winterlong wrote: »
    You got to love the oldies!
    Here is what is on my wrist today. A late 1940's Swiss Chrono. Not a particularly expensive one, it was banjaxed and filthy when I bought it but a little love has brought it back to life and it runs like a dream.

    There is a new crown on the way so should be fitting that later this week hopefully.

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    Did a bit of work on this one. Not for the purists, but its hard to avoid flootin around withe these yokes.

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  • #4078
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,696 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Some ppl would want to hang you for such sacrilege. Did you clean the dial? Blued hands look good.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #4079
    Winterlong
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,759 ✭✭✭Winterlong


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Some ppl would want to hang you for such sacrilege. Did you clean the dial? Blued hands look good.

    They would, but in fairness this is not a 'good' watch with any pedigree!

    Yes, gave the dial a good clean, windowlene via cotton bud.
    And a lot of elbow grease in trying to get the case back to some sort of shine.
    Toothpaste on the crystal.


  • #4080
    CarltonBrowne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 673 ✭✭✭CarltonBrowne


    I think you've done the watch a favour - looks far better with those blued hands.


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  • #4081
    yimrsg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,340 ✭✭✭yimrsg


    I've had this for little over a week and today I managed to see the blue lume for the first time in daylight. Sorry for the poor quality photo.

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  • #4082
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,148 ✭✭✭893bet


    @ox!!!!

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  • #4083
    Marcusm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,426 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    .
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    It's been a long time since I posted my collection. Apart from the Aqua Terra Annual Calendar I posted a year or so ago, I did not buy another watch until this week. It's quite a dramatic change from the others but fulfills its function in these dangerous times and climes.

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  • #4084
    fulladapipes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 646 ✭✭✭fulladapipes


    Two things of (hopefully) potential interest. Firstly I was in Zagreb yesterday where a lot of the shops put watches on their mannequins. I've never noticed that anywhere else before. The second thing is that I recently sat beside the Minister for Public Reform in the pub in Donegal. He was wearing this - I prefer the index version myself but still very nice:

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  • #4085
    fulladapipes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 646 ✭✭✭fulladapipes


    ...and just before anyone says / thinks it, my life is nowhere near as glamorous as that last post makes it sound. . !


  • #4086
    Marcusm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,426 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    fulladapipes wrote: »
    ...and just before anyone says / thinks it, my life is nowhere near as glamorous as that last post makes it sound. . !

    The bould Paschal wears a Rolex and represents an inner city deprived community? I hope it's a fake, that way he can get arrested the next time he goes to France.

    Personally I have always coveted a DateJust but it would have to have a fluted bezel and jubilee bracelet. Unfortunately they always seem lost on my wrist so I have never been tempted. The DJII seems somehow to have wrong proportions.


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  • #4087
    fulladapipes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 646 ✭✭✭fulladapipes


    I suspect it was real - couldn't see him donning a fake.

    The new datejust 41 has a jubilee bracelet option, although only in two-tone for now. They're probably introduce the bracelet in the stainless steel models next year. Looks OK to me.

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  • #4088
    Bateman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,818 ✭✭✭Bateman


    How much is that Swatch Rio watch? No price on their official site and Arnotts don’t seem to stock it.


  • #4089
    CDBWhoop
    Registered Users Posts: 401 ✭✭CDBWhoop


    A very modest start to the collection!!

    Replaced the stock nylon stap with a soft leather one making it a very comfortable watch to wear.

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  • #4090
    Marcusm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,426 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    Bateman wrote: »
    How much is that Swatch Rio watch? No price on their official site and Arnotts don’t seem to stock it.

    I bought it in NY en route to Rio; it was $75. It can be denounced from the strap to clip on if you want. There is a chronograph in the Rio 2016 but the hand sweep is so clunky that it would drive me scatty, hence the 2 hand watch!


  • #4091
    Marcusm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,426 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    Christ, I just looked at my Rio watch in the official store. It's R$585 which is bout USD180, more than double the USD75. I know there's a 100% import tax but tHat is horrendous.


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  • #4092
    Deep Thought
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,485 ✭✭✭Deep Thought


    My latest SRP777KI

    Waiting for new Rubber Strap to arrive, so on my NATO for the moment

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    The narrower a man’s mind, the broader his statements.



  • #4093
    Bateman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,818 ✭✭✭Bateman


    Marcusm wrote: »
    Christ, I just looked at my Rio watch in the official store. It's R$585 which is bout USD180, more than double the USD75. I know there's a 100% import tax but tHat is horrendous.

    If I can track one down over here, I know which extreme it will be closer to :rolleyes:


  • #4094
    simdan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 577 ✭✭✭simdan


    Just got my first Steiny! Titanium strap and interchangeable bezels. Here's pics of the black and stainless bezels.

    I thought it might be a bit large, but think it actually suits my wrist. :)

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  • #4095
    simdan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 577 ✭✭✭simdan


    Last edited by Wibbs; Today at 22:07. Reason: pic was tweaked and introduced… :)

    Cheers!


  • #4096
    simdan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 577 ✭✭✭simdan


    :)

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  • #4097
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,696 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Congrats dan, is the back see through?

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #4098
    simdan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 577 ✭✭✭simdan


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Congrats dan, is the back see through?

    Yep, cheers! Really pleased :)

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  • #4099
    emo72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,317 ✭✭✭emo72


    Me Sunday best lads

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  • #4100
    Homer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,329 ✭✭✭Homer


    Collected earlier today and couldn't be happier with it.

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  • #4101
    Lex Luthor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,220 ✭✭✭✭Lex Luthor


    Lovely Homer


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