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New to me, Seiko King turtle STO, ticks a lot of boxes, ceramic bezel, sapphire crystal, crown at 4 and drilled lugs.
Love the blue lume, but at first the end of the strap was too long and was catching the steering wheel. Then I realized the stainless keeper can slide along the strap, so all good. First time having a cyclops magnifier for the day and date, but I'm getting old.
Will set the day and date tomorrow:D
If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.
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Picked up a Nomos Ahoi from 893Bet two or three weeks ago. I've always had a Nomos on the wanted list and this was a perfect opportunity to add to the collection.
Never liked Nato straps so I changed it for an original Nomos leather although going against the diving / swimming theme of the Ahoi. None of my watches ever see more action than the side of the bath anyway.
A quick polish and new Nomos clasp and here it is.
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Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!Join Date:Posts: 64448
Stunning watch. Real class.
You can still swim / dive with a leather strap, but expect to have to replace it every 1-2 years. Not the end of the world imho. I ruined a good Hirsch strap that way
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Stunning watch. Real class.
You can still swim / dive with a leather strap, but expect to have to replace it every 1-2 years. Not the end of the world imho. I ruined a good Hirsch strap that way
:eek::eek::eek: - there are rubberised leather straps (and ones with coatings too) - but really not recommended to swim or dive with one.
https://www.hirschstraps.com/products/hirsch-mariner-water-resistant-leather-watch-strap-in-gold-brown - would be an example.
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I promise I'll get my embedding game going.
Lockdown purchase, took about a month and a half. Quirky little number. Paid €3 extra for non-crappy strap and sure they also threw in a black one. Very comfortable altogether.
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I’ll take a pic tmrw, this watch comes with rubber and alligator strap from new, the bracelet was added by the original owner afterwards . Both straps are pretty much unworn I can see why now changing is a faff !
Maybe you will change up to the latest model with the quick release set up. I can then take that one off your hands.
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Maybe you will change up to the latest model with the quick release set up. I can then take that one off your hands.
Been a few on
I think once I get the bracelet refurbed it’ll stay on that looks best on it imo0 -
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Hard to believe its already been 4 months since leaving it into Crystal Jewelers back in March.Would of had it back sooner only for waiting on places to reopen for parts and with shipping.
Huge Thanks to Crystal Jewelers in Blanchardstown Shopping Centre,Lorraine and Barry the watchmaker was fantastic,took the time to talk me through what he had done.
He was able to restore one of the screws for the movement,had to make another from scratch.(Was in a rush,have messaged him for more information,just wanted to get this post up,will add more details later.)
In relation to the movement,he was saying one place makes the movements,another provides the cases.Mentioned what Wibbs had said before about the chemicals used in cleaning the movement might of changed the color appearing as a franken.
It is definitely made from at least 2 different movements,he explained back in the day they used benzene to clean the movements which is extremely toxic.He did not find any markings or anything to help identify the manufacture.
€75 for the service,€194.01 for the watch,really happy with that as its an amazing looking piece with that big crown and the history behind it that i am looking forward to explore more.
Was able to make out the name on the dial,SILVO. Found another on eBay [Link] . Going by the description,various different names could be found on the dials as the parts were from different manufactures.
Again another Huge thank you to Wibbs,way out of my depth on this one so very grateful to have his knowledge and inspirational posts to fall back on,and everyone else for posting as not having a large collection,its a great way to see many watches,many of which i could only dream of owning and the stories that go with them.
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Jesus just changed the bracelet to the alligator strap
It’s not for the faint hearted very tiny screws everywhere
Won’t be doing that too often !
Was it a miracle?
Anyway took a side by side shot and I have to say Damasko really nailed dial clarity and ease of reading the time at a glance. I find myself looking at the Seiko twice to check the time, I never had to do that with the Damasko.
The Seiko has blue for SAT and red for SUN, just to remind me to take an odd day off. The wart does make the day/date easier to read, but unless it's photographed dead on perpendicular it's a balls.
Lume on the Seiko is better, and with a gap at 3 and a good lume pip on the bezel makes it easier to figure out the time at 4 o'clock in the morning. The red pip on the Damasko doesn't really glow at all.
If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.
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