Post pics of your watches ***Please NO QUOTING PHOTOS***

Pablo_Flox

Have it on a nato now!

Birneybau

Have my usual pusher/dealer Fulladapipes to thank for this

njburke

I like the simple elegance of it. Is it 40mm ?

Birneybau

njburke wrote: »

I like the simple elegance of it. Is it 40mm ?

39mm. Yeah, usually wear bigger watches but it is very understated

And thanks, as usual, for the embedding Wibbs.

hitemfrank

Ball Engineer III Marvelight



Currently running at +3 seconds. I need to try get a picture of the tritium tubes glowing now that I have a much better camera on my phone.

banie01

hitemfrank wrote: »

Ball Engineer III Marvelight


Currently running at +3 seconds. I need to try get a picture of the tritium tubes glowing now that I have a much better camera on my phone.

That is a really lovely shot of that watch Frank.
Lovely to see some more of the left of field manufacturers.

Tuff Gong

hitemfrank wrote: »

Ball Engineer III Marvelight

Now that's a beauty!

893bet

Birneybau wrote: »

Have my usual pusher/dealer Fulladapipes to thank for this

If the first hit is free then I need a new pusher!

Cienciano

hitemfrank wrote: »

Ball Engineer III Marvelight


Currently running at +3 seconds. I need to try get a picture of the tritium tubes glowing now that I have a much better camera on my phone.

I got a little uv light, all the lume glows right up under it, might be handy for photos.

banie01

Cienciano wrote: »

I got a little uv light, all the lume glows right up under it, might be handy for photos.

Same
UV light and night mode on the camera really make lume shots pop.

hitemfrank

banie01 wrote: »

Same
UV light and night mode on the camera really make lume shots pop.

Night mode works great with my phone, its keeping the phone steady enough to get a good shot is the issue at the minute.

I need to work out a solution for that.

Cienciano

You can get something cheap like this, it's actually handy to have.
https://a.aliexpress.com/Ke3BFVrw

hitemfrank

Here's the tritium just using the night mode on the camera.



The night mode takes a few seconds to capture so keeping the camera still during this is the main issue. I might pick up a UV light and see what I can get.

Kintarō Hattori

hitemfrank wrote: »

Night mode works great with my phone, its keeping the phone steady enough to get a good shot is the issue at the minute.

I need to work out a solution for that.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32815659413.html- Something like this perhaps?

Apologies, working now Frank.

hitemfrank

That link doesn't show any product - just an error page.

I've a phone tripod with a Bluetooth button to take the picture and a UV torch on the way so hopefully next week I'll be able to get a good picture of the tritium in action.

Pablo_Flox

Steinhart Ocean1 on a leather strap

unkel

Birneybau wrote: »

Have my usual pusher/dealer Fulladapipes to thank for this

Gorgeous, I really want one! Is that a 114270 or 214270?

Birneybau

unkel wrote: »

Gorgeous, I really want one! Is that a 114270 or 214270?

It's the 114300.

unkel

Ah yeah, silly me. Not an Explorer. I think I need to be saving up for a 114270 myself, or maybe I'll just keep dreaming

crubbeens

Late Xmas post! A Timefactors PRS-40 Automatic on a perlon strap.

njburke

unkel wrote: »

Ah yeah, silly me. Not an Explorer. I think I need to be saving up for a 114270 myself, or maybe I'll just keep dreaming

Is that the influence of the Tisell 905ex? I find myself leaning towards the Rolex explorer rather than the submariner. I have a savings fund started in the credit union.

unkel

Yes it is. It's gone so far that all the fancies I had for Submariner, GMT master and the Deep Sea have gone completely out the window. I've fallen for the Explorer now, its simplicity, elegance and beauty. And it isn't even blue. I'd trade my Seamaster in for one tomorrow

njburke

I know what you mean, I was keen on a no date submariner, to the point of wondering why I bought a Breitling B2 in the early 2000s, when a sub was more or less the same price.
But I saw 2sheas explorer on this thread, I thought thats quite nice.
We'll see, I'll let the fund grow.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

njburke wrote: »

I know what you mean, I was keen on a no date submariner, to the point of wondering why I bought a Breitling B2 in the early 2000s, when a sub was more or less the same price.
But I saw 2sheas explorer on this thread, I thought thats quite nice.
We'll see, I'll let the fund grow.

There is a reason the explorer is a classic, and in 40 years it will be just as classic. Always in style.

893bet

Rolex have kept their design classic. A sub in 40 years time will still look the same.

Put that beside omega who just throw designs at a wall and hope something sticks.

Still tho...............that orange.....looking at my collection....wanting to consolidate...but I like them all too much.

banie01

Rolex do have their aesthetic locked down and in fairness to them.
Coming up with anything that has a mass appeal these days that doesn't take some influence or inspiration from Rollies classics is a hard ask.

I am very drawn to Bell & Ross, but even their 03-93 and v2-93 GMT's lift the GMT hand straight from the Explorer 2 and the V2 is very much an Explorer 2 homage IMO.

Price wise they are tempting on the 2nd hand market, but I do worry about residual value if I ever needed to flip.
The v2 would probably sell far easier the 03-93, but the quirkiness of that square cased monster is bloody lovely.

RMDrive

Santa brought me 2 of the Seiko Recraft range for Christmas. Love them ... in particular the green face version.



The codes are SNKP23 and SNKP27.

hitemfrank

RMDrive wrote: »

Santa brought me 2 of the Seiko Recraft range for Christmas. Love them ... in particular the green face version.

The codes are SNKP23 and SNKP27.

Nice. I've got the blue version and changed out the bracelet at Christmas.

RMDrive

hitemfrank wrote: »

Nice. I've got the blue version and changed out the bracelet at Christmas.

Happy with the new bracelet/strap? Would love to see a pic.

MrMiata

My fathers Rolex Submariner Ref: 16800

Edit - And I am wearing a (very comfy) Tesco hoodie