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micks_address

aidankkk wrote: »

Some value at under €500 in the sale. Apparently display model, not a mark on it.

Delighted with my Fleiger as well.

banie01

I'm sadder and sadder that I didn't buy during the sale.
On the bright side, not buying a watch means my wife can't use that as an excuse for killing me I suppose.

Well wear to all who snagged themselves any of the bargains tho!

micks_address

banie01 wrote: »

I'm sadder and sadder that I didn't buy during the sale.
On the bright side, not buying a watch means my wife can't use that as an excuse for killing me I suppose.

Well wear to all who snagged themselves any of the bargains tho!

True... my Fleiger is still mostly in hiding... She has seen my speedmaster as i wear it all the time... i don't think she realises the value or i would be dead....

TenLeftFingers

Two I own and one on its way in the post.

Daniel Wellington (my watch repair guy hates it for some reason, but I love the design 😄)



Casio CA-53W calculator



SKMEI L1103

Roycropper63

What is in the female mind that our wives don't understand our need for many watches? Mine noticed a watch on me that she thought was new and asked me about it. Was I glad I had inscribed our wedding date on it.. lol..if I was thinking properly I would have bought another straight away because I think she wouldn't ask again!!!!

micks_address

Daniel Wellington do get a lot of bashing among so called watch enthusiast's... Apparently they use cheap parts and quality is low but they charge a lot for them

banie01

Whatever about a watch guy "hating" DW's...
AFAIK they have only been on the go for 9yrs, how many times has your poor watch guy had to have a simple 3 hander and date apart?

That he has grown to hate it!

TenLeftFingers

Yes, Daniel Wellington sounds like the Beats headphones of the watch world. Maybe he's sick of repairing them, but more work his way at least

Cienciano

banie01 wrote: »

Whatever about a watch guy "hating" DW's...
AFAIK they have only been on the go for 9yrs, how many times has your poor watch guy had to have a simple 3 hander and date apart?

That he has grown to hate it!

2 hander, they don't have a second hand. My mate got a fake one, he could never tell if it stopped working :pac:

Ever time he checked the time he had to confirm with his phone

banie01

Cienciano wrote: »

2 hander, they don't have a second hand. My mate got a fake one, he could never tell if it stopped working :pac:

Ever time he checked the time he had to confirm with his phone

:pac: sweet Jesus!

TenLeftFingers

Cienciano wrote: »

2 hander, they don't have a second hand. My mate got a fake one, he could never tell if it stopped working :pac:

Ever time he checked the time he had to confirm with his phone

I have to so that with the date. I can never remember if the end of the month changed correctly.

I do compare the time in the morning regardless of the second hand. The reliability of the phone is hard to overlook.

Birneybau

Having spent too much money on 'fashion watches' over the years, I recognise Daniel Wellington/Christopher Ward for what they are. They're not for me.

scwazrh

Birneybau wrote: »

Having spent too much money on 'fashion watches' over the years, I recognise Daniel Wellington/Christopher Ward for what they are. They're not for me.

Agree with you on that . The prices seem to average €100 plus which will buy a nice auto Seiko or citizen or very nice quartz from the same brands .

Birneybau

scwazrh wrote: »

Agree with you on that . The prices seem to average €100 plus which will buy a nice auto Seiko or citizen or very nice quartz from the same brands .

Congrats on the Speedmaster dude.

scwazrh

Birneybau wrote: »

Congrats on the Speedmaster dude.

Cheers, trying yours on really made my mind up for me . Definitely don’t agree with the forum attitude of its not a keeper, I’m very impressed with it .

micks_address

scwazrh wrote: »

Cheers, trying yours on really made my mind up for me . Definitely don’t agree with the forum attitude of its not a keeper, I’m very impressed with it .

Same it's my favorite watch out of what I own at the moment..it's hard to describe... Looking through the hesalite at different angles just makes me imagine looking out into space...maybe to much wine

redlead

micks_address wrote: »

Looking through the hesalite at different angles just makes me imagine looking out into space..

Meanwhile at the Omega marketing dept.....


Only joking, its a class watch alright.

Cyclingtourist

Seiko Saturday.

My humble Seiko quartz chronograph.

micks_address

redlead wrote: »

Meanwhile at the Omega marketing dept.....


Only joking, its a class watch alright.

I do wonder in an astronaut suit how you'd wind it

banie01

micks_address wrote: »

I do wonder in an astronaut suit how you'd wind it

Nowadays...
Why one would 3D print a long shafted winding key that fits easily over the crown :P

Back then?
A beautifully machine turned example of the same?

Or just wear one of those sexy skin tight space suits

hitemfrank

Maybe, just maybe, they could wind it before putting the suit on?

micks_address

hitemfrank wrote: »

Maybe, just maybe, they could wind it before putting the suit on?

True dat... Crown guards probably make a winding tool tricky..I've got used to rolling the underside of the crown on my finger...does the job

Cyclingtourist

What watch did the astronauts wear on the Capricorn One flight?

saccades

Well, if it's Seiko Saturday here's my PMMM.



It's my beater watch, Stargate case, sea urchin hands, yobokies bezel and sapphire and a marine master dial.

Don't like the bezel, keep meaning to get a sumo one (direct swap) but funds keep getting diverted.

Wibbs

micks_address wrote: »

I do wonder in an astronaut suit how you'd wind it

Or use it at all, beyond viewing the time. Operating the pushers in a pressure suit would be very difficult, if not impossible. They were much more an "indoors" watch on that score. If they had decided a watch was a real requirement for spaceflight they'd have almost certainly built one to thier specification , either in house or contracted out to a US company. Probably something along the lines of a 1930's bombardier timing watch with big crown and pushers




It wasn't seen as a particular need, hence them buying a few chronographs from a local shop and testing which one was the best of it.

griffin100

First ever watch post for Seiko Saturday

My girlfriend (now wife) bought me this watch in 2000 for my PhD graduation. I wore it for 6 years and then when I got a Tag I took it off and forgot all about it. During the lockdown I found it in the back of a cupboard, stuck in a new battery and after 14 years of being unloved and unused it has not missed a beat since. Loving it again.

njburke

Just epoxyed the bezel insert into this Zodiac Sea Dragon ZO3006.
Ronda quartz in it, parts of it are well built, nice dragon on the back. Not a diver though.

saccades

griffin100 wrote: »

First ever watch post for Seiko Saturday

My girlfriend (now wife) bought me this watch in 2000 for my PhD graduation. I wore it for 6 years and then when I got a Tag I took it off and forgot all about it. During the lockdown I found it in the back of a cupboard, stuck in a new battery and after 14 years of being unloved and unused it has not missed a beat since. Loving it again.

That is ace, the best of that series I've seen.

Roycropper63

My first time posting in Seiko Saturday or Sunday!!! Ska719p kinetic. Have it just over 2 years. Worn in rotation.

micks_address

Wibbs wrote: »

Or use it at all, beyond viewing the time. Operating the pushers in a pressure suit would be very difficult, if not impossible. They were much more an "indoors" watch on that score. If they had decided a watch was a real requirement for spaceflight they'd have almost certainly built one to thier specification , either in house or contracted out to a US company. Probably something along the lines of a 1930's bombardier timing watch with big crown and pushers



It wasn't seen as a particular need, hence them buying a few chronographs from a local shop and testing which one was the best of it.

It's interesting though how NASA asked the crown guards to be added as the pushers kept bending in testing.. they must have been using them for something