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

peasant

unkel wrote: »

Love those pictures, world class!

'tis just the Irish weather ...nothing like a pissy April storm to create "mood lighting" on my window sill

ArphaRima

My IWC 5001-14 arrived last night. I couldn't be more pleased. Though I expect I will want to switch it onto a Brown croc strap as soon as I can source one!

Deep Thought

Where did ya buy that beauty

Deep Thought

MiCr0 wrote: »

not mine and stolen from reddit but it made me lol
"Couldn't afford a grandfather clock. Close enough."

Wonder if you could buy that template

ArphaRima

Deep Thought wrote: »

Where did ya buy that beauty

I bought it from New York. Had it delivered to a friend, and the friend brought it to me. I got it for at least half what it costs where I live.
BNIB, warrantied and in my name.
PM if you want dealer's details.

Mitch Buchannon

That is pure class Fluffer. I have to say the IWC Portuguese range are stunning. I have tried on Homer's IWC Chrono (3714-46) and its amazing too.

I'd love the dealers details via pm if possible.

Congratulations on the purchase, Well wear.

Nonoperational

Got a rubber strap for the PO today. Was planning on flipping it after I got it because I had myself convinced I wouldn't like it, but I really do. Nice summer look for the good weather. Feel like I should go scuba-diving or something!

Nonoperational

That IWC is a class class act. One of my favourite brands.

Lex Luthor

IWC looks superb

Love the back. so much on view

ThebitterLemon

@fluffer

One word:

Feckin class

(well that's two but I thought the emphasis was warranted)

Would also like a pm re dealers details if you would oblige.

Thanks

TbL

Landoflemon

An old Oriosa that my father owned back when he wore watches! I got it cleaned up recently. People here generally seem to have bigger watches so this might not be to everybody's taste.

Bullseye1

That's one of the nice set white faced dials I've seen. Very nice.

Kintarō Hattori

Bought last night as a result of peasants recommendation- just need to wait for it to arrive. On another note, it has acrylic instead of glass..... is it possible to replace this with glass?

flutered

Landoflemon wrote: »

An old Oriosa that my father owned back when he wore watches! I got it cleaned up recently. People here generally seem to have bigger watches so this might not be to everybody's taste.

they were made by jurgans of germany, imagne its value if it had the name jurgans on the dial.

bernard0368

peasant

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

On another note, it has acrylic instead of glass..... is it possible to replace this with glass?

Lots of watches from that period come with a crystal that's more like a lid with a 90 degree bend at the edges ...would be difficult to find glass that fits.

Acrylic also has the advantage that scratches simply polish out

Lex Luthor

bernard0368 - never seen that Parnis before. Which seller did you get it from? I was looking for a white face dial a while back and this never showed up on any searches

bernard0368

Lex Luthor wrote: »

bernard0368 - never seen that Parnis before. Which seller did you get it from? I was looking for a white face dial a while back and this never showed up on any searches

Hi Lex got it from a ebay seller bluesky537, (s) he is open to offers I got this and another one for €80 inc. Delivery.

Kintarō Hattori

peasant wrote: »

Lots of watches from that period come with a crystal that's more like a lid with a 90 degree bend at the edges ...would be difficult to find glass that fits.

Acrylic also has the advantage that scratches simply polish out

Ah that's a shame. I guess I'd prefer glass as the acrylic just seems 'cheap' if you know what I mean.

Eoin

This definitely won't be to some (most?) people's taste so I won't take any offence.

It's a Steinhart Aviator hand-wound, which arrived today. It's definitely a chunky watch - square watches tend to wear bigger IMO, and this is 43mm across. It's got a really nice clear blue lume.

It came with three straps - the one it's on is pretty sturdy; I can barely bend it.

Wibbs

Me likey

Lex Luthor

that would certainly be a monster on my wrist but looks great. What size wrist is yours Eoin?

The 44mm Parnis I got recently was probably a stretch too far for me...I think my max is 42mm on mine

Look forward to see it on the black strap. Think the 3 big holes in the strap up by the dial will tie in nicely with the small seconds dial at the 6 position

ThebitterLemon

Sorry Eoin,

It just wouldn't float my boat.

The square face and the corner "rivets" just don't do it for me.

Not a fan of any square faced watch to be honest.

Anyway, best of luck with it

TbL

fret_wimp2

Eoin wrote: »

No quoting pics fret_wimp2, ya fecker

Love it. I was a hairs breath from buying one of these 2 weeks ago, but I preferred the Christopher ward c11 a little more so ended up with that.it was close though.

Congrats.

Eoin

Lex Luthor wrote: »

that would certainly be a monster on my wrist but looks great. What size wrist is yours Eoin?

The 44mm Parnis I got recently was probably a stretch too far for me...I think my max is 42mm on mine

Look forward to see it on the black strap. Think the 3 big holes in the strap up by the dial will tie in nicely with the small seconds dial at the 6 position

I've never actually measured my wrist - I'll have to do that. I'm stocky enough, so I can get away with larger watches, but this is definitely a big unit.

Edit: it wears larger than any other watch I've had, including my 47mm Moscow Classic Aviator, and 45MM chunky orange faced diver. So if a round 44mm watch is a bit big, this definitely will be.

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

Sorry Eoin,

It just wouldn't float my boat.

The square face and the corner "rivets" just don't do it for me.

Not a fan of any square faced watch to be honest.

Anyway, best of luck with it

TbL

Ah sure, I know it's very much a marmite watch which won't appeal to lots of people. If I was to trim down my collection, this wouldn't be a keeper - but it's something different.

fret_wimp2 wrote: »

Love it. I was a hairs breath from buying one of these 2 weeks ago, but I preferred the Christopher ward c11 a little more so ended up with that.it was close though.

Congrats.

Thanks! Got it for a good price, so pretty happy. It's very well made. It's my 3rd hand-wound watch, and by far the smoothest to wind. I'd have gone for the CW too though, if I'd had the choice.

peasant

I recently had the good fortune to come across an e-bay offer (totally by accident) where yer man was selling new old stock GUB (Glashuette) stainless steel straps from GDR times which he had saved from the bin.

I bought four of them for twenty quid and three of them have now been installed to great advantage on some of their Soviet comrades.

Ladies and Gentlemen ...East meets East:








These are lovely little straps, easily adjustable in length, not as hair eating as they look and I really like the way they change form 18 mm to 20 * straight at the end link.

Way too light and thin for a modern watch of course, but perfect for these oldies.

*Edit:

Slight correction: The trusted tape measure informs me that while these straps are indeed 18 mm at the lugs, they are 21 at their widest and taper to 16 at the clasp

flutered

this old saying springd to mind, you are as lucky as a cut cat.

peasant

There are still some more available from the same source, pm me if interested

Kintarō Hattori

It arrived today after about a 3-4 week wait. Looks great, better than the photo suggests. The strap is a little stiff so will take some breaking in.

Oh and I was extremely lucky in that I didn't pay any charges.

Royale with Cheese

Haven't worn a watch in nearly 15 years but became interested in buying one recently. I think after trying on some fake Rolexs for the laugh I realised I was actually interested in wearing a watch again.

Picked this up in Japan:



Didn't want to spend too much, cost me about €80. Its a Seiko 5 automatic. I think this particular model is only available in Japan too. Better than spending €80 on a fake Rolex anyway.