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fret_wimp2

blindsider wrote: »

Gorgeous! Really lovely.

IME Tag's get noticed, and very little else. I've seen people drool over a €1k Tag, and were completely unmoved by a Rolex (neither was mine).

The Rolex owner and I had a quiet, and, admittedly slightly superior, smirk and a chat later on. (I Know, I shouldn't have....:-(

I've also seen the 'fashion stuff' get noticed. Wimmins love Michael Kors, and I've seen people openly admire a Daniel Wellington watch.

Each to their own....

Standard complaint from a WIS when dealing with "normies"!
Last place i worked was full of quartz TAG's, which i was often informed were way better watches than my seiko's, which i was told were cheap Chinese mass produced rubbish, and my stowa flieger, as it was a "no name brand".

Doesnt matter, Im happier with my alpinist than an overpriced Quartz anyday, You also find the people who notice big brands, and badmouth seikos as cheap, or more boutique brands as unknown rubbish, well they usually have strong uninformed opinions and really dont want to know any better so i usually dont waste my time. Smug inner superiority works for me!

893bet

I was wearing my orange PO and the wife of a friend of mine (around 45 ish) asked if it was a Michael kors. I said no and she looked disappointed....!

ArphaRima

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Keeping with my Japan theme

Cyrus

love the shiny dial on those

my want had gone away and now its back

ghostchant

fluffer wrote: »

Keeping with my Japan theme

Green with envy for a couple of reasons there

ThebitterLemon

My Stowa has had hardly any wrist time since I bought it, 'twas time to blow the cobwebs of it!

TbL

sparrowcar

Speedy on a new corduroy strap. Love this combination.


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blue5000

^^^Scrolled down,
Saw the kid,
then the watch,
and out of the corner of my eye, as I was looking at the watch,
saw the brown stuff,
took a second or two to realize the brown stuff was tea, nothing whatsoever to do with the kid.
Like the strap:D.

sparrowcar

blue5000 wrote: »

^^^Scrolled down,
Saw the kid,
then the watch,
and out of the corner of my eye, as I was looking at the watch,
saw the brown stuff,
took a second or two to realize the brown stuff was tea, nothing whatsoever to do with the kid.
Like the strap:D.

Brown stuff is coffee after sitting for a while but very observant all the same

Ionised

New arrival today.
Had my eye out for one for a while....this ended up at a good price. Bracelet needs a little polish in places otherwise unmarked.

Deep Thought

Ionised wrote: »

New arrival today.
Had my eye out for one for a while....this ended up at a good price. Bracelet needs a little polish in places otherwise unmarked.

Always liked them, just felt that the hands could be bigger to match the large numbers

Ionised

Deep Thought wrote: »

Always liked them, just felt that the hands could be bigger to match the large numbers

I know what you mean. The dial is way fussier than I usually go for but something about it just drew me in. Maybe the difference in the brushed case and polished bezel.

Who knows...it's just...right!

MarcusP12

Ionised wrote: »

I know what you mean. The dial is way fussier than I usually go for but something about it just drew me in. Maybe the difference in the brushed case and polished bezel.

Who knows...it's just...right!

very nice....where did you get it if you don't mind me asking? will definitely be adding a Hamilton to my stable at some stage....

Ionised

MarcusP12 wrote: »

very nice....where did you get it if you don't mind me asking? will definitely be adding a Hamilton to my stable at some stage....

Followed a few on Ebay to get an idea of prices. This one was in the UK (loads in US) and appeared well looked after. Bid to my limit and bada bing!

sparrowcar

Going for the John Major look today... Grey on grey. Admiralty grey nato on the moon.


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jcb1986

An Orient Blue Mako with a Blue Calfskin alligator embossed BOB handmade Marino strap, my first mod, will post pics when I hit 20 posts.

Wibbs

Two of my battery boyos died today within minutes of each other. :eek: Solar flare or somesuch. Luckily both take the same 344 battery and I had two of said Renatas laying about.



Batteries seem to last about a year in each, though the Bulova lasts a little longer than the Longines. Prices on those Longines have gone mad in the last while. I saw one go through a week ago, well ropey dial and hands and it went for 700 euros in auction. :eek: Well over double and not far south of triple what they were going for two years ago.

They differ slightly in setting and the Longines ESA movements(like the Accutrons) have a delayed reaction of about 3 seconds when you pull the crown and when you push it back in. So a bit of a bugger to sync. The Bulova starts and stops instantly, like you'd expect. The Accuquartz is also the quietest tuning fork watch I've ever heard. Barely audible. You can hear the Longines in the dead of night.

Ionised

I had to keep my tuning fork Accutron in the spare room at night otherwise it sounded like a low flying mozzie. Now I quite miss it and it's hum!

Wibbs

Wearing the hummer again today.



It's a right bugger to get a picture of. It seems designed to be as legible as possible for the Mark 1 Human Eyeball, for cameras not so much. Head on the polished indices tend to go dark, off angle all you can see is the polished stuff. Still, it remains very legible and the florescent orange minute hand is always visible. With the original tritium lume glowing it must have been great for diving in low light.

Keyzer

The speedmaster is quite possibly the most beautiful watch I've ever clapped eyes on. What a beauty.

Sadly, the price is beyond me so I think I might go for a Seiko SBPP001.


Thoughts?

HDMI

Been enjoying this one for the last few days.

fulladapipes

My two-pence worth. Liking both of these so much it's interfering with my leaving home time each morning:

Senecio

I don't recall wearing any of my other watches since buying this in July last year.

dudara

It's another Speedy day for me. Love this watch more and more. Next step will be to get the case fixed

StereoSound

My usual Seiko, I gave it a good clean today, I put some automotive wax on the crystal being careful it didn't get into any crevices. It would reflect lasers its that shiny.

mynameis905

Great looking watch Stereo. Seiko knocking it out of the park as usual.

@Dudara, have you tried polywatch to get the scratches off the cystal? The speedies are acrylic if memory serves.

Wibbs

StereoSound wrote: »

My usual Seiko, I gave it a good clean today, I put some automotive wax on the crystal being careful it didn't get into any crevices. It would reflect lasers its that shiny.

I've used that car lens cleaner on my crystals too and madder I've used polywatch on my car lenses. :eek:

StereoSound

Wibbs wrote: »

I've used that car lens cleaner on my crystals too and madder I've used polywatch on my car lenses. :eek:

Abit of wax on the crystal won't do any harm at all. Really blinged it up . Window cleaner worked well for me to.

sparrowcar

dudara wrote: »

It's another Speedy day for me. Love this watch more and more. Next step will be to get the case fixed

I see you were watching p0rn when you took that pic....

dudara

sparrowcar wrote: »

I see you were watching p0rn when you took that pic....

We need to get a series of pictures of infinite reflections! (if you get me)