What watch did you get for Christmas

oxocube

I know a lot you got something new and shiny

Ionised

Well I might have something on it's way from Australia. Though if my wife asks I most definitely don't.
We are talking about Christmas presents to ourselves yeah?

Deep Thought

oxocube wrote: »

I know a lot you got something new and shiny

Nope.. nothing..

Although I did buy my son a learner watch

longshotvalue

I got this for myself from us. The first of many I'd imagine .

njburke

I got two, a Casio Oceanus S100 and a far cheaper Casio wave ceptor M640, for some reason I've been wearing the cheaper M640 much more often. I'm most intrigued by the way they both correct any accumulated timing error each night.

To do that it has an integrated radio receiver and decoder, I'm amazed that it is an easier/cheaper solution compared to say implementing a high accuracy quartz timebase.

Can you imagine the first engineer to put the suggestion forward at a design meeting.Part of the fun of having the two is watching the seconds hands on the pair of them go round in sync.

micks_address

Seiko Sarb017 jdm Alpinist



Had an annoying scratch on bezel but polished today with

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0102K3NLU?psc=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_pd_title

Good as new. Have this on way from the US





https://www.strapcode.com/collections/for-seiko-alpinist/products/metal-ss-bcl19-pgd065

Happy out.

Not sure what I'd like next. I'm thinking maybe this..

https://www.jomashop.com/hamilton-watch-h64615135.html

I have a Steinhart ocean vintage gmt as well.

Cheers,
Mick

Wibbs

Loving the Seiko MickA. Really like the very old style cathedral hands. IMHO way better than Mercedes hands. And the seconds hand keeps up the look. That's before we get to the two crowns and the case design.

On topic? As a pressie to myself I got a... Incoming... Chrimbo/New Years post and all that. *fingers crossed*

First watch I've bought in a long while, but oddly enough brings me right all the way back to being a kid when I got my first watch. And for 27 quid. So...

Lorddrakul

Not quite a Christmas present, more a January uplift!

I'll never be able to justify an actual Speedy moon watch, and at the moment even the Bulova lunar pilot is beyond the budget.

Then, this popped up for very little...

Fireblade77

This one , Seiko tuna , Save the Ocean

micks_address

Fireblade77 wrote: »

This one , Seiko tuna , Save the Ocean

Lovely watch

artanevilla

Trying not to get any new watches at the moment. It's quite difficult though.

njburke

njburke wrote: »

To do that it has an integrated radio receiver and decoder, I'm amazed that it is an easier/cheaper solution compared to say implementing a high accuracy quartz timebase.

Can you imagine the first engineer to put the suggestion forward at a design meeting.

Radio sync'd clocks had been around for a long time prior so it was a fairly natural progression to eventually shrink the technology into a watch. I believe Junghans were the first to do it.

When I started seeing them in the 90s I thought they were the coolest thing since sliced bread. In those days I recall calling the talking clock after a power cut or setting the watch off teletext after a battery change..

Obviously with the ubiquity of cell phones nowadays it is not quite so cool/useful to have a watch that sets itself and has perfect time. But still a very neat feature. It will self-adjust for DST which a standalone high-accuracy quartz cannot.

893bet

Nada. Paying off the loan I got last year foe watches still!

longshotvalue

Also got this landed for about €65 . Very good value when you look at the price of these in uk/ire.

Love the movement of the second hand, This watch suits a quartz, i think.

artanevilla

aidankkk wrote: »

Also got this landed for about €65 . Very good value when you look at the price of these in uk/ire.

Love the movement of the second hand, This watch suits a quartz, i think.

Does it tick or sweep? I think I might justify adding it to an already full collection if it swept like a train station clock..

longshotvalue

artanevilla wrote: »

Does it tick or sweep? I think I might justify adding it to an already full collection if it swept like a train station clock..

IT ticks, but on this face i like the tick. They have auto's as well.

CantGetNoSleep

aidankkk wrote: »

Also got this landed for about €65 . Very good value when you look at the price of these in uk/ire.

Love the movement of the second hand, This watch suits a quartz, i think.

That auto has been reduced a lot on Amazon UK recently, been very tempted by it

oxocube

Missus got me a really nice Jasper Conran watch box when she seen I was running out of space.

Delighted with it

micks_address

oxocube wrote: »

Missus got me a really nice Jasper Conran watch box when she seen I was running out of space.

Delighted with it

That's really cool. I need to get a new box. Where would one purchase?
Thanks,
Mick

oxocube

Don't tell her I said this but I checked it online and it's currently 50% off at Debenhams.

Real Leather for € 41.45

Faux Leather for € 26.00

I'd recommend you spend the extra €15 and get the real leather. It's really nice and has a quality feel to it.

Zimmerframe

aidankkk wrote: »

This watch suits a quartz, i think.

especially the stop to go quartz.



https://www.mondaine.com/videos/stop2go-from-the-station-to-the-wrist.html

micks_address

aidankkk wrote: »

Also got this landed for about €65 . Very good value when you look at the price of these in uk/ire.

Love the movement of the second hand, This watch suits a quartz, i think.

Can i ask from where?

micks_address

oxocube wrote: »

Don't tell her I said this but I checked it online and it's currently 50% off at Debenhams.

Real Leather for € 41.45

Faux Leather for € 26.00

I'd recommend you spend the extra €15 and get the real leather. It's really nice and has a quality feel to it.

Thanks I actually went for a smaller version.. I felt if I got the bigger box my watch collection might grow to fit it

oxocube

micks_address wrote: »

Thanks I actually went for a smaller version.. I felt if I got the bigger box my watch collection might grow to fit it

Ehh yes my inner OCD has kicked in and I need another two watches. What to get I haven't decided as I've seen nothing I like in my price range

Captainsatnav

Delirah

oxocube

Captainsatnav wrote: »

Delirah

Wowzers :cool:

longshotvalue

micks_address wrote: »

Can i ask from where?

Price has gone up about $10. but here


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mondaine-Men-s-A667-30308-16SBB-Day-Date-41mm-Leather-Band-Watch/332833754883

blue5000

That's a nice box oxocube, Lidl have one to hold 6 watches again for 12.99 for the cheapskates amongst us;)

artanevilla

Zimmerframe wrote: »

especially the stop to go quartz.



https://www.mondaine.com/videos/stop2go-from-the-station-to-the-wrist.html

Want.

oxocube

blue5000 wrote: »

That's a nice box oxocube, Lidl have one to hold 6 watches again for 12.99 for the cheapskates amongst us;)

I was also a cheapskate amongst us till the missus bought me an expensive one

fourmations

blue5000 wrote: »

That's a nice box oxocube, Lidl have one to hold 6 watches again for 12.99 for the cheapskates amongst us;)

are they in stock at the moment?

thanks

blue5000

fourmations wrote: »

are they in stock at the moment?

thanks

Good few in our local branch, N. Tipp last night anyway.

oxocube

I've a spare if anyone wants it. Postage to anywhere in Ireland for €6.50 ðŸ‘

fourmations

oxocube wrote: »

I've a spare if anyone wants it. Postage to anywhere in Ireland for €6.50 ðŸ‘

Pm! Cheers

fourmations

This was my Christmas watch,
I've scratched the face already
I suppose the domed crystal doesn't help
But it's worth it for that distortion! , was tentative about the gold scheme but its not too loud, cheers

Wibbs

I should have "you really can't go wrong with Seiko" ready to paste from my clipboard, because it's so true. Liking the gold.

Is the crystal acrylic? That's handy to buff out scratches.

fourmations

Wibbs wrote: »

I should have "you really can't go wrong with Seiko" ready to paste from my clipboard, because it's so true. Liking the gold.

Is the crystal acrylic? That's handy to buff out scratches.

cheers, certainly scratching an affordable itch as
a new enthusiast... my second seiko, and first seiko "diver"
its definitely the pick of them for me aesthetically, (granted its not a proper iso diver)
the result of far too much time on youtube! very happy with it though
pretty sure i'll pick up the blue face too in the future

its their hardlex crystal
jury's out on how easy it is to polish it out

cheers

Lovely Seiko, congrats. Shame about scratching so soon but it happens to the best of us.

Seiko use several types of mineral crystals with varying hardness and apply the marketing term 'hardlex' across the board. The hardlex on their mid-range stuff is a little more scratch resistant than what you get on a Seiko 5 or SKX etc. But still nowhere close to sapphire.

Buffing out a scratch on hardlex is outside the scope of the typical hobbyist. In theory it can be done professionally but changing the crystal is cheaper and less hassle.

longshotvalue

Zimmerframe wrote: »

especially the stop to go quartz.



https://www.mondaine.com/videos/stop2go-from-the-station-to-the-wrist.html

Would love a wall clock in that..

Anjobe

aidankkk wrote: »

Would love a wall clock in that..

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mondaine-Smart-stop2go-Wall-Clock/dp/B0787X3R6Q/ref=pd_sbs_241_1/259-7265036-0195126?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0787X3R6Q&pd_rd_r=e43df590-13fd-11e9-aa9e-e1217aa1a131&pd_rd_w=4JePc&pd_rd_wg=q7X9X&pf_rd_p=18edf98b-139a-41ee-bb40-d725dd59d1d3&pf_rd_r=4AWSF9Q4BEV4SQEMYBGH&psc=1&refRID=4AWSF9Q4BEV4SQEMYBGH

BoardAtWork

Seiko Presage Cocktail Time that I've been eyeing for a while. The dial combined with the box crystal make it both an eye-catcher on the wrist and an impossibility to photo. Just need to source a new strap as the one supplied isn't great.

Wibbs

BoardAtWork wrote: »

Seiko Presage Cocktail Time that I've been eyeing for a while. The dial combined with the box crystal make it both an eye-catcher on the wrist and an impossibility to photo. Just need to source a new strap as the one supplied isn't great.

Me. Earlier wrote: »

I should have "you really can't go wrong with Seiko" ready to paste from my clipboard, because it's so true.

Dammit! Added to clipboard.

That's a lovely watch B. Gorgeous dial.

Homer

Getting sellers regret every time someone posts a cocktail time

micks_address

Homer wrote: »

Getting sellers regret every time someone posts a cocktail time

You can always buy another

BoardAtWork

micks_address wrote: »

You can always buy another

Especially now that they're so readily available due to the Presage update. You might still catch one in a January sale.

2shea

I got 2 of the lidl watches boxes. One long 6 piece box and one square 6 piece. Have to say they are very nice and seem like high quality.

shutup

There were none in lidl stillorgan today. I was gutted

oxocube

shutup wrote: »

There were none in lidl stillorgan today. I was gutted

I stopped going into Iidl looking for watch boxes. Never seemed to be any there when I wanted one

blue5000

shutup wrote: »

There were none in lidl stillorgan today. I was gutted

oxocube wrote: »

I stopped going into Iidl looking for watch boxes. Never seemed to be any there when I wanted one

Probably not much demand out in the shticks for watch boxes. I remember a few years back in Shannon when the wetsuits came out on a Thursday morning, 'twas like refugees crammed around a food aid helicopter. :eek:

There is a thesis for some business student on the different shopping habits of rural vs urban shoppers.

Similar box on amazon for 14 quid, P&P might work out better if you buy 2.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jewellery-Display-Storage-Bracelet-Leather/dp/B016APSNYS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1547124633&sr=8-3&keywords=watch+storage+box

shutup

Stillorgan (Dublin) is the shticks?

blue5000

shutup wrote: »

Stillorgan (Dublin) is the shticks?

What I meant was they are all sold out in the city, and are still on the shelves in rural areas.