There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest
Post pics of your watches Part II
Comments
-
-
-
-
You might remember I had the Zealande rubber strap for my seamaster. It was a tad short and as I was able to return for a refund I ordered the oem omega from weirs. Picked up this morning. The look isn't much different for a almost 200 euro premium over the Zealande but I'm happier with it. Of course I'd say that right :)
19 -
-
Advertisement
-
-
-
-
Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!Join Date:Posts: 64459
It looked like you were up that way, hence me asking
Last time I was there I went up to solo camp at lough cleevaun. Bit of a rough trek to get there with a very heavy pack (I'm a bad sleeper and I like my comforts - my self inflating mattress alone weighs near 4kg). Was looking forward to a few hours of solitude after dark looking at the stars. But fool as I was, I hadn't checked the moon cycle and it turned out to be a full moon. So barely a star to be seen even though I was the guts of 10km from the nearest house, road or streetlight. Bummer! Had a wee swim in the lake in the morning and thankfully I wasn't devoured by the local monster folklore has it
My ads on adverts.ie
12 -
-
Advertisement
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Advertisement
-
Not sure of the exact one , I’m easy to please though.
I picked up another Tudor this evening, the new model pro.T clasp is deadly , it’s very similar to the glide lock clasp but has a spring similar to the pelagos but without dive extension.Very nice upgrade from previous clasp.
21 -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Advertisement
-
-
-
-
-
-
Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,170 Mod ✭✭✭✭
Join Date:Posts: 59098
Wearing my early 80's Mortima quartz the last couple of days. Cheap as chips when new, cheaper than chips now. 😁 Mortima were a very cheap and cheerful French novelty brand watch and the French so loved their novelty watches. Pin pallet movements with "jewels" stuck to the plates just to raise the jewel count, with plated brass cases in all sorts of usually "diver" style watches with mad dials festooned with writing like "SuperDatomatic" and "Superwaterproof". Even in the 80's they had "100% Etanche". Remarkably popular at home and abroad and employed generations of French folks. One story from the factory was when a well dressed African gentleman showed up one day, asked to see someone in charge and dropped many thousands of francs in cash on the desk as a downpayment on a big order for his country. Like a boss. As you do. The fully inhouse quartz movement in my example was by far their highest quality movement in their interesting history and it matched far more expensive offerings at the time. It even has a screwdown crown and clicking bezel. 😮😁 Fanceh. It was their last gasp before the doors closed.
Most of all I got it because the very first watch I got as a kid of eight was a Mortima "diver" for my birthday from my mum and dad on a holiday in Spain. I clearly remember the shop and all the watches in the window, my nose pressed to the glass and picking "my" watch out not thinking it would be mine(they kept me in suspense 😁). I still have it but it long gave up the ghost. I loved winding it up, reading the words on the dial and the lume in the dark(there are strange subatomic particles that last longer..) and dropping it into glasses of water to watch it tick away because it was a proper waterproof watch just like Mr Cousteau wore. Or so my eight year old mind thought, as eight year old minds will. 😊 That watch and my dad's influence is why I ended up loving and collecting watches and how they can connect you to people, places and things in a very personal way.
More than that it reminds me of my mum and dad and a happy childhood I'm very grateful for as too many didn't and don't. It only cost me 30 quid. Best bang for buck ever.
Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
19 -
Advertisement
-
-
-
With the price of my GP Laureato SS blue dial having more than doubled in recent months, I am just after completing a deal on Chrono where I did a direct swap for this - a 42mm Rose Gold GO Senator Chronometer. It is 2018 and in mint condition with full papers/box etc.. A totally different watch to the GP but had been looking for a German watch for a while. I hope I made the correct decision as I loved the GP and couldn't fault it, though hard to justify the current grey price for them now.
20 -
-
-
Advertisement
-
-
I’d like to know what you think of if when you get it as I’ve been spending a lot of time looking at glashuette lately myself but I’ve never seen or held one so am a bit unsure about them.
I’ve been looking at the panomatic lunar .
2 -
-
-
-
-
Wearing the Ugly watch co. 100m sport prototype today.
It just launched on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/laune/100m-sport-mother-of-pearl-dial-sport-watch-automatic/
8 -
-
To keep up the Samurai Saturday theme.
Really like that the dial on your's Pablo but why are they putting cyclops on the King versions. There's a few King Seiko's I like but I can't see past the cyclops. A Turtle will probably be my next big purchase but I'm tempted to stretch to a Sumo.
12 -
-
Advertisement
