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Post pics of your watches Part II

Wibbs

And we're onto a new thread... Here's to the next 10,000. My first post in the last thread featured this watch I'm wearing today as it happens so seemed appropriate.

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Cyclingtourist

Germany calling. Germany calling!!

fulladapipes

Two of my favourite things. I've had a subscription to Private Eye for a long time, ever since I studied in the UK. I find that what happens there (politically, covid, you name it) tends to happen here some 4 years, 3 months, 1 week and 2 days later. More or less.

Wibbs

Wearing my 1915 Borgel cased Trench watch today.

Early design to increase dust and water resistance. One piece case where the movement, dial and front screw down into the case. You can see one at the top right in this ad from the time.

hitemfrank

Pablo_Flox wrote: »

Batman

Lovely watch. If only it's wasn't 50mm lug to lug.

That handset improves the look of that watch so much in my opinion. I'm really not a fan of the Mercedes style hands that so many companies use.

Pablo_Flox

Batman

david

Love the 556 - the brushed finishing is really fantastic on them. 556a next on my hit list should I choose to downsize case diameter on the 104.

Well wear!

Wibbs

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Well here it is. I've had it a few weeks now, after ordering on Christmas day. A Sinn 556I RS.

I have to say A, and if you pardon my French, I fcuking love Sinn. And yours is a beauty. Well may you wear.

micks_address

Love it. Just felt the size a little small for my 7.3 inch wrist so returned my 556a rs. How do you find the bracelet? Chunky?

Alanstrainor

Well here it is. I've had it a few weeks now, after ordering on Christmas day. A Sinn 556I RS.

A thing of beauty, even if I do say so myself! It really blew me away when it landed, it was exactly what I wanted. The size is perfect for my tiny wrists, and that deep black face with white indices coupled with the dash of red in the second hand. A true tool watch, easy to read and it can take a bit of rough and tumble too.

jordanfaf

My Datejust. Looking for a jubilee bracelet for it if anyone has one they want to shift.

Masi

mailforkev wrote: »

You need to do a bit of extra work on that left bicep to be able to lift some of your heavy hitters.

No need, he's left handed....:D

mailforkev

You need to do a bit of extra work on that left bicep to be able to lift some of your heavy hitters.

Fitz II

My casio....this is a tool watch doing a job.

guitarhappy

893bet

Fitz II wrote: »

Kev you are so deep into stage 4 now....there is no going back.

Love the Sub, and those pre ceramics are awesome. The two line is the one to have.

Kevin you are so deep in level 4 you have your head up unkels arse.

I really like that sub. And I am not a sub fan. If I was to get one to actually wear that one would be top of the list.

Fitz II

mailforkev wrote: »

Two line Sub this weekend.

Kev you are so deep into stage 4 now....there is no going back.

Love the Sub, and those pre ceramics are awesome. The two line is the one to have.

mailforkev

Two line Sub this weekend.

893bet

Fitz II wrote: »

Bit of snow my way today

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It’s a solid gold Rolex. The only one on the forum to my knowledge and probably the only one that there will be for many years given the price direction of these. 25k plus on full bracelet easy.

Prob a keeper!

Pablo_Flox

Bluemoon Cocktail Time and a glass of whiskey to help keep warm.

hitemfrank

Milguass again today. So here's yesterday's alternative picture

Cyclingtourist

blue5000 wrote: »

CT you have some really interesting watches, have you done a SOTC photo?

Not in the past few months. There's still one in transit from a three watch ****ter splurge. After that arrives my plan is to stop buying in the €100-300 range till I get a 'luxury' watch, might be a Tudor, maybe not but something in that price bracket.
No plans for SOTC photo, perhaps in the Summer.

blue5000

Birneybau wrote: »

'kin hell Frank.

I'm dying to get a Milgauss.

Form an orderly que gentlemen. I'll just have to wait for the Steinhart version.:o

CT you have some really interesting watches, have you done a SOTC photo?

Cyclingtourist

fulladapipes wrote: »

Cyclingtourist wrote: »

That is certainly an interesting piece. A combination of a Panerai with the hands from a Sinn 104.

It's keeping surprisingly good time up to now, under -10 sec/day.

Wibbs

The hands are from the very earliest of the Vostok dive watches. I see what you mean about the Sinn though.

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fulladapipes

Cyclingtourist wrote: »

That is certainly an interesting piece. A combination of a Panerai with the hands from a Sinn 104.

Cyclingtourist

banie01

Wibbs wrote: »

That's about the most legible and usable Daytona dial in my humble.

Was just about to say the same thing.
Far more legible than the 116500, and pretty in white too!

Wibbs

That's about the most legible and usable Daytona dial in my humble.

Fitz II

Bit of snow my way today

Wibbs

Can't go too far wrong at 16 quid.

Wearing this this again today

Wibbs wrote: »

Zenith Extra Special with centre second "complication"...

Thought I'd show the engine under the bonnet and try to explain what's going on.

A Zenith Calibre 15/16 IIRC. Antimagnetic, 16 jewel with fine cam regulator and Breguet overcoil. Originally with the fourth wheel driving the seconds hand in a subdial at 6(or 9) which had been the way with pocketwatches before them and the vast majority of wristwatches when they came along, because well, it's easy, the fourth wheel is right there ready to drive the seconds hand. You see a few rare examples of early trench watches with centre seconds, often in smaller ladies sizes for nurses. Most of these Zenith Pilot's watches came with the standard subsecond(very rare ones had no seconds), but some got this complication to allow for more precise timing and more at a glance indicator that the damned thing was still running.

How it works is:

Where the fourth wheel on the left would normally drive the seconds in the subdial, power is transferred through the third wheel to a seconds gear(that extra gear on the top right), with a spring to keep it under tension, driving the centre seconds hand through the minutes. They have a slightly different less smooth sweep if you look closely enough because of this arrangement. Later on it was actually Zenith who came up with the direct centre seconds we see in all watches today.

Funny enough it was considered enough of a complication that Patek outsourced its construction of their indirect seconds to another movement maker(whose name escapes

Valjoux/Lemania?). Though for much of their history Patek were actually a high class finisher of bought in movements. Chronographs in particular. They didn't build their own until this century. Longines were the first to bring an inhouse wristwatch specific chrono movement to market in 1913 and were the inhouse chronograph marque for much of the 20th century.

Indirect seconds were seen as such a PITA that you see the evolution of the "Doctor's watch" layout in the 20's and 30's.

Where they kept the basic subdial seconds layout but enlarged the dial around it. the Rolex Prince another example from that era. The above Gruen is fancy in one way, it has an early date window function.