Who Watches the Watchmen (Our Chit Chat Thread)

Unkel doesn't hold on to the watches long enough to get a good photo. Its like portraiture, the artist has to take the time to get to know his subject.

A year is the first flush of young love. If you were to take the one watch one year challenge would it be that watch, I'm guessing the sea dweller.

I have a watch here I bought last year that I have not yet worn. I have enjoyed it immensely though, albeit in a slightly nerdy/WIS way. We're flirting.

It's a Grand Seiko sbgv225, it's minty, but has two spare half links . So I'm two full links shy of wearing it.I just got it's battery replaced, I'll get round to wearing it. It's kinda become a safe queen in part due to Covid, it's a watch i'ld wear dressed up/ special occasion, surely we all have one of them. And perhaps more importantly my youngest son likes it, so I kind of see it as his. I have three sons and three relatively good watches that should be serviceable over the next 25 years or so. I'm basing that on the 45 year old watches I own that are still soldiering.

It's the one watch I have that's pristine, I got it in a private sale from japan. The doxa I have I got from a guy in the UK, who flipped it after a month or two but not before he scratched the bracelet sizing it.

With scuba gear there's a term we used to use called 'kit fondle', which reminds me I have a lovely diving wing still in it's box, I didn't get the cold water diving opportunities this year either to warrant switching my old wing out.

I looked at the auction, there's a Rolex 67193 guiding 4550, and a puffy jacket for 1400. They do not warrant them as original, so very much buyer beware. Gas though if you paid full price for fake from the state, Joe Duffy time.

On the not wearing a watch, here's a guy talking watches, reckons a higher end GS might not be a good buy for that reason, his is way up the scale from my entry level piece.

https://youtu.be/JNP2nPfas6I

As what's starting to become a bit of a regular thing nowadays , I'll start off by apologizing for not being more active on here😟 Working in retail , along with other things going on at the moment, I just haven't been making time to keep up on the forums.

But (unfortunately for my wallet😁) I still make time to check the auctions!

This is on it's way from the UK😁

Another Bell! This one been a very special model, one I've been hunting in quite a while now. I'll post more when it arrives. In short, it's a 4006-7019 from October 1967 but what makes it special is the jewel count.

As shown on the dial, 21 Jewels. Bells started out with 27 Jewels, I believe like 5 if them just for show, not actually functional as it was a trend back then to have the highest Jewel count possible.

They eventually went down to 17 Jewels due to a tax, the 17 J models actually lost some important jewels in the process. But for a very brief period, they made a 21 Jewel model, the first was the 7019 in October 1967 and the other being the 7029 around March/April 1968.

I've come across 5 7029s alone this year, but in all the time, haven't seen a 7019. Richard Askham did a blog post which goes into more detail [Link]

Also have started to post on Instagram, here is my account if anyone is interested [Link]. Seems to be the "go to" place nowadays, personally I prefer the forums as it allows for more documentation that can be helpful in the future for research. Nevertheless, have already come across some big Seiko collectors on there with some rare models so it will be my new hunting ground!

Koastals recent GP purchase has gotten me thinking again, i was very close to buying the same model blue dial Laureato a while back, but this skeleton version is playing on my mind at the moment,

financial suicide if you dont get it right though!

Thanks appreciate the advice,the model you have is a stunner to be honest it's probably all the laureato anyone needs. And in an age where the AP and VC equivalent trade at 3 or 4 times retail it's value too.

You'll be buying 64 of them so? Great value and almost as good as the original 😂

Talk about homages - I have a Seestern Doxa homage coming in, looking forward to wearing it!