Who Watches the Watchmen (Our Chit Chat Thread)

Looks a nice three hander, post office red looks good to me. They're made of unobtainium at the moment though, no price I'm going to guess £850, based on the 12 hour dial processing.

893bet · 06-01-2022 11:56pm

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A good bit more depending on option.

Mad about baa baas · 07-01-2022 12:25am

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Appreciate the reply thanks..don't intend selling it anyway was just curious really

unkel · 07-01-2022 12:44am

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If I had an Aquanaut and I could get 100k for it, I'd sell tomorrow. I really don't get these, doesn't even look like a €17k (retail) watch to me 😂

And yeah, I had it on my wrist.

njburke · 07-01-2022 1:01am

I don't buy new watches so I guess I'll have to sum the cost of parts and labour then double or triple that. My doxa is similar spec, retails currently for £1850 and came with a receipt for that from CW Sellors, nice bag,box and Orange doxa baseball cap. It was three months old when I got it on eBay.uk for £1250. It's likely to be still worth that or thereabouts. At £1850 it doesn't seem value for money to me, anyway.

Cienciano · 07-01-2022 1:32am

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I'm expecting to see Casio written on it rather than PP. Has a casio look to it

Wibbs · 07-01-2022 10:59am

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They look like lovely dials alright. Enamel dials are a weird one. 100 years ago even cheap stuff had enamel dials and they were being rattled off in their millions, yet today they're seen as this almost magical thing that requires mad skillz to pull off. It shows how economies of scale and generational experience can impact a technique and technology. The lack of skillbase could be seen even by the 1930's as most brands went to printed metal dials. The 1930's Longines Czech pilot's watch I had was a first series one with the enamel dial and the 'anti-magnetique' printing on the dial was fuzzy and the numerals weren't as crisp as offerings from the teens.

Now back in the day quality could certainly vary. The cheap end was less crisp and had less depth to it, but what has surprised me is viewing current examples that are very much high end like Patek enamel dials. Yep, they are better than the cheap end of a century ago, but mid range from back then was better and high end would nuke the new stuff from orbit. And that's before you look at the current examples and it's all in one plane. No double or triple sunken dials.

Wibbs · 07-01-2022 11:17am

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I have to say I like them. I think they're a very elegant watch that also has a rugged side to it(that's maybe more the very 70's design?). Now granted the price.... but still IMHO anyway, above the 10k mark, unless the watch is made from a kilo of solid gold or has more complications than a space shuttle dashboard you're pretty much paying the brand/luxury/exclusivity tax. That's just the nature of the game.

I was watching a documentary on Paul McCartney recently and noticed he has one. Ringo has one too and he has had a couple of Patek and Cartier in his time. John Lennon had a moonphase Patek.

George Harrison was a Cartier chap

893bet · 07-01-2022 12:15pm

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I find it difficult to disagree. It’s a long way from 100k at the moment. C24 has the SS at 65k. Which is also bananas.

But when it’s discontinued….. ….Which ain’t far away as it’s the same age as the 5711.

Like many watches it ain’t worth it’s retail even yet alone it’s grey price. I am hopeful of rolling it into something special and walking away with a decent profit still.

Edit-but it’s an amazing watch all the same, one you need to handle and stay a while with to appreciate.

Cyclingtourist · 07-01-2022 12:31pm

Wibbs: "Kodachrome was the absolute bomb. Digital doesn't come close and to get close you need to fiddle with it to a scary degree."

Ad for Kodachrome in National Geographic 1940

cnocbui · 07-01-2022 5:40pm

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Many thanks for the kind offer, and apoligies for the tardy acknowledgement of same, but I needed to have a look in the loft to see if the Seiko might be extant, but alas, I no longer have it. As I suspected, I likely tossed it in a rationalisation necessitated by moving countries.

If you know of a source for the Longines LCD, I would be grateful.

The watch I really should put money into restoring is my fathers service issue WW2 Omega, but the main issue with it is severe corrosion to the point one of the strap lugs is largely gone.

Lorddrakul · 07-01-2022 6:31pm

@cnocbui "my fathers service issue WW2 Omega"

Rulez, man!

POIDH!

😉

cnocbui · 07-01-2022 7:34pm

There's also the Jaeger leCoultre pocket watch used for navigation, but I already posted lots of pics of it in the pics thread.

Anyone opine as to whether this is fixable?

cnocbui · 07-01-2022 7:39pm

A real bummer was we had a clock out of a Hurricane that was a gift from some ground crew. It was installed in a cabin cruiser my father built. One night some theives stole it.

I do still have a US made first aid kit out of a Hurricane, though, but I'd prefer that clock.

Lorddrakul · 07-01-2022 9:57pm

@cnocbui thanks for that.

That is definitely worth reviving.

Fitz II · 09-01-2022 5:45pm

Not my watch so leaving it on this thread. Visited a friend and he had this brand new Rose Daytona....nice piece but I have to say would not be wearable for me with my complexion, and too bold a statement. He is going to trade it into a royal oak. Still heavy hitter and nice to see IRL

eljono · 09-01-2022 5:52pm

That is stunning. Have never before seen a Daytona in RG, works perfectly imo.

Wibbs · 09-01-2022 5:57pm

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Those WW2 alloy cases can be a right pain alright. So very soft. But there was a war on so steel was at a premium. Though I never quite bought that idea for a few reasons. It was Swiss steel not British. Unless they were cased in England? That had been in play from early on, but only in precious metal cases as the metal was heavily taxed if i were imported. The Germans were to the pin of their collar at the same time and their issued stuff was chromed brass, both Swiss and German and a few steel cases in the mix too.

Could someone use laser welding with alloy? Though I suppose since we don't know the exact alloy that might be a hard task. I'm sure a casemaker might be able to cast one from scratch, but Lord knows how much that would cost. Maybe try the guys on the military watch forum? Now sadly the numbers in the community are way down compared to what they were, but they can be incredibly helpful lads. One might even have a spare case. It wouldn't surprise me in the least. I've been shocked by the spares some of those guys have. Deeply knowledgable bunch and very quick to share it.

Wibbs · 09-01-2022 5:58pm

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It would not be wearablefor me with my face. Not unless I was part of a segment on Garda Patrol. 😁

newport2 · 12-01-2022 3:01pm

Apologies if this is not the right place to ask, but I didn't want to create a new thread to ask a question. So......

If I purchase a secondhand watch from Watchfinder.ie (based in France) ordering from Ireland, am I liable for any tax/duty/vat on it not included in the price?

(I'm finding it hard to get a straight answer to this on revenue. When I rang watchfinder and all I got is "No, we don't do taxes")

Thanks

Who Watches the Watchmen (Our Chit Chat Thread)

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