Who Watches the Watchmen (Our Chit Chat Thread)

In my opinion a watch collection should be based around watches you like not a guide written by someone claiming to be an expert, if you don’t mind changing the date and time then carry on if you can’t be bothered then by a winder, neither will cause issues one you don’t change the date between 10-2 which I always avoid

Never really 'got' dates on watches myself, it's not something that's going to change throughout the day so I don't really see the point in having it there. You read the date in the morning and that's your information gleaned for the day.

Only watch I have with a date field is my Seiko Prospex Arnie and half of the time I have the digital section set to time.

Never even occurred to me that you'd have to keep resetting the date on an automatic if you had a few watches in rotation. That would drive me mental!

I have to say I do too, not having a date is a pain and takes a few seconds to set on modern watches

My daily is a Sub with no date, I still find myself looking at my wrist for the date at least once a week. Then remember, curse its sexy symmetrical lines, and reach for the phone in my pocket.

It is handy putting it back on after wearing something else for a few days and not having to worry about setting the date, but that’s not really much of a chore anyway.

Yeah, doesn't take long. I never found it a big deal, sure you're setting the time anyway. I have a couple of watches without the date and they annoy me no end

The only issue I really have with a date? Is that if you're in a rotation of 4 or more watches, that it can take longer than a few turns to jump a quickset date.

My Omega GMT doesn't have a quickset date, rather the hour hand jumps so it's advance the jump hour to set date. It does have the benefit of allowing you to roll back the date too, which is handy.

For the seamaster I would buy it in a bracelet and pick up the rubber strap as an extra, to me this always makes sense financially

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After yesterday's rain and thunder, I decided that I was going to have a little BBQ today. Have some lovely rib in pork belly and the plan is to cook low and slow for 4hrs. Then sear on a very hot griddle before serving with some salad and maybe even a beer.

Anyway, another rain and thunder warning just went active so I'll be cooking on my own in the garden whilst the Mrs and kid laugh on from the kitchen.

Al I'll say is, it's a damn good thing I had a good Father's Day yesterday 😉 or I'd let them starve 🤣

And when I say good, it was great. No new watch stuff, but there is a birth year involved? The son managed to stumble across a 1979 copy of Dune 😁 It's a little dog eared but that doesn't matter I have a couple of "reading" copies book & digital. I have loved the book since I 1st read it in late 80's and still read it probably once a year. So in place of socks & jocks, I got something I really love, nice & thoughtful.

The weather was a bit too wet for me to do a full cook outside😟

So I improvised, did a low & slow cook in the oven followed by a quick trip to the grill for a sear.

It actually worked out better than I'd hoped, the overnight marinade no doubt helped too. I had just finished in the grill when there was a torrential down pour too. Worked out well 😁

Anyone any good at translating French?

Herself brought me back a dirty magazine from Switzerland. Heres a few SFW photos

@Ian OB Doirty!