Post pics of your watches Part II

Just on Seiko mods, some very nice ones here:

https://www.instagram.com/dlw.watches/

micks_address wrote: »

Seiko mod back from build

That looks class Mick fair play, I'm glad Neil worked out well - very tidy job by the look of things.

Yeah it’s a pain the NH36 date wheel aligned for 3pm. I think a black day date wheel would look class on that when you go for the movement swap.

Haven’t seen one of those sapphire inserts in the flesh yet, was tempted to get an oem Seiko style one for my SKX - any lume shots?

david wrote: »

Yeah it’s a pain the NH36 date wheel aligned for 3pm. I think a black day date wheel would look class on that when you go for the movement swap.

Haven’t seen one of those sapphire inserts in the flesh yet, was tempted to get an oem Seiko style one for my SKX - any lume shots?

Blanchy90 wrote: »

Looks great mick.

I'm surprised he didn't just change the date wheel on the NH36, its a pretty common issue

I've a spare nh36 and signed crown for it if anyone has any use for it..

Dad's skx031 from 1997. Going to Neil for either a refurb or restore. Along with a skx009 that's getting a mod.

micks_address wrote: »

I've a spare nh36 and signed crown for it if anyone has any use for it..

See post above it's an easy fix, don't sell your movement and crown.

david wrote: »

I'm surprised he didn't offer to swap. I am talking to him about a movement swap and he had mentioned that it's no issue to use the 7S date wheel.

I'm ok with it. I've enough of posting watches lately so happy to leave it

Ah crap... talked to Neil this morning via email and he said send it back and he'll do the swap. I guess what's one more post office visit

Pablo_Flox wrote: »

A very nice watch! Did you get it on Serious Watches?

No, sold out for ages. Got one on a forum in the UK first but the seller was a prick and it fell through. Got this one on eBay, second hand, a year old, still payed about the same as the new price was from Serious Watches. These watches are popular and seem to keep their value very well

It's also surprisingly comfortable to wear for such a big and heavy watch. It's not really flopping about at all, which I expected it to do.

Here is a short review which will give you a good idea of the watch, if you haven't seen it yet



My only criticism of the watch is that I would have liked some sort of quick bracelet adjustment mechanism like a glidelock. I have sized the watch (needing all extra links!) to perfection for most of the time, but when my wrist swells occasionally it is a bit too tight

Yeah a €300 watch that looks and feels like a €1000 watch. Does the original Rolex version really look and feel the €12,300 retail price or more than that on the grey market?

Pablo_Flox wrote: »

Careful, you will set off the fanboys :P:D

I am suitably triggered .

The Rolex cost 40 times and is definately not 40 times better.

Is it 10 percent better? Is it 50 percent better? Twice as good? More? Doesn’t really matter. It’s arbitrary. We can all agree the Rolex will be a better watch (it would want to be...!).

I want the extra 1 percent, 10 percent etc. Breaking everything down to a value sucks the life from this hobby.

893bet wrote: »

I want the extra 1 percent, 10 percent etc. Breaking everything down to a value sucks the life from this hobby.

I agree with you, when it comes to the high-end.
I mean stupid as it sounds to some, sometimes just the extra little bit of width in the smile that comes with a high end piece on your wrist must bring is worth the additional cost.

At the lower end of the scale, most folk are happy that their watch is "nearly" as good.
Of course at the AL&S and VC end of the scale, the extra bit of finishing, of quality and of pride in ownership is an added value that is hard to quantify but certainly (I'd think) feel worth it on your wrist.

This is it wrote: »

I bought my Rolex collection from Wish

Don't you be opening that can of worms again

893bet wrote: »

If offered the JC Cameron for 20 percent below market who wouldn’t buy assuming they had the cash on the hip for a quick profit.

Question is are you willing to pay the market rate for it. When it’s costs 40 times more than that fake one and is no where near 40 times better.

There is more to a quality watch than its value. They are personal achievements. I have a patient at the moment with a lovely brand new rose gold Rolex Cellini. Not a popular model and certainly of a less popular style. A beauty of a watch, moon phase and all. He paid full retail for it. Said it spoke to him, he wanted it and he bought is as a 50th birthday present for himself after some canny investments came to fruition. No watch collecting history.

On speaking to him, he is not that knowledgeable on Rolex or watches in general. He just wanted that for himself. He valued the possession of it for himself, and fair fcuks to him. He knows what he had to do to get it, he knows the sacrifice he made for it and all that is wrapped into the watch. Those things have no value to anyone else but him. Its a quality timepiece for a quality gentleman. Thats what's worth paying for, and that what homages cant touch.

I see a lot of the vintage pieces on here and they mean nothing to me, but I see to stories of searching, and bidding and refurbishment and research behind them and that I can relate to. There is effort behind it.

A homage is a disposable purchase bought on a whim, it means nothing, it has no substance, no story and no effort. Its a soulless facsimile that does nothing except remind you that you do not have the real thing. Some people do not care to have the real thing and thats cool, its a niche thing. I am done with hommages, I had a few and found them depressing, and none of them were bad "watches".....just they gave me bad vibes.

My 2c...wear what you like, buy what you like, respect all opinions.

Second one was my last flight in about September. Pan Am inspired watch in it's natural habitat.

I miss flying

Of all the Rolex ceramic bezels I think the Pepsi’s is a step above.

I dreamed of the original as a kid and am very lucky to get my hands on this one not long after they launched from and OD. I have to say I prefer the old one's colours and the jubilee bracelet is a bit blingy for me. Still love it, they are time things. Though that opinion is from wearing the new one, and only ever seeing the old one through shop windows or in picture.

happy ending. would hate to not know where a watch is...

That you?

Birneybau wrote: »

I dunno, it's kinda fetching the way it all bunches up around the too-tight strap :pac:

I can't wear a watch with the strap in any way loose at all. If it's loose it always ends up rotating so that when I turn my wrist to read the time it's still facing up, or slightly away from me. Really annoying. Probably not good for the strap but generally I push the watch higher up my wrist until it's tight and won't move giving me a better viewing angle. Anyone else.have this issue?