Watch arses

Cyclingtourist · 03-04-2020 12:45pm

unkel wrote: »

You'd buy the watch for that arse alone. I watched it live. As an infant, so I obviously don't remember, but I do thank my late parents for waking me up for it

I was 20. Space exploration was never a big deal to me.

oxocube · 03-04-2020 1:56pm

Tag Link CJF2115

Steinhart Ocean One Premium

Rotary GS03862/01

Eoin · 06-04-2020 12:54am

Cienciano · 06-04-2020 11:22am

Come on Eoin, that deserves a better quality photo. Take it near a window with good light :pac:

Creamy Goodness · 06-04-2020 1:16pm

Some real nice arses here, surprised there hasn't been a seamaster professional yet...

banie01 · 06-04-2020 1:22pm

This is the arse of what's getting most wrist time with me at present.
I'm waiting on the display back to get a good look at the ST-1901

Cassius99 · 06-04-2020 5:38pm

banie01 wrote: »

This is the arse of what's getting most wrist time with me at present.
I'm waiting on the display back to get a good look at the ST-1901

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I took the plunge and ordered one just before you posted this. And now of course on reading your post I've realised I forgot to order the display case back!!!

banie01 · 06-04-2020 6:06pm

Cassius99 wrote: »

I took the plunge and ordered one just before you posted this. And now of course on reading your post I've realised I forgot to order the display case back!!!

Give Ed a message and ask him to add one, I know they are showing as OOS at the moment tho.

I hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine!

Did you go for a variant? Or stay classic?

Cassius99 · 06-04-2020 6:22pm

banie01 wrote: »

Give Ed a message and ask him to add one, I know they are showing as OOS at the moment tho.

I hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine!

Did you go for a variant? Or stay classic?

That's a good idea, I must give him a message! I stayed with the classic design, sterile dial. I have to say it really caught my eye when you posted pictures of it. Would prefer a brown strap to the black that comes with it, but sure that's easily fixed.

banie01 · 06-04-2020 7:39pm

Cassius99 wrote: »

That's a good idea, I must give him a message! I stayed with the classic design, sterile dial. I have to say it really caught my eye when you posted pictures of it. Would prefer a brown strap to the black that comes with it, but sure that's easily fixed.

I got a brown strap with mine, the Fluco strap that Ed does comes in 2 colours.
I just asked him for the honey brown with my order.

aaakev · 12-04-2020 2:03pm

Tag F1 chrono Caliber 16 Automatic. 44mm with the blue face. CAZ2015.BA0876

Eoin · 14-04-2020 1:05pm

Cienciano wrote: »

Come on Eoin, that deserves a better quality photo. Take it near a window with good light :pac:

Here's a clearer photo

funkyouup · 05-05-2020 12:34am

Not too many quartz watches with a display back

flip 5 coins

It has a perpetual calendar up until the year 2400:pac:

https://www.junghans.de/en/junghans-collection/watches/junghans-meister-mega.html

Cyclingtourist · 05-05-2020 2:03pm

Orient Monarch mechanical. Not very interesting display of a movement that apparently originated with pocket watches.

Lorddrakul · 06-05-2020 11:45am

TAG Heuer Formula 1 Professional from the last year of being the Official F1 Timekeeper.

btkm8unsl0w5r4 · 07-05-2020 11:43am

Why is the milgauss one of the only Rolex that has anything printed on the back??? Generally a plain caseback on them all which is disappointing but part of the Oyster functionality thing I suppose.

banie01 · 07-05-2020 3:30pm

Kairo Delicious Cellar wrote: »

Why is the milgauss one of the only Rolex that has anything printed on the back??? Generally a plain caseback on them all which is disappointing but part of the Oyster functionality thing I suppose.

Does the seadweller not have an engraved case back?
I thought it had, but wouldn't be the 1st time I've been wrong.

Wibbs · 07-05-2020 5:01pm

Kairo Delicious Cellar wrote: »

Generally a plain caseback on them all which is disappointing but part of the Oyster functionality thing I suppose.

Might also be a holdover from the days when many watches were more one off purchase lifetime watches and given as presents and presentations, so they left the casebacks blank for personal engravings*? Something few would dream of doing now.

If you go pre say 1960, you rarely encounter anything on the back of the "good watch" brands. Maybe Rolex kept that tradition?

*Funny enough of the early Oysters and Bubblebacks I had at various times in the 90's, all but one had a personal engraving.

btkm8unsl0w5r4 · 07-05-2020 6:55pm

Here is the other side of the coin. A totally pointless display back. This Seiko 5 has one on the new models. The movement looks alright but is mostly not ornamental, and not really worth displaying. The thickness of the back and glass add to an already thick watch. Yeah you look at it once when it comes out of the box, go oh thats nice and then never look at it again. Totally unnecessary on a watch at this point and the cost would be better spent on solid end-links on the bracket.

saccades · 09-05-2020 11:10pm

Kairo Delicious Cellar wrote: »

Here is the other side of the coin. A totally pointless display back. This Seiko 5 has one on the new models. The movement looks alright but is mostly not ornamental, and not really worth displaying. The thickness of the back and glass add to an already thick watch. Yeah you look at it once when it comes out of the box, go oh thats nice and then never look at it again. Totally unnecessary on a watch at this point and the cost would be better spent on solid end-links on the bracket.

Wash your dirty mouth out! 24ct gold coated Seiko rotor..

Plus it's a great to be able to show anyone what's inside.

Cienciano · 10-05-2020 3:43pm

Kairo Delicious Cellar wrote: »

Here is the other side of the coin. A totally pointless display back. This Seiko 5 has one on the new models. The movement looks alright but is mostly not ornamental, and not really worth displaying. The thickness of the back and glass add to an already thick watch. Yeah you look at it once when it comes out of the box, go oh thats nice and then never look at it again. Totally unnecessary on a watch at this point and the cost would be better spent on solid end-links on the bracket.

Couldn't disagree more. Who cares if it's not ornamental? And when someone asks you about your watch and you tell them it's automatic you get a "what's that?". You can take it off and show them.
One of the many annoying things about rolex is their lack of display caseback

eljono · 10-05-2020 4:17pm

Cienciano wrote: »

Couldn't disagree more. Who cares if it's not ornamental? One of the nicest here imho is the junghans funkyouup posted above.

And when someone asks you about your watch and you tell them it's automatic you get a "what's that?". You can take it off and show them.
One of the many annoying things about rolex is their lack of display caseback

Unless it's a Rolex Prince, they have an exhibition back and a beautiful movement behind it.

eljono · 10-05-2020 4:20pm

Zenith have some fantastic rear ends, especially the El Primeros. Don't think I've seen one in this forum yet?

btkm8unsl0w5r4 · 10-05-2020 4:20pm

Cienciano wrote: »

One of the nicest here imho is the junghans funkyouup posted above.

I would have to disagree with you there.

Cienciano wrote: »

And when someone asks you about your watch and you tell them it's automatic you get a "what's that?". You can take it off and show them.

I god no, I am not that guy. THe one who tries to bore to death educate people who dont know what an automatic is when asedk out of politeness. Nobody ever seems to care about my watches except me.

Cienciano wrote: »

One of the many annoying things about rolex is their lack of display caseback

Wibbs....Wibbs, are you there. I am trying to be good, I really am..

Cienciano · 10-05-2020 4:43pm

eljono wrote: »

Zenith have some fantastic rear ends, especially the El Primeros. Don't think I've seen one in this forum yet?

Yeah, they have. Was looking at a few in the airport recently. One of those brands where I'd be happy with pretty much anything from their entire collection

Wibbs · 10-05-2020 5:48pm

eljono wrote: »

Unless it's a Rolex Prince, they have an exhibition back and a beautiful movement behind it.

Generally speaking Rolex movements have never been particularly "pretty" to look at and again generally they applied an engineering bias more than an ornamental one.

It's not tarted up, it's kinda "basic" looking, but it's like that for solid horological reasons. Mid range Seiko movements are similar. Solid. You can bate a Rolex movement like that off a wall and it'll keep ticking and you regularly hear of people having Rolexs(and aforementioned Seikos) for twenty plus years without the sniff of a service and still running like trains.

Rolex tended to be consistent across movements too. You don't get basic movements, medium level movements and heavily ornamental movements like many brands do, or certainly did in the past. Of the other brands Longines would be similar, if not even more consistent. From the cheapest to the top of the ranges in their history the movements looked very similar. Personally I like that aspect, that it's all about the engineering and what makes for a better movement, rather than what makes for a fancier looking one. If they are pretty to look at it comes from the engineering, not the other way around.

Funny enough one of Rolex's more "ornamental" movements was the OysterQuartz. Very nicely finished, Geneva stripes and all. Very innovative too.

Cienciano · 10-05-2020 5:59pm

eljono wrote: »

Unless it's a Rolex Prince, they have an exhibition back and a beautiful movement behind it.

After googling that, I'd wear it backwards :pac:

eljono · 10-05-2020 6:33pm

Wibbs wrote: »

Generally speaking Rolex movements have never been particularly "pretty" to look at and again generally they applied an engineering bias more than an ornamental one.

Funny enough one of Rolex's more "ornamental" movements was the OysterQuartz. Very nicely finished, Geneva stripes and all. Very innovative too.

Absolutely they are known for being robust movements and not particularly "lookers" but the modern Prince is an exception. Chronometer manual movement and the only Rolex with an exhibition back (at least that I know of). Nice review from Tim Mosso here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA0zPRWxQig

Wibbs · 10-05-2020 7:58pm

One of the nicest watches I've ever held in my paws was a 1930's Rolex Prince. Absolute stunner.

Trigger Happy · 11-05-2020 1:04pm

A few of the more interesting watch bums from my collection.

Watch arses

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