Post pics of your watches Part II

Cyrus · 14-10-2021 2:18pm

Ah that's better

Fitz II · 14-10-2021 2:25pm

Cyrus, OEM strap?, integrates perfectly its a good look.

Cyrus · 14-10-2021 2:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118019641#Comment_118019641

Yes oem strap and the one that normally comes on the watch, its a bit pricier but i prefer oem where possible!

shame the pics are sideways!

Wibbs · 14-10-2021 4:10pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118015981#Comment_118015981

As chance would have it I'm wearing this German navy issued yoke today.

Yours is a lot more waterproof though. And not made from chrome plated brass. Well there was a war on.😁

Mitch Buchannon · 14-10-2021 5:27pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118019680#Comment_118019680

That's class looking Cyrus. The brown and green go really well together.

banie01 · 16-10-2021 12:15pm

I've long been mulling purchasing a bracelet for my 3878. It's a big purchase without knowing whether or not I can actually live with it tho. So I have a Chinesium version to try out for a while and see if it suits me. I laid out the bracelet, all ready to size it and then discovered that none of my screwdrivers would fit the shítty screws 🤦‍♂️

I've just decided to bite the bullet and order a set of Bergeon. I have a pile of precision electrical screwdrivers too but no joy with those either. The slot really calls for a blade rather than slot head. The bracelet, other than the screws seems a decent quality option and well worth the €20 paid. It'll be even better if I can get it to fit 😂

So in the interim it's back on the Croc. I have a grey ostrich skin on the way that cleared customs yesterday. I'm looking forward to seeing that one in the flesh and on the wrist. It's been such a long, long wait for it with the Vietnamese lockdowns.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/VHpPwHjbGnpER3Bu7

CalamariFritti · 16-10-2021 12:30pm

@Cyrus

shame the pics are sideways!

After loading the pics onto your PC open them in a viewer then rotate them correctly there and save.

I understand rotation etc is metadata added to the pic but not part of the pic data itself.

Cyrus · 16-10-2021 12:32pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118027920#Comment_118027920

Tried that and still didn't work for me 🤔

CalamariFritti · 16-10-2021 12:43pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118027933#Comment_118027933

Balls. Works for me every time. I'm on a mac using 'preview' as viewer, but shouldn't make a difference. Should be the same everywhere.

16-10-2021 1:12pm

I got this snj027 yesterday, my first expensive watch (dirt cheap compared to some here I know). My first Seiko, I've usually just had cheap Timex watches from Argos. Bought a G shock a few months ago and have been eyeing other watches constantly since then!

scwazrh · 16-10-2021 2:19pm

This is one watch that pictures really don’t do justice for .It one of my most worn watches now as the jubilee is so comfortable

unkel · 16-10-2021 2:39pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118028108#Comment_118028108

Slippery slope nialler 😂

micks_address · 16-10-2021 2:48pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118028485#Comment_118028485

Wimbledon? The jubilee is super comfy

scwazrh · 16-10-2021 3:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118028619#Comment_118028619

Yes the jubilee really is comfortable, along with the 5mm extension plus the lower height of the date just , it’s a very easy watch to wear.

Fitz II · 16-10-2021 3:21pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118028108#Comment_118028108

Really like that watch.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118028694#Comment_118028694

Thats a great Datejust. They do not get enough credit in Rolex. The datejust is the defacto Rolex, the OG classic. Nice and slim, dressy but can take casual. A winner. Having had most of the Rolex's I can say few are as good as the datejust as a all rounder. My 2c.

scwazrh · 16-10-2021 5:43pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118028750#Comment_118028750

Whenever I thought of datejust I had visions of a 36mm two tone black dial yuppie watch from the 80s .

I didn’t go out looking for this watch and took it as a trade against my 2020 sub I was moving on. Seemed like a decent deal as this dial is making more than the sub but it’s actually a really nice watch that I intend to keep for a while .

My son reckons it’s like the rhodium 39mm op I had but levelled up which is a good way of describing it and as you say it’s a brilliant all rounder .

893bet · 17-10-2021 3:10pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118028485#Comment_118028485

That is very nice! Well wear.

micks_address · 17-10-2021 3:18pm

https://ibb.co/RC7ZvwG

Such an easy watch to wear

hitemfrank · 17-10-2021 4:14pm

Back from repair and looking mighty fine

micks_address · 17-10-2021 4:17pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118032671#Comment_118032671

How did you get on price wise in the end? Where did you send ?

hitemfrank · 17-10-2021 4:29pm

I brought it to Weirs. New glass, dial, repolished case and bracelet and a full service for €1550 in the end.

Don't think I actually posted a picture of the damage before.

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micks_address · 17-10-2021 4:35pm

Wow balls that was unfortunate result of drop. Still it’s a new watch now. Didn’t take that long?

hitemfrank · 17-10-2021 4:43pm

I dropped it into Weirs in the second week of July so about 12 weeks in all.

unkel · 17-10-2021 11:57pm

Glad you have it back hitemfrank! Great watch and undervalued in today's mad market. I have a strong hankering for a Z-blue one myself now I've tried one on in Belfast. That bastard Fitz didn't even think of offering it to me before he sold his to a trader a few weeks ago 😂

IrishPlayer · 18-10-2021 10:32am

4006-7000 from January 1967 on the wrist this week

Fitz II · 18-10-2021 11:10am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118034282#Comment_118034282

You would have low balled me anyway 🤣

Used it to sweeten a deal, was a shame to let it go but I wanted to liquidate a few quick and it really hammered to me the keepers and the not so important watches to me.

Pablo_Flox · 18-10-2021 2:22pm

Currently on gardening leave while I wait to start a new job and using the time to explore some of the local walking trails.

The new U50 and is settling in nicely, I have worn it for a week straight and with daily wear and letting it wrest crown up at night it is currently running at +0.5 seconds p/day.

mailforkev · 18-10-2021 3:02pm

Wait, you use your watch for accurate time-keeping? 😀

Nice pic & watch.

Wibbs · 18-10-2021 4:20pm

In contrast: Taken with a potato while typing up an invoice.

1934 Zenith pilot's watch with centre seconds complication.

scwazrh · 18-10-2021 4:23pm

Why was the crown so long on them?

banie01 · 18-10-2021 4:28pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118037173#Comment_118037173

Quick and dirty answer. Is that the watch needed to be adjustable/windable in an unpressurized and unheated cockpit. Many pilots would wear fur lined gloves so the bigger crown and longer stem kept the watch functional.

Wibbs' will be along shortly with a fuller answer 😉

Creamy Goodness · 18-10-2021 4:30pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118037173#Comment_118037173

Easier to operate whilst wearing gloves in flight.

scwazrh · 18-10-2021 4:37pm

Everydays a school day

Wibbs · 18-10-2021 5:30pm

What Banie said. 😁 They also came on long straps so you could wear them over your flight jacket. The large fixed ribbon lugs allowed easier swapping of straps and more security. They were also much larger at 42mm(46mm lug to lug) than an everyday man's watch of the time, which would have been a tiny by today's standards 25mm by 35mm tank. This made them more readable and meant they could fit a much larger movement, mainspring and balance wheel for higher accuracy. This design was also the first watch design with a rotating bezel and pointer for timing intervals in flight. Longines who were the big name in aviation circles refined the bezel idea by placing it outside the main case for better seailing and pretty much all of the bezels we see on diver watches today copied that layout, though they came along much later in the 1950's when Blancpain came out with the modern diver's watch design. Black dials with lots of radium for lume was part of this 30's design. They were nearly all subsecond watches(secondshand at 6 in it's own dial), Zenith produced a few centre seconds examples like my example, but they were more expensive because of the added complication so are rarer. They also produced a ladies version for women pilots(which were very much a thing) at 35mm which was again huge compared to the tiny barely legible ladies watches of the time.

banie01 · 19-10-2021 9:02am

It's new strap day! I've been waiting months on a couple of straps that were ordered from Vietnam and the 1st of them arrived this morning. The delay is more to do with a combo of lockdowns and waiting on material needed (inserts as a base and template) and Vietnamese lockdowns. Than it is any failing on the part of the supplier.

It's a grey Ostrich skin strap for my IWC. I'm very, very happy with its finish and will throw up more pics when I get around to swapping over the good clasp and putting the strap on.

partyguinness · 19-10-2021 10:54am

Pulled the trigger on Saturday. Bought new as the 2nd hand prices are the same. It was either that or a 2020/2021 second hand Seamaster ewhich is the same price but I prefer the more understated matte finish rather than the more blingy Seamaster. I have to admit I had absolutely zero interest in Tudor up to a few months ago but they have grown on me. It came with the rubber strap which I put on straight away.

banie01 · 19-10-2021 11:42am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118040792#Comment_118040792

Lovely PG, really love the Pelagos and I miss my own so much I'm considering buying a new one and, weirdly!

Have fallen into the same choice you found yourself in. The Pelagos or the Seamaster. Truth be told tho? I may buy both 🤷‍♂️

On the subject of photos and stuff. I swapped in the new strap but I had a thought whilst doing it. I have a genuine IWC clasp and a fake 1 that came with a canvas strap I bought earlier in the year. So in the interest of highlighting the fake before I chuck it. Enjoy and I hope I won't have to tell anyone which is which.😉

And an obligatory wristroll of the new strap! I look forward to this softening on the wear in but, I am really happy with it and how it goes.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/amTcqumfQPd8ruh6A

partyguinness · 19-10-2021 12:04pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118041056#Comment_118041056

On the same subject I was more drawn to the IWC Aquatimer initially (and far less ubiquitous) but the more I researched it the more sensible choice was the Seamaster but then veered to the Pelagos.

The JLC Reverso Tribute Duoface is still the dream for another few years.

partyguinness · 19-10-2021 12:14pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118041056#Comment_118041056

Based on the third pic down I would say the bottom deployment is fake.

banie01 · 19-10-2021 12:26pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118041256#Comment_118041256

👍Correct!

I hope....😂😂

IrishPlayer · 19-10-2021 1:30pm

Decided to go with the trip to Westport for a night, some good reading material while on the train

Still trying to make the decision regarding tools, don't need the expensive ones starting out, but have been warned about cheap tools. Then there are the toolkits and buying individually, a bit more research is in order! 😉

Blanchy90 · 20-10-2021 12:33pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118041779#Comment_118041779

I'd say go for one of the really cheap tool kits and see what you need from it, you'll upgrade some tools really quickly but some will be good enough to keep you going. You can easily spend a fortune on good tools so i think its worth starting off with the cheap ones (on cheap watches)

IrishPlayer · 20-10-2021 3:48pm

Thanks for the reply, thinking the same way myself, looking at some of the prices just for tweezers alone! Better idea to work my way up.

Meanwhile, currently enjoying looking around Westport, pictures around Westport house currently undergoing renovation work

banie01 · 21-10-2021 2:32pm

Fitted the new strap to the IWC and it's had a couple of days wear. I am very taken with it and the effect it has on the watch overall. So with that in mind I thought I'd throw up some more photos and a short review. Ziczac Leather is already well known in watch circles as a good strap maker and this is my 1st strap from him(altho there is also a custom strap in progress too).

The grey and the patterning and the variation of both the colour and the drop shading, really IMO do a great job of picking up the colour of the dial and its colour shift and sunburst. It's very different from the other straps I have for it and really does a great job of making my wrist a little more interesting than just the watch head.

This cost me @€55 delivered including the dreaded VAT 😉 and was very well worth it IMO.

893bet · 21-10-2021 3:24pm

I would love to say I love it.

But it’s just behind Unkels sting ray for me……😊

micks_address · 21-10-2021 3:37pm

id say its one of those that the picture doesnt do it justice

banie01 · 21-10-2021 3:48pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118053697#Comment_118053697

Well... I don't know whether to be happy or sad at that comparison but I certainly hate being 2nd 😂

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118053755#Comment_118053755

I think/hope so Mick 👍

partyguinness · 21-10-2021 3:57pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118053396#Comment_118053396

Well done.

Personally, I would deem the strap as ...courageous.

Fitz II · 21-10-2021 4:58pm

A Challenging aesthetic Banie.

banie01 · 21-10-2021 5:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118054081#Comment_118054081

Seems to be a consensus here alright. That said, it does work really well in the flesh. The colour and the shading in wear are like an extension of the dial.

Post pics of your watches Part II

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