SOTC(state of the collection) thread.

IrishPlayer · 19-03-2020 4:57pm

It's an illness alright......

All i wanted to do was replace my broken Pulsar quartz back in 2017,then decided to make it something special,then tried to get a Omega for a stupid price,found watch forums,found another watch called Bell-Matic,decided to research that to death,took a trip to Wicklow,ended up with a stopwatch,took a trip to Prague,went to nearly every watch shop/museum in Prague,nearly missed my taxi due to a watch,proceeding to research that to death.:o:D

Love that Omega Mariner,was going to bid on this one [Link]

Wibbs · 19-03-2020 5:34pm

IrishPlayer wrote: »

Love that Omega Mariner,was going to bid on this one [Link]

Did you win it IP?

IrishPlayer · 19-03-2020 5:56pm

Wibbs wrote: »

Did you win it IP?

I wish,was putting in my bid of €350 around the 5 second mark,jumped to €380 before i confirmed bid,then lost my bottle :mad::o

Also found this post,properly already saw it with some great information on the Mariner series along with this model i never saw before

https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.php?117474-The-Omega-Seamaster-Quartz-Mariner-Saga-I-II-and-III

Wibbs · 19-03-2020 6:26pm

Pity you lost out. Dealers look for silly money, over a grand in some cases, but in open auctions honest examples tend to go for around the 4-600 quid mark. I suspect the recent world plague has softened the cough of a few buyers, so went "low" for one of them.

The one you pictured is sadly not original. The dial's been swapped. A couple of them were sold in big name auctions, but never left Omega looking like that. Then again auctions, no matter the name above the door can be dubious and not a great judge on originality. Pretty much all of them have sold re dials, put togethers, or even outright fakes.

Frankie5Angels · 19-03-2020 8:39pm

Eoin wrote: »

Kinda miss the Longines Chrono

I very nearly put it up the other day, then I switched the rubber strap back on it - changed my mind instantly! Reckon the rubber works best on it. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea as a watch, but I really like it.

Eoin · 19-03-2020 9:11pm

Frankie5Angels wrote: »

I very nearly put it up the other day, then I switched the rubber strap back on it - changed my mind instantly! Reckon the rubber works best on it. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea as a watch, but I really like it.

They're a great watch - "in house" column wheel chronograph for a decent price.

Changing to a rubber strap is a good idea, the bracelet is too fussy for a watch that already has a lot going on. Plus it feels a bit tinny IMO.

Carlo11 · 19-03-2020 10:04pm

Some beautiful watches on here. While I don't post very much, I do read a lot of your advice to try to educate myself on watches.

Bought in this order and all milestone watches:
Tag Carrera Twintime: on bracelet.
Tag Carrea : on leather strap.
Tag F1 black face with red numbers on rubber strap.
Rolex DJ 41 blue dial, fluted bezel on jubilee. (Bought new locally.)
Hamilton Khaki pilot.
Rolex Batman on jubilee. (Bought new locally.) Haven't worn it yet as I am waiting for my 40th but feeling quite guilty now!

My grail watch is a Daytona and possibly a Portugieser before then.

Trigger Happy · 20-03-2020 10:56am

This is the current collection of working watches. Am going through a transition and getting rid of some to make room for newer ones. Tastes change!

Left row from top is a Seagull 63, a 1950s chrono and a 1960s chrono. Both these have landeron movements.
2nd row is a Speedie and a William L (cheapish quartz chrono)
3rd row is an IWC form the 60s with a very early eco drive in the middle and a Seamaster 30 from 1962 at the bottom.
Then the right hand row is a trusty Casio illuminator from 1997 and a no name Parnis.

sparrowcar · 20-03-2020 11:19am

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Potato pic removed

This is the current collection of working watches. Am going through a transition and getting rid of some to make room for newer ones. Tastes change!

What model of potato did you use to take this pic Trigger?

Some lovely looking pieces but quality not great when you zoom in

blue5000 · 20-03-2020 11:23am

sparrowcar wrote:

What model of potato did you use to take this pic Trigger?

Some lovely looking pieces but quality not great when you zoom in

You need a loupe.

Can you make a list of what's what Trigger, I see chronos on the left anyway.

Trigger Happy · 20-03-2020 12:26pm

Sorted now gents. Now stop yer complaining and carry on perving.

shano76 · 20-03-2020 3:34pm

Lovely collection. Can I ask what the strap is on the Stowa Antea?

893bet · 20-03-2020 5:17pm

shano76 wrote: »

Lovely collection. Can I ask what the strap is on the Stowa Antea?

Assume you refer to my Antea.

It’s JPM Leather Nato nato that I bought on TZ. It used by brown with destress blue denim effect which has faded off at this point

Original owner bought on below website. Can’t find it at the moment but you can have a look.

https://bulangandsons.com/products/caramel-brown-nato-leather-watch-strap?_pos=62&_sid=400585a55&_ss=r

https://bulangandsons.com/products/denim-blue-retro-leather-watch-strap

https://bulangandsons.com/products/lumberjack-brown-nato-leather-watch-strap?_pos=54&_sid=400585a55&_ss=r

shano76 · 20-03-2020 5:37pm

Thanks. Really nice strap! Really changes the look of the Antea!

hitemfrank · 08-04-2020 9:07am

Grabbed two pictures this morning before taking the Sinn for today.

Hmm, those pictures are not great quality.

blindsider · 13-04-2020 6:48pm

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Embedding isn't work ing for me...:-(

Wibbs · 14-04-2020 11:11am

Flickr is an absolute pain in the ringpiece as far as sharing photos is concerned B. I took a screen grab and tweaked and embedded it for you.

Eoin · 14-04-2020 11:42am

I use flickr, it's fine. Just click on the share icon (bottom right), and choose the "BBCode" option.

You'll get something like this

[noparse]

PHOTO_NAME by FLICKR_NAME, on Flickr
[/noparse]

If you don't want links to your flickr profile, just use the tag.

blue5000 · 14-04-2020 12:18pm

Eoin wrote: »

I use flickr, it's fine. Just click on the share icon (bottom right), and choose the "BBCode" option.

You'll get something like this

[noparse]
PHOTO_NAME by FLICKR_NAME, on Flickr
[/noparse]

If you don't want links to your flickr profile, just use the

I use it as well. I download a medium icon on to the laptop and then use manage attachments here to upload it. Haven’t managed to upload a pic here using my iPhone here yet though.

Eoin · 14-04-2020 12:31pm

No need to download it to your laptop if you don't want to, you can just embed the photo that's on Flickr. I am pretty sure you can't get to someone's profile based on the image's URL, if that's a concern.

Cyclingtourist · 14-04-2020 12:42pm

Some people were upset by my untidiness the last time I posted a pic of my collection so here it is again.

blindsider · 14-04-2020 1:34pm

Wibbs wrote: »

Flickr is an absolute pain in the ringpiece as far as sharing photos is concerned B. I took a screen grab and tweaked and embedded it for you.

Thank you sir! Helpful as always.

I will try the suggestions for embedding next time.

Frankie5Angels · 14-04-2020 2:10pm

Cyclingtourist, what's the Tissot?

I think some on here hold the likes of Hamilton etc in greater regard, but Tissot are at least far more aesthetically pleasing imo. Have a 516 and always tempted by others.

Cyclingtourist · 14-04-2020 2:37pm

Frankie5Angels wrote: »

Cyclingtourist, what's the Tissot?

It's a Ballade Powermatic 80 COSC certified chronometer 39mm. Bought it in Lanzagrotty last year.

Hamilton & Tissot it are both part of the Swatch group and use modified Eta (also part of the group)movements. When I start buying again I'm thinking of getting a Hamilton Khaki auto.

blue5000 · 14-04-2020 3:13pm

Eoin wrote: »

No need to download it to your laptop if you don't want to, you can just embed the photo that's on Flickr. I am pretty sure you can't get to someone's profile based on the image's URL, if that's a concern.

I use flickr mainly for re-sizing so that the image is the proper size for boards, I find that the simplest way to re-size. There's probably a simpler way to re-size images, but as a farmer that mostly types with 1 finger I haven't discovered it yet:o

funkyouup · 14-04-2020 3:16pm

This one isnt bad either, just upload to boards after -

https://resizeimage.net/

Eoin · 14-04-2020 3:53pm

blue5000 wrote: »

I use flickr mainly for re-sizing so that the image is the proper size for boards, I find that the simplest way to re-size. There's probably a simpler way to re-size images, but as a farmer that mostly types with 1 finger I haven't discovered it yet:o

They auto-resize them for you too! click the "download" button and there is an option to "view all sizes", and from there you can choose which one to embed directly. It's very handy

Bren_C · 07-05-2020 9:26pm

Latest pic here

08-05-2020 8:55am

Bren_C wrote: »

Latest pic here

Very nice, the airking is awesome, I love that watch so interesting and unusual.

Kintarō Hattori · 08-05-2020 10:40am

I hate the strap that the Timex is on so that needs replacing at some point as does the strap for the Yema.

SOTC(state of the collection) thread.

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