Matteeboy

Interesting stuff!

Always been a G shock person; just wanted bombproof accuracy. Then I started wanting an automatic and so got a very entry level Seiko - but loving it so far.

Eyeing up all sorts now but I will have to keep it restrained as the wife isn't so keen! Not at all into Rolexes and flashy bling but I really like stuff like yours, some of the more subtle IWCs, the Omega Speedmaster Pro, etc. And yes, a nice movement is a work of art.

jods

Just treated myself to a Breitling Automatic 1884 :-)

chopperman

Very nice, don't forget to post a hairy wrist pic when you get it.

chopperman

Nothing wrong with a Seiko 5 mate, great watch of which i have several in my collection. The first decent watch i got for my 15th birthday was a Seiko 5. I still have it I went to a local watchmaker with it and asked for a full service and new crystal. The watchmaker looked at me a bit funny and said "the service will be £40 and the glass £20. The watch is only worth a tenner mate". I said " i didn't ask for a valuation, i asked for the repair price". I got it all fixed up and it sits in my watch box. I did the same with my dads 1964 6119 seiko which has the Suwa symbol on the dial. These watches were Rolex prices in their day.

jods

Matteeboy

Quick question - are chronographs actually any use? The little dial just seem to clutter up the main face and just seem to replicate functions the main hands do.

For example I really like this:



But to me the more expensive chrono doesn't seem to do any more:



But some watches look right as a chrono - e.g. the Omega Speedmaster.

scoobynutta555

I'm not a fan of loads of dials. IMHO it clutters everything up. Also ***** sprouting out of everywhere, cheap or expensive watch makes no odds to me.

chopperman

I use mine to keep check on the parking meter time

chopperman

very very nice mate

chopperman

The difference between a watch and a Time piece

scoobynutta555

I use a watch for the time and date not the current position of Uranus or whatever.
I assume you mean timepiece and not some article in Time magazine?

chopperman

Some more chopper watch ****.
My Tiffany & co 1931 18k pocket watch.

Matteeboy

My analogue G Shock Giez is a sort of chrono; loads of dials. I liked it at first but not sure now. Of course it's (solar atomic) quartz as well so a bit naff. Bloody accurate though!

chopperman

im a casio fan. Their cool watches. I have one that learens TV remotes. The amount of mates i've drive to near nervous breakdown with that watch

thenewgalaxy

I'm well into watches, have been since an early age.

Have got one of those Casios that acts as a remote in a drawer somewhere, had it at school and used to wreak havoc in Geography lessons with it. Our teacher was an unpleasant **** who used to lose it at the TV and turn to this Chinese kid on the front row and blame his relatives for not building things properly

Now divide my watch wearing between a Rolex Submariner, a Red Arrows Breitling Navitimer (with the 13 Calibre movement) and an Orbiter 3 Breitling Emergency.

chopperman

Bung some pics up mate, i's love to see them

magictree

iTrader: (1)

I didnt know people even still wore watches..you guys not have a mobile phone?

dpb

Cripes, that's just reminded me, iv got similar pocket watch in the bank somewhere

chopperman

That's like saying "I didn't know people still drove cars, we have buses and trains" or "why have a nice car when a crappy town car will still get you A to B. Having a nice watch is not just about telling the time.

Matteeboy

For some, it's just jewellery, for many, it's to show off (how can you convince the World you've made it when all you have is an iPhone?!), for others there's an appreciation of engineering, for others it's the functions. My G-Lide surfing watch has tide times on it for example. And I use the countdown timer for cooking!

I've gone from thinking mechanical watches at pointless (less accurate, need servicing, etc) to really appreciating the way they work. Sure it's often engineering for the sake of it but drive an electric steering, ECU dominated car then step into a Caterham and you have a similar experience.

Well sort of.

gpssti4

iTrader: (6)

No, you won't. There's no clock in a Caterham (well not in the one I drove anyway!)

The Dogs B******s

I've been wearing watches since I was a kid, feel totally lost without one on. So to me it's not a fashion thing.

thenewgalaxy

As with a lot of my precious things, two of these watches live off-site in a metal box and I swap them over every few months. So I can't give you a pic of the Rolex but it is a boggo black-faced Submariner.

I did however find this pic of the Emergency on my hard drive. It's next to an iPhone 3GS so was taken a while ago! Have got a UTC module fitted too, the dealer threw it in when I bought the watch back in 2002.



You're at the mercy of an iPhone camera for this one but here's my Red Arrows Navitimer. And I've just noticed it stopped at half five yesterday as I haven't been wearing it this week

chopperman

That Emergency is a very unusual and interesting watch .

Matteeboy

Does the Emergency have LCD screens? Not quite sure about digi/analogue (I have one albeit much cheaper) watches. Still, handy if you suddenly get lost in Richmond Park ;-)

I think some Breitlings are a little fussy with too much going on but this one has really taken me:



PHWWWAOOOOORRRR!!! My local jeweller has one in stock too...

And the slightly more grown up:

scoobynutta555

All these watches look like they've never been worn! Mine has several bezel scratches and superficial wear scuffs all over the bracelet. I took it off for a week and left it at home as I was on a raucous stag week away, felt horrible not having it. Otherwise in the 9 years I've had it, it's never off.

The cheaper watch I've given to my dad to wear and the red half of the bezel is badly sun faded.

I've never understood the mentality of having something nice and it being boxed away somewhere 99% of the time, be it a car or a watch.

Matteeboy

Come on Scooby, what is it?!

thenewgalaxy

Both those watches of mine are at least twelve years old mate, I have worn either of them continuously since owning them and also had them serviced with Breitling inbetween.

It would be a bit like me accusing someone with a nice car on here that has been detailed that they haven't driven it or used it properly!

I would also point out that if you pay for something of high quality it doesn't wear as quickly as some of the more cheaper types. That Navitimer with its large glass face has taken a direct hit onto granite without suffering a scratch and the metal has a few very small scratches that will go again when the watch is next serviced.

The only reason I lock the ones away that I am not wearing is so that if some **** breaks into my house when I'm not here they have to settle for the DVD player and I only have to stump up a couple of hundred quid rather than several thousand pounds.

chopperman

I wear all mine. I wear the Zenith most days but if im doing sport or swimming i wear the Tissot and if im working i wear my military seiko.