Sorry - missed the leather stap bit...
http://www.timefactors.com/precista.htm
Pilot - these can be worn very nicely on leather:
http://www.timefactors.com/speedbird.htm
Eddie is a top bloke and the watches are quality well beyond their prices.
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Vintage watches
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I quite like the radio one on there! Speedbird looks tidy too
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Really like that Steinhart
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I can'tsee past Swatch anymore, best (aesthetic) design out there IMO, I'll probably change my mind about that sometime tho...
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carbon337 - Member
Actually some advice please guys. My Grandfather has a 1973 he thinks - Omega Geneve DateI used these people to restore my Father-in-law's broken vintage watch. They did a great job. And only did as much as I wanted. i.e. They fixed the glass and got it working but left the marks on the dial. I paid less than £200.
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Try one of the smaller, off the beaten track watch repair shops. They often have some really elegant, 50-60 year old watches that look great and still work fine.
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Is the market bombing on watches as the economy tumbles? After asking a similar question here a month or 2 ago I settled on a new Rolex submariner date stainless steel, black dial. I'd been told by collectors the wait list was 1 to 3 years, so with 17 months before my 40th I walked oxford st and bond st last week to check the exact price and place the order.4 dealers told me the wait is now 4 weeks....2 had a watch in store I could have bought right then. Things seem to be changing.
Oh and OP go to a decent dealer (mappin and webb were nice to me), see some watches in the flesh and on your wrist. I have very slim wrists so lots of modern watches are way to large, others are stupidly thick and others look odd in the flesh....go see
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Is there a product that is more reliant on branding/nonsense/HQ invisible internals than luxury watches?
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I took my 60 yr old Rolex to a shop called The Jewellery Centre in Vyse St Birmingham with a broken mainspring. They sourced a non-rolex equivalent and gave it a full service (curing an irritating rattle in the auto-winder too) for about £150 in total. It's now running perfectly. Worth a trip.
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I'm sure that there is a chinese factory churning out authentic aged looking 'vintage' watches to be fed into the market.
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Russell Talerman in London does reasonably priced repairs and restorations. I have used him and would recommend.
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My experience of Tag Heuer's customer service has been pretty bad. I wouldn't touch another, but I guess that won't be a consideration if you're buying vintage.
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+ for Timefactors
I have a PRS18 which seems to have appreciated in value in the short term I have owned it.
Quality is fantastic often better than big name brands costing several hundred pounds more.
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