How do G-Shocks wear on tiny wrists? I find myself having to keep wandering to the room in the house that has the clock in it, and have toddlers so could be in the market for a sub/just over £100 tool watch
How do G-Shocks wear on tiny wrists? I find myself having to keep wandering to the room in the house that has the clock in it, and have toddlers so could be in the market for a sub/just over £100 tool watch
They come in different sizes, a 5600 fits my 6 & 3/4" wrist, I also have a baby G that is not comical or Lylac (they're not all girls watches)...
I’ve always found my g shock to be annoyingly tall as well as just too big. For a less obtrusive beater Casio I would recommend the dw290
I've got child's wrists. About 6.5 inch, and that's my G Shock at the top of page 123.
I measured my wrist this morning, 7", I could do with trying one on tbh but I avoid town centers like the plague
Looks tidy tthew
I put the Samurai on a waffle strap, I can't decide which I like better, that or the original bracelet:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kryton1957/52121980529/in/dateposted-public/
or
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kryton1957/52120703692/in/dateposted-public/
Thoughts?
Waffle
Kryton57
Full Member
Saccades, that Sarb is lovely, where did you find it?
Adverts.ie there is another on there for sale currently. The Milanese is aftermarket but Seiko supply them with the presage MK2 cocktail times so might see if I can get one.
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neilnevill
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Who is the Heimdallr fan? I suddenly have a strong desire for an orange monster and the gen 2 Sharkey Ocean monsters (which have the Seiko gen 1 dial) seem a much better watch and cheaper than an to actual Seiko…. Am I going to be disappointed? Orange, can’t be anything else been it?
The helmdellr orange monster is in some ways better. NH36 movement, indentations line up, as does the chapter ring. Only downside was losing the lume pip fairly early on.
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I put the Samurai on a waffle strap, I can’t decide which I like better, that or the original bracelet:
Waffle.
Reminds me I need to sell mine, any interest here ? Same colour as Kryton’s. £150 plus postage ?
@walkwiz Could well be interested.
Don’t suppose you have any pictures?
And to Kryton, Waffle for me as well.
Waffle definitely!
Damn, 2yo climbing all over me allowed woodster in! 😆. Tbh I really really don't need a samurai but at £150 I'd be interested in seeing photos if woodster passes.
Thank you saccades! That looks fabulous! I was thinking a preferred the Heimdallr V2 which has the gen 1 Seiko dial (parallelogram markers not the pointy teeth) but now I'm not so sure, that really looks great! A V2 seems about £20 more too.
Having worn it for a couple of hours, yeah it’s staying on the waffle. It’s odd becuase before today I was looking strongly at this Turtle:
Same look, I’m still tempted.
I regret selling my Turtle. Even with it's wonky cyclops and bezel
Turtles and Willard's are just plain ugly in my view, I'm grateful or else I'd need one of those too!
I concur (late). Waffle.
I removed the Cyclops from my Stargate, looked much better.
Waffle deffo.really good contrast.
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Sunday vibes.
What is that strap? ^^^ I have the same 5 (with a flat crystal now)
Looks very similar to a Barton strap I have… which I’m happy to sell, used once 🙂
Looks very similar to a Barton strap I have
Was also my thought. They are great straps, super value for money as you get a long and short holes end but do take a while to arrive from the Sates.
Or only a couple of days if posted from London!
Oh - do they have a UK distributor, or do you mean Amazon? I know they have some, but prefer to avoid if possible.
EDIT - sorry got you now. You'll send it in a couple of days. 🙈
Yep, Barton silicone elite.
My favourite straps.
Ah yes, thats what's mine is. Its very nice and suits that watch, mine wasn't quite right because the watch I out it on was too top heavy. I've changed to the Zuludiver waffle now which is a bit thicker.
Actually I've got several straps which need to go on the classifieds.
Waiting ages for my DIY watch bits to arrive from various corners of the globe, but saw this on the eBay and thought I'd take a punt. Seiko mecha-quartz, looks fine and it'll certainly do for going out and about until I've finished the ones I'm making. Wondering if it might be better on a different strap though...
That looks nice ox, the speedmaster strap seems appropriate.
Waiting ages for my DIY watch bits to arrive from various corners of the globe
Oh no. TFO is flat-earther!
I like the Seiko. I think it'd look great on a Crafter Blue strap.
Perhaps something from here?
Was looking at the sailcloth straps on a couple of watches a few pages back, and I like the look of those very much. A bit more substantial than a NATO/ZULU, where would be the best place to look for them? I prefer a deployment clasp to a buckle, but it’s not too important.
Get a RHD deployment to go with a nice strap from Rousseau.
https://www.mywatchmaker.net/deployantclasp.htm
His deployants are nice, but I've always looked elsewhere due to him being in the States. Have you bought one form him?
So some bits arrived today and I had a go at building my first watch.
Took me about an hour to assemble all in. It's okay but far from good. The dial is probably better suited to a dive case for starters. The hands don't really match either but I thought I'd make a hash of putting them on first time round so they are a practice set - I was right, punctured the lume on the minute hand with the tweezers and put a kink in the second hand causing it to foul on the minute hand, had to carefully bend back into shape. Case looks good but the bezel is fixed which pretty much cancels out the reason I went for the "explorer" style - I do a lot of work abroad and wanted a rotating 12hr explorer bezel to make a cheap two time zone watch. Never mind. Also the date magnifier isn't aligned correctly, I've got a crystal remover/installer on the way so I'll re-install that tomorrow and swap the hands for a silver set at the same time. Carefully.
Things I'll do differently next time:
Make sure the case is exactly what I want and functions as such, have a better think about the aesthetics, maybe go for a bigger case too - this 40mm looks slightly too small to my eyes, probably cos I've been wearing a Fenix for the last 5 years.
Would I recommend giving it a shot? Absolutely!
Very good Ox. Cyclops adds another layer of alignment complexity, I'd not bother myself, also because I don't really like the look of them.
Hats off to you Ox?
Count iirc I got my sail cloth on eBay for about a tenner but I think you'll also find them on places like watch gecko. Or Artemis do posh ones but I read they are no better. My snide Omega deployant was similar money from eBay or Etsy I think. Formex do nice ones which have micro adjust too.
So, Seiko are releasing an SKX replacement with a GMT movement. First new release I’ve been excited about for ages. Full article here, https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-travel-ready-skx-of-your-dreams-has-arrived-with-the-seiko-5-sports-gmt-series
Apologies for the delay in posting a pic, but here’s the samurai.
I’m going to keep this simple, first person to PM me (or whatever the STW thing is called here) saying yes they’ll have it.
If it needs more pics, that’ll have to wait until Friday.
SKX replacement
So this is now a question of which is available first, that or MoonSwatch…. I’d quite like the orange one.
For those asking for straps sorry I’ve been away for work so I’ll post at the weekend, they are 20 or 22mm.
Too late to edit, but still Hardlex ^^. Sigh. If the Chinese can do it at less than that price point why not Seiko!!
I'm liking Ox's chronograph, it looks fine to me on the supplied bracelet.
Here's my (very similar looking) latest arrival, bought after seeing it on one of the YouTube watch channels recently.
JDM, Tough Solar, Wave Ceptor, Sapphire. Does chronograph, world time, alarm and timer - I just loved the idea of an analogue doing all that!
Very nice! Where did you get that from?
What do people think of Ball? I rather like the look of this. ETA based movement, tritium markers, £1200
I've no problem at all with hardlex on a tool watch, it's the better material for the job.
There's probably Seiko execs scratching their head trying to understand the weird obsession with putting sapphire crystal on everything.