Indeed I think Kato is right. It may be 18 months before I can get one depending how well Sales commission goes for me, best be patient then. @Bullet thanks, must get up to Woburn for a ride to organise that!
Congrats Murray.
Kryton I'm sure the steinhart will be a great watch and excellent value, it will get good. Iwc ... Go to an ad and try it on. If it has the quality it'll feel like it's worth the money, of it doesn't you'll know you'll be disappointed with it.
Kato I agree, bracelet is quality but mine came off immediately and the watch went on a strap. B Hebert it couldn't bring myself to pay OEM prices for a rubber strap and a deployant, so I've been very very pleased with a hooky deployant from Etsy and a black sailcloth with white stitching
@Kryton57 - any time. I know they are working hard to reopen the Woburn trails so a trip would be good when we can.
So, this is the IWC Pilot 41 chrono which I’m saving up for at £5,250:
But this is Steinhart’s homage at €1050:
Both use an ETA 7750 Vajoux Elabore, note the texture on the Steinhart.
WWSTW do?!
I can't think of a single watch with a 7750 I'd pay over 5k for.
My limit would be with the Pands Speedmaster or IWC 3706 and both are attainable for under 3k, so a nice 3706 with the bracelet is the correct answer
I've vaguely been keeping an eye out for a reasonably chunky GMT and have just seen the new Formex Reef. Not really seen much from Formex before but this looks great and very adjustable with qr straps and interchangeable (by hand) bezels.
I'm flipping between the white dial and white lumed bezel or the black and rose gold options at the minute...
You can also waste 30 minutes configuring a watch you're probably not going to buy...
One of those Steinhart Pilot 41's sold for £575 on Ebay last night, worn 3 times.
I’ve vaguely been keeping an eye out for a reasonably chunky GMT and have just seen the new Formex Reef.
Make sure the hour hand is the jumping hand....nothing more frustrating than having the GMT hand (which should read GMT...) the jumper!...
..well there is actually...I watched my Fenix 6 fall off my wrist in slo-mo whilst kitesurfing yesterday. I wasn't in a position to stop it either...Quite some way out to sea. Probably still working at the bottom 🙁
Moral of the story: don't rely on cheap Amazon straps....
twohats
Free Member
Sinn watches are ace.
I'm hoping so - the U50 order I placed in April (August delivery) has now been pushed out to November/ December delivery. It'd better be worth it! 😀
Was it to you kryton?
Lol, No. I did consider it but I need to flip the Tissot Supersport TdF first anyway. I also remembered - when looking at the Ebay pics - how deep the 7750 makes a watch. I decided this morning to wear my 2006 aquaracer chrono which has the same 7750 in to re-live the experience of a top heavy and proud wearing watch.
I'll keep saving with a new bathroom being the real priority.... 🙂
The Sinn U50 has arrived! SDR (black bezel) Tegiment. No messing about - got an email yesterday saying they were giving to UPS in Germany, turned up today at lunchtime. Even the bracelet comes with spring bar tool, allen keys (for the hex bolts), threadlock (ditto) etc. Loving it.
It's really surprisingly small - the thinness really is what stands out, especially given the 500m WR rating. But it's got some heft when you hold it, more like my 42mm/ 15mm Oris ProPilot
Creation Watches have got some good deals on G-Shocks at the moment. I've just got a couple more and so as my lad. At less than £50 a pop it was daft not to.
Very nice Nicko, the bracelet looks really good
Creation Watches have got some good deals on G-Shocks at the moment.
Casioak’s in the sale. Don’t think I’ll be resisting that.
Very much the tool watch there Nicko, interesting.
Casioak’s in the sale. Don’t think I’ll be resisting that.
I don’t really get the fuss about Casioaks therefore can’t bring myself to buy one as well as the GSteel I have. I’m after the £80 5610 that’s been out of stock on Amazon for a while as a cheap digital. I did note that Creation have a 5600 and a “special forces” 6900 in that sale.
Kinda cursing that I bought an Instinct Solar 2 in Blue as it’s a bit socially unacceptable IMO otherwise it would have plugged the gap.
Niko, very nice. A sinn is on the bucket list, just love the over engineered understatement.
Nice.
What Movements do sinn use?
Liking you U50 very much!
Damn. The grand Seiko I was interested in had sold. Oh well. I still have several nice watches to enjoy
Love the U50 Nicko. If they did a 41mm UX Hydro I'd be sorely tempted...
neilnevill
Free Member
What Movements do sinn use?
I thought they were all Selitta in the autos and ETA in the quartz, but I've been nerding out on Sinn the last few weeks and discovered they're also using Concepto 7750 clones and La Joux-Perret in the Diapal chrono, which is basically a heavily modified 7750.
Love the Sinn
Asked for a cheap dive watch for holiday duties. The lovely people at Momentum sent a 10% off code and the engraved watch was with m within 5 days.
Very happy, just need to go on holiday now:)
Thanks for the love! I cut the rubber strap to length and swapped it back on and at the moment am loving that. I'll probably also look at a NATO and/ or a sailcloth strap too; I reckon it'll be good with a range of straps.
What made you go for the U50 instead of the U1? I had a UX before which was very wearable on a 7.25" wrist but then it was only 13.3mm thick.
I have little twiggy wrists, so the U50 is definitely the better size for me. But I never really looked at the U1 tbh, even though I quite like the blue version; from the start I quite fancied the small but solid tool watch aspect of the U50, to complement my bigger Oris (44mm case, 18mm height).
‘inspired’ as it were, by the chat earlier on related to the new Ranger I nipped in past the local authorised Tudor shop and had a look/feel of them in the metal. I was quite taken with the braceletted one.
On enquiring about availability I was advised 3-5 months if I pay up front. If I only put down a deposit then anyone ponying up full cost in advance would leap frog in the queue...
Whats normal (and how long before situation normalises as per, say, black bays)?
Asking for a friend (.
Black Bay Pro was in the same position a few months ago, you can now get them straight away if you travel, my local Beaverbrooks didn't have one but the one in Milton Keynes did as did several Goldsmiths branches near me
How much longer can I resist a new watch?
This beauty popped up on my interweb this morning:
£2,500. Love it.
Those Spirit GMT are good value and handsome with it
@murray: Thanks, I’ll let it slide for now then. See how I feel should availability be improved end of the year/start next...
Near the start of this thread there's me pining for a Omega Speedmaster MK2, life changes so much, now have twins in childcare 3.5 days a week so that MK2 seems forever away!
But, with them in mind, and me not wanting to be pulling my phone out my pocket to check the time when I'm with them I've just grabbed this, which I feel like I've fallen onto a bandwagon with but does exactly the job I want it to (survive being covered in play sand etc) whilst looking decent
£50 S/H off Debop
Shows for me? Thought if I could see it everyone else could!
No doubt some box needs ticking on Google photo's...
I could see it then it vanished.
Youpi, off to Paris for some watch boutique pervin'. Not sure I'll get in everywhere; I fell off my bike this morning (yes, the rain made the descents slippy) so am a bit bludded! The shops that don't bat an eyelid get my vote, the colour of my money is more important than the colour of my poor shredded knees.
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Nice!
Merak, nice PRS-29A. Eddie does make some nice watches, have the Navigator myself.
Morning!
Well, I'm pleased to report that nowhere refused me entry despite my very dubious attire and blooded knee. My main AD says my Milgauss z-blue might come in this September and then we chatted for an hour about my latest horological perversions.
Then I dropped by JLC to see if they had the new Duoface Calendar in stock. They did...
The smokey blue sunray is outstanding but I was disappointed by the main dial. I found the day and month apertures a little too close for my taste, and I wasn't keen on the daylight blue used on the moon dial. The upside, at €16200 I wasn't going to buy it anyway! And I got a bottle of Perrier, double score.
That JLC is lovely, I must admit I find the white face the prettier of the two, love the date indicator window and hand.
There’s not many companies that can do a decent square / oblong watch face, JLC and maybe a Santos
I'm a sucker for G Shocks. 2 more just arrived from Creation Watches in Singapore. Delivery time was about 2 weeks.
£60
£47
Got quite a few now and it is a bad habit that my lad is picking up because he bought another too.
I love this thread. In the space of an hour 4 very different pieces from both ends of the spectrum. Still deciding between a 5600 for authenticity, a 5610u as the most useful watch in the world (maybe) and a 6900-1 as a 5610 alternative with historic Navy Seal overtones, I’m setting myself the challenge of pulling the trigger on one of those by 1pm today.
Before that, it’s time for coffee and this weeks JOMW episode.
I am planning to pop into an Omega dealership tomorrow to see about trading in my Omega Seamaster 300 automatic 41mm.
My dad has asked me if he can get me something to remember him by and i thought it might be nice to upgrade this watch to a Speedmaster (new) and then give it to my son for his 20th which is in December.
I have looked on the shops website and tbh i think they are selling similar watches for anything upto £4k but that seems excessive. What kind of mark up do these places have on trade ins? 100%?
Just want to know a fair value so i can do some sums before going in
This would be a good example similar to mine
I love this thread. In the space of an hour 4 very different pieces from both ends of the spectrum.
I can do the other end too with my Omega.