Blazzin, I can't remember which po the 2201.50 is. Do you want to describe it? Mine is the 42mm, second generation, which was the first with the all new movement and display case back. The display case added alot to the thickness vs the generation 1 po, but I have always found it OK. Your wrist is much bigger then my 18cm.
@craig24, I love that watch.
I got this for my daughter's Xmas. A pseudo Murph to match my Coop as we loved the film so much.
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Neil - It’s the 1st gen, with the 8500 and solid caseback. It’s a 2012 and supposedly has the 8500D, but no official confirmation of that, which is a bit of a worry as I’ve read about problems with the earlier movement. The asking price is a little high atm, as without history, I’m automatically assuming it’s going to need a service sooner, rather than later.
@nickfrog I wasn't aware of just how nice some Hamilton models were until I watched the film and started looking into them. Great watches for the money.
^ true Craig. Same here. I wasn't even into watches anymore having sold my 2 Rolexes 20 years ago as I thought they looked vulgar lol
I got this new for £275 a few weeks ago too.
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(the strap has now shaped itself properly around my wrist btw).
Ah gotcha blazzin. Yes some of that movement had trouble...iirc it was before they realised the coaxial escapement doesn't run well at 8bps (it is slowed to 7bps in the later movements) and some just stopped. On the plus side it's thinner and easier to where. The other visual difference is the much thicker silver ring around the inner edge of the bezel. To me that males the dial look a different size, more then the 0.5mm case size would (it's 41.5mm vs 42mm)
Craig24 that Hamilton looks absolutely lush - great watch!
Just picked up a Hamilton Khaki Field Auto
That's rather nice, some of the Hamilton watches just look so right. Though nickfrog's pic reminds me that some of them don't.*
*Sorry nick, purely subjective I know!
Yes sure totally subjective.
As subjective as calling your comment unnecessary I suppose.
Are the number indices printed on the underside of the crystal? The 6 looks like it on the photo, the 12 not so much.
No but it does overlap the seconds dial.
Cheers. ElShalimo.
As subjective as calling your comment unnecessary I suppose
I'm sorry, i genuinely didn't think you'd actually take offence at such a mild comment. TBF though, my opinion's no more unnecessary than the subsequent ones liking the watch and you're clearly ok with them.
Hang around long enough and I'm sure I'll post a picture of one of my inexplicable watch choices you can lay into.
PSA- for those on a tighter budget, Baltany do a very Hamilton field watch for less than £200. The crown is screw down (not in this pic) and it's an automatic. This is shown with a Hirsch strap I fitted. It has good lume and sapphire crystal. Case dia. 39mm.
Looking for some beginner watch collection advice for my 15yr old son. He’s recently shown interest starting a mini collection. He already owns an Armani AR5855. Problem is neither myself or him have much disposable money so he’d need to save his pocket money and/or wait for birthday or Xmas to have one as a gift. Other than just buying what he thinks looks nice do you lovely folks have any suggestions (new or used) for what he could look for to begin his collection, preferably under £300. Thanks in advance.
I wasn’t even into watches anymore having sold my 2 Rolexes 20 years ago as I thought they looked vulgar lol
Not as vulgar as the prices they go for these days!
Problem is neither myself or him have much disposable money so he’d need to save his pocket money and/or wait for birthday or Xmas to have one as a gift.
Honestly, those are the best watches, because they have a real history and meaning for the owner, rather than just scratching the acquisition itch. That’s why I spent £460-odd on having my Yema RallyGraf Super repaired and serviced, when I only paid £50 for it. It was my first ‘grown up’ watch, bought with my own money, a mixture of earned money and birthday/Christmas gifts. I was earning less than £10/week in the early 70’s when I bought it.
Choose wisely, that watch should be wearable for the rest of his life, something like one of those Hamilton field watches would be my choice - a lovely clear dial, and a movement that should be a good, reliable workhorse.
@stuhawk - it’s so difficult to recommend a watch to someone as we all have different tastes. It may be worth you having a look on YouTube at a hand of videos on watches sub $500 dollars. Maybe take a note of the ones you and your son like the look of. We can then give you some feedback and offer some advice or similar recommendations.
We also have our own favourite brands, I’m a fan of Nite Watches, others prefer their Seiko’s.
And Kryton purchased a nice watch recently, on page 239 I think. From the below…
https://www.geckota.com/collections/watches
@stuhawk use eBay and also watch forums like tz-uk and pick up the preowned. There are plenty of older seiko with cult status that still aren't over budget. Or there's plenty of homage brands doing super watches in budget. Then there's older brands, with a bit of patience and luck, combined with research, he could pick up a good quality older watch from a brand less commonly known these days. There's plenty to enjoy and learn at a more reasonable budget
Quite excited to have this on the way. Perpetual calendar, GMT complication, titanium body, quartz movement, comes boxed and not too big. From 2006.yeah that Seiko GMT is nice. For some reason I really like the thought of the GMT movement, I have three watches with it. I travel all over Europe, US and Aus with work...and have never actually used the GMT function.....I just use my phone! (My laziness I know!)
Always a fancied a GMT - travel quite a bit too, usually take a watch and always reset it to local time when I’m underway. I think the process will be much the same so hope to use it; just a bit easier with the jumping hour hand. Red dial stays at home time so I don’t call my wife at 2 am (solution to a problem that never existed ?). Probably have to remember to take it off for a swim.
Question for the accumulated wisdom here. I have an original 2500-series Omega Aqua Terra (this one), which I've recently started wearing more. The bracelet is decent, but has no micro-adjustment, so my choices are to wear it just too tight or rattlingly loose.
Has anyone come across or heard of a solution that adds micro-adjustment - whether some after-market flip link, another clasp or any such?
Cheers
@stuhawk I paid £300 for my Hamilton Khaki Field Auto 38mm, used from eBay, in great condition. I don't think you will get a better watch for the money personally.
@nicko74 could you purchase an extra half link? Like this -
Double Half Link Aqua Terra Bracelet | Omega Watch Forums
Or if there is space on the clasp, have a watch maker drill some micro adjustment holes?
@craig24 - that's a really useful link, thanks! Between the spare whole and half links I have, I may be able to get a better fit.
Sadly the clasp on this original AT is dross, and really has no way to add micro-adjustment holes. I think back in the day I saw some people putting a Seamaster clasp onto it, but can't now find those threads.
My well-used Seiko Solar Chronograph has been in a drawer for the last couple of years. Fully recharged now but losing about 2 minutes a day so far.
I got it out with the intention of giving it to my son, but since it's not running quite right I thought I'd see about a service. Seiko charge £110, so I thought that would be about what the watch is worth and probably not worth it. However, a quick google suggests they are worth 2 or 3 times that (albeit in better condition than this one). So I'm not sure what to do now.
One of the reasons I stopped wearing it was I started using a Garmin (6X now) pretty much full time, but I fancy a change. I'd prefer a simple, easy to read watch without the complications. It would need to be cheap enough so that I don't get annoyed when I scratch and bash it.
Does anyone buy the "homage" watches on ebay or aliexpress? I like the look of this Luminor-style one and at £35, waterproof with an apparently reliable movement, it sounds perfect.
There are also some well-reviewed "Steeldive" diver and field watches here
I'd definitely get the Seiko repaired for that price. Well cheaper than a current Seiko chronograph.
For sensible price new watches, fill your boots looking at Just One More Watch on YouTube. He reviews loads of that kind of stuff and Steeldive generally get a favourable report.
After much procrastinating I finally got round to buying this over Christmas.
Having just sold my Halios and my Garmin Forerunner - I'm on the hunt for a new daily beater/riding watch and looking for some suggestions please.
- Something with a nato/nylon strap as I suffer with with irritation from rubber/plastic straps. (so writes off pretty much all G-shocks)
- Sub £300.
- Quartz (got a couple of other mechanical watches - so just want something quick as ready to go)
- Fixed bezel or field-esk
- 38-40ish mm
- New or used.
Looking for some beginner watch collection advice for my 15yr old son.
Try chronodivers.co.uk. Lots of nice looking Seiko-based homages for not very much money at all. Could easily start a 4 - 5 watch collection for under £500.
I'm sure there's a connection to this forum as well.
Further to above, I ordered a Seakoss from Aliexpress.
Cost about £40, came in a week.
It's seriously solid, feels well made and looks good IMO. Only negative so far is that the glass is very reflective, which made taking a good photo quite challenging.
Has anyone got a Sternglas watch?
I was thinking of getting a simple Bauhaus style every day watch
Bit of plastic for the summer, adds a bit (a lot?) of colour to the watch box!
Oi oi, here we go!
Holy Horological ponderings Batman !!
That's a nice Explorer - good choice. That might just be mine as well if I don't get near a Daytona in the next couple of years 👍
Good luck with the Daytona. Got the run around from a large business that rhymes with Oldsmiths, waiting over a year, so went to our other local smaller AD who only sell Rolex and Patek. Got a message in 4 weeks from registering interest.
Just paid £324 for a Garmin Epix Gen 2 (not pro) from H Samuel - mostly to use on the bike 
Very nice. I also got a call and am picking up an Explorer 40 next week. Three months on the waiting list wasn’t too bad in the end.
Only 3 months kilo? Do you have a particularly good relationship with your dealer; or is it just that there are fewer people interested now??
Nicko - I only waited a month for mine, pretty much the next delivery into the AD. I think now the pricing has started to correct back to where it should be and there’s not the profit margin for the scalpers, more people are saying no or de-listing. Which is good for the people who actually want to buy a watch rather than turn a profit. Daytona, submariner and GMT2 still not easy to get though.
I got a Boldr Venture Rally this week. Still deciding if it's too small for my twig-like wrists. It's small compared to my other watches but doesn't seem too bad.
I was “introduced” to the AD by a friend who has had three watches off him (a sub, an explorer 2 and a sea dweller) in the last year or two but no idea if that makes any difference.
Although there’s a ‘waiting list’ my understanding is it’s in no way chronological. The sales people have the ability to prioritise as they see fit.
I just asked if there was a chance I could have it in time for my 50th, only asked for one model and made it clear I’d got the cash and wasn’t messing about or wanting to resell it. I had a bit of banter back and forth with the sales guy on WhatsApp and a few weeks later he messaged to say he’d got what I was after and it was mine if I wanted it.
Anyone got an opinion on the sizing of that Boldr above?
I'm still undecided
Explorer 40 just collected, very pleased with it.
Pretty sure an Explorer is going to be my 'one day, when I've got some money' watch. I've been wearing an Steinhart Adventurer in the meantime, just to make sure, but I think the look and size of the Rolex Explorer is great.
I've the later (2017) 232.30 with the 8500 & clear back.
It's my favourite watch - looks & feels great, if a little weighty, & has been perfect in the 8 years I've owned it.
Mine's pre Bond promo so has a proper box not the Skyfall one they started putting them in.
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Having just sold my Halios and my Garmin Forerunner - I'm on the hunt for a new daily beater/riding watch and looking for some suggestions please.
- Something with a nato/nylon strap as I suffer with with irritation from rubber/plastic straps. (so writes off pretty much all G-shocks)
- Sub £300.
- Quartz (got a couple of other mechanical watches - so just want something quick as ready to go)
- Fixed bezel or field-esk
- 38-40ish mm
- New or used
As this is from aaaages ago and you've probably bought something - I thought I'd give you my opinion on an 'everyday' watch that might fit the bill 🤣
A Casio Wave Ceptor watch! They're titanium, solar powered, get their time signal off the atomic clock - and they're dirt cheap.
Mine's this version - WVA-M640D from 2016 and still going strong, looks like this -
The latest version is this one and it's only £125!
They're dead light, feel good on the wrist and having tried lots of others still my everyday watch. Don't worry about scratching it, etc.
The older Waveceptor looks better, the new one's a bit too busy for me
Kilo that's absolutely spot on. They just look 'right', the bracelet and strap feel like the standard to which others aspire; and my 39mm at least just feels right on the wrist.
Nobby: looks great! I love a glass back on a watch, it's one of the first things that first drew me to my Aqua Terra.
Kilo - perfect. That’s the watch that first sparked my interest in nice watches and the one I thought I would buy, probably still would with unlimited funds, but I want a black Sub and can’t have 2 black faced Rolex!
Nobby - looks great. My search is off now as after my recent purchase, the watch kitty is very much empty for a while!
How much of a turn is it likely to need?
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A tiny movement produces a substantial effect IME. It could take a while to get a reasonable result though, unless you're using a timegrapher or some sort of app you'll have to wait a fair while to see the effect of what you've done.
Having done it some years back on my SPORK, the amount is fractions of a millimetre! A barely perceptible nudge can make a significant difference to the timekeeping. It might help using a jewellers loupe to see how much you’re moving the adjuster.
Dad turned 21 in 1966 and this is what he wore for years, before switching to Seikos. Question is, is there anywhere in Edinburgh recommended to have a look at it, or better going online?
Difficult to say for sure, but that Breitling looks like it should have a Tachymetre bezel: stet that, it does, around the chapter ring but the numbers have practically disappeared, I only noticed them when I zoomed in; I can just see the 500/400/350 alongside the 1-2 o’clock markers. Definitely worth getting that restored as much as possible, my Yema shares the Valjoux 77xx movement, and while it cost me around £460 to get it fixed and serviced, against the £50 I paid for it 50+ years ago, it has significantly higher value now!
You're not wrong - the photo at the top of the previous page shows it better. Not sure what would have caused the numbers to wear off but it had a hard life (Dad was a very hands on engineer at BR).
Just got the watch back from Calibre yesterday after the chronograph function was repaired under guarantee. I could ask about a replacement bezel but think I'll leave it as is.
This has been languishing in a drawer for 10 years since I’ve been wearing Garmins daily so the capacitor was naturally dead - took it to the local guy who put a new capacitor in it and replaced all the gaskets.
its massive and heavy but I find it very comfortable and even after not having it on in a decade, it feels very familiar on
Citizen eco-drive calibre 2100
Seiko have just announced a rather fun limited edition diver, featuring the drag racing/hot rod company Moon Equipment, famous for their Moon Eyes logo. Still very much a going concern, and having a Japanese branch, Seiko have done a tie-up. 75 in the U.K.
Bit of an odd post this one.
I bought a fake Moonswatch in December to use as a donor to make a steel bodied conversion to see how it went. The fakes are far easier to take apart to make up a new watch so it is a good way to try.
I haven't got around to ordering the other parts because it is actually a bloody good watch it cost £11 and I bought a strap for £9.
The point of the post is more of a warning. These are so good that you see loads of them passing off as the real thing on EBay. I tried reporting some but EBay never did anything, they always claimed it was fine.
Anyway the giveaways are the top right dial which is pointing to the 4 on my watch is supposed to be a 1/10 second stopwatch timer so should be at the 10 position when not in use. The fakes use a 24hr watch timer so that rotates once every 24 hours. A lot of the fake sellers now sell the snoopy moonphase watch as that is harder to spot in an EBay listing. Instead of the 1/10 timer snoopy moves around over a 28 day period but in the fakes he will move around every 24 hours.
Additionally on mine the gold second timer hand is slightly off centre.
The case has slightly less texture on the fakes but again really hard to spot. They do seem to get better all of the time as well.
Actually I don't think you really need the EBay warning now. In the two months since I last looked it is just flooded with fake Moonswatch's that are obviously sold as fakes. The place is a shit show
So, I've been given a Stauer Graves 33 (it was my granddad's) it comes complete with perished watch strap, cardboard box with the glue failing and advertising cutting from the radio times (or similar).
Is it worth anything (apart from the £150 on their website) to anyone?
I do fancy some macro photography on some watch movements though.
Can anyone recommend a nice rubber strap for my Citizen Promaster diver watch? I fancy a change from the metal bracelet
The face is black with a black bezel so I'd like to add a bit of colour
Barton Bands do nice silicon straps that are different top and bottom contrast colours. Not mad expensive and come with 2 lengths of hole end straps for different wrist sizes. I've had a couple of them.
Barton Bands do nice silicon straps that are different top and bottom contrast colours. Not mad expensive and come with 2 lengths of hole end straps for different wrist sizes. I've had a couple of them.
Thanks
Watchgecko have a big selection of rubber straps too
Sorry, the Stauer Graves 33 looks like it's a generic watch being branded and sold by a drop shipping company - the brand is based at a warehouse in Sittingbourne
I’m sure nobody’s going to be too surprised on seeing this, I just couldn’t resist it, having had Mooneyes decals on my school satchel fifty-odd years ago! I put the NATO strap on because the bracelet was much too big for my skinny wrist, now my mate has taken several links out it fits perfectly, and I didn’t want to wear the nylon out, as it’s somewhat limited in availability…
Apologies, I know it'll have been asked on here loads of times, but any recommendations for servicing/repairing a Seiko Diver SKX007?
Mine started running really fast (I think after I dropped it), no amount of regulation would sort it, so I took to a local repair guy before Christmas so he could take more of a look at what the problem might be. I've just rung him to find out what's happening with it and he's told me that it's running really fast and no amount of regulation will sort it, so he'll need to take more of a look at what the problem might be...
The usual answer is Steven at Calibre. Dundee or similar IIRC. I've used them a few times and always had A1 service.
For an SKX you just get a new NH36 movement for about thirty five quid and swap it. https://www.cousinsuk.com/product/seiko-kinetic-mechanical-movements
You'll need a new crown and stem too, there are instructions of how you can even DIY on YouTube. It's not hard, just small.
I know that financially and functionally it makes more sense to change the movement, but then it's not the same watch is it? And I know that's daft, but, well, I dunno, it just feels wrong.