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Artist - I have the 35th anniversary steel G Shock.
Have you had any problems with it? I've had to send mine back twice as the solar
panel wasn't charging the power cell.
Gorgeous looking watch though!
Artist – I have the 35th anniversary steel G Shock.
Have you had any problems with it? I’ve had to send mine back twice as the solar
panel wasn’t charging the power cell.Gorgeous looking watch though!
None that I've noticed, but I'll check this week that it's charging
If you connect via the app it has a battery status indicator top left IIRC.
Can anyone recommend a Casio or similar that has daily alarms that you can set for each day? or at the very least different alarms for weekdays and the weekend?
Also I'd like it to be small-ish and cheap, ideally with decent WR and backlight illumination.
This is solar, WR and has a backlight (LCD panel only).
It has five alarms but I'm not sure you can set then with the intelligence of a smartphone.
I guess you would have to set the times Monday-Friday but manually enable /disable them appropriately.
@derek_starship thanks, I have those same 5 alarms on the G-Shock I have already though.
Seems the Timex Ironman can do weekday alarms, they're not that cheap though. I could have 5 Casio F91Ws instead
Quite like it on the wrist now it's arrived
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It's nice that ex-STR. The pushers seem a little overly recessed though. Are they okay to use?
A bit expensive too. Why dearer than the GMW-B5000D-1ER?
It’s nice that ex-STR. The pushers seem a little overly recessed though. Are they okay to use?
A bit expensive too. Why dearer than the GMW-B5000D-1ER?
I've not even set it up properly yet tbh
Wouldn't pay full price, got it half of full rrp @ £225 from the G-shock site. Hasn't even got Bluetooth
Best source of NATO straps?
Looking for good quality and army green …
Geckota or Zuludiver terms to be my go to for decent options.
Brilliant - thanks
Bark & Jack do the best NATO’s I’ve used. Very nice they are
Anyone else think the best looking watches are either from tbe 80s or have an 80s vibe to em? Been loving the old red LED type watches on here, but always lusted after one of these bad boys from the Kays catalogue as a kid:
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=citizen+ana+digi+temp&id=1A6F2CC7C4FDC8250F8F4BD58A2088F46DD80230&FORM=EQNAMI
Anyone had one? Have read theyre quite temperamental, and often need repair, not surprising since theyre nearly 40 year-old electronics.
Also, any love for tbe Sinn space watches and the tutima titaium military watches?
really like that Yema, but can't help thinking the markers are somewhat phallic.
I had an Elliot Brown, Tyneham. Mainly as most of their watches are too big for my skinny wrist, the STW collab included.
The Yema is really nice
Been having a real quandry over 2 daily 'desk divers' that I own, I've got a seiko that sits just right on my wrist and at 40mm is really comfy, but also bought a citizen promaster last year on a whim to try something different. The promaster is bigger at 43mm and is a lot more legible as a result. The bezel action is the better out of the 2, the second hand hits all the marks and the bezel is spot on aligned as well. Despite this though, I think I'm going to have to sell it - it just doesn't sit as nicely on my skinny wrists as the seiko :-(.
In the classifieds now https://singletrackworld.com/classifieds/advert/citizen-promaster-titanium-diver-watch/
My wife got me one of these for my 50th.
https://www.seikoboutique.co.uk/product/prospex-alpinist-1959-re-interpretation/
Not the most expensive watch I own, nor the biggest, but quite possibly the prettiest.
It’s lovely in the flesh.
I get an adult content warning when clicking on your Flickr link, where exactly are you wearing your watch. 😀
I clicked on the Seiko link hoping it’d be the gilt / green watch. Very nice.
Same here!
😳
Umm. Truly bizarre. An inch of blue long sleeved tee shirt cuff, wrist with watch on it. Hand not in shot.
You’d have to have a wild & twisted imagination…
Yeah, I think it's the naked reflection in the mirror that's the issue.
Quick update for you all on the Elliot Brown Singletrack watch project.
There is a minimum order quantity for this run of watches, and we have to hit this number to get the watch into production. And we have good news… we are just shy of hitting the tipping point to make this watch… it’s in the bag, we only need a handful more people on board.. There is now only one week left to get your name down on the list and secure your watch.
So… massive thank you to everyone who is on the list already. And here is the link for those who are teetering on the fence of awesome watch ownership.
http://Singletrack 20 Year Elliot Brown Watch | Singletrack Magazine (singletrackworld.com)
I'm going to treat myself to a new Elliot Brown automatic so I'm putting my Canford up for sale. I'll post some proper images up in the classifieds over the next day or two but if anyone fancies it then it's the silver dial with the charcoal chapter ring. Currently on an orange zuludiver rubber strap but also includes the original brown leather deployment strap.
New battery installed this week at EB, pressure tested etc etc and includes the original box, papers and travel case.
£175 RMSD
Image here shows the colourscheme of the dial, not the strap etc. 
I've acquired this Luminox series 3950 after the previous owner sadly passed away recently. He was a dive instructor and wore this during all his dives.
I must admit, when I first saw it, I thought it was an unremarkable Tag copy, but have come to appreciate it quite a bit.
It's from the Navy Seal edition. 44mm, Swiss Made, quartz, 200m water resistance, carbon composite case and bezel, mineral crystal, permanent lume tritium flasks (mostly blue with the 12 o'clock being orange)
The badge is the logo of the Swiss Police Elite S.W.A.T. team, who commissioned Luminox to make these for their team. (The watch was a gift to the previous owner from a diving buddy who was part of this team)
Nooooooooo! I thought I'd picked up a watch I've been saving and saving for, as a great priced pre-owned... Messaged the seller and chased and chased again, yes still got it, I'll take it just need a couple of days to clear a small amount of the cost into the bank.. Or could take now if he was interested in a Seiko for the last few hundred.... No response for 2 days...I chased again.... It's been sold to a shop. Argggghhhh! Oh well, sometimes it's just not meant to be. I is frustrated though.
Another week, another G-Shock
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Well, sir is certainly consistent in his choices, isn't sir.
Casi-oak
I've one of those GD-350s, not a big fan of the display tbh. Stealth is not such a great idea in a display!
Another week, another G-Shock
Gah! I've been fighting the temptation for one of the new GM Casi-oaks, it looks good.. (wobbles)...
Looking for reccomendations for my 50th
I'd quite like a MR-G, but they are silly money for a G-Shock
I like diver style watches
Ones that have caught my eye are...
Tissot Seastar 2000 - but possibly not 'special' enough
Seiko Prospex - again, not that special
Tudor Black Bay - a little small at 41mm and top side of what I want to pay
Also the Pelagos
Any suggestions at around £2k?
Don't you dare buy the red Black Bay, I have that in my basket for my own 50th. 🙂
I would just say - read up on Tissot before you make a judgement - the TdF quartz I bought oozes quality, you could not compare it in any way with a Seiko for example. The back history and the reason they are cheaper explains that in the main they are every bit as good as the Tudor. Maybe anyway... 😀
Looking for reccomendations for my 50th
For the 2k Mark, I'd be looking at the Rado Captain Cook (style), a Doxa Sub (competency) or the Ball Skindiver 2 (Bit of both)
2.5k will get you the green faced bronze Captain Cook and it’s really nice
Oh yes,
Had a look at one of those in the flesh a few weeks ago. The green on the bronze looks amazing. Very keen on one
Oooooh, that certainly is very nice
@cb200 that's really nice - I like the stealth look, and the back story!
Artist, slightly more special 62 mas le? I've the green dialed one, it's visually stunning.
The original black bay isn't small, try it, it's slab side make it a chunky watch. Particularly the modern in house movement one as it's thicker. Likewise the pelagos (I have the smurf)
If you you really do want a larger black bay get the bronze, it's 43mm
The captain cooks do look good, both the steel and the bronze. I've not tried one but iirc they are smaller in steel.. couple of different sizes... One being a le? Someone here has it.
Or how about a Bulova fifty fathoms? https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/bulova-mil-ships-w-2181
Just picked this up, wasn’t looking for another watch, as I use the garmin most of the time, but it was at such a great price I couldn’t resist. Really pleased with it, thought it looked “ok” in the pictures, but it’s one very nice watch in the flesh.
