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This is great VFM - 200m and titanium plus Ecodrive.
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Currently £169 at Francis and Gaye.
A fine looking Timex "diver" (Navi XL) - only 100m WR.
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Under £250.
Nee CasiOak released and I am very, very tempted.
One out, one hopefully in once the samurai is sold.
If it’s not the done thing to highlight a watch sale on STW, then can someone remove this post.
My blue seiko samurai up for sale here, just not worn it and unlikely to for quite a while. Real shame to have it languishing in a drawer for ages.
https://singletrackworld.com/classifieds/advert/seiko-blue-mens-prospex-samurai-automatic-divers-watch-srpb49k1/
This looks nice. Maybe not £999 nice though:
😖 That is truly grotesque! It encapsulates everything I hate about most G-Shock watches, made even worse with a case finish from the 1970’s. I’d actually be embarrassed to be seen wearing something like that.
Sorry, but it really is a horrid looking thing, and should have been put down at birth!
😖 That is truly grotesque! It encapsulates everything I hate about most G-Shock watches, made even worse with a case finish from the 1970’s. I’d actually be embarrassed to be seen wearing something like that.
Sorry, but it really is a horrid looking thing, and should have been put down at birth!
In fairness I don't think it's actually intended to be worn. Casio twigged quite a while ago that the G-Shock brand has it's fans including some stupid collectors and so all the gaudy limited runs at exorbitant prices are intended for them.
To be unboxed and gushed over in a YT video then stuck in a display case forevermore. Ain't capitalism great.
Oh dear johnners, they bracelet is not so good. I read the one I'm looking at is decent though. Although..... I've not got the watch I am thinking of fitting it to yet 😂
What do people think of the new Pelagos FXD? I think Tudor have been doing some great things recently
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It'll sell because of the MN link and little view it as a new Snowflake. It is not much smaller than the original pelagos, not a great deal cheaper, 40% the water resistance alth it's still a serious diver, doesn't come with a fabulous bracelet and clasp and the fixed lugs limit strap choices. However it'll sell.
I'm sticking happily with my original pelagos
That’s not great at all
Oh dear johnners, they bracelet is not so good
Thank God for that, I was starting to think it was just me! I went back to the Uncle Seiko website and if you know what you're looking for you can clearly see that's what they're like, so I suppose I can't claim they were misrepresented.
I also remembered where I'd seen the effusive review of the bracelet on YouTube - it's on the Relative Time channel. There are some good macro shots and all the time he's raving about it I can see the very same problem with his review sample. Maybe I'm being a bit picky but it's hard to see how someone used to handling watches could have missed it or thought it was OK.
After chopping and changing my mind a few times I've opted to try a couple of straps from AliExpress. A few you tube videos suggest that theres not too much difference if any than from some of the retailers mentioned. I'll just need to wait a bit longer. It'll at least let me see what style I prefer.
I was also intrigued by some of the watch offerings too and was all set to go for a Pagani explorer. When it came to laying out the cash though and when the tax was added it took it a bit out my comfort zone for something I'd not held or seen. So after a bit more consideration I've plumped for a cheaper chrono fleiger type from Escapement time. Reviews are pretty good and the brand seems trustworthy. Will see when it arrives.
I'm selling my Seiko, because it's sits in a box.
£139.00
This is the actual watch.
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I’m selling my Seiko
I like it, but I've 3 green Seikos already. And no money.
Red and green is seldom seen except upon a ...
Red and green is seldom seen except upon a …
Para and a Marine?
Cox’s Pippin
......a herc door.
Maroon and Green🙄
Red and green is seldom seen except upon a …
Frog in a blender?
... in Aberdeen?
My 18 month old Black Bay 41 has packed up. Won’t wind and the rotor sounds like it’s spinning free in the case.
any experience of Tudor warranties? It’s not been banged about at all and is worn in rotation so doesn’t get a hard life.
I imagine it’ll be while before I get it back…..
Where are you based Kato? If you're London then pop along to Rolex st James service centre. Tudor are good with their warranty support.
Had anybody tried a formex adjustable deployant? They look great, I'm wondering about durability.
Kent, Goldsmiths at Bluewater are taking it in tomorrow. I think Tudor service is dealt with at the Rolex service centre at Kings Hill which isn't far from my house
Those Formex deplayants have good reviews. Carbon composite aren't they? Jody JOMW has a lot of good things to say about them but I've never actually seen one!
Some sort of fibre reinforced plastic yes
I've been invited to a luncheon in Paris with JLC. I'm not that big a spender but I'll certainly be caressing many a Reverso in an inappropriate manner!
That’s some invite!
.....just to cover the other end of the scale, did anyone buy anything in the AliExpress 11.11 sale?
I wondered about this for about £25
or this for about £75
but resisted both as really I have no need for them.
I think we covered the homage thing 90-odd pages, but I'm not hugely keen so wouldn't have looked at them. I'm not averse to a cheap watch, (says the owner of multiple Vostok's!) I did quite fancy a Sea-Gull chrono, but was surprised they were quite expensive - or I didn't look hard enough.
That Pelagos FXD up there ^^^ looks very similar to my original late eighties TAGheur Formula One. Quite pretty. I always thought the later ones lost the simplicity of the slim originals. Mine came with a rubber strap for £79.95, seemed outrageous at the time! Luckily I had a mate in the trade who got me a trade deal on a stainless bracelet, it looks mint even now - stainless body, bracelet and black bezel and face. Despite being supposedly tough, the second hand shook off on a dirt bike trip across the outback. One of these days I'll get it put back on!
I used to have an orange TAGheur Formula One with an orange strap - bought for just over 100AUD which seemed ridiculously expensive at the time. I got a bracelet for it when I got back to the UK. At some point it stopped working and I just binned it. I still regret that.
So the BB41 has gone off under warranty and I was quoted 12 weeks for return......
Tried on the Pelagos whilst I was there and a BB GMT. Think I preferred the GMT which has now given me something to think about
I think that's what put me off in the end, they aren't the real thing. I got a Starking last year, looks slightly Tissot or Seiko but different enough
The steel dive range were all the rage for a while in the summer on tz-uk. Then I noticed lots of them in sales corner. I think they are probably a key good beater or beach wear but lots of purchasers tired and flipped them quickly. Tz-uk is not entirely representative of the watch wearing public though.
I like my steeldive sd1970/ turtle/ Willard a lot. Long name though😉
I got a sterile one as the logo doesn't do it for me. Have to say it's amazingly put together and people love the look of it and ask what it is and where I got it. I did the whole milled clasp upgrade that JOMW recommended, but it's entirely unnecessary really, it just removed the last remaining logo and made it properly sterile.
I've become obsessed with Orient Defenders though, have a Mark 1 that's possibly my favourite watch in my wee collection, and a green Mark2 on the way and I am looking for the black one too.
Of the other Homages they seem to become superfluous quickly like Neil said above. The exception seems to be Escapement Time ones, which are lovely and my auto flieger is going nowhere!
I used to have an orange TAGheur Formula One with an orange strap – bought for just over 100AUD which seemed ridiculously expensive at the time. I got a bracelet for it when I got back to the UK. At some point it stopped working and I just binned it. I still regret that.
Oh dear, that was a bit of a mistake. ☹️
My Pantor fills the Willard/Turtle niche for me, I've ended up wearing that quite a bit and it gets quite a few comments.
I've got a thing for the Mk1 Defender as well, the version with the textured grey/brown dial. I'm always checking ebay etc but they never seem to come up from anyone I'd consider buying from. The Mk2 is technically the better watch I suppose but it's def the Mk1 I'd prefer.
On a seperate note - the S&B GMT has turned out to be a great buy, the domed crystal has something "bubble-like" about it which is oddly addictive to look at, the only downside is that it's not the colour I wanted so there's an unscratched itch there which, with their upcoming Black Friday sale, isn't likely to remain unscratched for long.
I'm not a turtle fan, the case shape just turns me off. However, isn't the steeldive Willard obviously wrong in it's date window placement?
My MK1 defender is the grey/brown one, it's lovely in real life. Keep looking! I had an alert on eBay and got it for a steal a few years back. It's a keeper for me. The colour and dial layout of the MK1 for me is far superior to the MK2 but the green has really caught my eye! My first green dialled watch. It's arriving today. Will try and post a photo comparison if you are interested?
I wasn't aware of the date placement thing actually, I thought it was the same. Interesting. I'll look into that, but a quick Google seems to show them being similar.
That'd be cool, be interesting to get some first impressions of mk2 v mk1 as well.
Basically, if you can knock up a full compare and contrast review with high quality images that'd be great!
😉 If I can actually get a photo uploaded it would be progress for me on here...🤪
I will try though. It's just arrived and already I am loving it. Quite different to the MK1: bigger shinier and maybe better put together? Not sure yet. It's definitely great though. Came with a zulunato, nice canvas strap and steel original. Amazing!. I'll write something up later to explain my thoughts. 🤔
@sas78 I had a Seiko and for the current Willard appear on the thread, it had the date window at 4.30. maybe the original Willard had it at 3, dunno.
However, isn’t the steeldive Willard obviously wrong in it’s date window placement?
Getting confused with winder placement? Dunno, tbh. Both of my Heimdallr watches have the date window at 3 o’clock, but others like the Seiko SP045RK have the date window at 4.30, winder at 4.00. TBH, there are so many mods and ‘homages’ like my two Heimdallr’s, it’s difficult to remember what’s what!
Even my Heimdallr Steel Tuna has been customised, with a limited edition Marine Master face, and MM300 hands. With a fully lumed ceramic bezel insert, it’s become my everyday watch, I almost never take it off any more.
Found this piece on sale and couldn't resist flipping a couple of my cheaper watches to create a budget for it and therefore slightly upscaling my collection:
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A lovely Khaki King with the champagne dial. It comes with a brown strap but I much prefer the black which I had already so swapped it over, feels like a real quality watch
Ah bit of Google and yes it seems the normal Willard date position is 3. The one I saw pop up was the sla049j1, and it's down at 4.30.
👆I like the Hamilton. Where did you get it from, and how much? (if you don't mind saying obvs.)