i have a 13 year old animal watch. barely a scratch - and i once clouted it against a root that was at wrist level which totally ripped the strap - but the watch itself was largely unscathed 🙂
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That IWC is very lovely indeed - have they ever made a watch that isn't? Don't think the Hirsch goes with the Seamaster though (Eddie Platts?). I have one on my Zeno and it looks good but something like that deserves a [url= http://www.toshi-straps.co.uk/straps/blue/blue.html ]TOSHI[/url] 😉
My dress watch is a Seiko Chrono, sizable lump. I know its a seiko, but it wasn't that cheap and it was my 21st present from my parents. Goes through a battery every year, other than that very reliable.
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Also got a Certina DS winner I wear everyday and a Oakley watch I use on the bike and surfing.
Would love to have the money to buy a Tag Carrera or Omega Speedmaster.
A nice watch is a good thing, imho its the only real jewelery a man should wear and choose your purchase wisely and you won't loose your investment.
Not my photo, but I've got one of these
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Rusty that Luminor is lovely!
Have had three TAG's and they've all broken down, for a while kept servicing them and repairing them. Now have got three Casio G-shocks. Mudman MX, MTG 910 and a Giez 1001 and couldn't be happier. Realised the internals on most TAG's aren't up to much
Omega Seamaster. having had it for six months or so was a bit annoyed when I got the first proper ding in the bezel tonight. grrrr 👿
Fancy watches are Man Jewellery. The fact and way they tell time is an added bonus over the way they look.
Why do so many, but I will say not all, expensive watches look like they have come out of a Christmas cracker?
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i might get one of these subtle little things
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Just for you Martin! I've worn this for 20years! It's had various bracelets from the original steel one to NATO issue fabric to the present leather. It's been worn to do everything, but having been valued for more than I bought it for, it's now being better treated, with a "goping" g shock taking over for day to day duties. Decided I can't stand digital, so just going to "acquire" a G10.
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Tag Monza Calibre 36 worn daily
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meesterbondThat IWC is very lovely indeed - have they ever made a watch that isn't? Don't think the Hirsch goes with the Seamaster though (Eddie Platts?). I have one on my Zeno and it looks good but something like that deserves a TOSHI
I'm not a massive fan of the latest range of Aquatimers to be honest. The previous ones with the internal bezel looked so much better whereas the current ones are just too Sub / Fifty Fathoms for me... As for the rest though, pure class.
I've actually got a couple of Toshis from Richard for my Panerai - the SMP actually stays on the bracelet most of the time as it's just too fiddly to bother changing the strap too often.
Rolex Seadweller 16600. The only watch you'll ever need.
These are mine:
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An Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean and a Rolex Submariner 50th Anniversary
My next purchase will be one of these:
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pure pornand a Rolex Submariner 50th Anniversary
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the top one is a French Yema that I bought for around £40-59 back in '71-72, now worth around £5-600
The Tag I bought for £250 around '82, and still works fine, although the black finish is very worn and chipped.
The bottom one I paid £80 for nearly two years ago and it keeps brilliant time, gaining a couple of seconds over six months, but it's not very water resistant. Excellent at night, it's got those little glowing glass tubes which give out a lot of light.
Countzero the French Yema is stunning. Thank you for pleasuring my eyes 😀
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humph I wanted that post. But not as much as I want a new watch.
i cant tell the time...............
Initially I was thinking this thread is quite ****y - but watches really are cool things aren't they...
Ha Zedsdead, some people on here certainly have taste. I'm honestly surprised by this thread, never expected this response, especially as it was started as a "****y" joke.
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i cant tell the time...............
Not a problem. It's always......
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Tissot T Touch titanium
Tag Heuer F1
Omega Speedmaster Pro
2 Seiko 200m divers
Suunto Core
Bulova Astronaut
Bunch of other less interesting things
Considering getting rid of the Seiko divers and the Tag to get one of those Oris Ti divers on the previous page
Ton - Just ask this guy....
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Ahh ****... it's a wolf.
Personally don't get the fascination with a watch but fair play to those that do. The only reason I spent the money on my Garmin is because I found the polar foot pod useless.
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nice collection mtt <3
I often judge the caliber of a new pub I go into by checking the quality of the watches on display... Good quality watches and you're in a good place, scratched on with a compass and mispelt and you know it's time to leave!
Got a divers wtach but don't dive?
Got chronograph but never used it for timing anything useful?
Got watch that gives you world time but only go on two holidays a year and none of them to captial cities?
Got a watch that has an altimeter, barometer, count down timer, none which you will or have ever used?
Got a watch with that gives you the temperature, used it have ya, or did it just give you the temperature of your wrist?
Got watch that calculates bullet ballistics and your not a sniper?
Got a watch with tritium on the face but your not in the SAS?
If you can answer yes to any of the above then your a knob, and your watch is crap.
Got a chip on your shoulder a mile wide?
Got an empty bank account?
"I often judge the caliber of a new pub I go into by checking the quality of the watches on display..Good quality watches and you're in a place full of tedious image obsessed middle managers, desparately trying to flaunt their middle middle class credential asshats who will bore you senseless about their watch/car/bike/microwave the best route to Reading etc".
I choose my pubs by the quality of the beer and the service frankly. 🙂
Will someone put the troll back under the bridge please?
In answer to dirtynap, my Yema, when I bought it I used to to regularly go to the races at Castle Combe Circuit, so the stopwatch got used to time laps. My TAG I bought 'cos I wanted a tough waterproof watch for when I was biking. It's survived being bashed against treetrunks, machinery and God-knows what else. No, I don't dive, I can't swim, but the bezel has been used for timing stuff and it's a tough waterproof watch. What the hell else d'you want from a watch. Now put yer jealousy back in yer trousers, you're embarrassing yourself.
Omega Seamaster chrono diver in titanium
IWC super ocean 2000
IWC GST deep one
Breitling b01
Suunto core
and the one I wear mostly Casio G shock dw6700 ,bought around 15 years ago approx for £100 from H Samuels and has had only 2 batteries and been from Everest to Kilimanjaro but never been on Ben Nevis yet.
Watches are great.
If I was minted then I would collect them.
The only jewellery a man should wear IMO.
I've got an Omega Seamaster,and I can honestly say that it is the worst watch I have ever bought. It just doesn't keep the right time, it's always either too fast or too slow. I like the look of it and since it cost so much money I feel I should keep using it but my old G-Shock was a much better watch. Plus you have to get this one serviced every 3-5 years for the princely some off £300 or so!!
Servicing costs for quality watches are, indeed, a bitch.
Seiko automatic for me.
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Dirtynap.. some folk above have a few of those functions in their watches.aviemorons breitling has a few.
The thing is, he didnt buy the watch.. he was awarded it.Doing something that you or your parents might have benefited from a long time ago.
Not sure what any ones point is. All I am saying is why do people own watches with lots of silly pointless functions on them that they don't use and assume they must be the best.
I was given a Patek-Philippe with an annual calender. Its not the best simply becuase it only looks good if you dressed up, but does everything a watch should do. Its the only watch I have becuase my phone does everything I need.
The nice thing about watches is that that nobody really notices as a general rule. It's not about willy waving, it's about owning something that makes you happy (not entirely unlike expensive bikes or at least road bikes)
I don't really care if anyone thinks I'm a knob for having more thamn one watch or a watch that does more than telling the time. That is like saying that anyone with a car that will do more than 70mph has wasted their money or whatever odd definition of pointlessness you wish to roll out this time 🙂
I was given a Patek-Philippe with an annual calendar.
[i]Really?[/i] That's a VERY generous gift. It seems odd to bestow it upon someone who doesn’t appear to 'get' the watch thing...
