Watches N+1…

@ElShalimo here they are anyway, just the 6 G’s (and a Victorinox)

2 smart watches and that’s my lot. Albeit I do want a Garmin Epix

And someday I’ll get a Tudor

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Finally got my hands on my anniversary present CW Trident 😀

It seems rolex bought Bucherer yesterday.  Intriguing move.

next stop Swatches of Switzerland?

Very nice @bullet.  It seems to be a homage of a certain other watch, which I for one hadn’t appreciated the first time you posted it…

And happy anniversary, is it today 25th?  Coincidentally the same as mine!

Cheers Kryton – 38 years would you believe! 24th so clise. Congrats to you too (anniversary and the Omega purchase 😀 )

Lots to like about CW, enjoy!

Wouldn’t normally wear the chrono to walk up the local, but hell it’s a Bank Holiday weekend!

“It seems to be a homage of a certain other watch”

Time for another pet-hate…

Not only is that not a homage, it’s a much better executed watch than the one you’re thinking of!

I genuinely think the vast majority of people would prefer the CW in a “logos removed blind tasting”.

IvanDobski “It seems to be a homage of a certain other watch”
Time for another pet-hate…
Not only is that not a homage, it’s a much better executed watch than the one you’re thinking of!

Erm, what watch is the CW trident a or not a homage to ?

It’s a lovely looking watch btw

I needed (wanted!) a white faced watch to go with my others and initially got all excited by a Steinhart chrono that had a Rolex Daytona look to it. Then realised it was silver and not white.

The CW wasn’t on my mind initially but got to look more closely and went from there. Guess there are a lot of similar looking watches about but I’m not in the market for a big spend now. More than happy withe Trident and think it will look great on the Amalfi coast next week 😀

Some good watches on the last page or so.

I’m not normally a fan of CW but I actually really like the one with the white face.

Don’t recognise the watch wait4me has, but that is really nice.

Don’t recognise the watch wait4me has, but that is really nice

It’s an SHD which was made in Besancon in the 50’s. I’ve owned it for over 30 years now. Was my 21st present from my dad. Love it to bits.

and think it will look great on the Amalfi coast next week

Please post some pics, I’d love to see that Trident in the sun.

Hypothetically (as I don’t have £2.8k used/£3.7k new just at the moment)

I prefer the brown

But prefer the idea of developing my own patina on the bronze

Out of pure interest wwstd?

@TheArtistFormerly… have you tried on the BB bronze? That looks like the 43mm case to me. She’s a big girl!

@TheArtistFormerly… have you tried on the BB bronze? That looks like the 43mm case to me. She’s a big girl!

No, I haven’t, but I’d be sure to before I dumped that amount of cash.

Yeah the Bronze is 43mm, but I like larger watches

Yeah I’m not seeing the cw homage.  It’s the same colourway as several recently posted smp, it’s  a dive watch.  It’s far less smp like than other cw watches from their catalog.

Artist,  I like both and think maybe the slate but really do like the brown too.   You could get a brown,  remove the patina and start your own, it’s simple to do with vinegar.

Got a macro lens for insects, but pointed it at my watch while trying to figure out how to use it

mad how scruffy it looks close up!

I think that looks quite neat!

It seems wos shares were down 30% yesterday! Hit by the rolex bucherer news.

I really like the BB bronze, it’s likely the only Tudor I’d buy after I tried on a BB and it didn’t feel “special” enough for the money to me.  But that is a personal opinion.

Loving the macro shots! It really highlights the expertise applied to really small parts.  I watched a few YouTube vids re the Bucherer news yesterday, with the general consensus that Bucherer will become a predominant Rolex / Tudor booth and the possibility Rolex will withdraw from WoS.  Interesting times, and an interesting move from Rolex to create and even more controlled sales path to their supply.

Best GB watch brands GQ

Not sure if this is against protocol, but if anyone has an SKX007 /009 I am looking to buy!

The postie has just delivered this, a Bulova Surfboard chronograph reissue.

Have any of you got one of the Farer watches? If so thoughts please.

They are popular on Pistonheads and the owners are very positive about them.  I like them, but nothing has really grabbed me and some of the colours are a bit wacky for my taste

Had a quick look through that GQ link a few posts back, and I really like the https://mrjoneswatches.com/collections/all-watches Mr Jones watches.

Don’t actually want to buy one, but I love the messing with the conventions that clocks/watches normally follow, while still packing it into the same form factor 🙂

I tend to think of Mr Jones watches as the horological equivalent of a “you don’t have to be crazy to work here…” type mug or whatever.

and I really like the https://mrjoneswatches.com/collections/all-watches Mr Jones watches.

Hideous!

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Have any of you got one of the Farer watches? If so thoughts please.

I haven’t, and their website makes my head hurt (what’s wrong with static images?) but I quite like the look of the Freshwater…

Freshwater

I have a few new watches on the way, won a couple on eBay at silly low prices, and one is a present.

I like the middle one

Is the third one a smart watch or a “dumb” ana-digi?

Is the third one a smart watch or a “dumb” ana-digi?

The latter, I’m not a fan of smart watches for various reasons. You can disable the digital display to clean the watch up.

IWC have announced a rather tasty pilot’s watch, it has a black ceramic case, titanium caseback, and a newly developed fully lumed face.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertanaas/2023/08/28/iwc-unveils-pilots-watch-black-aces-with-luminescent-dial/

As nice as that is, I much prefer the OG G10 for men (and women):

https://www.cwcwatch.com/collections/most-popular/products/cabot-falcon-quartz-chronograph

holiday blury watch shot… hang on I’ve got this wrong haven’t I?

Liking the Oris.  Makes me smile and not only because my iPad wants to autocorrect it to “orifice” 😃

I’ve been retrospectively watching Seamaster 300m reviews after my purchase. Unusually for me I have no buyers remorse which is great.   I’m loving the fact its unofficial reference is “The Great White”, and that the watch on general holds up or exceeds a Submariner in a lot of opinions.  Also, there’s a hint that the manual HEV may go in future iterations perhaps helping this one achieve a future classic status.   Bizarrely as mentioned above it would appear to be the perfect piece for me indeed.

Really got the focus issues sorted now.  Last one I promise 😉:

I do seem weirdly fascinated by the depth of the indices.

It’s a beauty @Kryton57. Such classy and classic watches. I might treat myself one day, but I fear I’d never wear it!

Also loving that G-Shock collection, a Mudman GW9000A was my go-to for a good decade for deployments. Coupled with a Garmin foretrex they left me with weird tanlines.

My much cheaper and less widely known watch arrived today!

Nixon – The Chronicle:

I like black and I like simple. Although I do have my eye on a rather bright Nixon 51-30 Chrono.