Watches N+1…

and that the watch on general holds up or exceeds a Submariner in a lot of opinions

It always makes me smile when I read about this watch being ‘better’ than that especially in this esteemed company. Choice is hugely subjective and having both, I couldn’t say which is ‘best’ just that I enjoy wearing both. It’s especially daft when a £10 Casio is objectively better at their primary function 🙃

Enjoy it for what it is, a lovely piece of totally uneccesary man jewellery 👍

Me too, I do like Oris. Great watches and the brand seems to be steadily increasing its quality and recognition.

Sorry kryton,  the great white is an older seamaster,  the Gmt 2538.20.00 with a white face and steel bezel.  It’s incorrect to refer to the current one as the great white.

@relapsed_mandalorian

I really like that 3rd Nixon, very clean/sharp look to it.

Must have felt like HD compared to trying to decipher a mudman…😉

Ah ok @neilnevill, thanks for the correction.

I came across a photo of a recent ish grand seiko release last week and fell in love. Can’t afford it and will not be buying it so this will remain an admire from afar but if you like titanium dive watches and blue colourways,  check the SLGA023.  ENJOY!

£10k!? For a Seiko? Yeah yeah, a Grand Seiko I know but bloody hell… I really liked that De Ville with blue accents posted up there^ which looks an absolute bargain at £3k s/h in comparison. Must resist – though not by much for the Seiko… <another sharp intake of breath>

10.5k  I know,  it’s nuts isn’t it!  I mean its a great watch and compare it to let’s say….a bond seamaster which is another ti diver at 9300, it could look great value….. but as you say its 10k for a seiko.   GS are moving themselves up but! I’m just admiring it as a thing of beauty.   I liked the 015, the black tide, but this blue ushio is gorgeous!

Grand Seiko

It’s an absolute bargain compared to this bond watch

https://www.omegawatches.com/en-gb/watch-omega-seamaster-diver-300m-co-axial-master-chronometer-42-mm-21055422099001

GS Mk1 on Ebay

GS Mk1 History

Lovely watch!

Ah yes Simon,  Omega trying to outdo the rainbow daytona.  A splendid watch for rockstars and  footballers!

Holy shit, that’s an expensive watch. Is it wrong of me to say that I think the strap looks naff?

Is it wrong of me to say that I think the strap looks naff?

No, I’d swap it for something similar to the one I got for my Animal 🙂

Is it wrong of me to say that I think the strap looks naff?

Only in that the rest is naff too… Less is more for me (ironically) when dealing with this sort of extreme discretionary stuff. No gold, no wierd colours, no wierd straps. Boringly(?) brushed stainless and blue, black or white faces. Having written that, I do have a couple of non conformist buys. An Orange Monster cos it was cheap (looks like a clown’s watch to my jaundiced eye) and a Breitling Chronomat Evolution with gold accents, a mother of pearl(ish) face and an aligator strap. It’s a bit blingy/used car salesman for me these days (appologies if that offends Chronomat owners or car salesman… 🙃).

Aye, it’s not my cup of tea, but that strap is meh.

A few of my friends have some rather garish special projects Breitlings and Bremonts. Not for me I’m afraid.

There is an EB in development that might interest me as they’re often subtle and this one is specific to my career group.

I’ll admire the high end watches from afar and stick with my Nixon’s. 😂

I’ll admire the high end watches from afar and stick with my Nixon’s

Probably very wise, especially for the health of your wallet…

Probably very wise, especially for the health of your wallet…

Bikes & trips swallow most of it, so watches are bought with the little that remains. 😂

Me too, I do like Oris. Great watches and the brand seems to be steadily increasing its quality and recognition.

I’m amazed at the number of comments I get about mine – despite the fact they are so understated.

Nice watch btw @kryton57 – enjoy!

I just took this slightly magnified detail of my Seiko. I have to say the quality of the sunburst is stunning. ANd everything else is pretty tidy.

Not bad for £350!

https://i.imgur.com/oPyY0rS.jpg

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£10k!? For a Seiko? Yeah yeah, a Grand Seiko I know but bloody hell… I really liked that De Ville with blue accents posted up there^ which looks an absolute bargain at £3k s/h in comparison. Must resist – though not by much for the Seiko… <another sharp intake of breath>

The thing is, they are technically excellent watches – that one’s an automatic movement, 5-day power reserve, and Spring Drive so accurate to something like +/-5s per month, and obviously in Ti etc etc. Compared to say a Rolex Sub, it’s technically the better watch.

…but their residuals are horrendous, and fundamentally it’s a (grand) Seiko, not a more storied or recognised brand.
Personally I love the SLGA021 – Evo 9, blue dial, glass caseback etc. But the price, and complete lack of any lume, put me off.

@derek_starship Seiko do fantastic dials.  My old manta ray turtle looked like an oil painting

Finally back from Greece. It was sooooo long :D. I could also download photos from my underwater camera. Pelagos for diving. Propilot for snorkelling. And the Explorer from Thailand last year, as I like the shot.

And off to Paris next Tuesday, on the pretext of helping a student but actually to sort my Reverso battery and visit the Pequignet boutique.

Time has come to sell my 2019 Rolex Milgauss Z-Blue as I’ve never really worn it much (excellent condition, all papers, box etc ) and could better use the money elsewhere. Any interest to folks on here? Seems like I’ve missed the peak of the market so looks like around £9k (but will consider offers with evidence of it being worth less)

@TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR  tz-uk sales Corner has a brown bronze bay for £2.3k.

Two posts from me today.  Firstly after my recent extravagance my collection of six max. Watches that will stay is as follows:

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I’m very happy with that.

(had to use Flickr, photo uploader not working??

Then, the six that will go – reluctantly I admit:

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If anyone is interested, let me know, they’ll be on Chrono 24/ Ebay this week otherwise.

a) G-Shock 5610U

b) Citizen AT Eco/Sapphire/Radio

c) Geckota ltd Sea Hunter Rhonda quartz GMT, Sapphire/lumed bezel

d) Seiko 5 GMT, will come with original jublilee bracelet or waffle rubber as shown

e) Glycine Airman Rhonda quartz GMT small hands & bezel time zones, sapphire, sailcloth/FKM backed strap with original leather included.

h) Geckota ltd Sea Hunter PT5000 auto, sapphire, sailcloth strap

g) not pictured – 2 x Jubilee straps for the Gecko’s, 1 stainless steel and one two tone.

You’ve got the wrong g shock in the “to go” box! 😉

According to the internet yes, but I like the other one.  🙂

The general consensus is definitely that the “square” is the one to have above all others but I’m with kryton on this, I much prefer the more interesting shapes to the classic.
The only one I have at the moment is a GD-350, mainly because I liked the vibration alarm. Unfortunately it’s a model with the negative display and the stealth qualities are proving a bit of a challenge to my failing eyesight these days.

There’s way too much misplaced admiration for Swiss watch making (IMHO of course), to some it’s as if it’s the only game in town, it ain’t, and very often the watches are only assembled there with the parts made elsewhere.

The Japanese for instance have been making amazing watches for many decades but have been totally overlooked in Europe, someone up there mentioned Grand Seiko just starting to to make a name for themselves, they along with King Seiko, Seiko Lord Marvel etc have been producing amazing watches since the sixties, I’d have a a 44KS or 45 GS from that period ahead of pretty much anything else, in fact it’s next on my list, their grammar of design ethos is a masterclass in watch design and carries through to their watches today, although they are a bit too fond of a date window for my tastes.

If only GS would do this in SS at a reasonable price and not £55,000 ish….

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No.

I said ‘GS are trying to move themselves up. ‘  They are pushing into a far higher price bracket.  That’s different to making a name.   Making a name outside the wis world is also very different to making a name in they world, where I agree they are well known.

I’m a huge fan of Japanese watches and lucky enough to have a Sub too.
My latest Citizen Attessa makes my Sub look very pedestrian in terms of build and finish, but they’re both lovely watches in their own right.

Some of the GS watches are stunning, and if I had the money, I’d definitely get one (GMT), and sod the brand snobbery.

IMO, It’s all about whether you like the watch or not, unless your a flipper, which I’m not.

As you can see in my “to keep” picture, I’ve no issues with Seiko per se, and I’d love to replace on of those with a spring drive one day and love the story of the proper Japanese skill based process continuing from the Samurai era…

…although as I discovered recently on holiday I can’t bear the thought of accidentally bashing an expensive watch against the side of a pool / boat / scuba equipment, so I’m all in for a decent mid level diver with a bit of patina in the collection.

On another note, I’ve never been a PRX fanboy but even so, yuck…

I’ve also expressed my admiration for Seiko in several posts.

The truth is I’ve only owned three automatic watches (the shame!) and all are/were Seiko.

If I ever bring myself to spend a LOT of money on a watch chances are it will be a Grand Seiko – if I can find one I like. I have to admit that is more difficult than I imagined.

I really like Grand Seiko, really nice watches – apart from one thing.

The font they use for the logo. It looks tacky. Particularly on a Japanese watch.

it shouldn’t matter, but it does.

(And I do like, and own, the odd Seiko)

Paris boutiques day pushed from Tuesday to Thursday. We celebrated my wife’s 50th on Saturday night. My brother came up from Bergerac and, as he’s previously admired and I don’t wear it, I gave him my Sturmanskie Sputnik. Yes, a ‘Russian’ watch etc etc but that’s not why he likes it.

OK, if we’re doing holiday snaps. A rather vulgar Fenix en vacances in the Bourgogne…🙃

Not the same without a Leffe in shot

That was just some hair of the dog for my brother. I was absolutely hanging come Sunday lunch time but by dinner (another bbq) I did manage a cheeky stubby (beer bottle!)