Watches N+1…

Me neither

I honestly can’t see how those ‘screws’ around the bezel are supposed to work, there’s a slot, supposedly for a screwdriver, but they’ve got a hex head set into a hexagonal hole; seems utterly ridiculous/pointless to me.

Was just about to post this! It would annoy the shit out of me

Yes the hex head screws don’t actually turn.

Me to, but at £20k for the watch it’s really not likely to be a issue I have to come to terms with. 😁

I hope the fridge keeps bloody good time.

Can’t see my photos? Not yesterday’s either? I really struggle with Google photos sometimes! The first links were to the photos in my album and I thought they no one else could see them as they weren’t shared in Google…. So the reposted photos were to the pics once is moved them to a shared album. Right… Flickr instead then.

I wonder if the Google photos problem is a “too many people have viewed this image” problem – there’s a BIG space with the little no entry sign, so it’s clearly delivering some sort of image.

I also agree that AP is hideous. Money can’t buy taste…

While I’m on this thread, does anyone know about INSTRMNT watches / have any opinion on them? My wife came home with one last week – a reward to herself on getting a new job with a decent pay rise, and she liked the look of them.

It looks smart, she’s got the black strap and rose gold face, it looks good on her and she’s very happy with it. I’d just never heard of them before:

https://www.instrmnt.co.uk/

she liked the look of them.

It looks smart, she’s got the black strap and rose gold face, it looks good on her and she’s very happy with it.

I love watches and to me that’s pretty much all you need for a good watch.

doing a bit of reading it seems google photos, unlike photos in google drive (they no longer sinc to there) doesn’t do the embedding thing. However there are apps to covert shring links into embed code so….fingers crossed and please tell me if it works….

<img src="<img src=’https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/bzcu6OAkllArF-KGeIRKnL98F4dNjNZh3xnYjGtlhtDfy9X2AKmn4W-9CkhyDlwo4d4JjJv5pkGJDO-X1QMJEzMAf711Sav0pWxm_RNnjhIM1xyjouooO0Ejpurb5ZDhmGbAG9Diwg=w2400&#8242; />” alt=”null” />

****.

Ah ha! ahhahahahha! well i can see it. but then i could see them before….but that was because i’m me…hopefully that is a shared embedded image

on the bracelet

crown side

HEV side

and the funky extending clasp

Those ones work! Looks great, lovely watch.

I can guarantee that the AP watch is not a fake…. Present from her husband (and they have a £20k fridge!)

Gah – you’d be surprised. I know a chap with a Rolls Royce Phantom, Ferrari 458, P1…. house worth millions…. the lot. Guy wears a fake rose gold AP Royal Oak and a fake Rolex gold day date (which looks awful, not even a good fake). Baffles me why he wears fakes when he could afford the real ones and it would be a rounding error on his bank account.

@neilnevill
Thats my 60th Birthday present to myself sorted for next May, it’s just ticking all the boxes 👍👍

It’s nice enough but IMO it’d

look
a whole
lot better
without
War and Peace
all over
the dial

plus “Swiss Made” and a logo. Moar blue!

Lol at Johnners comment. That is a fair bit of script for a watch face.

yes indeed the older (black only) ETA equipped Pelagos had less text. they added the ‘Pelagos’ and the ‘chronometer officially certified’ when it got the inhouse movement, hence adding 3 lines! I don’t mind it. its a very very clear watch to read the time on. However I can see why it gets criticised. why not say ‘automatic’ and save 2 words? do they need the ‘chronometer officially certified’ on the dial? could put ‘COSC’ on if it is such a selling point? Does it need ‘Geneve’ at all? If it were me I’d probably not bother with geneve, put Pelagos to the top half under Tudor and have ‘COSC, Perpetual’ and the depth rating…..but then ‘perpetual’ is big brother Rolex’s term….but then Tudor used to use ‘Oyster’ so that shouldn’t matter….whatever, yes 5 lines of text is a too much. Yet to find the perfet watch I guess.

For sale….one Tudor Pelagos smurf ….hmm…maybe not

. That is a fair bit of script for a watch face.

Saves on reading material, even more of a win 😉

The hex “screws” on that AP Royal Oak are actually blind nuts. The bezel is held on by screws that screw into them from the back. The slots are to hold them in place when the screw goes in so the corners of them and the recesses don’t deform.
Agree that there are many, many much prettier things in the world to blow £20k on tho 👍

for comparison the older ETA equipped Pelagos (which only came in Black) had a much cleaner dial

That 2 line pelagos is lush. Reminds me of the old no date sub with its uncluttered simplicity.

or rather….the Tudor snowflake submariner

😍

Tudor looks lovely!

I also have a bit of a beef with unnecessary writing on a watch face. Surely ‘Chronometer’ implies that it is officialy certified? What else would a self-winding watch have other than a rotor?

The worst is Rolex spoiling the Deep Sea Dweller with an enormous “ORIGINAL GAS ESCAPE VALVE” around the chapter ring.

Anyway, rant over. I’m craving a diver myself at the moment. There are some nice ones from Certina and Tissot in the £500 bracket, but predictably the one I really want is the Ball Skindiver 2 at over 2k. Not looking likely anytime soon 🙁

true, chronomenter does mean certified. I agree its got too much text. i love it though, the colour is fabulous.

Yes, the colour is great, and it oozes quality. Loving that clasp!

@cb200 – Orient do some nice looking automatic divers, the Ray II is quite affordable

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Orient-Black-Automatic-Rubber-AA02007B/dp/B01AK5TQNG/ref=pd_sbs_241_5/257-8575957-8531314?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01AK5TQNG&pd_rd_r=8417e29d-8176-49a9-bb4c-66b908a3ff86&pd_rd_w=qaD7g&pd_rd_wg=fy9gk&pf_rd_p=2b420a2f-6593-478e-8b5f-cb43865ff16f&pf_rd_r=37KE6RRCYA3B1PDMZTCT&psc=1&refRID=37KE6RRCYA3B1PDMZTCT
Oh, and that Tudor Pelageos is rather lovely, even with all the text. I think I prefer it to the older model with the ETA movement, the bezel looks just a bit too wide on that one.

Oh, and that Tudor Pelageos is rather lovely, even with all the text. I think I prefer it to the older model with the ETA movement, the bezel looks just a bit too wide on that one.

I prefer the older one though I agree with you about the finer edged bezel looking nicer so I think it must be because the dial looks so much cleaner.

Orient do some nice looking automatic divers, the Ray II is quite affordable

They do, but that Ray is way overpriced. You can pick up a Mako for about £120 easily enough, and less than £200 will get you a Kamasu with sapphire.

They do, but that Ray is way overpriced. You can pick up a Mako for about £120 easily enough, and less than £200 will get you a Kamasu with sapphire.

Not really familiar with Mako or Kamasu, but Heimdallr who make the Tuna homage I’ve got do a whole bunch of dive watches, including a Tudor homage some of which are around the £120-159 range, they’re priced in dollars, mine was £145, and I’m really impressed with the standard of finish.
Especially considering the shroud mod I was considering for the SKX007 was £160 on top of the cost of the watch.
Which, btw, is up for grabs, if anyone wants it. I’ve put the original rubber strap back on, and given it a buff up, looks absolutely brand new.

I’ll take that off your hands, if someone else hasn’t bagsied it already Count. Will PM you later. Cheers!

BTW if you haven’t noticed, Omega put their prices up 5% at the start of the month. I’m guessing Rolex will do similar in the next few weeks.

I thought about the superfluous text on the tudor last night and looked up the Geneve marking. it is seens as a step up from ‘swiss made’ apparently. So I guess ‘Geneve’ is seen as a selling point to watch geeks, but they can’t take ‘swiss made’ off or non geeks won’t know the Geneve trumps it. I guess ‘chronometer’ vs ‘COSC’ vs ‘chronomenter self winding’ is similar, only geeks know what cosc or just chronometer mean. However Tudor, please ask yourself, do you need to shout all your achievements on the dial? the case back has plenty of room.

I thought about the superfluous text on the tudor last night

Most manufacturers do it to an extent but it can definitely be done better with less info or a more subtle typeface. The Spinnaker (3 lines)on P30 or the Kamasu (logo +4 lines) on P28 are examples of relatively subtle branding/info on a dial. Granted neither of those have the same heritage or features to shout about as Tudor but you’ve hit the nail on the head asking “do you need to shout all your achievements on the dial?”.

I’ll take that off your hands, if someone else hasn’t bagsied it already Count. Will PM you later. Cheers!

Thanks, replied to, it’s now boxed, waiting for an address to go to the post office tomorrow.
😁

if that has worked its me trying another strap

Looks even better on the wrist, and shown off in better light. Really nice diver. I think the plain blue nato is my favourite of the three so far.

It’s a nice looking watch neil, but appears massive. Is it a 42mm case?
Different opinion to cb but I like it on the bracelet. I reckon it would look great on a rubber strap. What’s the lug width?