Santa’s been to Aliexpress

Really Kato? Ooooooo maybe they’ve updated it… I’ll have to check. B of they have then the bronze with the green dial would be hard to resist….. My sumo jade won’t like it but… Well….hmmm

****, you’re right, I just checked the rado site, it has now got a screw down crown (steel versions too). That must be an upgrade. It’s got 300m wr now…. Fairly sure it was less when it was not a screw down.
I need to find money for that now…. Poo! (In a good way!)

Has it grown in size too? Wasn’t it 40mm before? 42mm now.

Defo screw down and 300m depth rating. Bronze case is £700 more than the stainless case but looks way better. Not value for money though!

It’s a stunner in the flesh. Don’t regret buying my Black Bay but if I hadn’t bought it I’d have bought that Rado. Will have to wait a bit

What’s the bezel? Is it sapphire a la a Bathyscaphe?

Yeah 42mm. They do a 37mm but not in bronze. The burgundy face is also a looker

Bezel is ceramic

I bought myself Mrs RNP chose well for a daily beater tool watch.

That’s a good choice! Very nice indeed. Dial looks very similar to my BB41

The burgundy face is also a looker

Impressive but not my taste. Bit too Christmassy. Kind of Santa’s official watch.

Maybe I’m being unfair and it’ll appeal more in June when not everything is done up in red and gold.

Yes I’m with igm, to red watches don’t do it for me. The blue, the black, both gorgeous but I have a pelagos smurf and a black planet Ocean, both keepers. The green is awesome… Tempted!

@Kato – mmmmm, I like that Tudor! Looks good with a plain leather strap.

That’s a good choice! Very nice indeed. Dial looks very similar to my BB41

They have been described as a Seiko Blackbay/Explorer homage.

At the more affordable end of the market, this on a plainer black leather strap would look good on those dressy nights in a Charlie (or a Tux for you English folk)

Pinched this from the Steinhart website for quickness – but really pleased with it in the flesh 🙂

The red Captain Cook looks a bit much on the matching strap but I reckon it would look great on something more subdued.

I think black and blue dials are the “standard” and once you move away from them the look becomes a bit less formal. However, my green dialled/bezelled Pantor looks great on a bracelet or black rubber strap and a full burgundy Rado would probably be the same – not quite as versatile as the more traditional colours but maybe the better for it.

That Pantor has pretty much become my day to day choice, it’s really comfy with the cushion case and surprisingly compact versus the dimensions of it.

@CountZero it came with a grey camo NATO too, which is an odd choice for the watch and I’ve never used it. Went with the leather as it has 22mm lugs and is a bit dominated by the bracelet. The deployment has ceramic ball bearings like the bracelet clasp does and it’s amazing.

@Bullet that’s Steinhart is handsome. Looks pretty big, what’s the case size?

47mm so yes, pretty big but feels good on.

@Kato – I can see a plain grey NATO or ZULU strap, or other plain colour, perhaps a canvas one, or perhaps one with stripes, but I agree a camo pattern is really odd, although, it does sort of follow pilot-style watches, maybe that was the thinking.
Nice looking, though, and I’ve long had a soft spot for the Tudor snowflake hands

Another Christmas watch. Think I went for the right colour, it was this or the tomato red one. Surprisingly accurate but the crown is a bit slack. Leather strap is temporary until I can resize the bracelet.

The Nav-B in situ, it’s nice and comfortable even though it’s pretty huge!

@RustyNissanPrairie I like that. Is it a black dial face or a grey one?

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@RustyNissanPrairie I like that. Is it a black dial face or a grey one?

It’s the black one – it wears well @40mm but I have fairly skinny wrists.
I’m really pleased with it.

Cheapest place i found it;
https://www.watchnation.com/product/seiko-5-sports-srpe55k1/

Anyone looking for a classy, classic watch, Seiko have just re-issued the King Seiko after nearly 50 years:
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/watches/article/king-seiko-ksk-2021
Apparently there was competition between two Seiko factories to produce the best watch, one was the Emperor Seiko, the other the King Seiko, and the Emperor won, as part of Seiko celebrating 140 years of watch production, they’re making a limited edition run of 3000.

Right, polishing.

Along with the Komanderskie up there, I also got a Dremel for Christmas. I think it, (the watch) might look better with the sides and crown end polished to match the bezel, currently it’s completely brushed. Anyone ever done similar? I don’t want to arse it up and I don’t have a suitable old case to practice on first.

You want the Burgeon Polishing stick
On amazon here
Dremel is way too aggressive IMO, I have got out scratch marks with careful use of the above. But do watch videos on how to use, there is a definite technique and easy to arse up.

Thanks Wally, glad I asked. 👍

@kato – the Tudor camo NATOs are lovely straps though – I have one with my Ranger. I prefer them to leather as they’re just so comfy, but I wear a canvas nato from Steveostraps on it now instead.

You want the Burgeon Polishing stick

Not seen those before, Amazon list it along with a glass fibre scratch removal stick as well; would that be for use on cases with a brushed finish instead of polished?

I was tipped off about Pro-Trek F30 being cheap on Sport Pursuit.
£180, down from £450 (rrp, but I’m sure they were selling for about £350 when i was looking last year)
It will be my dog walking watch.

Bergeon polishing stick update! The sanding and polishing faces work really effectively, but the ‘stick’ is quite flexible, so if you are using it near any defined edges it sort of wraps around and quite noticeably chamfers them. I had a test on the very end of one lugs where it wouldn’t be noticeable.

Think I’ll get some 800 and 1200 grit wet and dry and glue it to some of my partners wooden waxing spatulas. Final polish with the dremel, (gingerly).

A Seiko question….

I have a Seiko 5, about 18months old. Used to run less than 30 seconds fast a day which was more than acceptable, every few days (after realising I arrived early for something!) I’d turn it back a few minutes.

The last couple of weeks I’ve noticed that it’s losing time now, maybe 60seconds a day (which means it’s actually slowed by 90secs). I now arrive late to things.

I notice it’s got a small adjuster on the back of the mechanism (it’s a 7S26C) is it worth opening the back and giving it a very small tweak or am I likely to make things even worse?

It’s probably not worth spending out on someone else looking at it, but would like it keep better time.

Cheers

And just checked… 2 year warranty on Amazon. They’re sending me a new one 🙂

A moot point now, but there are YouTube videos showing you how to regulate watches. It is a case of moving that small adjuster, but there are 2 levers, you have to get the right one.

Do you have to send the old one back? Might be a bit of value in it for someone to modify.

As above, now a moot point but I’d be a bit concerned if a relatively young 7s26 swung from ~+30 to -60, I’d suspect it’d taken a wallop or been magnetised somehow. If you’d been stuck with it though there’d have been little to be lost by a judicious bit of twiddling.

Anyone on here got an anOrdain watch?
They’re a small Glasgow based brand that specialise in enamel dials.

I was looking for something a bit different as a birthday related keeper (and daily wearer) and came across their Model 2 with the fume dials. The model 2 colours are not quite to my taste for a daily but got in touch and they’ll do something different for me which is great.
So far so good with the comms and I’ll try and remember to stick an image up once it arrives if I can take a decent one!

Should I sell a 2003 Rolex Sea Dweller to buy an ebike.

@johnners & @tthew – thanks but yes a good result 🙂

They do want the old one back, I’ve re-ordered it and then they refund once the original arrives back with them. There’s no obvious signs of knocks (dents, scratches etc) but I do wear it all the time so may have done.

Should I sell a 2003 Rolex Sea Dweller to buy an ebike.

No.
You could sell it and buy a proper bike, but an eBike? I’d rather have the Rolex.