Had me as soon as the some girls riff started! 👍🏻

Love an SMP.  Nice choice.

Should’ve got the white one 😂

Really enjoyed watching this, and I’m not a fan of Ed Sheeran so that surprised me

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/talking-watches-ed-sheeran

The “I thought one would be enough” rings true for all of us 😂

I think you’re asking in the wrong place as there answer you will get is a white ceramic SMP 😂

Had one of the miyota Laco’s years ago. It was nice and ultimately made me by a Stowa which was nicer

mind you I moved that on as well

Just watched the video.  Sapphire, ceramic bezel, quick release bracelet with on the fly microadjust.   I quite like it in black to be honest

I quite like it in a tooly Pelagos sort of way.  £250 is pretty cheap too, but that’ll be significantly more by time customs have got to it.  That’s the reason I’ve never bought one of those nice Artem straps from Aus

Cannot stand that Mad Watch Collector YouTube channel

…the pink Zenith on the other hand

Nice. I keep looking at 5610u.  Everyone needs a G-Shock right?

@saccades is it difficult to keep dust out of the case and off the inside of the crystal

@neilnevill mine is back on the bracelet at the moment. Get it done!

How many of us have a white SMP now? 😂

An excellent choice!

@nickc I can only tell you my experience from actually doing it.   The papers are ramping it up, but the SAS have more important things to do.   If they do use MACA the soldiers will back fill the less important AFO roles, the CT and ARV stuff will be prioritised by the Police.

Ernie is right, they will do protection work.  And it won’t be the SAS.  I remember the last time they used the army as I was there.  We got the stable hands from the horse artillery that hadn’t picked up a weapon since basic.  I asked one not to point their rifle at me, but was told “it’s okay mate it’s not loaded”.  MACA is not a good situation to be in and I hope they don’t need it

@MSP.  Everyone AFO knows what needs to be justified.  The handing of tickets in isn’t to force anything at all.  What we’re talking about here is a charge of murder.  Which means the CPS are saying the officer had the mens rea.   That’s why they don’t want to carry, because it means any police shooting will go down that road of premeditation.  I’d have done the same if I were still there.  Got a family to think of and don’t get paid any more for the risk

@nickc

Every 12 weeks I had to do continuation training on my weapons and tactics.  If I failed to make the standard my authority to carry firearms was removed.

Having been an armed police officer, I have to disagree with your “struggle to see what a machine gun brings to a situation that a Taser doesn’t”

I wouldn’t want to confront someone with a gun with a Taser.  Tasers are not as effective as I imagine you think they are, they are limited on range, they are not effective against thick clothing, people that are fat or thin, and they are not very accurate either.

Omega boutique did me 9% when I bought my SMP.  Also supplied the rubber strap and deployant for cost which was £220 ish

i used to work with the manager though

The yellow one is cool!  Will keep an eye out

Late to the party but will start now

The Baltany is lovely!

I have very boring job and needed something to get my teeth into so I have bought a guitar.  I am 47 years old.  Am I just kidding myself and it’s too late to learn?

Seen lots of apps that teach you but I guess it’s no substitute for a real teacher?

Which still isn’t as good as my £30 waveceptor Casio

2.2s is after it’s exposed to 15000 gauss and two temperature zones, it’s average 6 positions when 33-100% power is 0.7s

Love mine, a classic you can wear with anything

My co-axial SMP has it, but my old Speedy doesn’t

Only METAS stuff I think

I had to request the European cover as an extra when I got AA with my car insurance

The Coulson?

An absolute classic 😍

Put the SMP back on its bracelet today.  Christ it’s heavy.  Omega could learn a thing or two about tapering bracelets from Rolex. Think I’ll get the rubber back on it

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in fact it lasted 10 minutes, just can’t get on with it.  I’ll always buy a watch on a bracelet  and I usually like them, but the SMP does not have a good one.  It’s just too big and chunky for me.   My old Seamaster had a similar non tapering one but wasn’t as chunky and was fine.  They can make a comfortable bracelet as my Speedmaster has a nice one (although 2 micro adjust holes is rubbish)

Love a Reverso gaidong. We need more photos of it

That pink GMT is great!

I’ve had mixed customer service from CW, they used to be great but as they’ve grown it’s been on the slide

https://www.swatch.com/en-gb/bioceramic-scuba-fifty-fathoms.html

crikey.

the blue and the grey are okay, but the other three are quite challenging.

Exactly, I shall look forward to seeing the photos of the mobs of flippers queuing up

https://www.swatch.com/en-gb/

Blancpain x Swatch now.  Allegedly based on the Fifty Fathoms.

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

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

I sold a 4 year old Skoda Citigo a few months ago.   We Buy Any Car offered 5600.   I got 7400 through Motorway and it was a main dealer that bought the car.  It was painless too, I’d use them again

Lovely watch @Scapegoat