Next watch(es)?
Discussion
Currently looking for my next watch, or more likely, watches.
I want a Seiko with Pepsi colours, a watch from my birth year (1981) and a Christopher Ward Trident. I am also interested in having a smart watch and an Invicta.
Any recommendations for the Seiko Pepsi and the birth year watch? Budget is up to £200 for each one.
Also, what next watch are you looking at getting? Extra interest for watches under £200.
I want a Seiko with Pepsi colours, a watch from my birth year (1981) and a Christopher Ward Trident. I am also interested in having a smart watch and an Invicta.
Any recommendations for the Seiko Pepsi and the birth year watch? Budget is up to £200 for each one.
Also, what next watch are you looking at getting? Extra interest for watches under £200.
Just a vote of confidence from me for the Ward Trident.
I've had my Trident 600 for 3 years. It replaced a Rolex Submariner 14060M and to be honest, feels better made and is certainly tougher when you bang it on a doorframe or suchlike. I've had many Rolexes over the years and was truly fed up with replacing crystals and bezel inserts at a comical expense.
Here's my Ward:
I've had my Trident 600 for 3 years. It replaced a Rolex Submariner 14060M and to be honest, feels better made and is certainly tougher when you bang it on a doorframe or suchlike. I've had many Rolexes over the years and was truly fed up with replacing crystals and bezel inserts at a comical expense.
Here's my Ward:
Eddh said:
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Next for me is a Tudor GMT Pepsi... when they come out!
Local AD has said I'll get first dibs when they come in, in June. Next for me is a Tudor GMT Pepsi... when they come out!
They've taken several deposits but as I've recently bought two watches, both of which are going back for warranty service/repair for poor time keeping, they're keen to keep me sweet.
On topic, I'm looking for a 1962 something... there's lots of nice pieces and I can't decide.
paulguitar said:
Just a vote of confidence from me for the Ward Trident.
I've had my Trident 600 for 3 years. It replaced a Rolex Submariner 14060M and to be honest, feels better made and is certainly tougher when you bang it on a doorframe or suchlike. I've had many Rolexes over the years and was truly fed up with replacing crystals and bezel inserts at a comical expense.
Here's my Ward:
Rolex of course are brilliant watches that no one should ever criticise....... However....... if I may....... there's a tiny design flaw in them. The crystal in most models is convex and pokes up above the bezel. Like most premium brands, the crystal is sapphire so is super hard and scratch resistant (mohrs hardness of 9), but with super hard and scratch resistant comes brittle and lacking in ductility. Put something brittle up above the bezel in an exposed location and if you catch it on something hard it'll have a tendency to shatter.I've had my Trident 600 for 3 years. It replaced a Rolex Submariner 14060M and to be honest, feels better made and is certainly tougher when you bang it on a doorframe or suchlike. I've had many Rolexes over the years and was truly fed up with replacing crystals and bezel inserts at a comical expense.
Here's my Ward:
A better solution is to make the sapphire perfectly flat, recess it, say 0.3 mm below the top line of the bezel and use the steel of the bezel to radially compress it by fitting them together with sapphire cool and bezel hot (trick from ultra-deep subsea engineering to move the failure mechanism away from its vulnerable zone). That way I can guarantee that the breakage rate would drop to close to zero.
I like the Christopher Ward trident. Nice piece, and I like tridents anyway.
Edited by Lorne on Sunday 1st April 22:39
Lorne said:
paulguitar said:
Just a vote of confidence from me for the Ward Trident.
I've had my Trident 600 for 3 years. It replaced a Rolex Submariner 14060M and to be honest, feels better made and is certainly tougher when you bang it on a doorframe or suchlike. I've had many Rolexes over the years and was truly fed up with replacing crystals and bezel inserts at a comical expense.
Here's my Ward:
Rolex of course are brilliant watches that no one should ever criticise....... However....... if I may....... there's a tiny design flaw in them. The crystal in most models is convex and pokes up above the bezel. Like most premium brands, the crystal is sapphire so is super hard and scratch resistant (mohrs hardness of 9), but with super hard and scratch resistant comes brittle and lacking in ductility. Put something brittle up above the bezel in an exposed location and if you catch it on something hard it'll have a tendency to shatter.I've had my Trident 600 for 3 years. It replaced a Rolex Submariner 14060M and to be honest, feels better made and is certainly tougher when you bang it on a doorframe or suchlike. I've had many Rolexes over the years and was truly fed up with replacing crystals and bezel inserts at a comical expense.
Here's my Ward:
A better solution is to make the sapphire perfectly flat and recess it, say 0.3 mm below the top line of the bezel. That way I can guarantee that the breakage rate would drop to close to zero. The sapphire crystal is something that no one has managed to break on one of my watches.
I like the Christopher Ward trident. Nice piece, and I like tridents anyway.
That is interesting info about the Rolex crystals. I do know that since I had my first Rolex in 2003 (a 16610), I have replaced several crystals and also a handful of bezel inserts on the various Rolexes I have owned over that time… I would imagine the latest Rolex models with ceramic bezels are much harder to damage. The problem is that for the price of a Rolex ceramic bezel alone, you can have a whole Ward Trident!
I enjoyed Rolex ownership to some extent, even though I was quite surprised at how rarely anyone noticed them. I had a bit of an epiphany though, I realized one day I could cash in my Rolex and get a BMW 330CI.
So I did!
paulguitar said:
Just a vote of confidence from me for the Ward Trident.
I've had my Trident 600 for 3 years. It replaced a Rolex Submariner 14060M and to be honest, feels better made and is certainly tougher when you bang it on a doorframe or suchlike. I've had many Rolexes over the years and was truly fed up with replacing crystals and bezel inserts at a comical expense.
Here's my Ward:
That’s really very nice. I want a 300 in black on black; I’m going to try and use my upcoming wedding as an excuse to buy one! I've had my Trident 600 for 3 years. It replaced a Rolex Submariner 14060M and to be honest, feels better made and is certainly tougher when you bang it on a doorframe or suchlike. I've had many Rolexes over the years and was truly fed up with replacing crystals and bezel inserts at a comical expense.
Here's my Ward:
My CW from a couple of years back (a 38mm, to better suit my pipe-cleaner arms!) - I prefer the 600, as the date is at 3, not sure of the 300’s motivation to place it at 4 - black on black is very timeless, my current watch is as such, but the different bezel stood out well to me.
My brother has the same white/black as the one above, which I do also like, I would personally be looking for one which has the ‘script’ font on the face, as IMO the new font is a bit ‘groupon special’...
I didn’t like the polished links, as a machinist I bashed it a few too many times, which affected the resale (poor me etc) but otherwise a fantastic watch which I do miss dearly. OP, you won’t be disappointed!
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