Incoming… what do you have? (Vol. 3)

[yoshisdad]

Bought this at an auction during the week.
Never worn a Christopher Ward before.
I really like it.

[Lorne]

desolate said:

Lorne said:

Outside, garden, sun setting and a nice reflective surface. I'm going to copy that and change my appalling website photos. Many thanks!!

You definitely should, Lorne.

Yours must be a difficult watch to photograph, it looks so much better in the flesh than any photograph I have seen.

Having said that the finish on the Roy Oak really is something else.

Edited by desolate on Thursday 24th May 11:08

It's a chameleon of a watch, which makes it near enough impossible to photograph (...or I'm just rubbish at pics)

Here's my attempt at warm light photographs. This is my modified to OO-spec watch, so only slightly different natural colours to yours. (incidentally, only 18 of the original O-specs haven't been modified, so they're getting quite rare).

Edited by Lorne on Saturday 26th May 11:00

[OMITN]

AmosMoses said:

Spotted in a jewellers whilst on holiday, been after one for a while. Got it £90 below sticker too

Love it..!

[TheJimi]

Lorne said:

It's a chameleon of a watch, which makes it near enough impossible to photograph (...or I'm just rubbish at pics)

Here's my attempt at warm light photographs. This is my modified to OO-spec watch, so only slightly different natural colours to yours. (incidentally, only 18 of the original O-specs haven't been modified, so they're getting quite rare).

Edited by Lorne on Saturday 26th May 11:00

Send one to PH'er Andy Tim's.

He's really good at taking photos of watches, such that I recognise a photo of his instantly.

[Wills2]

ou sont les biscuits said:

I've just sourced a NOS one of these. I fancied one back in the early noughties but never got around to buying, and after they were discontinued it was too late. Then this one turned up on Chrono24.......

Very nice, I've seen two of those, one on a bracelet the other on croc like yours go through WF last week, I was going to get the red lettered 1957 one on a bracelet but it had gone when I went back, love the blue batons and hands.

[Cipo]

TheJimi said:

Lorne said:

It's a chameleon of a watch, which makes it near enough impossible to photograph (...or I'm just rubbish at pics)

Here's my attempt at warm light photographs. This is my modified to OO-spec watch, so only slightly different natural colours to yours. (incidentally, only 18 of the original O-specs haven't been modified, so they're getting quite rare).

Edited by Lorne on Saturday 26th May 11:00

Send one to PH'er Andy Tim's.

He's really good at taking photos of watches, such that I recognise a photo of his instantly.

Soft warm lighting certainly makes a hell of a difference to the way a watch looks Lorne, for the better I’d say.

[andy tims]

Cipo said:

TheJimi said:

Lorne said:

It's a chameleon of a watch, which makes it near enough impossible to photograph (...or I'm just rubbish at pics)

Here's my attempt at warm light photographs. This is my modified to OO-spec watch, so only slightly different natural colours to yours. (incidentally, only 18 of the original O-specs haven't been modified, so they're getting quite rare).

Edited by Lorne on Saturday 26th May 11:00

Send one to PH'er Andy Tim's.

He's really good at taking photos of watches, such that I recognise a photo of his instantly.

Soft warm lighting certainly makes a hell of a difference to the way a watch looks Lorne, for the better I’d say.

I much prefer natural light.

[andy tims]

It's taken me a while to get round to taking pics of this, but it's a cracking watch.

[hungry_hog]

Wills2 said:

Very nice, I've seen two of those, one on a bracelet the other on croc like yours go through WF last week, I was going to get the red lettered 1957 one on a bracelet but it had gone when I went back, love the blue batons and hands.

The Broad Arrow is lovely. The blue indices and hands really set it off.

Had one 5 years ago on a bracelet. Unfortunately had to sell it. Now the prices seem to be double what I sold it for!

[bertie]

Just been delivered, absolutely love it.....

Edited by bertie on Tuesday 29th May 22:31

[Cipo]

bertie said:

Just been delivered, absolutely love it.....

Edited by bertie on Tuesday 29th May 22:31

Very nice sir...congrats.

[liner33]

Got one of these coming , want a holiday beater and something to set my auto's to

Can see me moving on my GWG1000gb Mudmaster though

[cbmotorsport]

liner33 said:

Got one of these coming , want a holiday beater and something to set my auto's to

Can see me moving on my GWG1000gb Mudmaster though

I have one of these as a beater. It's a fantastic watch. Understated unlike most G-Shocks, easy to wear, deadly accurate, no need for a battery, all the functions you need. Really useful thing.

[Ikemi]

bertie said:

Just been delivered, absolutely love it.....

Edited by bertie on Tuesday 29th May 22:31

That's stunning! Congrats!

[h0b0]

liner33 said:

Got one of these coming , want a holiday beater and something to set my auto's to

Can see me moving on my GWG1000gb Mudmaster though

I see it is bi-lingual "El Back Light" for the Spanish.


My G-Shock strap fell apart on Sunday after around 10 years. I can't complain though as I have beaten the crap our of that watch. I am amused that the replacement strap is 25% of the original purchase price. That is worse than Rolex!

[liner33]

I'll be putting the conversion kit on and running a nato

[Drewbs]

Got an SKX007 on the way. Going to wear it for a bit then start modding it. Hopefully should be a fun beater.

[Mezzanine]

Drewbs said:

Got an SKX007 on the way. Going to wear it for a bit then start modding it. Hopefully should be a fun beater.

You will love it.

I had read so much 'hype' around the SKX models, I didn't expected they would be that good.

Mine has barely left the wrist since it arrived

[ZesPak]

^

I agree. Gives my more expensive watches a LOT less wrist time.

[TheJimi]

Not bad for a "beater"