Wrist Check 2017

[MEZGER6]

[gizlaroc]

NDA said:

Thank you.

1600 hours is 4pm. I don't see why '16' (for example) would be at the 8pm position.

I am obviously being incredibly thick! Just never seen time displayed in this way before.

The orange hand moves round once in 24 hours.

You can get it with a 24 hour movement as well on the main hands, mine is a regular 12 hour movement.

It is really easy to get used to, and when you travel a lot, leaving the orange hand on UK time can be very handy.

[Thankyou4calling]

MEZGER6 said:

Magnificent. James Cameron DS. Is it new? It looks it.

[MEZGER6]

Thankyou4calling said:

MEZGER6 said:

Magnificent. James Cameron DS. Is it new? It looks it.

Cheers buddy, it's a year old now but I wear it only occasionally. I agree with some people there's a lot of writing on the face, but the blue black does it for me

[ReaperCushions]

Swapped the steel for a Hirsch robby on the PO today. Not 100% yet... thoughts?

Edited by ReaperCushions on Saturday 15th July 20:33

[CardShark]

ReaperCushions said:

Swapped the steel for a Hirsch robby on the PO today. Not 100% yet... thoughts?

Edited by ReaperCushions on Saturday 15th July 20:33

Looks OE to me, a fine match. I used to have a Robby on my Sinn UX, a quality strap for a tool watch IMO.

[battered]

desolate said:

battered said:

I couldn't live with that. A single hand 24 hour dial would drive me mad, but might possibly be tolerated, but a conventional layout that only rotated once every 24 hours would be impossible. 12 noon with "little hand up and small hand down"? No thanks, not ever.

In pre digital days it would have been very useful as a tool - one way to ensure you where at the 'corrects' 3 o'clock.

For those without access to the sun, or living at either pole, possibly. I've never been sufficiently confused to be unable to work out whether it was 3am or pm, but there's always a first time. If I were, my cheapy Timex auto has a secondary 24h dial, which I will admit is useful for setting the date.

[don logan]

ou sont les biscuits said:

It's a 24 hour dial. Designed to be impossible to read at a glance. I loved mine to bits, but it drove me crackers.

Me too, it had to go in the end!

Not that easy to sell either.

[don logan]

I bought this unworn a few weeks ago but finally sized it yesterday, I absolutely love it, I get why so many people go around in a circle of accumulating watches and end up with just a ND Sub

[anonymous-user]

battered said:

For those without access to the sun, or living at either pole, possibly. I've never been sufficiently confused to be unable to work out whether it was 3am or pm, but there's always a first time. If I were, my cheapy Timex auto has a secondary 24h dial, which I will admit is useful for setting the date.

As a tool it was useful once.

Not now, but then loads of things have been superceded.

[DJMC]

hilly10 said:

For those who worry about how I wear my watch. A pic today showing normal wear, hope this satisfies the obsessive amongst us

PS If I raise my arm the watch will slip a good 1" down my wrist

Edited by hilly10 on Saturday 15th July 09:07

If it's loose, the bracelet will wear more quickly. It's up to you though.

[paulguitar]

don logan said:

I bought this unworn a few weeks ago but finally sized it yesterday, I absolutely love it, I get why so many people go around in a circle of accumulating watches and end up with just a ND Sub

Very nice, that is identical to the last Rolex I owned, I sold it in 2014.

Actually, I did the ‘round and round’ you mention, and ended up with the no date sub, and then wondered if I should have got the ‘three line’ version. It never ends!

[So]

don logan said:

I bought this unworn a few weeks ago but finally sized it yesterday, I absolutely love it, I get why so many people go around in a circle of accumulating watches and end up with just a ND Sub

Nicely done. You went for the better looking pre-ceramic too.

[don logan]

So said:

Nicely done. You went for the better looking pre-ceramic too.

Thanks

A few months ago I bought a 1967 "metres first" Sub and it changed my view of my ceramic bezel watches but didn't really want to wear the metres first every day though couldn't help myself so thought of getting a 14060M too, lots of the so called "mint" 14060Ms weren't really mint so I paid the extra for a stickered / unworn watch as I was convinced it would be a very long term prospect

I justified it by deciding to sell my SD4k which I originally bought because I liked the tapered lugs which reminded me of the older watches

Edited by don logan on Sunday 16th July 11:17

[hilly10]

DJMC said:

If it's loose, the bracelet will wear more quickly. It's up to you though.

Its worn only four or five times a month nowadays so no worries on wear. The watch will be handed to my grandson on his 21st birthday weather or not I am here.

[Doofus]

hilly1 said:

The watch will be handed to my grandson on his 21st birthday weather or not I am here.

A second-hand watch with a knackered bracelet. You spoil that boy!

[Mezzanine]

Octoposse said:

Cosmonaute brightened up with a new shark mesh strap - came this morning. Really happy - lovely feel, and less than £60.

Makes a nice change from the Rolex and BMW/Porsche combination prevalent on here

[AshBurrows]

Finally picked up my hulk. Over the moon.

[ellroy]

Common as muck....

[Doofus]

AshBurrows said:

Finally picked up my hulk. Over the moon.

Have you used one of your children to model it?