Wrist Check - 2018

Wrist Check - 2018

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So

26,271 posts

221 months

Friday 14th September 2018
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Caruso said:
Nice.

I would not buy one with Romans, but it makes a pleasant change.

andy tims

5,571 posts

245 months

Friday 14th September 2018
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Blown2CV

28,697 posts

202 months

Friday 14th September 2018
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andy tims said:
quality... is it in a shop though?

Sam993

1,302 posts

71 months

Friday 14th September 2018
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So said:
Caruso said:
Nice.

I would not buy one with Romans, but it makes a pleasant change.
Would you buy one if it looked like this? hehe



https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=62684...

leglessAlex

5,384 posts

140 months

Friday 14th September 2018
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Blown2CV said:
andy tims said:
quality... is it in a shop though?
Doubt it. Andy takes great photos of his watches.

Dominic H

3,274 posts

231 months

Friday 14th September 2018
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leglessAlex said:
Blown2CV said:
andy tims said:
quality... is it in a shop though?
Doubt it. Andy takes great photos of his watches.
Normally taken in natural light on the window sill. wink


Caruso

7,422 posts

255 months

Friday 14th September 2018
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So said:
Nice.

I would not buy one with Romans, but it makes a pleasant change.
Thanks, I think Romans are more at home on rectangular watches than round ones, but it does have the benefit of being one of the few of my watches I can read in low light without my glasses on.

T6 vanman

3,056 posts

98 months

Friday 14th September 2018
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matt_knowles said:
Fair to say I like my watches with a Chronograph.
I'll play … Chrono-fest


Meistersinger, Ball, Graham, & Ball

And lets have a diver-fest …. Not a Sub in sight smile

Blancpain, Eco-Drive, Britling, Invicta woody, & Seamaster thumbup

CardShark

4,190 posts

178 months

Friday 14th September 2018
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Have a great weekend, all.

FN2TypeR

7,091 posts

92 months

Friday 14th September 2018
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andy tims said:
That looks fantastic!

AlexC1981

4,904 posts

216 months

Saturday 15th September 2018
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I picked up one of those £90 "Black Bay" type watches on ebay and I'm surprised how nice the brushed bronze PVD finish is. It's closer to the copper tone you would expect from bronze than an actual Black Bay is, which to me looks more like brushed brass.

It's keeping good time, though the auto winder is noisy and not in a nice way. The bezel feels coarse when you turn it, but it works and the lume is good. It came with a stainless steel deployant so I swapped that for a brushed rose gold buckle which was the closest colour match I could find. I would not take the chance of testing it in the water, though the screw down crown feels sturdy.

Overall I'm really pleased with it. It's just such a pleasant and eye catching combination of colours, that I will definitely be googling for more bronze watches later.








lostkiwi

4,584 posts

123 months

Saturday 15th September 2018
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Doofus said:
I do like a nice Magrette. Since getting my Kara it's hardly been off my wrist.

andy_s

19,397 posts

258 months

Saturday 15th September 2018
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Haven't worn this in ages...


andy_s

19,397 posts

258 months

Saturday 15th September 2018
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T6 vanman said:
matt_knowles said:
Fair to say I like my watches with a Chronograph.
I'll play … Chrono-fest
Only one non-chrono in the collection [a '73 Benrus Type 1] - some of them here:



Stella Tortoise

2,615 posts

142 months

Saturday 15th September 2018
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Doofus said:
Nice strap, can I ask where you got it from and whether it's flexible?

T6 vanman

3,056 posts

98 months

Saturday 15th September 2018
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andy_s said:
T6 vanman said:
matt_knowles said:
Fair to say I like my watches with a Chronograph.
I'll play … Chrono-fest
Only one non-chrono in the collection [a '73 Benrus Type 1] - some of them here:
Ah … Welcome fellow Horolaholic thumbup

Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Saturday 15th September 2018
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Stella Tortoise said:
Nice strap, can I ask where you got it from and whether it's flexible?
It's very flexible, and very comfortable - I have three of them, and rate them highly. As I do the seller, WatchGecko.

Northern.N

201 posts

139 months

Saturday 15th September 2018
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Been eyeing these up for a while and finally saw one in store today. Couldn’t say no biggrin

Snubs

1,166 posts

138 months

Sunday 16th September 2018
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Yesterday I went out and bought this:



Overall, i think it's absolutely terrific and i'm really taken with it. I got it for £335 and looking at it i think that's a bargain. It looks like it should be much more expensive.

There are, however, four downsides which i'll list from least to most irritating:

4. It isn't the most legible watch going. It's essentially silver hands on a silver face and the dagger hands are similar in length, so in certain light conditions it's hard to read at a glance.
3. It's surprisingly thick for a dress watch at 1.4cm.
2. The face has a quite clever tinge of blue that's more noticeable in certain lights and from certain angles than others. However the second hand, date hand and tip of the power reserve indicator are a very dark blue that for the most part looks black. It's classy it its own way and i'm sure some would love it, but personally i'd have preferred a lighter shade of blue.
1. As ZesPak (who also has one) pointed out to me on the other thread, the strap it comes with isn't good. Rather than being a matt finish it's gloss, which i think would only really work if you were at a black tie event.

Fortunately my number one annoyance could be sorted easily enough and within four hours i'd changed it:



You can hopefully see that the original strap on the right is reflecting an awful lot more light.

I wanted to keep the blue stitching, the idea being that my Zenith has a red dual time hand and red stitching and the Seiko would be blue/blue. In picking the Zenith up I remembered I'd changed the strap on my other Seiko to have an orange stitch. I clearly have an obsession with coloured stitching:










Edited by Snubs on Sunday 16th September 15:08

Sam993

1,302 posts

71 months

Sunday 16th September 2018
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Those new Presage's are sexy but I can't help to think that Seiko is roughly 10 years behind the curve regards case sizes, they used to make small watches when market wanted huge dinner plate ones. Now they started making hockey pucks when market sees 42mm+ as oversized.