The Under £200ish Watch and occasional Opera Thread! Vol2

[Bobberoo]

hairykrishna said:

Can anyone recommend a good spring bar tool? The one that came in my box of pins was made of cheese and bent immediately while trying to fit a new pin.

There's a bunch on Amazon but it's hard to distinguish a good one from bad!

PM me your address and I'll pop one of the spares I have in the post for you.

[hairykrishna]

Bobberoo said:

PM me your address and I'll pop one of the spares I have in the post for you.

You are a star!

[Scrump]

Bobberoo said:

hairykrishna said:

Can anyone recommend a good spring bar tool? The one that came in my box of pins was made of cheese and bent immediately while trying to fit a new pin.

There's a bunch on Amazon but it's hard to distinguish a good one from bad!

PM me your address and I'll pop one of the spares I have in the post for you.

HK, Please check the identity of online contacts before sharing personal information.
You can never be sure who you are communicating with: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[hairykrishna]

Definable a suspicious looking character

Impulse eBay for a couple of quid over thread budget. Very happy with it

[hairykrishna]

732NM said:

Cousins is my go to place for anything watch parts and tools related.

https://www.cousinsuk.com/product/chuck-grip-cousi...

Looks good. I could end up with a whole selection of tools I don't really need

[Bobberoo]

Scrump said:

Bobberoo said:

hairykrishna said:

Can anyone recommend a good spring bar tool? The one that came in my box of pins was made of cheese and bent immediately while trying to fit a new pin.

There's a bunch on Amazon but it's hard to distinguish a good one from bad!

PM me your address and I'll pop one of the spares I have in the post for you.

HK, Please check the identity of online contacts before sharing personal information.
You can never be sure who you are communicating with: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Some of your finest work right there!!

[Pebbles167]

blue_haddock said:

hairykrishna said:

Can anyone recommend a good spring bar tool? The one that came in my box of pins was made of cheese and bent immediately while trying to fit a new pin.

There's a bunch on Amazon but it's hard to distinguish a good one from bad!

Generally Bergeon are most peoples go to brand.

Yeah Burgeon 6767, well made and slim enough fork to fit just about any bracelet or get under any strap without damaging it. Those plastic ones are functional, but not worth using on something you'd really rather not damage.

[MrWideFit]

I have acquired this,

Whilst moving out the other month my girlfriends mum found this from her 20 years as a higher up at HSBC, genuine leather strap too fwiw,

Not the most fitting for my wrist size but doesn’t look out of place so will get a battery and give it a wear,

[UK_Scat_Pack]

hairykrishna said:

Definable a suspicious looking character

Impulse eBay for a couple of quid over thread budget. Very happy with it

Very nice! Christopher Ward watches are really growing on me. I would love to have their Pan-Am special edition, but it’s sadly sold out. Well outwith the budget in this thread though!

[Andy888]

Timex do some Pan Am watches too. Different styles to CW but may fill the gap you have.

https://timex.co.uk/collections/collabs-timex-x-pa...

[Pebbles167]

I like those Timex ones, particularly the auto. Definitely got the retro look about them.

[UK_Scat_Pack]

Andy888 said:

Timex do some Pan Am watches too. Different styles to CW but may fill the gap you have.

https://timex.co.uk/collections/collabs-timex-x-pa...

They are quite nice. Thanks for sharing.

[InitialDave]

UK_Scat_Pack said:

Andy888 said:

Timex do some Pan Am watches too. Different styles to CW but may fill the gap you have.

https://timex.co.uk/collections/collabs-timex-x-pa...

They are quite nice. Thanks for sharing.

I have the Pan Am flyback chrono, the bezel sliderule with conversions for fuel etc is quite fun.

[Llentil the llama]

In the shade this is a deep inky blue, but today first time in the sunshine since I got it and bam.....

[BrokenSkunk]

Every time you post a picture of that one it looks that little bit nicer.


In other news, I may have just agreed to blow my entire year's watch buying budget on one purchase.Something I've been chasing for about four years. It's not exactly the spec I was after, but it's very close, in nice condition and the price is fair. If not a little over thread budget (what's one poxy little piddling order of magnitude between friends?)

It means I won't be contributing to this thread with any pictures of £200ish watch purchases for quite some time to come.

[Pebbles167]

Looks great Lentil. Orient do great sunburst on their dials. Remember the brown on my Helios being really nice.

Interested to see your find too Skunk!

I've put my Duckworth on to celebrate the first sunny day I've had off this year. Feeling very much in the spring mood.

[UK_Scat_Pack]

InitialDave said:

UK_Scat_Pack said:

Andy888 said:

Timex do some Pan Am watches too. Different styles to CW but may fill the gap you have.

https://timex.co.uk/collections/collabs-timex-x-pa...

They are quite nice. Thanks for sharing.

I have the Pan Am flyback chrono, the bezel sliderule with conversions for fuel etc is quite fun.

Very nice. Would love to see some pics. I see it’s available for pre-order with a realise of June 2026

[Wallace12R]

It’s here, 6 months to the day and fresh from the DHL van!

It’s very VERY nice! 4 links removed and it’s fantastic.

[Bobberoo]

hairykrishna said:

Bobberoo said:

PM me your address and I'll pop one of the spares I have in the post for you.

You are a star!

Don't praise me too quickly, this completely slipped my mind until today, I shall endeavour to get it dispatched tomorrow!!!

[Llentil the llama]

Brokenskunk, would that be an Omega Constellation that you have blown the watch budget on perchance?

The reference number and case back posted in the other place sort of gives it away.

I am sure Bobberoo would like to see a picture of it here aswell!

Class watch, I assume it is of the vintage variety?