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

[RSTurboPaul]

Does it have drilled lugs? lol

[wibble cb]

these are as good as I can manage



and

[Bobberoo]

Hhhmmmm, that looks like a standard springbar, do you have a set of small screwdrivers? You might be able to prise it back with one of those.

[Fallingup]

wibble cb said:

This has arrived, but I don’t much like the strap, I want to swap it onto a rubber/silicone one, but for the life of me, can’t release the spring bars, is there some knack to it?

https://youtu.be/PXW0f-a5cZE

Edited by Fallingup on Sunday 26th February 11:41

[eccles]

With metal bracelets they don't always come out as easily as a strap.
I find you have to hold the bracelet and kind of put a gentle pulling motion away from the watch head so when one end of the spring bar releases, it stays released. You then have to release the opposite end of the bar and the bracelet comes away from the watch head. I find if you don't do this, you release one end of the spring bar, then as you try and do the other end, the first end pops back in and re-engages!

[Ninjin]

Sometimes there is not enough play to do it one side at a time but I really doubt the Pagani goes to that level of QC. It would be a surprise it it did!!!

If that is the case, then you will need spring bar tweezers that compress both ends at the same time.

[Barchettaman]

Spring bar tweezers will get that.

[wibble cb]

Thanks all for the suggestions, the links that are directly next to the watch are pretty snug , I have ordered one of these so I can try and compress both asides at the same time:



Will see how that goes!

[SWoll]

SWoll said:

Indeed. I do have my eye on another possible Alpina purchase, but haven't jumped in yet as thought buying 3 in a month might be a bit OTT.



Saying that though, at a total of £600 for the lot I'm still very tempted. Watch this space..

Seller dropped the price by £50 so had another "couldn't say no" moment.

[Wallace12R]

Wallace12R said:

Something a bit different for me incoming, I had one as a kid and when I received an email showing it this morning I just had to have it. Everything about this screamed at me to buy, even showed the wife and she said “well get it if you want it” which means it gets her seal of approval too



I mean, who doesn’t love a Snoopy?

Ta da! I love it.

[Drooles]

Wallace12R said:

Ta da! I love it.

I don’t know where I’d wear it, or when, but I love it too! Well done

[Bobberoo]

Wallace12R said:

Ta da! I love it.

Cracking watch Wallace12R!!!

[wibble cb]

wibble cb said:

wibble cb said:

Incoming at 60$ inc shipping to Toronto, it will probably be cr@p , but worth a punt

This has arrived, but I don’t much like the strap, I want to swap it onto a rubber/silicone one, but for the life of me, can’t release the spring bars, is there some knack to it?

Finally, for 80c$ delivered and 12c$ for the strap, it looks pretty good, lets see how it goes!

[Barchettaman]

The €2.97 strap from AliExpress works well on my Airman. It came in just over thread budget at £275 but is hopefully in keeping with the spirit of the thread. These are over €700 new.

The minor scratches on the bezel are prominent in this photo but pretty much invisible in normal light.

[Drooles]

Barchettaman said:

The €2.97 strap from AliExpress works well on my Airman. It came in just over thread budget at £275 but is hopefully in keeping with the spirit of the thread. These are over €700 new.

The minor scratches on the bezel are prominent in this photo but pretty much invisible in normal light.

I’ve said it before, but I absolutely love that one, Barchettaman. Looks great on the new strap

[Barchettaman]

Drooles said:

I’ve said it before, but I absolutely love that one, Barchettaman. Looks great on the new strap

Thanks! I just had a quick look and these are only available from the Swiss Glycine shop, and they’re currently £1600.

[SWoll]

Well, I reckon that's me covered for every occasion now. Started the year with a new job and a plan to spend a decent sum from my previous annual bonus on a nice watch. After spending time in various jewelers and the Watchfinder outlet at Bicester I just couldn't bring myself to hand over the cash.

Had set a budget of £2-3k, but ended up picking up these 3 for £600 instead. What can I say, I love a bargain.



If you want a quality watch swiss watch and aren't offended by quartz I can highly recommend.

Edited by SWoll on Wednesday 1st March 12:27

[blue_haddock]

Today's new watch.

Yes it's an Invicta but I just love the look of it.

The standard strap looks great but was way too long so swapped it onto a Barton hybid.

[BrokenSkunk]

blue_haddock said:

Today's new watch

Is that the Invicta Scalectrix?

[Bobberoo]

SWoll said:

Well, I reckon that's me covered for every occasion now. Started the year with a new job and a plan to spend a decent sum from my previous annual bonus on a nice watch. After spending time in various jewelers and the Watchfinder outlet at Bicester I just couldn't bring myself to hand over the cash.

Had set a budget of £2-3k, but ended up picking up these 3 for £600 instead. What can I say, I love a bargain.



If you want a quality watch swiss watch and aren't offended by quartz I can highly recommend.

Edited by SWoll on Wednesday 1st March 12:27

Congrats on the new job and on 3 great watches!!!