The Watches Thread
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Especially for Mik, because I care:
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I am grootPreacherCain wrote: ↑Thu Jun 21, 2018 12:20 pm Especially for Mik, because I care:
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Now that is better.
I like the left field choice too.
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Far, far better. I am also a devout hater of NATO straps.
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It is indeed, Alex - I'm still at the point where I have to check my watch twice: once to look at it, and the second time to actually make a note of the time...
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After the beauty of the Grand Seiko time for normality to return
I've never owned a Hamilton before but this one caught my eye in the online sale at Ernest Jones. It's a Hamilton Khaki Air Race automatic, built to celebrate the Red Bull air race sponsorship. The CGI photos that shops tend to use often don't give a true representation of the watch and this one is much nice IMO in the metal.
I've never owned a Hamilton before but this one caught my eye in the online sale at Ernest Jones. It's a Hamilton Khaki Air Race automatic, built to celebrate the Red Bull air race sponsorship. The CGI photos that shops tend to use often don't give a true representation of the watch and this one is much nice IMO in the metal.
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Forgot to say, £450 in the sale down from £675 with another 10% off if you sign up for email newsletters so £405.
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Ooh - that Hamilton is lovely. 42mm is an ideal size too.
I’ve been looking at orange faced watches for a while - that is an interesting alternative. I do not need another watch though.
I’ve been looking at orange faced watches for a while - that is an interesting alternative. I do not need another watch though.
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Life isn't about needs.
Well - unless you suck at life.
Well - unless you suck at life.
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I'm a fan of some of the simpler looking Hamiltons
Good value for money I think too
Although some of the ones I like are manual wind, not automatics
Good value for money I think too
Although some of the ones I like are manual wind, not automatics
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Lovely, just lovely...
As soon as we get tenants into our other place, next pay day, I aware to God...
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I love the Spring Drive chronograph movement, it looks wonderful and has some pleasing techniques (column wheel, clutch etc)... I just wish they’d put it in a less challenging case. Those pushers absolutely ruin it for me; having seen one in the flesh last week, I can confirm they are exactly as oversized and daft as they look.
ETA: that Hamilton looks the mutt’s nuts! I’ve always liked them, I had an ana/digi chrono for a while which was the perfect gateway drug to an X-33. Really well made and hard to beat at the price point IMO.
ETA: that Hamilton looks the mutt’s nuts! I’ve always liked them, I had an ana/digi chrono for a while which was the perfect gateway drug to an X-33. Really well made and hard to beat at the price point IMO.
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Those pushers are utterly ridiculous. There aren't many Grand Seikos I actually like (your Snowflake being one of them); Seiko seem keen to make as many variants of Grand Seiko as they do Seiko 5, just with much better finishing.
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Shame about the pushers on that one as I much prefer the face on it. I don't want to be overly mean about the Grand Seikos but I view them in much the same way as I would a Toyota Century versus an S-Class Mercedes. The Toyota is an interesting engineering exercise and quirky but too much of a retro oddity styling wise.
I have no love for that Hamilton either. Just looks like a £150 fashion watch to me. If I wanted that type of fleiger-esque styling I'd save up and buy a Bremont or probably a Sinn if I really couldn't afford it.
I have no love for that Hamilton either. Just looks like a £150 fashion watch to me. If I wanted that type of fleiger-esque styling I'd save up and buy a Bremont or probably a Sinn if I really couldn't afford it.
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Great analogy, and it's how I feel about them too.GG. wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:29 am Shame about the pushers on that one as I much prefer the face on it. I don't want to be overly mean about the Grand Seikos but I view them in much the same way as I would a Toyota Century versus an S-Class Mercedes. The Toyota is an interesting engineering exercise and quirky but too much of a retro oddity styling wise.
Massive appreciation and like for them, but I couldn't see myself dropping thousands on one in the way I might a more established name like Rolex, Tudor etc etc.
Which is crap in a sense, I know.
BTW, I was browsing a website the other day that sells lots of Grand Seiko variants, one of them was £50k!
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I wish GS would give their watches names rather than long letters and numbers. The only GS I'd buy:
M235i