The Watches Thread

[Sundayjumper]

What does a Hermes one do?

It syncs with ApplePay to take more money, unnecessarily, from your dad’s account.

It’s very clever really

Everything is cheap when someone else is paying.

[dinny_g]

Time moves on SJ...

I mean Mito must be, what, 40 at this stage...

[Mito Man]

It’s not exactly a Rolex is it

[Sundayjumper]

Time moves on SJ...

I mean Mito must be, what, 40 at this stage...

And he still spends most of his time playing, alone, in his parents' garden. He must be about 9 or 10 years old ? Definitely not old enough to get a job yet.

[DeskJockey]

Why is it in German?

[DaveE]

I just got a £10 rubber strap from AliExpress for one of my San Martin watches

Even that came with a stainless steel butterfly clasp - not a cheap-ass pin/tang type of buckle on the strap (that'll likely ruin the strap as you put it on/off every day)

Complete marketing rip-off IMO

[Jobbo]

It’s not exactly a Rolex is it

Have you compared the cost of a Rolex strap with an Apple Hermes one?

[Mito Man]

Show me a Rolex strap which fits on an Apple Watch. Might need it as the leather on this is so soft I can’t see it lasting long. I guess that’s why they give the “complimentary” rubber one.

[Jobbo]

It’s a watch strap - compare like with like. The Hermes straps are a rip off.

Should probably be renamed Evri by now anyway

[Rich B]

Show me a Rolex strap which fits on an Apple Watch. Might need it as the leather on this is so soft I can’t see it lasting long. I guess that’s why they give the “complimentary” rubber one.

wait, you pay extra for a normal apple watch to get a posh strap, but the posh strap isn't really suitable to use so comes with a cheap rubber one to use instead?

You can definitely tell it's not your own money you're spending!

[Mito Man]

Posh strap for work/fancy stuff and rubber strap for sports stuff. Should last longer like that.

[DaveE]

"Here's your very very expensive watch strap that's not very good as an actual watch strap. So we're also giving you this cheap rubber one to make up for the very very expensive one being a bit crap."

[John]

I like this



https://www.timefactors.com/products/sm ... der-prs-60

The problem is the seller only opens his online shop every couple of weeks or so and then closes it once he has 200 orders. This literally takes a couple of minutes so it can be very frustrating trying to buy a watch from him

[DaveE]

That Smiths is a bit of a "mutt" (albeit a nice looking mutt)

Vintage diver + Explorer numerals + Tudor-esque "riveted"/5 link bracelet

Reminds me a bit of the San Martin I got a while back, although for overall cohesiveness, I do prefer the San Martin

[John]

Like many watches around now I suppose you could say it takes styling cues from other models but perhaps they prefer inspired by

[John]

Well I managed to order one. The online shop opened at 14.00 and closed just after 14.02 when 200 orders were reached, not all for that particular watch though. The only problem is that my wife has taken quite a shine to it.

[Pete_]

I'm surprised our resident Christopher Ward aficionado @mik hasn't already been posting about the stunning Bel Canto. It kind of has a resemblance of a Bulova Acutron to me, but also has some high end Moser vibes. Probably not the sort of watch I'd wear day to day, but I kind of want one

[duncs500]

The review really sells it, but it's pretty cool.

[mik]

@Pete_ I marked it up as “interesting” as opposed to desirable (to me).

300 being made. Pre-order all sold. (Edit: sold out in around 8hrs according to the forum).

[mik]

Can’t post a link as it’s a protected tweet, but I find myself rather very jealous of this!