The Watches Thread

[Jobbo]

@Jay-me it's always great when people achieve something they've been wanting for a while - so congrats on that

Seeing your Sinn reminded me that I saw a Rolex Submariner "hulk" in black PVD the other day

I'm not a fan, but I can see how it could be appealing to others

It was used, and £19k (box + papers)

All black would look ace. I’m not sure with the green tbh

I like the green bezel. Black face and green bezel would be good; blue bezel with black face even better.

[DaveE]

Something I noticed while wandering around in Brighton yesterday was how many Rolexes (and other luxury watch brands) there were in all the second hand jewellers (compared to a couple of years ago)

During the Covid and post-Covid boom, there just wasn't the stock, but now, every shop seemed to have a good selection

A favourite jeweller of mine had 6+ Subs (out of probably 20+ Rolexes - mostly the in-demand steel/sports models)

There's definitely a big change in the market that's now really easy to see on the 'high street'

Did you have a nosey in Whizz Watch? I bought my Grand Seiko from them via ebay.

Funnily enough, it was Whizz Watches that had the PVD Hulk

https://whizzwatch.co.uk/product/rolex- ... ens-watch/

[mik]

Chris Ward released a new skeleton today "The Twelve X".

I reckon it's a good looking movement (their in-house SH21), but I'm not a fan of skeletons in general - I need to be able to read the time at a glance - not hunt for the hands.

Like the Bel Canto - big money for the brand at over £4k (on the bracelet).

https://www.christopherward.com/the-twe ... K0-B0.html

[DaveE]

The very Gérald Genta looking case and bracelet are at odds with the overall thickness for me

The top-down view says "this is a thin watch" but the profile is way too thick IMO...

[duncs500]

I reckon it's a good looking movement (their in-house SH21), but I'm not a fan of skeletons in general - I need to be able to read the time at a glance - not hunt for the hands.

+1

[Jay-me]

I don’t know if anyone uses chrono24 but I’ve used them twice in the last few months. Got a sevenfriday and a Hamilton off there. Not bad service and experience tbh

[Jay-me]

Can’t load pics sorry

[Jay-me]

How do you make a pic file smaller?

[DeskJockey]

How do you make a pic file smaller?

Depends on what device you're using. If you're on your phone it'll usually be in the gallery app. If on a laptop you can use Paint or similar to reduce the resolution.

Create an account on the OV9 Gallery and use that. Pics can be up to 2mb.

[Jobbo]

I find Imgur the easiest app to use - no need to resize. Just set your photos to hidden.

[duncs500]

I find Imgur the easiest app to use - no need to resize. Just set your photos to hidden.

I still have to resize my photos for imgur, but I agree it's still s good way to do it.

[mik]

I find Imgur the easiest app to use - no need to resize. Just set your photos to hidden.

I still have to resize my photos for imgur, but I agree it's still s good way to do it.

That's weird Duncs - I've never resized a photo for imgur.

[duncs500]

I find Imgur the easiest app to use - no need to resize. Just set your photos to hidden.

I still have to resize my photos for imgur, but I agree it's still s good way to do it.

That's weird Duncs - I've never resized a photo for imgur.

Only since I got my new phone, standard size on my phone is 4000x3000 which imgur doesn't seem to like.

[Jobbo]

The size isn't the problem as far as I can tell - Imgur has a limit of 10,000 pixels along either side. But there is a cap of 20MB.

[duncs500]

The size isn't the problem as far as I can tell - Imgur has a limit of 10,000 pixels along either side. But there is a cap of 20MB.

I can only tell you that it wasn't uploading to the app (I don't think there was an error message, but the app is a bit like that anyway) and I found something online indicating that it should be 3200x2400 max. I resized and then it worked. None of the files were above 20mb.

[duncs500]

This was a few months ago, maybe they've updated it. I hope so, because it is a ball ache to resize everything.

[mik]

Is this some kind of pyramid of tragic? Or accurate?

[Jay-me]

Is this some kind of pyramid of tragic? Or accurate?

I’ve seen so many of these on tik tok/facefuck etc and there’s so many different versions with different brands in different classes. For example Richard Mille is not there, yet in others I’ve seen Richard Mille has been in the top two tiers, although there’s no way I’d buy one no matter how good the quality is it’s still the style of the watch people see when it’s being worn and unfortunately they’re not for me, I prefer my monacos for a lot less money

[DaveE]

Sold on a few watches recently to make some space and reclaim some funds

Used some of that money to buy the latest San Martin, this time an "homage" of the Longines Spirit Zulu GMT

Managed to get it for £165 delivered in the current AliExpress sale...

[Jobbo]

Has quite a similar vibe to a Tudor Black Bay with the font on the bezel and the minute track.

I haven't looked at watches much at all recently though noticed Harry Metcalfe wearing what appeared to be a PVD black Rolex of some sort in one of his Garage videos recently. I don't want to be wary of where I go so I'm not planning to buy a Rolex but I do like the Blaken modded ones still.