The Watches Thread

[Shlergen]

I do like an Alpina and have come close to buying one a couple of times. I've probably mentioned this before but weirdly they occasionally pop up at TK Maxx.

A couple of my watches are well overdue a service but they get worn so infrequently I'm not bothering.

I picked one up on TK for sub £400 recently. Pleased with it.

[mik]

I don’t expect it was their aim, but, that is one ugly cyclops mofo.

[mik]

[Jobbo]

That has to be a spoof. I’d buy one, for sub-£100, to be amused at the directions the tits are pointing throughout the day.

[jamcg]

And then your mrs asks you why your new nickname for her is 6:30

[Mito Man]

Kind of watch I’d expect Epstein to wear

[John]

It's a very expensive novelty tie

[Simon]

I'm not a watch guy at all, but this recommendation appeared on my feed and it's a very pleasant way to spend an hour.

[John]

The sales are in full swing so if you couldn’t quite stretch to £86k for the Hublot Square Bang Unico Sapphire then today is your lucky day as it’s reduced to only £64.5k at Goldsmiths



https://www.goldsmiths.co.uk/Hublot-Squ ... p/17171100

More sale stuff here and there are some decent reductions on Omega, Zenith, Panerai etc

https://www.goldsmiths.co.uk/c/SALE/All ... ths_uk_gbp

[mik]

Spend £64.5k on a watch made of sapphire crystal, that 99.9999999% of people will assume is made of plastic.

[Beany]

Prison watch.

Similar examples of prison tech:

[Mito Man]

Are all the flathead screws on it meant to be pointing in completely different directions? That’s pisspoor workmanship. A carpenter hanging doors will pay more attention!

[mik]

Are all the flathead screws on it meant to be pointing in completely different directions?

This never bothers me but I know it drives others mental. A screw is a functional fixing that has to provide a specific torque - it’s not a decorative element (for me).

[integrale_evo]

Surely super fancy machining should be able to align the thread start points on both holes and fixings to all match so all screws line up the same when they’re at the required torque?

[DeskJockey]

I think you're expecting too much. It is only a £60k+ watch, if you want that level of fancy, it is at least six figures!

Also, it is hideous.

[mik]

Surely super fancy machining should be able to align the thread start points on both holes and fixings to all match so all screws line up the same when they’re at the required torque?

But it looks…. naff

[Beany]

It really is the sort of thing you'd expect someone like the Fast Shows "Loadsamoney" character to wear.

LOOK AT MY WATCH IT'S PURE SAPPHIRE COS I'VE GOT LOOOADSSSAAAMOONNEEEYYY

[integrale_evo]

I think the actual fixings themselves look naff tbh. I’d rather hex or torx or spline or even Philips would look better than slot head. But it might just be a me issue, I don’t really like or see the point in any watch worth more than a couple of grand.

[Beany]

I don't even think they're plain slot drives - they're security slot bits.

I had to use those to open up a cheap extension cable recently, they're about as classy as a chip butty.

[DaveE]

Surely super fancy machining should be able to align the thread start points on both holes and fixings to all match so all screws line up the same when they’re at the required torque?

You're quite right, and well made watches do have screw heads that all align (you can see that in the image of that YouTube video above on the watch on the left)