DeskJockey wrote: Sat Nov 01, 2025 10:43 am
Eldest went full analogue with a silver/green combo. Youngest wanted an anadigi combi.
Same as this one by any chance?
jamcg wrote: Sun Sep 22, 2024 4:51 pm
I bought myself a new watch, I’m very good at loosing stuff and being a tradesman not very good at being aware of a watch and not scratching it. It’s a really expensive £30 odd quid Casio- It tells the time and that’ll do me it’s also not massive as my wrists are tiny, so big watches look ridiculous on me
That's the one!
Re: The Watches Thread
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2025 6:47 pm
by Shlergen
John wrote: Fri Oct 31, 2025 1:02 pm
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.
Re: The Watches Thread
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2025 10:04 am
by mik
I don’t expect it was their aim, but, that is one ugly cyclops mofo.
Re: The Watches Thread
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2025 8:32 pm
by mik
Re: The Watches Thread
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2025 8:42 pm
by 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.
Re: The Watches Thread
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2025 11:17 pm
by jamcg
And then your mrs asks you why your new nickname for her is 6:30
Re: The Watches Thread
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2025 10:03 am
by Mito Man
Kind of watch I’d expect Epstein to wear
Re: The Watches Thread
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2025 1:27 pm
by John
It's a very expensive novelty tie
Re: The Watches Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2025 9:31 pm
by 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.
Re: The Watches Thread
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2025 8:26 am
by 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
Spend £64.5k on a watch made of sapphire crystal, that 99.9999999% of people will assume is made of plastic.
Re: The Watches Thread
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2025 12:47 pm
by Beany
Prison watch.
Similar examples of prison tech:
Re: The Watches Thread
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2025 5:10 pm
by 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!
Re: The Watches Thread
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2025 5:53 pm
by mik
Mito Man wrote: Fri Dec 26, 2025 5:10 pm
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).
Re: The Watches Thread
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2025 6:58 pm
by 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?
Re: The Watches Thread
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2025 7:07 pm
by 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.
Re: The Watches Thread
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2025 7:13 pm
by mik
integrale_evo wrote: Fri Dec 26, 2025 6:58 pm
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
Re: The Watches Thread
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2025 7:15 pm
by 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
Re: The Watches Thread
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2025 7:20 pm
by 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.
Re: The Watches Thread
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2025 7:24 pm
by 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.
it’s also not massive as my wrists are tiny, so big watches look ridiculous on me
