The Watches Thread

[Nathan]

I used to care about watches until I realised I should probably think about adding muscle instead.

[Rich B]

I used to care about watches until I realised I should probably think about adding muscle instead.

ah yes, that classic dilemma - watches or muscle.

[mik]

I used to care about watches until I realised I should probably think about adding muscle instead.

ah yes, that classic dilemma - watches or muscle.

Nothing looks better than a muscly wrist.

[Nathan]

Or worse than a skinny one

[Jobbo]

Some people just enjoy complicating things to make them a “thing”.

I worked with a guy who came in one day with an iron burn on his collar. I said that I ironed the back of my collars so that couldn’t happen and he told me I was doing it wrong because in the cadets he’d been told to iron the front.

I left it there.

You can iron any side of it if you simply don't burn what you're ironing.

As for the fold in that video, the result looks rubbish and I don't think it's terribly effective with double cuffs.

[Rich B]

Some people just enjoy complicating things to make them a “thing”.

I worked with a guy who came in one day with an iron burn on his collar. I said that I ironed the back of my collars so that couldn’t happen and he told me I was doing it wrong because in the cadets he’d been told to iron the front.

I left it there.

You can iron any side of it if you simply don't burn what you're ironing.

indeed, I wasn’t telling him he was wrong, he was telling me I was - with a burn on his collar!

[Mito Man]

There was a kid at my school who used to go to the toilet once a week and lay a log as thick as a leg then draw a face on it with whipped cream. He also called it a master roll.

[JLv3.0]

There was a kid at my school who used to go to the toilet once a week and lay a log as thick as a leg then draw a face on it with whipped cream. He also called it a master roll.

I find that hard to believe, sorry.

[Pete_]

My watch has started running fast, probably +1:30 per day. Is there anything that can easily be done about this, I'm guessing that getting it fixd professionally would be uneconomical for a £50 (when new) Seiko?

[mik]

You can regulate it yourself - I did it to a Spinnaker with a Japanese movement that I then gave to my youngest.

It now runs about 3s fast per day.

- find out what movement it has and where the adjust lever is
- download the hairspring ap (or similar). Use it with your phone headphone mic (with all wrapped in a towel)
- make SMALL adjusts (with a toothpick or similar). Use the app as a guide only - check it over a couple of days after each movement

In saying all that - if it was running fine and is now 90s our per day, it probably needs a service. (And they should regulate it with proper timing equip as part of that service)

[Pete_]

Cool, thanks for the info. It's about two and a half years old and has been gradually getting worse over the last month or so. Roughly how much should I expect a service to be?

[NotoriousREV]

My watch has started running fast, probably +1:30 per day. Is there anything that can easily be done about this, I'm guessing that getting it fixd professionally would be uneconomical for a £50 (when new) Seiko?

A mate of mine bought a watch off eBay and it gained 7 minutes every hour. It was hilarious.

[Jobbo]

My watch has started running fast, probably +1:30 per day. Is there anything that can easily be done about this, I'm guessing that getting it fixd professionally would be uneconomical for a £50 (when new) Seiko?

A mate of mine bought a watch off eBay and it gained 7 minutes every hour. It was hilarious.

Were you sitting together watching paint dry when you decided to check its timekeeping? Must have been laugh-a-minute (or laugh every slightly less than a minute!)

[Rich B]

Can I suggest a quartz watch. It’ll keep time.

[mik]

Cool, thanks for the info. It's about two and a half years old and has been gradually getting worse over the last month or so. Roughly how much should I expect a service to be?

No idea. I've not been interested long enough for either of mine to need one.

[NotoriousREV]

Can I suggest a quartz watch. It’ll keep time.

Imagine this on a NATO strap. Indestructible.

[Mito Man]

Talking of keeping time the thing that has made me question luxury watch movements the most is this piece of fakeness -

I bought this fake watch 14 years ago on holiday with my family in Dubai. The dodgy seller assured me it contained the finest automatic movement from Singapore - this wasn’t some made in China shit. It was a proper genuine fake as he put it. I tried it on and could feel the automatic gubbins winding up inside as I moved my hand and haggled till I got it for £40. (I think the actual version has a quartz movement which makes it all the more odd!)

I wore it for maybe 2 years full time and it always kept the time, only losing 5 seconds a month or so. Didn’t wear it for years then went to Morocco for a week and decided to wear the crap watch and it still kept the time perfectly. The bloody power reserve still lasts 48 hours even. Whenever my dad has to give a decent watch for a service he usually tells the staff in his unimpressed tone how a £40 POS automatic watch keeps better time than his “finest” automatic movement.

[Rich B]

Can I suggest a quartz watch. It’ll keep time.

Imagine this on a NATO strap. Indestructible.

the military banned them - they were classified as WMDs.

[Mito Man]

Excellent for making timed bombs aren’t they?

[mik]

Talking of keeping time the thing that has made me question luxury watch movements the most is this piece of fakeness -

I bought this fake watch 14 years ago on holiday with my family in Dubai.

Looks like a real watch to me.