Who's got a nice watch? Traditional watches only, no smartwatches please.

[Scepticalscribe]

I do love the Tudor range too. It's probably more affordable for me new, although I can get second hand Rolex's at a good price through a family member but a young family comes first at the moment. I am enjoying the lower range watches at the moment like Seiko's. I still really want the SARB033 and plan on buying it in the next few months. I'll treat myself to an Omega or Rolex when I'm in my 40's I think. I would just feel too guilty doing it now lol.

Really enjoying seeing others pieces here, thanks for sharing.

Yes, I know the feeling.

Before I was in a position to buy my Omega (and you are right, I had arrived at my forties, and finally, had the sort of job that could fund such a thing without wincing), years earlier, when I was teaching I had bought a Skagen, and later still, as a public servant, I had bought a a Tissot, both lovely watches.

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From Tokyo

Lovely watch, just the kind of understated, classic elegance that I like.

 

[Evad3]

Love GS, such good finishing on their pieces and definitely under-rated by many!

Wearing this piece today:

Great to find this thread on the forum!

 

[Evad3]

I do love the Tudor range too. It's probably more affordable for me new, although I can get second hand Rolex's at a good price through a family member but a young family comes first at the moment. I am enjoying the lower range watches at the moment like Seiko's. I still really want the SARB033 and plan on buying it in the next few months. I'll treat myself to an Omega or Rolex when I'm in my 40's I think. I would just feel too guilty doing it now lol.

Really enjoying seeing others pieces here, thanks for sharing.

Nothing wrong with lower cost watches - some really fantasitc pieces can be had for under £500. And there's a certian joy wearing a watch knowing it's not going to financially cripple you if you damage it. Tudor make some lovely pieces as you state, great value too, especially with the new in-house movement Pelagos, brilliant value for money.

The longer it takes to buy a piece the more special and significant it will be, you're doing the right thing waiting as obviously these are luxury items and definitely not something to trouble ourselves with!

 

[cdcastillo]

A few months ago I got this Hamilton khaki pilot pioneer. It took a while to reach México from Switzerland, but it's finally here. Got a few NATO straps also, to mix it up.

Since it's aluminum it's very light weight, it looks gorgeous and keeps very good time (it veers off only about 5-15 seconds per week). Now the problem is my longiness hydroconquest doesn't get much wrist time anymore.

 

[Evad3]

A few months ago I got this Hamilton khaki pilot pioneer. It took a while to reach México from Switzerland, but it's finally here. Got a few NATO straps also, to mix it up.

Since it's aluminum it's very light weight, it looks gorgeous and keeps very good time (it veers off only about 5-15 seconds per week). Now the problem is my longiness hydroconquest doesn't get much wrist time anymore.

Very nice piece, it looks great on you and keeping good time, I must say!

 

[determined09]

I have one quick question. Do Rolex watches keep good time? I was told by my doctor that they don't keep good time. Thank you. ( BTW: I can't afford a Rolex maybe sometime down the road later on)

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

I have one quick question. Do Rolex watches keep good time? I was told by my doctor that they don't keep good time. Thank you. ( BTW: I can't afford a Rolex maybe sometime down the road later on)

No automatic watch will keep as good time as a quartz but to my knowledge a Rolex that is serviced and regulated should keep good time.

 

[bunnspecial]

Two months later and at +3s on my Datejust...

That's with daily wear. I'm also up and about a lot at work and not sitting behind my desk. Most lower end quartz watches would do about the same.

I'll also that every Rolex is a COSC certified chronometer. The standards for this are actually fairly lax, IMO. They allow for +5/-6s/day. Most will do better.

Mine was running about -7s/day until I dropped by a local watchmaker on a whim. Although I do repair watches, I don't have the correct Microstella wrench needed to regulate a Rolex. He diagnosed an out of shape hairspring overcoil based on the timing machine trace(I couldn't see it on my crummy 1970s timing machine, but he and I both could see it immediately on his vibrograph). He tweaked the hairspring then regulated it on the timing machine to about -0.5s/day. He also didn't charge me anything, but I think probably because I gave him some leads on parts suppliers for antique American watches.

Since "settling down" after his work(all mechanical watches need some time after any kind of work like this), the watch stays dead-on when worn all day. It tends to pick up a second or two if I only wear it a few hours in one day.

BTW, this is a 1980s vintage 3035 movement. The current 3135 is somewhat easier to service and bring to absolute top notch timing than the 3035. As with anything, regular service is key.

 

[SHNXX]

I've found that both of my Rolexes and my Patek run fairly accurate (+/- 1 second per day or less) but honestly, I have owned some less accurate mechanical watches and have never been bothered by it.
Unless it's losing close to a minute in a few days, it's never an issue, as a) I do not need to know the time of the day with seconds precision, and b) I don't wear the same watch everyday and I rarely use my winders anymore, so the next time I wear it I have to set it again anyway.

 

[bunnspecial]

A good quality mechanical watch will continue to keep time indefinitely, however regular and competent maintenance is key.

In my copy of "American Watchmaker-Clockmaker" published in 1893, Abbott states "more damage is done to watches on the watchmaker's bench than by the typical customer."

Samuel Clements(Mark Twain) had a slightly more humorous take on the subject

http://www.pocketwatchrepair.com/histories/twain2.html

Whatever the case, if you want your watch to continue keeping accurate time, choose your watchmaker carefully!

 

[ec51]

Custom speedy pro

 

[AppleDApp]

Custom speedy pro

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Is this a new reference?

 

[ec51]

Is this a new reference?

Nope. Standard Speedmaster Pro with panda dial (from a limited run they did a while back). You can still find the dial online.

 

[bunnspecial]

This is what happens when you let your "shipping and receiving" area(i.e. the end table next to where I sit on the couch) pile up.

The big silver hunting case is actually a sort of scarce watch. It is a keywind 1870 model Waltham in its original case. This was advertised at the time as the first watch specifically for railroad use-it was an 18,000 BPH(in contrast to many watches at the time, which were 16,800 or 14,400) movement and was explicitly designed to be as dustproof as possible. The setting is unusual, in that it is a full plate design but is set from the rear via an arbor running through the plates and offset to the side.

This one needs a pusher, crown, and lift spring but the case is original. Original cases are actually somewhat scarce.

 

[determined09]

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[SantaRosa2.2]

Nope. Standard Speedmaster Pro with panda dial (from a limited run they did a while back). You can still find the dial online.

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Love the panda on the speedy, I was just looking at a speedmaster pro schumacher legend with the Panda dial yesterday on watchrecon.



My PO8500XL says "Hi"

 

[BlakeBrattina]

I've been eyeing some of the 2500's lately. My SMPc is looking for it's PO friend, that may just be the one.

 

[SHNXX]

Old school and new school.

 

[zyr123]

First film festival gift from grandma, i wore this to the jerusalem film festival this summer. Edited a documentary for it. The watch is the Shinola 41 rockwell cream band.

 

[bunnspecial]

Did anyone buy anything at Jones-Horan today? Seeing some of the prices realized, I'm sorry that I didn't even try to bid.

 

[AppleDApp]

Awfully quiet around here. Any love for the new Tudor?

 

[ocabj]

Awfully quiet around here. Any love for the new Tudor?

I'm seriously considering the black Black Bay. I wanted a vintage Tudor with the snowflake hand, but it's so hard to find a legit vintage in good condition. The new black Black Bay has a well-done vintage appeal in new production watch, which means low risk.

But I've been wanting that new true beat aka dead beat JLC Geophysic.

 

[AppleDApp]

I'm seriously considering the black Black Bay. I wanted a vintage Tudor with the snowflake hand, but it's so hard to find a legit vintage in good condition. The new black Black Bay has a well-done vintage appeal in new production watch, which means low risk.

But I've been wanting that new true beat aka dead beat JLC Geophysic.

Please explain why everyone is so excited for the new black bay black is because of the vintage Big Crown Sub look? Frankly I rather the Burgundy with leather strap.

 

[ocabj]

Please explain why everyone is so excited for the new black bay black is because of the vintage Big Crown Sub look? Frankly I rather the Burgundy with leather strap.

Matte black gilt dial, aluminum black bezel, snowflake hour hand. That does it for me.

 

[bunnspecial]

But I've been wanting that new true beat aka dead beat JLC Geophysic

If I can rant for a moment about modern watchmakers(please pardon me, as it really is a great watch) I don't know where this idiotic "deadbeat" term came from.

In horology, "dead beat" has always referred to a type of escapement, most generally a clock escapement where the pendulum only receives an impulse in one direction(i.e. it has a "dead beat" in every cycle).

Since the beginning of time, mechanical watches which advanced the second in "jumps" rather than with each oscillation of the escapement has been called a "jump second."

In the past, one way to get a jump second was to use a so called "Chinese Duplex" escapement(for its popularity in the Chinese market) which had a quarter-deadbeat duplex escapement running at 14,400 bph, giving one "jump" per second.

In any case, please pardon my rant. I love JLC and that's a great looking watch-I just wish that they wouldn't feel the need to invent or mis-apply terminology.