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Back to the Rotary again. It looks good but it is difficult to find precise dimensions. I am not sure if it will be too big in comparison to a Cartier or Reverso.Hello all you toy watch fans, here's a handy Rotary Tank busting Cartier Tank Solo XL for 100 English pounds:
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Back to the Rotary again. It looks good but it is difficult to find precise dimensions. I am not sure if it will be too big in comparison to a Cartier or Reverso.
Here is another dress watch, a solar one from Seiko. It could have been nice but they must have knocked it up in a few minutes one Friday afternoon.
Seiko SUP873P1 Mens Black Leather Strap Watch: Seiko: Amazon.co.uk: Watches
Shop Seiko SUP873P1 Mens Black Leather Strap Watch ✓ free delivery ✓ free returns on eligible orders.www.amazon.co.uk
Terrible cheap-looking scripts which don’t match.
The hands and face do not seem to have had much thought either. They could have tried for something special though understated - but they couldn’t be bothered.
Review: Seiko SZSB006 TicTAC 35th Anniversary Watch - Worn & Wound
You ever see a watch and know you have to have it? That was me with the Seiko SZSB006 — a limited edition between Seiko and their Japanese retailer, TiCTAC. A vintage-inspired field watch (the SZSB006) and a dressier model (SZSB007) make up the commemorative collection. I wanted to get my hands...wornandwound.com
thoughts? seems like a nice daily
I dig it for sure.Review: Seiko SZSB006 TicTAC 35th Anniversary Watch - Worn & Wound
You ever see a watch and know you have to have it? That was me with the Seiko SZSB006 — a limited edition between Seiko and their Japanese retailer, TiCTAC. A vintage-inspired field watch (the SZSB006) and a dressier model (SZSB007) make up the commemorative collection. I wanted to get my hands...wornandwound.com
thoughts? seems like a nice daily
I like that its 40mm. 38 is too tiny for me.Similar vibe to the Omega Rail Masters, would prefer it in 36-38mm for added cod vintage vibe.
Review: Seiko SZSB006 TicTAC 35th Anniversary Watch - Worn & Wound
You ever see a watch and know you have to have it? That was me with the Seiko SZSB006 — a limited edition between Seiko and their Japanese retailer, TiCTAC. A vintage-inspired field watch (the SZSB006) and a dressier model (SZSB007) make up the commemorative collection. I wanted to get my hands...wornandwound.com
thoughts? seems like a nice daily
Similar vibe to the Omega Rail Masters, would prefer it in 36-38mm for added cod vintage vibe.
not talking to me. also, it is too big. this kind of watch should be at 36 and/or 38mm as Pimpernel Smith already cited. considering it is a LE and cheap, it will be sold out quickly, though.
I always find it mad how few Rolex sports models the UK gets.Just purchased a Tudor GMT on a leather strap.
Can't get a Rolex one for years at retail so...
I always find it mad how few Rolex sports models the UK gets.
I mean that's no different than the US. But they are an order of magnitude harder to find in the UK. Like 10 times harder.Demand is outstripping supply and the AD's are careful who they sell to due to the grey market problem.
I mean that's no different than the US. But they are an order of magnitude harder to find in the UK. Like 10 times harder.
Can't speak of the situation over the pond, but there are no stainless Rolex sports watches on display in ANY Rolex AD that I've passed, and I've passed a lot, not even Yachtmasters or Milgauss. None, nada, zero, zilch...
However, you can get any womens Rolex you want, no problem.
I like this Tudor GMT very much, has a look of the classic pre-ceramic Rolex GMT.
...thinking of growing a 'tache so that I can strut around like Magnum P.I. !!!!
Yeah, nowhere near what it is over there. You may wait a few months if there is a particular model you want, but sports watches in general are out in the wild to be had on an impulse buy when you stroll in an AD.Can't speak of the situation over the pond, but there are no stainless Rolex sports watches on display in ANY Rolex AD that I've passed, and I've passed a lot, not even Yachtmasters or Milgauss. None, nada, zero, zilch...
However, you can get any womens Rolex you want, no problem.
I like this Tudor GMT very much, has a look of the classic pre-ceramic Rolex GMT.
...thinking of growing a 'tache so that I can strut around like Magnum P.I. !!!!
Tudor GMT and possible design flaw service issues? (Date mechanism)
See Hodinkee comments
A Week On The Wrist: The Tudor Black Bay GMT
A travel-ready take on the popular Black Bay diver makes for a compelling companion wherever you may roam.www.hodinkee.com
Stealing watches in Mayfair on a hunch it might be valuable. This one is not instantly recognisable as expensive.
Then again they steal watches from car drivers now.Mayfair gang stabbed man, 55, for £115,000 Breguet Tourbillion watch
EXCLUSIVE: Bo Khan, 55, was knifed as three men took the watch in Berkeley Square in front of his horrified wife Karen, 56, on the final day of their romantic break to the capital on June 9 last year.www.dailymail.co.uk
Another disincentive to own expensive watches in London.
I do not have many watches, but some beautiful and big watches go through my workshop .... This Junghans Germany is not first I see and it's beautiful
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I sold my chrono because it was an absolute scratch magnet. You cleaned it the wrong way and it would get scuffed up. Gorgeous watch thoughThey've been around for a few years now, yet to see someone wearing one at street level. Unlike the Max Bill branded Bauhaus ones that I've seen a lot of ladies wearing, especially on planes for some reason. But plexi-glass, always an issue for scratches.
Just put a bid in on a 1976 King Quartz Seiko. Looking good, a Dutch seller, who's got them recently from Japan.
The big guy in Germany who deals in mint and restored versions has just lowered his prices across the board. They're clearly not selling. But very serviceable and long lasting and for smaller watch sizes very masculine. I really dig the style for work, hence, I might be a player in the collector market here now. And for a couple hundred Euros why not be a player.
I sold my chrono because it was an absolute scratch magnet. You cleaned it the wrong way and it would get scuffed up. Gorgeous watch though
Well at least you will not have to spend much on servicing. My Seiko from 40 years ago has only ever needed batteries replaced. It is a standard one. No special name. Same logo as your bottom watch. It is simple and very legible. From a time when people did not agonise over how comfortable a bracelet was.This is the problem with the plexi-glass watches from original bubble glass Rolex, CWC's, Longines Conquest re-edition and the like. My CWC G10 constantly needs a polish.
I won that auction for the 1976 King Quartz Seiko. I'm arranging to pick it up at the weekend, the seller's not far from here and he has other ones. The Quartz technology was perfected rather quickly, and easy to keep chugging along. That 1979 Citizen Crystron of mine, is in the Seiko 9F territory for not gaining or losing seconds.
These are from that German seller, with the exception of the second one from '76, the top one is from '75 and he was trying to sell for nearly a grand, but has reduced to a couple of hundred Euros, which is my kind of territory. All 1970s:
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These are from that German seller, with the exception of the second one from '76, the top one is from '75 and he was trying to sell for nearly a grand, but has reduced to a couple of hundred Euros, which is my kind of territory.
Well at least you will not have to spend much on servicing. My Seiko from 40 years ago has only ever needed batteries replaced. It is a standard one. No special name. Same logo as your bottom watch. It is simple and very legible. From a time when people did not agonise over how comfortable a bracelet was.
The watch second from the bottom looks very nice indeed. Lovely dial and classic case shape.
At prices all time high, a shakedown is certainly welcome. Not asking for quartz crisis prices. Only a more realistic level.