Enrile
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agreed. also two tone dials are off putting to me. pick a color scheme.I'd punch a few G's higher and get a GS.
Or just get a standard Seiko at normal prices.I'd punch a few G's higher and get a GS.
Or just get a standard Seiko at normal prices.
This is the Seiko chrono with the 30% discount down from 3 grand:
Fair comments.For me, like a lot of Seiko models, it's close but not close enough - there are a couple of niggling, off-putting details.
Why have one, odd-coloured subdial? Why not have all three subdials the same colour?
Also, I don't like date windows at 4 o'clock, and I really don't like little, round date windows at 4 o'clock.
Even if you are bothered, a Quartz Seiko is accurate and reliable and many of their pieces look good.Well if you're not that bothered about watches, then why not.
For me, like a lot of Seiko models, it's close but not close enough - there are a couple of niggling, off-putting details.
Why have one, odd-coloured subdial? Why not have all three subdials the same colour?
Also, I don't like date windows at 4 o'clock, and I really don't like little, round date windows at 4 o'clock.
Even if you are bothered, a Quartz Seiko is accurate and reliable and many of their pieces look good.
You might not get expensive Japanese polishing on the case, or clever manual engineering that gets closer to quartz accuracy - but many are happy to just go with the latest technology anyway.
Did not know that. If you do want a Grand Seiko there are good savings buying used.Can't argue against personal preference.
The zaratsu polishing is a bugger, as lacking diasheild coating, it scratches like a bugger.
I'd punch a few G's higher and get a GS.
A GS chronograph is going to cost you about 11 grand plus. Daytona territory. You need to punch quite a few grand above that Seiko chronograph.
I like it, and definitely would buy it, if I wasn't locked into an expensive garden redesign including pod-cum-shed-barbecue-folly. Sadly, the one thing I want: a pond full of koi has been vetoed.
But I figure the overall costs of that Seiko will be a lot cheaper than the pond and the fish.
I need to strike when the moment is right.
Sadly, the one thing I want: a pond full of koi has been vetoed.
How would the carp fare over winter? Would you have to heat the pond? Or move the carp to a tank every winter?
Actually, I wonder how the carp survive in Japan, as ponds freeze over there, too.
If I was spending, I'd go for a GS. But I honestly quite like it.
Watchheads: can you recommend a strap maker who does 19mm leather? Looking for something rugged, so no dainty alligators.
equus isn't exactly what id consider ruggedEquus Leather do Be-spock...
you looking for a certainly style in particular?Watchheads: can you recommend a strap maker who does 19mm leather? Looking for something rugged, so no dainty alligators.
Watchheads: can you recommend a strap maker who does 19mm leather? Looking for something rugged, so no dainty alligators.
you looking for a certainly style in particular?
So plain leather then? Its a pilot watch isnt it? You want to go with the dress watch strap?Not really. The IWC metal bracelet I have now is very practical and fulfills both dress and sturdy casual/ sporting needs. I was just thinking about a change. Zulu and NATO might be too bulky, but I wouldn’t rule them out.
So plain leather then? Its a pilot watch isnt it? You want to go with the dress watch strap?
equus isn't exactly what id consider rugged
you looking for a certainly style in particular?
So plain leather then? Its a pilot watch isnt it? You want to go with the dress watch strap?
Shouldn't a Flyer have one of those chunky staps with the rivets and contrasting stitching? Or a NATO stylee strap...perhaps.
I have a factory dress alligator strap and the metal bracelet. I was thinking something more rug
It’s an RAF watch. The rivets are a Luftwaffe thing, I think? Contrast stitching sounds alright.
I don’t mind NATO/Zulu straps, and on this watch the thickness of the double strap under the watch probably wouldn’t be so bad as on my monster Hamilton. My first reaction was that mixing an Air Force watch and army strap was wrong, but no more than a former RAAMC bloke wearing a RAF watch.
Despite naming one of their watches ‘Spitfire’ (damn cheek!) I thought IWC made watches for the bloody Bosche not the RAF?I have a factory dress alligator strap and the metal bracelet. I was thinking something more rug
It’s an RAF watch. The rivets are a Luftwaffe thing, I think? Contrast stitching sounds alright.
I don’t mind NATO/Zulu straps, and on this watch the thickness of the double strap under the watch probably wouldn’t be so bad as on my monster Hamilton. My first reaction was that mixing an Air Force watch and army strap was wrong, but no more than a former RAAMC bloke wearing a RAF watch.
Despite naming one of their watches ‘Spitfire’ (damn cheek!) I thought IWC made watches for the bloody Bosche not the RAF?
i agree with this. in my mind i always picture a pilot watch with a rivet strap.I wouldn't worry about rivets being a Luftwaffe/RAF thing, I think they look good on a flyer unless authenticity is what you're after...
A cuff strap would be a nice retro touch too...
Despite naming one of their watches ‘Spitfire’ (damn cheek!) I thought IWC made watches for the bloody Bosche not the RAF?
I treat with suspicion these stories I hear about perennially frugal military issuing expensive name brand Swiss watches. Stories of the SAS getting Rolexes etc.- obviously it happened to some degree but I don’t believe it to be too widespread, especially in recent decades as prices have not her higher and higher. I was associated with some special forces and asked them about this. Most of them used basic G-Shocks!pretty sure they were one of the ‘dirty dozen’ making WWW watches for the allies during WW2. The iwc mk11 serves the RAF from 1948 through to the mid-1980s.
Mine is actually a mkXV, so no military service but still sexy af.
I treat with suspicion these stories I hear about perennially frugal military issuing expensive name brand Swiss watches. Stories of the SAS getting Rolexes etc.- obviously it happened to some degree but I don’t believe it to be too widespread, especially in recent decades as prices have not her higher and higher. I was associated with some special forces and asked them about this. Most of them used basic G-Shocks!
I treat with suspicion these stories I hear about perennially frugal military issuing expensive name brand Swiss watches. Stories of the SAS getting Rolexes etc.- obviously it happened to some degree but I don’t believe it to be too widespread, especially in recent decades as prices have not her higher and higher. I was associated with some special forces and asked them about this. Most of them used basic G-Shocks!
Yeah understood ... and more recently?
With the advent of reduced budgets and the accuracy of quartz there was a shift.