No bling here. As someone mentioned, it is far more easy to discreetly check the time on a watch than phone
on edit: that is not a scratch, but a bad reflection. The mineral face has held up well for me.
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The next watch you're eyeballing?
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on edit: that is not a scratch, but a bad reflection. The mineral face has held up well for me.
To check the accuracy of your superfluous tool. Yep
"Superfluous" is in the eye of the beholder. Any outsider wandering into any of the sub-forums on B&B could easily consider the bunch of us looney.
I've been eying two different watches lately: The Glashutte Panoinverse Art and Technik in white gold, and, the Ulysse Nardin Maxi Marine Chrono.
I've been hoping the prices will fall on the Glashutte as the model ages, as I really don't need another diver in the collection.
I've been hoping the prices will fall on the Glashutte as the model ages, as I really don't need another diver in the collection.
I have owned it since April, and just last week it finally does not agree with my cell phone time. I don't have a second function on the cell phone, but at most the watch is a minute off. Pretty good, if I do say so.
That is pretty good. Looks like a Seiko SNKH69. 7S26 movement. Widely known to be a workhorse that lasts and lasts.
My SARG007 has the 6R15 movement, which hacks and handwinds. It gains around 4-5 seconds a day. I have an app on my iphone I play around with that tracks the accuracy. I reset it every sunday, when it has been around 30 seconds fast. Of course, nothing near the plus or minus 1 second a year you can expect with a really good quartz, but it's got soul, not unlike a harley davidson, haha.
Here, you might find this interesting:
http://www.seiko5finder.com/
I should post it in that thread by the fellow looking for a first watch. I really love my seiko. With seiko, you can spend under 100 or over 5000... and have a sweet watch that is accurate enough to get you where you need to be on time, and interesting enough to give you a little smile every time you look at it....
SEIKO 5 FOREVER!
It's also got something of a cool factor, in that you can't buy them from a brick and mortar store in the US....
My SARG007 has the 6R15 movement, which hacks and handwinds. It gains around 4-5 seconds a day. I have an app on my iphone I play around with that tracks the accuracy. I reset it every sunday, when it has been around 30 seconds fast. Of course, nothing near the plus or minus 1 second a year you can expect with a really good quartz, but it's got soul, not unlike a harley davidson, haha.
Here, you might find this interesting:
http://www.seiko5finder.com/
I should post it in that thread by the fellow looking for a first watch. I really love my seiko. With seiko, you can spend under 100 or over 5000... and have a sweet watch that is accurate enough to get you where you need to be on time, and interesting enough to give you a little smile every time you look at it....
SEIKO 5 FOREVER!
It's also got something of a cool factor, in that you can't buy them from a brick and mortar store in the US....
Thanks- I have been considering an affordable hackable winder.
Indeed and I'll add that you need to see my watch collection. It's pretty superfluous.
Seiko 5 for me too, I like the green web on that model. This series of watches have never let me down.
I haven't found one that I like yet. I used to wear an old Maurice Lacroix (got in 1996) and wore it everyday until a year or so ago when I sent it in for a replacement strap. Ever since it got back, I don't feel like wearing it and I don't like any other watch either. Something weird has happened.
The latest offering from Nomos is fantastic, marking the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the new Orion is visually stunning and a memorable piece also. At the moment this is simply a lusting rather than a likely purchase...
Sometime over the next 12 months I'll be getting my first Speedy, ref. 3573 Saphire Sandwich.
Sometime over the next 12 months I'll be getting my first Speedy, ref. 3573 Saphire Sandwich.
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Yeah the nautilus eye balled back at me and said not in your wildest dream.
+100 on both the Nomos and +10000 on the Speedy
+1 - I check my watches against my phone only to see how they are keeping time. I agree that watches are a tool like brushes and razors, I hesitate to say never, but I would bet that a smartwatch will not darken my wrist for a long, long, long time.
Watches, and maybe even more so mechanical watches, give the impression of time passing, and the precision and care that goes into them is such a marvel, especially in today's disposable society. I work in IT and often lament the breakneck pace and disposability of items. I think the reason we get so deep into watches and razors and writing instruments is that as we go forward, items or tools that last scores of years become more and more desirable when we replace our laptops or smartphones every year or two.
+1 well said!
Ha! My coworkers and I were just having this same conversation a week ago. I said something similar in regards to someone sporting a new "smart" watch. The watch on my wrist will likely be functional decades from now. I can't say the same for the smart watch. Mine doesn't need a daily charge either.
Love Lange. The new 1815 Tourbillon is made of unobtanium sadly, but at least I have this:
Love it, IFssr. That is a perfectly done timepiece, in the best materials possible for that version.
There are more than a few AL&S owners here.
My Datograph is one of my most treasured possessions.
AL&S fly so far under the radar of most people's understanding of what makes something truly great, that I avoid even speaking about watches with most others.
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