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dakar

Sunday Seiko strap search...

tedpan

unkel wrote:

Ah go on then, Seiko Sunday it is! Blue Tuna, actually looking blue in the sunlight! And yes, I did dive in

Nice shot of Balbriggan harbour too

banie01

Seiko Sunday baby!!!!
And me with the Arnie on for the weekend

Cyclingtourist

SARB017 Sunday

njburke

Seiko Sunday, I can sport a seiko.
Upgraded monster so, AR saphire and 4R35, I'm not changing the bezel, it would be like triggers brush.

Ryath

Snap!

Mines all original though. Probably needs a service or new movement it gains well over a minute a day now. It's a tank was my daily watch for several years and there isn't a mark on the crystal because of how the bezel protects it. I baby it a bit more these days I'm quite fond of it as it was my first auto.

Actually the first day I haven't worn my Samurai since I got it!

Birneybau

banie01 wrote: »

Seiko Sunday baby!!!!
And me with the Arnie on for the weekend

Love that watch, and love the fact the second hand goes asleep and wakes itself up when it hits the light again. And sets the analogue with the motors when you change the time on the digital.

njburke

Ryath, I didn't spare the whip with mine for nigh on 20 years, then I banged it hard against a fire engine. It lost timekeeping and the dial canted over a few degrees, so I knew the dial foot was gone. I thought about keeping it original, but they are machines after all, so if replacement parts are better but provide the same fit form and function then go for it. That's the third bracelet, 1&2 are in the biscuit tin with the 7s25 movement and hardlex crystal.

Amik

My Seiko SARB065 in this afternoon's sun...

IrishPlayer

Had a great day out in Howth Today,lovely Haddock and chips from Beshoff,a seagull kept a close eye on me as I tucked in:pac:

After took a walk along the Cliff Path,been to Howth many times over the years,first time on the path,beautiful day

njburke

Always liked that bellmatic of yours, it's got that 70s funk going on.

Wearing a real favourite today (my wedding watch).

It's a Seiko SBGX063. Inside is the astonishing 9F quartz movement, based around crystals which Seiko grow in house, age for three months, and select the most accurate for use in the Grand Seiko line (at this time at least).

It uses twin pulse motors, so the second hand actually moves twice per second (you can see it in super slow mo), and this gives it enough power to drive the full size Grand Seiko dauphine hands, as you can see. Each hand is mounted on an independent axis, for precision/smoothness.

It also means the battery changes are every three years, which is great for such a small unit. And, if you can't get to a Seiko service centre, it will accept any brand battery.

It has an "anti-backlash" feature. Most "standard" quartz movements can be seen to produce a bit of a wobble when the second hand stops, again in slow mo if not in real time. In a 9F a regulatory wheel is installed to stop the second hand dead, without vibration. This also assists in ensuring the second hands hits every marker dead on, to the naked eye although mine is presently a little off in one sector.

Rated for accuracy at a phenomenal +_ 10 seconds a year. Mine is well within that spec.

As a throwaway "why not" they got the date change down to 1/2000th of a second dead on midnight.

The movement itself is preserved in a sealed cabinet, preventing entry of dust/debris. Seiko recommend servicing about very 50 years or so. I take this with a grain of salt, because I can see the second hand of mine missing a couple of its marks here and there.

I love everything about the watch (ok the bracelet and clasp are not really top of the class - the design is basic but good quality, and works "fine" - just there have been advances here over the last 10/20 years, and there is no micro-adjust).

Seiko do this style of gents sports watch so well. You can put this watch on a leather strap and its as close to a classic dress watch as doesn't matter, or you can wear it with jeans and a t-shirt. It's a good example of how a 37mm dial can wear, when the proportions are right. It has lots of presence on the wrist. The champagne dial is a stunner, and is the same (but smaller) as is used in the spring drive model. The hands, indices etc are all finished with the same precision as any other Grand Seiko.

I also like that this one has the old school GS and Seiko branding (albeit on my SBGA2011 I prefer the cleaner dial design, which allows more of the dial to be exposed).

TLDR: Here is my watch. It's just a quartz.

Ryath

njburke wrote: »

Ryath, I didn't spare the whip with mine for nigh on 20 years, then I banged it hard against a fire engine. It lost timekeeping and the dial canted over a few degrees, so I knew the dial foot was gone. I thought about keeping it original, but they are machines after all, so if replacement parts are better but provide the same fit form and function then go for it. That's the third bracelet, 1&2 are in the biscuit tin with the 7s25 movement and hardlex crystal.

It's a tough watch alright surprised the bang killed it! Mines has survived a fall of bathroom sink on to tiles and at least one fall of bedside locker on to the wooden floor. And being worn for lot of household DIY and gardening. Think it might deserve a new movement at this stage!

njburke

Lovely watch ecoli, I've gone after a few sbgv225 but no luck yet. I'ld like a 9F to go with a suit.

Ryath, the skx781 was my ruffty tuffty diving watch for years.

Pics thread,
So today I'm wearing a Nappey ( not on a long decompression dive)
Cheap manual wind, chromed brass case domed perspex, from the early 80s i'ld guess.

eljono

The latest addition to the family and my first dive watch



Rubber strap arrived today, fiddly enough to fit, but comfy now that it's on





The lume is epic

banie01

Just finalised my choice for the TC-9 Bronze turtle style.
Went with the blue dial as I don't yet have a blue watch and I think it might suit the bronze as it develops a little patina.

Now given that Thursday is my wedding anniversary(and I'm also in Hospital for an op that day) and 2 weeks later is my wife's birthday...
If/when she finds out about another watch purchase?!
Given the Accutron (finally) and this will probably be delivered around her B'day

I may well be approaching my end days!:o:(:o

Time to spend some money on sparkly stuff and a spa day in the hope it staves off my doom! :P

redlead

that's a really cool watch; it really pops with the blue. Is bronze heavy? It looks like it weights a tonne but the light strap could balance it out.

@Eljono - thats a real beauty. Well wear!

banie01

redlead wrote: »

that's a really cool watch; it really pops with the blue. Is bronze heavy? It looks like it weights a tonne but the light strap could balance it out.

Have no clue on the weight
Another poster here shared the Kickstarter and I backed it.
Its a fairly big lump at

Solid bronze case. 45 mm wide. 48 mm lug to lug. 13.5 mm thick. A classic turtle divers case inspired by the divers watches of the 1970s. This is a bespoke made case, only made by TC-9.

I've got it on the way with 2 horween straps and a rubber.
I do want to source a decent deployant clasp for those so will be on the lookout for that in the future.


@ElJono, Lovely Piece! Really a beautiful watch and the way that the dial pops is gorgeous!
You've made my mind up regarding trying out Skeleton hands on my U2 aswell

eljono

Thanks Redlead and banie, very happy with it I must say. I hadn't planned on purchasing this year but after fitzgeme offered his 300M at a very good price (which I couldn't move on at the time) I started seriously researching the various SMP models and sold my Speedmaster.

This particular 2017 model just hits all the right notes for me. Co-axial, ceramic bezel, case not as large as the 2018+ models and the dial is more subtle than the new ceramic wave dials. Accuracy is excellent so far, no noticeable losses or gains in the few weeks I've had it.

It's my first time not having a chronograph as my daily since 2008, so getting used to using the rotating bezel to time my eggs!

Birneybau

Bought two Seikos from scwazrh yesterday (nice fella), giving one to my father for his 75th in a few days (impossible to buy for) and keeping the below (un-embedded until Wibbs does his magic-thanks chief) one. Really love the retro-futurist look of it.

Deep Thought

Birneybau wrote: »

Bought two Seikos from scwazrh yesterday (nice fella), giving one to my father for his 75th in a few days (impossible to buy for) and keeping the below (un-embedded until Wibbs does his magic-thanks chief) one. Really love the retro-futurist look of it.

Thats lovely, you buy locally ?

Birneybau

Deep Thought wrote: »

Thats lovely, you buy locally ?

scwazrh from this forum was only working 10 minutes away from my house, so I'd say pretty much, yeah

Time

I picked this up from Weirs this evening. It's a lot nicer in hand than it is in pictures. I was worried that it would wear quite large but it feels more like a 38mm than a 40 due to the dial not being that big.




Heres another shot of it beside the the DJ for comparison

893bet

Well wear. I am not the biggest fan of that on jubilee.

Were you waiting long? Have you much purchase history with them?

unkel

Batgirl!

Were you on the waiting list long?

Time

893bet wrote: »

Well wear. I am not the biggest fan of that on jubilee.

Were you waiting long? Have you much purchase history with them?

Yeah that's a fair point, i think i just have a thing for jubilee/president bracelets. I have history buying other stuff but never bought a watch from them before. I think i asked last June so just over a year.

eljono

Well wear, that's a great looking pairing you have there!

893bet

Time wrote: »

Yeah that's a fair point, i think i just have a thing for jubilee/president bracelets. I have history buying other stuff but never bought a watch from them before. I think i asked last June so just over a year.

That’s reasonable quick. Other stuff means jewellery which is high lest margin! Surprising enough still. That’s fairly fast!

Time

893bet wrote: »

That’s reasonable quick. Other stuff means jewellery which is high lest margin! Surprising enough still. That’s fairly fast!

Yeah i was happy enough with the wait. Now i have my foot in the door i just have to decide what i want to put my name down for next:D

unkel

The blue dial on the DJ is just stunning. Pity Rolex don't do any watches that I like, with that colour dial

Keyzer

That Rolex is delicious, just delicious...

Well wear and enjoy Time...

Cyrus

unkel wrote: »

The blue dial on the DJ is just stunning. Pity Rolex don't do any watches that I like, with that colour dial

im guessing you like this unkel

Creamy Goodness

Cyrus wrote: »

im guessing you like this unkel

Pic of GMT Master-II WG

this is the watch that made me fall in love with the GMT Master-II, the price tag made me fall in love with the jubilee version :pac:

unkel

Cyrus wrote: »

im guessing you like this unkel

No, I don't like any of the GMT Master-II

banie01

@time, well wear on the GMTII, a classic piece.

Got my Bund V3 back today after its crown/stem replacement.

Nowhere near the same league as a Rollie of course but it's capped off what has been nice week for me, with some horological loveliness.

The sapphire caseback has almost left me debating whether to wear it backwards or not

Wibbs

Nice one B. Didn't realise it was also a column wheel chronograph. Sweet.

banie01

Wibbs wrote: »

Nice one B. Didn't realise it was also a column wheel chronograph. Sweet.

Yeah, it's the same movement as the 1963 chronos AFAIK.
It is mesmerising to look at :pac:

Cyrus

unkel wrote: »

No, I don't like any of the GMT Master-II

jaysus you are a fussy bugger :P

unkel

You are not wrong. I am not fussy about 95% of things in life, I have pretty much no OCD to speak off. But I can be very fussy when it comes to some stuff, like the fit of a jacket

njburke

@time, lovely pair of classic rolexs, well wear.
Today I'm going big or going home, a seiko 5 recraft, my biggest watch. I added the scratch on the hardlex.

Lorddrakul

Wibbs wrote: »

Nice one B. Didn't realise it was also a column wheel chronograph. Sweet.

banie01 wrote: »

Yeah, it's the same movement as the 1963 chronos AFAIK.
It is mesmerising to look at :pac:

Indeed, that is much the same movement as is in the Alpha M1957 moon watch homage.

Lovely movement. Based on the Venus 175 column wheel chrono, but slightly ruggedised for use by the Chinese air force back in the the day.

Well worth a display back.

dudeeile

After inspiration from Cyclingtourist, this arrived.




€135 from aliexpress, sapphire crystal. Ordered on the 11th July so that was super fast delivery.

Great bunch of lads put this lovely sticker on the box!



Although, someone noticed something ****y...

Cyclingtourist

dudeeile wrote: »

After inspiration from Cyclingtourist, this arrived.

I'm wearing mine today. It's my favourite daily watch for now.

I inspired myself to look for another species of Seagull and found a HKED panda Seagull 1963 look-a-like on Aliexpress from a seller called 'CY Chronograph Watch Store'. In the photos it looks exactly like the HKED version and the specs are the same but price was about €100 less. It probably won't arrive for at least another couple of weeks and expect to have to pay duty. :-(
Will post a pic when I get it.
Also I'm tempted by a green dial version I've seen, so may end up with at least 3 versions.

unkel

dudeeile wrote: »

Although, someone noticed something ****y...

Don't worry about that. That sticker just means the goods came from outside of the EU

And customs should be paid if the value exceeds €22. But obviously the value as declared by the seller was below this threshold so no payment is due hence it arrived at your door without interception

Cyclingtourist

Tissot Ballade chronometer.

The most expensive watch in my collection but doesn't get a lot of wrist time because it's a bit too 'dressy' for my lifestyle.

L-M

Have the left about 4 years, haven’t taken it off Since I bought it, bar going on holidays.

Bought the right last week from America to have something to wear on holidays! Have to say I’m pleasantly surprised, it’s a very nice watch. I know they’re not liked but it’s exactly what I wanted. Not bad for 68 dollars delivered!

SBBN015. It's on a silicone strap that comes stock with one of the older higher end Tunas. Very comfortable. Unfortunately dust/lint does get picked up in the folds. It's not as noticeable as in this pic. When I think of it, a rinse every couple of days in warm soapy water removes that kind of thing.

One of the greatest watch related regrets I have is, can you believe, losing the bracelet for this. Left behind after a holiday abroad a good few years ago. That said, I essentially wore it on bracelet for the novelty factor every now and then. However an OEM replacement would be essentially impossible/prohibitively expensive to replace. The bracelet on the replacement SBBN031/35 is nothing likes as nice. And I hate losing nice things. It was an incredibly solid, good bracelet, albeit on my wrist the watch did not wear particularly well on bracelet and the weight was very noticeable, which is why I bought the silicone strap for it.

Anyway, it's a fantastic watch. 7c46 quartz movement. It's basically my beater analog watch and it hardly has a mark on it. I'm not generally fussed about wear and tear, but I suppose I do like to look after my dressier watches a bit. This one, I have no issue with a ding/scratch to the case or bezel. The crystal seems to be invulnerable

Mine is about 8 years old and yet to change the battery (rated for 5 years). They discontinued this model and replaced with the SBBN031. Still a great watch but I do prefer the hands, dial and indices on mine. I really love the domed crystal, and happily they retained this on the upgrade.

Time

L-M wrote: »

Have the left about 4 years, haven’t taken it off Since I bought it, bar going on holidays.

Bought the right last week from America to have something to wear on holidays! Have to say I’m pleasantly surprised, it’s a very nice watch. I know they’re not liked but it’s exactly what I wanted. Not bad for 68 dollars delivered!

That picture made me wonder what i sub would look like on a president bracelet. All i can say is i think i'm in love

unkel

ecoli3136 wrote: »

SBBN015. It's on a silicone strap that comes stock with one of the older higher end Tunas. Very comfortable. Unfortunately dust/lint does get picked up in the folds. It's not as noticeable as in this pic. When I think of it, a rinse every couple of days in warm soapy water removes that kind of thing.

One of the greatest watch related regrets I have is, can you believe, losing the bracelet for this.

I have its brother the SBBN037. Had it on a blue Barton sailcloth the last few days, but just swapped back for the shark mesh I had on it before. It really looks and feels well and I'm no fan of bracelets in general. Try one!

L-M wrote: »

Have the left about 4 years, haven’t taken it off Since I bought it, bar going on holidays.

OP looks tiny compared to the Invicta. Is it a 34?

L-M

No it’s a 38, the Invicta is a 43 I think.