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Deep Thought

Still Loving this

MiCr0

Nice pic, and the background makes a change from the usual keyboards :-)

Mredsnapper

fulladapipes wrote: »

My Speedy on a leather curved end Hirsc Medici

Sorry, late to the thread. Loving that Speedy photo though. Got mine a few months ago and probably sound like a broken record but I think they are amazing. Wearing mine on a cheap Darlena strap from Timefactors until I get the bracelet clasp spring fixed. They are super comfy on leather.

Wibbs

MiCr0 wrote: »

Nice pic, and the background makes a change from the usual keyboards :-)

*still trying to work out how to ban an admin, while looking around for better backgrounds*:mad::pac:

fulladapipes

Not sure if this is the right forum, but any thoughts on either of these two? They hit the mark for me in terms of being 42mm and having a date function. Prices I don't know about yet (but something would have to go)...: First, the Mark II 2014


And the reissued Speedmaster '57:

Eoin

Much prefer the second one.

Deep Thought

fulladapipes wrote: »

Not sure if this is the right forum, but any thoughts on either of these two? They hit the mark for me in terms of being 42mm and having a date function. Prices I don't know about yet (but something would have to go)...: First, the Mark II 2014
And the reissued Speedmaster '57:

Prefer the 1st one, more on the real speedie path and prefer the hands, more visible

fulladapipes

Funnily enough, the '57 is much closer to the original, but I tend to agree with you about the hands. And I suspect the lume is much better. It's got a flat face though, and it's hard to guess how it'd look on a leather strap...

Wibbs

I prefer the 57 myself. IMH it'll look way better on a leather strap too. The original of the species likely came on one as standard. I even like the 50's/60's stylee hands and the chrono pushers. Real "classy" to my eye anyway.

The mark II speedy? Very funky looking watch. Nice too, very 1970's in case design. For me that kind of case tends to look far better on a bracelet. They can look odd on a leather, like you lost the bracelet kinda odd. I think it's the sheer mass of the shape that makes a leather strap look funny, too heavy for a poncy leather strap kinda thing? That said that one at least tapers towards the lugs so it might be OK. I'd want to see and wear one in the flesh first though.

So Disco Stu or Don Draper? You know for some reason I never really took to Omegas, but you guys keep showing some really nice ones and changing my mind. I wonder would they do a custom 57 minus the date... *runs*. :pac:

Mredsnapper

I like the mk2 reissue. I like white speedy hands not the metal ones on '57's.

Mredsnapper

Mredsnapper wrote: »

I like the mk2 reissue. I like white speedy hands not the metal ones on '57's.

Btw. Read somewhere that they are under £4k

here- Is the link
http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.php?t=292596

fulladapipes

Having looked at that thread Mredsnapper, I'm not so sure about the Mark II now. I was speaking to an (the?) Omega dealer today who's seen both and said a) the '57 was nicer; and b) they won't have any until the summer at the earliest (why on earth, if they're for sale already in London and the UK and Ireland are lumped in together as one market by Omega).

Anyway, while I was there, I tried on this co-axial 9300...which doesn't wear as large as you'd think given it's 44.25mm. The legibility of this was amazing - much better than my normal Speedy which I put side-by-side. Not sure why that is.

Mredsnapper

fulladapipes wrote: »

Having looked at that thread Mredsnapper, I'm not so sure about the Mark II now. I was speaking to an (the?) Omega dealer today who's seen both and said a) the '57 was nicer; and b) they won't have any until the summer at the earliest (why on earth, if they're for sale already in London and the UK and Ireland are lumped in together as one market by Omega).

Anyway, while I was there, I tried on this co-axial 9300...which doesn't wear as large as you'd think given it's 44.25mm. The legibility of this was amazing - much better than my normal Speedy which I put side-by-side. Not sure why that is.

That's a nice watch alright. Looks like your wrists can handle the size.

fulladapipes

Not my wrist - sorry I robbed that from Hodinkee - should have credited them. It is a fine watch though. It retains enough of the original Speedy vibe yet has that elusive date function!

Deep Thought

What was the price on th Co axial 9300

fulladapipes

€6,600 RRP. You'd get it for a bit less though, I'm sure. The Submariner I have would have to go.

Mredsnapper

fulladapipes wrote: »

€6,600 RRP. You'd get it for a bit less though, I'm sure. The Submariner I have would have to go.

That's a big chunk of change....

fulladapipes

It is indeed. I took the plunge a while ago though, so would be flipping rather than adding money to anything. That's why it'd need to be a keeper. There's something about a Speedmaster though...

limk2014

My first time posting in this forum. I'll try get some pics of my collection up. Here's my Tudor watch

fulladapipes

Very nice. What year is that?

limk2014

fulladapipes wrote: »

Very nice. What year is that?

It's 1946. My grandfather gave it to me

OldRio

limk2014 wrote: »

It's 1946. My grandfather gave it to me

In monetary terms that watch is priceless.

limk2014

I also have this watch which I know very little about. It has Cylinder 10 Steine written in it

fulladapipes

Steines means 'stones' I think, so I reckon that could refer to jewels?

Wibbs

OldRio wrote: »

In monetary terms that watch is priceless.

In actual terms it's not exactly cheap either. A Tudor from the 40's is Very cool L. Kudos.

Wibbs

OK so not exactly watches, but since this is also the Timepiece forum...

My two aircraft cockpit clocks.


The one on the right I got years ago and is a so called "Mig Clock" from the former Soviet Union, made in 1983. It came in a packing case with it's official documentation, including timekeeping tests. They were fitted to a number of aircraft types, not just Migs. Pulgs on the back for attaching power(27 volts)Ticks loudly. Nicely accurate too. Nicked Based on a Jaegar movement IIRC. Has a chronograph as well as a second timezone in the top subdial. Pretty cool. Here's a pic with one in situ(Mig 29 apparently)


The one on the left is a Dodane Type 11. Also a chronograph. Fitted to jets like the Mirage and also Helicopters. Here it is in the former(left of center).

Mine is missing the chrono button, just below the 6/30 on the dial. It turns out Dodane are still going strong and still a family business too. They still have the parts for these apparently.

Interesting company history. Since the 1950's they also produced wristwatch chronos(the type 21) for the French air force along with such names as Breguet. Very nice they were too.

And they're still making funky pilots chronos. Might be worth a look for someone looking for a watch more out of the ordinary than the usual big names and with a deep and continuous history in aviation. http://www.dodane1857.fr/Chronographe-Type-21_4.html
Their website can be flaky at times though.



See Micro, no keyboards in sight.

Wibbs

OK a little sideways, but a bit of a warning/word to the wise if any of you wear your watches on G10/NATO straps. I've had this happen before, but TBH had forgotten about it, only to spot it this morning on one of my watches. Basically Nato straps can put quite the bit of force on springbars and the nylon on the non leather ones can grab at the springbar shoulders over time and you can end up with this;


Bent springbars, one was ready to fall out. In the past I've sourced shoulderless ones that are thicker, but forgot the standard cheap arse ones were on this particular watch. The Seiko diver ones are a good example(a couple of quid on ebay), much thicker, though this may be an issue on some lugs if the space is tight. The marathon SAR ones are even tougher, but if you don't have drilled lugs they're so tough you usually have to cut them out. No biggie if you're running a Nato strap.

Eoin

I posted a while ago how my NATO stopped my watch from hitting the ground when a spring bar failed. But it's possibly likely that had the watch been on a normal strap, the spring bar would not have failed in the first place.

As an aside, my latest watch has screw in bars instead of spring bars. Makes things so much easier - especially with the choice of 7 straps it came with!

fulladapipes

I had coffee with a mate this morning and noticed he was wearing this. It's not a Speedmaster, but a Seamaster, bought in 1981 in the US when he was studying there, and it cost $625 which was a lot of money then, apparently. It's still his daily wearer, but badly needs a service. Anybody know anything about it??

Ryath

Eoin wrote: »

I posted a while ago how my NATO stopped my watch from hitting the ground when a spring bar failed. But it's possibly likely that had the watch been on a normal strap, the spring bar would not have failed in the first place.

As an aside, my latest watch has screw in bars instead of spring bars. Makes things so much easier - especially with the choice of 7 straps it came with!

Which watch is that?

http://www.steinhartwatches.de/en/APOLLON-Automatic,453.html

This is tempting me at the moment really like the versatility of it how you can change the look of it and as you say with screw bars very handy if I wanted to change between leather, rubber or a bracelet.
I'm probably going to resist though I still have a long term goal of getting a Stowa flieger so trying to avoid the temptation to buy cheaper watches till I get it.

Wibbs

That's a very nice Omega. Very cool steel with 18 karat gold embedded in the case. Very 80's I recall seeing them as time only, non chronograph ones, but not one like that(I think there was even a quartz digital version). That would be worth a few bob I reckon. It doesn't say automatic on the dial so is it quartz? That would be less valuable, but still... I presume it's an auto if he needs a service though?

Eoin wrote:

I posted a while ago how my NATO stopped my watch from hitting the ground when a spring bar failed. But it's possibly likely that had the watch been on a normal strap, the spring bar would not have failed in the first place.

Yea, ironic in that the one major advantage of Natos may actually cause the issue. TBH I've had it happen rarely enough and only on cheap generic "H Samuel" type springbars. On the Seiko diver bars they don't budge. It can depend on the design of the lugs too, some exert a higher pressure on the strapbars than others, particularly on a Nato strap. I've not had this issue on any of the leather Natos I've had even with the cheaper bars, I suspect it's the nylon grabbing that adds to it. Screw in bars are the best IMHO. Fixed are just for nutters like me. Rolex bars are very strong and the holes in the lug are deeper(I couldn't get them to fit a non rolex. Mad pricey too).

Eoin

Ryath wrote: »

Which watch is that?

http://www.steinhartwatches.de/en/APOLLON-Automatic,453.html

This is tempting me at the moment really like the versatility of it how you can change the look of it and as you say with screw bars very handy if I wanted to change between leather, rubber or a bracelet.
I'm probably going to resist though I still have a long term goal of getting a Stowa flieger so trying to avoid the temptation to buy cheaper watches till I get it.

It's a Maranez Layan - I posted a pic a few days ago on this thread. I didn't realise at the time that it was such a rip off of a Radiomir. It has a brass case, so a bracelet won't suit it, so it's just a collection of leather and NATO straps.

The normal spring bars aren't too bad to change though - the only problem I've had changing a strap with screwbars was with a recent Hamilton where the end links were incredibly snug with the lugs, so you had to try and depress the spring while pulling the end link away.

I think you're right to hang on though and save up if you've something in mind.

Wibbs wrote: »

It can depend on the design of the lugs too, some exert a higher pressure on the strapbars than others, particularly on a Nato strap.

What design would cause a problem - the lugs being too high off the wrist?

Ryath

Didn't realize that was a collection of straps in the pic thought they were other watches. Have a getat pan homage with screw bars but I'm not tempted to put it on anything else. I have a seiko orange monster on a bracelet I'm thought about getting some rubber straps for but was worried about finding the spring bars too fiddly. Have replaced broken springbars in the past but wouldn't see myself switching straps regularly with them.

I'm trying resist temptation alright but a Stowa is a good chunk of money to invest in a watch at the minute for me and I'd like to get something new.

m4r10

Eoin wrote: »

I posted a while ago how my NATO stopped my watch from hitting the ground when a spring bar failed. But it's possibly likely that had the watch been on a normal strap, the spring bar would not have failed in the first place.

As an aside, my latest watch has screw in bars instead of spring bars. Makes things so much easier - especially with the choice of 7 straps it came with!

While screw in bars are a bit safer, I almost lost my latest addition because the screw fell off the watch. Lucky me I did change beforehand the bracelet with a rubber band and it gripped the tube much better than the bracelet would have and that saved the watch from a serious fall.

That's to teach me to use the Loctite glue which I purchased and it's still unused :mad:

amacca

I've had springbars on a seiko skx007 bend on me when I fitted a mesh bracelet to it (wjean) trouble is the fatter stronger springbars won't go through the openings at the end of the bracelet so it looks like ill have to get better quality standard sized ones or fatter wrists

I suspect I won't have as much trouble achieving the latter as the former.

Wibbs

Eoin wrote: »

What design would cause a problem - the lugs being too high off the wrist?

Something like that yea E. The bars above came from my 1960's Lip divers watch. It seems to be hard on bars for some reason, even though the lugs point downwards well enough. My same vintage Heuer though bigger and heavier doesn't budge on the bars. I dunno why TBH. *goes off to weld permanent bars to all my springbar lugs*.

amacca wrote: »

I've had springbars on a seiko skx007 bend on me when I fitted a mesh bracelet to it (wjean) trouble is the fatter stronger springbars won't go through the openings at the end of the bracelet

Yea he thicker Seikos are damn solid lugs(the SAR's even moreso) but that is a problem with them. They'll only fit certain straps/lugs.

so it looks like ill have to get better quality standard sized ones or fatter wrists

I suspect I won't have as much trouble achieving the latter as the former.

Cyrus

Have a panerai back in the stable

Base zero, all the pam you need imo

Mredsnapper

Looks Friday thread familiar;)

Deep Thought

Cyrus wrote: »

Have a panerai back in the stable

Base zero, all the pam you need imo

Agreed, cant beat a Base Zero

Homer

Love it Cyrus.. It's the one watch I still very much regret flipping.. Will pick up one again soon hopefully.

CarltonBrowne

Wibbs

Is that a Unisonic Tuning fork (MOSABO ESA 9162) movement I do spy? While you see stacks of Omegas with that movement you don't see too many UG's at all. Original strap too. Niiiice.

Here's a cheap and cheerful shot of my Longines Ultronic, also a "diver" with the same movement.



Fascinating watches those hummers. Incredible engineering in them.

CarltonBrowne

Go to the top of the class. Basically a Bulova movement with usually nicer decoration.

Wibbs

CarltonBrowne wrote: »

Go to the top of the class. Basically a Bulova movement with usually nicer decoration.

Oh not quite to the top of the class for me CB. That's like an actual Bulova Accutron movement(218?) with UG finishing on the plates. Very cool. No the movement I thought it was is the ESA 9162 like this.



Swiss made under licence, but Bulova supplied some parts like the microscopic index wheel. The guy who developed the accutron ran off to Switzerland in the late 60's and updated his design. The originals had positional error issues, the "Swiss" one doesn't so could pass chronometer testing with ease(most Omegas you see with this movement have chronometer on the dial)and it's easier to work on apparently. A lot of Swiss companies utilised this movement in the early 70's. IWC, Longines, Omega, Zenith, Tissot, Baume & Mercer are the ones that spring to mind. Omega used it a lot for a time. A stopgap between mechanical and quartz I suppose. They were pretty pricey at the time which didn't help. There's a very funky chrono version of it, by Longines and Omega. The latter is called the Speedsonic. Very cool name.

fulladapipes

I was trying to get shots of the lume on my Speedy and SubC. The Speedy's lume is definitely not that great, and the SubC's is pretty impressive. The more I use/look at the Speedy, the more I am appreciating it. The Rolex is a weighty monster in comparison. Both great though in their own ways.

Wibbs

A couple of weeks ago I posted about this 1916 Longines being pretty dependable and accurate. Well I decided to test it to be sure as it were and cos I forgot how much I like wearing and looking at is, so have been using it as my daily watch since then, just to see. Because it doesn't have a hacking movement synchronising the time was difficult enough, so I had let it wind down a bit and "hacked" it by holding the winder in tension backwards and lined it up that way.

Well as we speak a couple of weeks later, it's 6 seconds behind the oul atomic clock. :eek: Some days it's ahead(or behind). Sometimes by up to 10-15 seconds and you think "oh oh", but as sure as taxes it comes back to averaging out right on the money a few seconds either side of atomic time. 98 years old. Bloody hell. :eek:

What's worse on my part is that it hasn't had a service in 8 years. :o

As I was typing this the fcuker has now decided to be within 3 seconds of true. That's just weird.

Jimdagym

Hello!
I am switching today from lurker to poster for this forum.
Today I recieved this 60's manual Boctok in the post from a recent ebay purchase.

I absolutely love it
Grabbed a brown leather strap in the local jewellers, but I will keep on the look out for a nicer similar strap.

fishguy

fulladapipes wrote: »

Steines means 'stones' I think, so I reckon that could refer to jewels?

fulladapipes is probably right. It might have a 10 jewels cylinder movement. Something like this.

http://www.christophlorenz.de/watch/movements/unknown/zylinderwerk_2.php?l=en

Also a 10 jewels Cylinder movement.

fg

fishguy

Really nice Wostok! I think it's more 70's/80's than 60's.

fg

Jimdagym

fishguy wrote: »

Really nice Wostok! I think it's more 70's/80's than 60's.

fg

You could be right, I am only going by the information in the ebay ad to be honest:)