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Jawgap

Lex Luthor wrote: »

I got my wife a Mele jewellery box for Xmas and the shopp also had Mele watch boxes...quality is excellent on them and they are not that expensive, if I hadnt already got a Lidl tea box I would get one

Which shop?

Can you PM if you don't want name them here.

Lardy

Finally found a NATO that I'm happy with...

Eoin

Cool - and that watch will suit a few different styles too. A thin leather one would look very nice too.

Lardy

Eoin wrote: »

Cool - and that watch will suit a few different styles too. A thin leather one would look very nice too.

Thanks. I had the Zulu leather one on it before but I just didn't like it. Plus it pulled the hairs out of my wrist! Ha.
On the lookout for something new (old) now. But not sure what. Something simple maybe.

Eoin

I've owned both of these and they've both been very comfy
http://www.amazon.co.uk/NATO-LEATHER-WATCH-STRAP-CAMEL/dp/B00B59QZHC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1421241653&sr=8-1&keywords=leather+nato
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Leather-Military-Watch-Strap-ZULUDIVER/dp/B00DRDW3SY/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1421241653&sr=8-4&keywords=leather+nato

ghostchant

Got something I'd wanted for ages for Christmas:

Eoin

Gorgeous - love it.

Lex Luthor

Jawgap wrote: »

Which shop?

Can you PM if you don't want name them here.

Its called Carousel, they are located in the new Tesco Extra in Naas, inside the main door and one of the first units on the left

have a look online at Mele jewellery boxes, you might see the watch boxes aswell

(ps no affiliation to shop named above, just passing on details)

rwbug

All black Chinese Airforce 1963 project watch, arrived without customs bill yay. Will look for more suitable strap, Hirsch Liberty is a bit too rugged imo

http /i.imgur.com/BOn6j1T.jpg?1

rwbug

apologies mods - just noticed, one more spammy post lets me post pic of watch....good reason for spam I think

rwbug

All black Chinese Airforce 1963 project watch

Wibbs

Ohh I'm liking that RW.

Jawgap

rwbug wrote: »

All black Chinese Airforce 1963 project watch

Mine arrived to day - Seagull "1963" Chinese Airforcewatch (42 mm)

ordered from www.poljot24.de/en/home and it arrived in a very nice wooden box with a couple of extras thrown in for free.....including two NATO straps and some chocolate covered biccies......



Lovin' the size and the format and it feels very light on the wrist as well as looking well with a suit.....

Deep Thought

Very nice....love the silver verison

rwbug

I am really liking the black 1963 but my camera/photo skills don't do it justice. Here are some better pics taken by and used with the permission of Bradjhomes on wus.

TedR

Thats a really lovely watch, enjoy it

893bet

Ahem.......

Rip my bank balance

Wibbs

Very nice sir.

Mredsnapper

893bet wrote: »

Ahem.......

Rip my bank balance

Wow, wow, wow.

893bet

Mredsnapper wrote: »

Wow, wow, wow.

Picture does no justice!

Looking my railmaster and I think it might be shown the door. Ironically I have barely worn since I got it as it was just a tiny bit too tight, ordered a full spare link and it actually came in aswell today in to Keanes jewellers! Just gotta collect. Not sure I can justify or afford to keep it. Hate the thought of getting rid as I believe they will only appreciate in value. Gonna put on the link and wear for a day and see if there is room for it. First world problems.

TedR

Eh, does that mean there is a Railmaster coming onto the market soon? :-)

Congrats, lovely. Lots of nice watch purchases being posted lately.

TedR

sorry you posted same time as me
I remembered you had that Railmaster

893bet

TedR wrote: »

sorry you posted same time as me
I remembered you had that Railmaster

Lol! Great minds.

fret_wimp2

rwbug wrote: »

I am really liking the black 1963 but my camera/photo skills don't do it justice. Here are some better pics taken by and used with the permission of Bradjhomes on wus.

Snipped pics for brevity's sake.

mind doing a review on this one? very very very tempted but would like to hear some real world reviews first.

Wibbs

Well I finally got one of my all time "grails".

A Longines Ultraquartz from 1971.

The world's only cybernetic watch. Cybernetic. Cue Dr Who theme. Basically quartz watches work by taking the vibrations of the quartz, using electronics(usually chip) to step down that thousands of hertz into one second intervals, where a motor then turns the hands. In many early quartz(Beta 21/Accuquartz) instead of a stepping motor they used a tuning fork motor to run the hands, so very smoooooth. The Longines is different. In the Ultraquartz, it's basically a tuning fork movement like an Accutron and it drives the hands at 170hz, the quartz acts as a timekeeping "overseer" whereby the rate of the tuning fork "slave" is judged against the quartz "master" and if found to be runnin fast or slow against the quartz rate is corrected back to true(this takes place 170 times a minute). Instead of a chip(which were mad money at the time) Longines achieved this with 14 transistors, 19 resistors and 7 capacitors.

the movement.

All hand assembled and soldered electronics. Oh and in reality it's under half that size.

You'll note no crown on the side of the case. It's on the back. Cool or wha?

Sorry about the goo on the back. This thing was near NOS and had the remains of sales tags on the back. The serial puts it at 70/71 so one of the early batches.

It's a large enough watch as the movement is pretty big. 41mm wide, 38mm top to bottom and 11mm thick. Oh and this one doesn't hum like a tuning fork, it buzzes and you can actually feel it on the wrist if you concentrate on it. Mad.

*EDIT* Here's a pic of one running to show how smoooooth the hands run on these.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG7-EVIaLpA

Makes a Patek look positively jerky.

Not that many of these were made and even fewer are running today(the coil normally goes), so a bit of a rarity.

Deep Thought

Wibbs wrote: »

Well I finally got one of my all time "grails".

Where do you find these things...:P

Wibbs

Very bad eBay descriptions DT. IE "Lomgines turning fork" in this case, so it didn't show up on the radar. Put it another way, these normally go for around 300 quid in non running condition and over a grand for runners. I got extremely lucky. I have also won an auction for a working "Gerrard Perigaux". Only bidder. Thirty quid including post. With profesh pics and descriptions they can go from 200-400. Crappy camera pics can also be a boon. If you know what you're looking for and at. I'm an insomniac so...

CarltonBrowne

Pure class, Wibbs. I'm glad it worked out in the end. That is both a beautiful watch and obviously also special, from a technical perspective (not to mention the commercials).

Well done!

sparrowcar

Wibbs wrote: »

Very bad eBay descriptions DT. IE "Lomgines turning fork" in this case, so it didn't show up on the radar. Put it another way, these normally go for around 300 quid in non running condition and over a grand for runners. I got extremely lucky. I have also won an auction for a working "Gerrard Perigaux". Only bidder. Thirty quid including post. With profesh pics and descriptions they can go from 200-400. Crappy camera pics can also be a boon. If you know what you're looking for and at. I'm an insomniac so...

That's it, I'm onto eBay looking for a BNW N5 or Porch 811 Therbo.

Daemonic

rwbug wrote: »

All black Chinese Airforce 1963 project watch

Saw the pics of this, HAD to have one and thanks to rwbug and a quite afternoon in work, bought and being shipped soon. Between this and the Vostok Neptune peasant posted about last year which came back into stock for a moment I'll be freaking the postman out for the next few weeks as he sees me with my nose against the window every time I hear the gate squeak.

Lex Luthor

Back over to the Ocean 1 after it being put away for a while
You really feel like you are wearing this one when you put it on...

Northern Monkey

Is that the ceramic or normal bezel lex? I'm really tempted by an ocean 1, I prefer the face of yours to the vintage, but have never been a fan of a cyclops, so I'm torn between it and the vintage.

Lex Luthor

Northern Monkey wrote: »

Is that the ceramic or normal bezel lex? I'm really tempted by an ocean 1, I prefer the face of yours to the vintage, but have never been a fan of a cyclops, so I'm torn between it and the vintage.

its the ceramic one

i was thinking same as you, eventually the dial won me over versus the cyclops

Lex Luthor

Northern Monkey wrote: »

Is that the ceramic or normal bezel lex? I'm really tempted by an ocean 1, I prefer the face of yours to the vintage, but have never been a fan of a cyclops, so I'm torn between it and the vintage.

which vintage are you looking at?

I like the Vintage red, might be a compromise

If you ask they will put the ceramic bezel in it as far as I know

run_Forrest_run

Love that Steinhart Ocean 1, I am tempted to ask would they do it without the magnifier..if so then I'm sold

Northern Monkey

Lex Luthor wrote: »

which vintage are you looking at?

I like the Vintage red, might be a compromise

If you ask they will put the ceramic bezel in it as far as I know

Yeah it's the red I've been looking at. Might pop them off a mail.

Northern Monkey

Looks like my decision is going to be a bit easier. The vintage 1 red seems to be gone from the steinhart site.

fret_wimp2

Lex Luthor wrote: »

Back over to the Ocean 1 after it being put away for a while
You really feel like you are wearing this one when you put it on...

I had the same tough choice between the O1 & OVM, I went the opposite way. The cyclops & date window just made it too busy for me & I went for the simplicity of the OVM. There is no wrong choice here though, only personal preference.

Currently on grey Martac Nylon NATO

Lex Luthor

the OVM was certainly on my short list but I needed the date as I use this watch more than any other...looks great on the NATO...I would say it certainly takes the weight of it down

rwbug

fret_wimp2 wrote: »

mind doing a review on this one? very very very tempted but would like to hear some real world reviews first.

Can't really do a review on it as not worn it much - except to say I think it is a stunner. I also have no idea about accuracy as I don't really care too much, my daily watch is a quartz.

The movement is st1901 which apparently can be a little temperamental, I read that problems mostly come from starting the chrono then using the reset button instead of the stop.

Pricewise it will be $230+customs(maybe)+shipping.

All info on it can be found in this thread.

ike

My new Eco-Drive

Deep Thought

rwbug wrote: »

Can't really do a review on it as not worn it much - except to say I think it is a stunner. I also have no idea about accuracy as I don't really care too much, my daily watch is a quartz.

The movement is st1901 which apparently can be a little temperamental, I read that problems mostly come from starting the chrono then using the reset button instead of the stop.

Pricewise it will be $230+customs(maybe)+shipping.

All info on it can be found in this thread.

one for sale on TZ - 179 pounds
http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.php?322695-Seagull-1963-LE-Black-Dial

Eoin

I met with forum member sparrowcar today to collect this watch - it's a Sinn 657s.

At 41mm it's smaller than I'm used to, but it wears a little larger. The ETA movement feels a good bit smoother than the Asian watches I've had recently. I've read that the lume is fairly average, but the contrast of the hands on the face makes it quite legible in low light. I really like the minimalist / functional feel of the watch - very German.





Edit: Looking back through my flickr account, I think that's about 20 watches bought over the last 2.5 years or so. Beginning to understand the wife's eyes rolling whenever she spots me wearing a new one.

Wibbs

I just love that Sinn on so many levels E.

jonon9

Long time lurker so I though Il show some pieces. This is my 30th Birthday gift from my misses.

Northern Monkey

Eoin wrote: »

Beginning to understand the wife's eyes rolling whenever she spots me wearing a new one.

I like your style Eoin, don't tell them you bought it unless they notice! In a similar style to my OH when I spot she has bought something new. "What this old thing? I've had it ages'

Lovely watch by the way,

mad m

I know some of you will appreciate these.

Deep Thought

mad m wrote: »

I know some of you will appreciate these.

ak feck off ...:P

Lovely stuff

mad m

Deep Thought wrote: »

ak feck off ...:P

Lovely stuff

Yeah I know, Ive only really started to take notice of his collection....here is a few more bits he has...

80s Child

The first, of a hopefully, substantial collection!!