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So the Sinn 104 finally arrived - absolutely thrilled with it.

Rated as "fair condition" on Chrono24 and better condition than any of my watches by far. The bezel was about half a click misaligned and I suspect the main reason the seller was letting it go. An absolute gent, the best communication of any deal I've done so far and happy to provide macro shots on request. Classic case of buying the seller not the watch!

Having researched, I discovered there are 9 possible bearing positions for fine adjustment. I got it dead centered with this handy guide and 2 mins with a screwdriver.

Very honest seller, all packaging and outer boxes absolutely mint, an unused Sinn alligator strap included. Desk dives on the clasp and fine hairline scratches on two replaceable links is all I can see with my naked eye (came with three more links, already swapped). Might scotchbrite the clasp at a later date, doesn't bother me in the slightest - it's a tool watch and inevitable either way. Will be leaving it on the H link, love the robustness and fit.

So here's a quick 'n' dirty snap of my new to me 104. More to follow I'm sure when I'm stuck at home again for the next 6 weeks with a bit more free time!

Cool watch David. I like the way the days are in German too. Thats the type of thing that would appeal to me if I was looking for Sinn.

redlead wrote: »

Cool watch David. I like the way the days are in German too. Thats the type of thing that would appeal to me if I was looking for Sinn.

Thanks!

I had mentioned previously I was culling the herd to a utilitarian 2 watch German collection. I feel this and the Stowa Marine compliment each other very well And cover a lot of bases for me.

Loving the German days too. I was apprehensive about the Sellita but it feels very solid. Smooth rotor movement, nice feel to the wind and an instant click over two positions to increment the day wheel at midnight. None of this Seiko “come back to me in 2hrs nonsense. Seller rated it at +4 seconds per day so we’ll see how that goes. Sinn are famous for regulating their movements to decent tolerances (if not their bezels at least!) fingers crossed!

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

when it appears inline and as an attachment, it means the poster attached the image, opened the attachment and embedded its url in IMG tags. it can be handier than using another site but whatever floats your uboat.

I find it handier, you don't have to actually have to open the attachment. Just right click attachment after uploading and copy link address and paste that into the image tags. Only thing to bear in mind is you need to resize the photo before uploading. The image hosting sites can be handy alright as they can resize the photo/give thumbnail options you can link through.

No guarantee how long some of them will be hosted though. All my older images are gone as the site I was using is now dead. Hope boards attachments last as long as boards is around but no guarantee of that either especially with the way the site has being acting up!

Beautiful

Congratulation on the new Sinns guys, they are both very nice!


Its new watch day for me too, the postman just brought me a present before the weekend.


Steinhart GMT Ocean 1.

A spur of the moment purchase, and my third Steinhart. I had sold my Ocean 1 about 6 months ago when I had a clear out and suffered a bit of sellers remorse. Happy enough to replace it with this piece.

unkel wrote: »

80% of the quality of the Rolex GMT Master II at less than 10% of the price!

It really does make you question the sanity of spending that much on a GMT Master II. With that said, if I had the cash I would upgrade tomorrow! When has sanity ever been associated with watch collecting?!!

We'll have a few Hail Mary's after all these Sinn's lads. Love the 556!

david wrote: »

We'll have a few Hail Mary's after all these Sinn's lads. Love the 556!

I'm seriously considering an 856utc I love the look of it tbh.

893bet wrote: »

The extra “20 percent“ (and it’s way more than 20 percent IMO) is worth it.

Buy the best you can with your budget. The difference between a Rolex and steinhart is day and night.

If you only focus on “value for money” then why bother with Steinhart? Seiko would be much better value for money in comparison.

That's a very good point.

In your opinion, who more or less matches the overall quality of Rolex, in tool watch department, but does not have the brand caché and consequently does not command the same price?

Is it a traditional Swiss manufacturer, or a far eastern candidate, or perhaps someone more Teutonic?

Agreed that the extra 20% can be worth it. Do not agree that Omega have the same quality feel as Rolex though. They are nearly the same price it seems today so someone in the Omega marketing department deserves a mega bonus for making people believe they are as good :pac:

Yeah the new bond Seamaster is like 8.5k? I would have said Omega all day long because they were cheaper but if you are paying Rolex money then id probably look at Rolex. The Seamaster will drop value much much quicker..

banie01 wrote: »

Would agree regarding Omega, they seem to be making a really concerted effort to ride the coat tails of Rolex' price inflation and to keep themselves positioned as an alternative.
I think the problem with that is, if you look for a Rolex sub, you are told waitlist for 8k or grey market for 10k.
The usual immediate alternative is an Omega, thing is that the price has jumped considerably over the last few years (not that I've bought one or know much more than I've read).

Trying to reconcile the new cost of a Seamaster, versus the lower 2nd hand value and comparing that to the unique pricing of the new sub and an even higher 2nd hand price is impossible.

That said, the Omega is a lovely watch and in a world where Rolex is the benchmark for quality?
I'd have to agree that Omega meet and even exceed it, and there is a huge variety of models at good 2nd hand value IMO.

Omega doesnt have the feels for me the way Rolex does, although I cannot fault the quality of Omega watches. Rolex has an solidity to it, and a quality of materials that is hard to put your finger on. Steinhart is not even in the ballpark and one wind of the crown and you are immediately reminded that its nowhere near. Steinhart is good dont get me wrong, but its many grades below.

AP is had more quality than rolex, the finishing is beyond supurb. No real time with patek to make comment. I would class JLC as a finer made watch than Rolex but nowhere near the cache.

Rolex have a unique niche carved out in that 8-12k bracket of sports watches. Nobody else has the total package. Omega are trying but they need to work on the branding and raising that level of desirability.