Post pics of your watches Part II

No it's provisionally sold, I have received a large non-refundable deposit. Logistics are delaying things.

Champers, because it's Sunday.

Home from my CamperVan Christmas.

A bit of bling to start off the first week in 2022!

Seiko Bell-Matic 4005-7000 October 1968. My plan for the year is to get some of my latest additions serviced before I buy any more!😁

Have you checked out the Zealand rubber straps for the seamaster banie?

I like that.. what’s the model?

seiko alpinist ginza

I see @micks_address is selling his Seiko flightmaster which are a class watch imho. I like them so much I bought two variations The black one I got in 2011 and the blue in 2013. both have had one battery change each and are running well. The screw down chrono pushers are a nice touch as well

It suits the Guinness well too 😉

Got this during the week, smitten with it!

That's a very attractive watch NJ! Really like the styling and the size could well win me over too.

I'm a sucker for the coffin link and that would make quite a nice 2some with my Astronaut.

It might be on the chopping block with a few others. I'm going to clean out the watchbox a bit in the next few weeks probably this, an Oceanus s100 and or t200, a sumo, one of my accutrons, a Vostok, a Seiko 5 or two. A Schindler's list " I've got to make zum room, you understand" type deal. Depends on what Diyu is going to charge for the Equinox.

The only other watch that gives me 0.0 rate on the meter is the Grand Seiko 9F. The Girard Perregaux is so well shielded I can't pick up the field through the case, the meter sample at 12 second intervals. Interestingly it locked to the Snorkel at 16 ticks/s. It's a harmonic. It picks up the electric LIP Nautic Ski balance wheel but won't give a reading, I think possibly because the rate maybe too high.

Banie01, I have a coffin link on my bellmatic which is nice. Those astronauts are very nice but strong money these days.

893bet, the beer watch is a Ming?

Yes a Ming 27.01. It’s a bit better than a beer watch really!

Ditto, it's a solution in search of a problem.

I say this as a former publican. Pubs as "We" know them (by we I mean the 40yo and up crew 😉) are dead, the demand is gone and even the ones that have a regular trade will find the return to normal a struggle IMO.

Even the Gastropub is approaching it's inflection point. Yes there will always be demand for a food but the marriage of food and in particular pub/grub quick bites to alcohol is broken and it's not something that can quickly recover.

I've been tempted lately to get back into it and put my musings into action. My current thinking is to move towards something that combines both Café and Cocktail.

Top class Barista but also mixologist and to move to a table service option. Take a leaf from Wetherspoons in that regard, use an app to order drinks/food to table.

I'd also be looking at quite a large venue, one that allows both large booth style searing as well as space.

Problems are the usual, staff costs would be particularly high as table service places extra demand on staffing. Venue, Decor, Kitchen and stocking for what is a weird cross-over of outlets would be high too.

It would almost end up being a reversion to the old style English gentleman's club 😉 but without the Bollox that goes with that!

I think that pretty soon bars are going to need to be a full service destination venue, rather than just a watering hole. I think places like Level-up in Limerick are on to a good thing, a great idea and implementation that's being unfortunate in its timing.

Bars are now not only competing with each other, but also with the fact that after 2yrs + of restrictions. That people have developed a taste for socialising at home, in each others houses and the comfort that comes with it.

I'm really in love with the green/orange hues of the milgauss. It's just enough of a difference from the usual to be nice but still quite restrained to work in most situations.