Post pics of your watches Part II

No I didn't and at that very time, the watch was in Dawson's and still owned by me!

But for the record, I now only own 2 Rolex. And have a provisional sale on the polar explorer, pending funds and conditional on the prospective buyer selling his watch (for which he has offers he is considering accepting)

So 1 down, 1 to go 😁

I don't believe in lying. Not that I'm such a goodie goodie, but once you get into that, it would be hard to remember what you said. To who. If you are straightforward and simply tell the truth at all times, you will never have that problem 😀

You lucky man to have bought Rolex in Weir's. I haven't a hope of that ever happening.

From my limited experience yes, at the counter for some watches , the Rolex room behind the counter for one and downstairs for one - Downstairs is very nice , that’s where they break out the champagne ( or bubbly wine of some description ) during the purchase .

i think someone on the forum had weirs bring a watch to their house during lockdown so customer service is there .

Sheerans also had the bubbly wine.It’s a nice touch to keep the other half interested during the purchase.

Nope. The people buying watches privately / from grey dealers are paying. Not only for scwazrh's drink, they also gave him a couple grand in cash for free. Well almost in cash 😁

Well wear . I had the chronograph version of that one myself for a while.The blue dial and aluminium bezel are lovely.

Most sports watches look better on a bracelet with dress watches being more suited to leather. Except the Speedy where I think it's 60:40 in favour of a decent strap. This is a racing strap from Bulang & Son. I've a few of their straps and they are good. Very good, even.

I think if the speedy strap had a taper like the sub the bracelet would be more appealing. The new Speedy has more taper and looks a lot better. Have to agree the speedy takes a strap well and hard find one that doesnt suit it....except the Stingray, never choose that.

Rumour has it that unkle is going for stingray seats whenever he gets his Porsche

I’ve been looking for a shark skin strap for my Panerai, the same as the one below that Stallone first made famous .

But I would like to know the strap is coming from a sustainable source if there is such a thing when sharks are involved, most of the sellers I’ve contacted don’t seem to know or won’t say how the skin is farmed.

I don't think sharks can even be farmed. Personally I'd avoid any shark 'products' and I'm no vegan.

I’m sure sharks can be farmed as well as any other creature can be and an animal rights activist would argue against the use of shark leather as much as regular cow hide .

As someone who eats probably far too much beef I’m comfortable with “regular leather” but I don’t like the idea of shark leather despite the benefits of it for a strap .

Although thinking too much about where the raw materials for anything comes from would have us all fecked

Its a really easy job to DIY just order a new spring....spurious is ok but you get a rolex one either. Bit fiddly reassemble the spring but well worth it. Its a common problem. You can source a OEM one but they gouge for what it a tiny bit of metal. Chris in Ichrono can get you one I would say.

Thanks @Fitz II . Just ordered one from the Bay, so will see how it goes. Not too cheap for such a tiny piece of metal. Thankfully the watch was serviced before I got it so the bezel is tight ebough not to move even without the spring.

I was thinking the exact same thing 🙂