Who Watches the Watchmen (Our Chit Chat Thread)

where would Timberland come in the prestige table - lower end?😶

@banie01 there's a 2018 seamaster on adverts with a glidelock clasp added.. not sure but might be worth checking if they would sell separately.. quite a few seamaster listed in last few days

It would be used under the leg of the table to stabilise an annoying wobble.

Cows see 893. “ Pawn the Patek did you???Peasant! “

Hi folks,

Anyone compare oem omega seamaster rubber straps to something like Zealande?

Would usually accept oem is best but seen few posts saying Zealande are more comfortable.

Thanks Mick

Here's one anyway:https://www.montredo.com/brand/hamilton/

Hello all, not logged in for months but have some watch news. I got an email from Wilsons auctions house, I am subscribed to their mailing list from a past life. They were having a seized jewellery and watch auction in the Belfast branch. I was intrigued so paid the registration deposit. Ended up nabbing a 27mm steel diamond lady constellation with box and papers for a shade over GBP 2K inc fees as well as a diamond and emerald pendant. I was bidding on a black bezel seamaster but dropped out at around 800 GBP, it sold for just shy of a grand I think . Was also bidding on a Datejust, no box no papers and dropped out at 2k and it went for about 3k GBP. Just have to arrange delivery to Oman which will be fun no doubt. I will put the watch away for the wife and give it to her later in the year as a gift. Hoping she will like it, she tried one on a few months ago in the "boutique" here and loved it, albeit the two tone rose gold version. There were quite a few watches on offer, a Datejust x2 and Daydate, TAGs, Cartier and Breitling but nothing I was willing to spend too much on just for the sake of it.

In other news, I've been in and out of Dubai 4 times in the past two months. Between Dubai airport (2 different terminals/duty frees) and 3 separate malls, every single Rolex shop has bare shelves. The Dubai mall two outlets and both were empty. Absolutely crazy stuff. I'll be in Qatar at the end of the month and will be interested to see how things look there. I do think though, with the amount of Russians in Dubai, there may be a glut of watches coming available as they try to liquidate cash. I was tyre kicking in Breitling and in JLC and tried on two watches I have been ogling on chrono 24. A brietling premier day & date which I did not like on, the glass sits too high and not flush with the bezel, glad I saw it in the metal. I also tried on a JLC Polaris, it was a beauty. I think whenever my time here in the ME ends (was supposed to be June 22 but now pushed to June 2024) I will pull the trigger on one to mark my time here.

I quite like a crystal that sits proud of a bezel, most datejusts are that way as is the milgauss looks good on the green crystal

Can you get me a no date sub, OP41 turquoise and a panda steel Daytona please? 😁

Jaysus unkel that’s long departed normally when I say I’m thinking about selling something it’s gone 2 days later 😂

I think the opposite is likely with Russian money. More likely to invest in watches and physical to prevent any cash they have becoming worthless due to rife inflation.

morning can chrono 24 be used to search for watch parts eg bracelets? just registered o it but i cant seem to find a way.

on a google search it does appear but cant find on the site.

thanks

got sorted thanks

Saw that, nice Apollo/Soyuz Speedy with receipts etc. Yer man seemed to hate it so I’d say he had it up for sale within days. Very nice unexpected jackpot for him.

They are moving into steinhart homage territory at this stage