The Official Watch Thread.

[v8-powered]

My Timex keeps perfect time, and so should they.

My normally perfect Timex lost about 10 mins overnight a month or so back, been fine since though?

[Yorick]

My Timex keeps perfect time, and so should they.

My normally perfect Timex lost about 10 mins overnight a month or so back, been fine since though?

I've just found out that if you push the button it lights up too

That's one of the main reason I buy these. On my third

Just found my old one which I 'lost' about 18 months ago. Still working and kept perfect time

[Mr. Dazzle]

Irony being, given our respective lifestyles I imagine it's probably more important for me to be on time for things than it is for Yorick

[Saga Lout]

... An ETA 2824-2 tweaked to run a bit slower ...

I don't understand. You've "tweaked" a watch to run slow? Deliberately? That doesn't make sense..

[wheelnut]

Guy at work has just purchased a Davosa and I was actually impressed by the quality for what it cost, the watch was actually quite like a Rolex Sea-dweller is looks, size and weight but at a fraction of the cost.
He likes it so much he's just order a Davosa GMT too....

They do seem nice, but maybe a little spendy for an ETA movement. Saying that TAG get away with it.

[Saga Lout]

My Timex keeps perfect time, and so should they.

My G-Shock keeps perfect time. It's connected to my phone by Bluetooth and synchronises four times a day. There's so much time information floating about in the ether* why would you have a watch that you need to correct manually?


* For want of a better word.

[Mr. Dazzle]

... An ETA 2824-2 tweaked to run a bit slower ...

I don't understand. You've "tweaked" a watch to run slow? Deliberately? That doesn't make sense..

He means its changed so it ticks less frequently but each tick is bigger. Most mechanical watches tick 5 or 6 items a second, but in theory you could tick pretty much any number of times a second.

Every time you tick you release the main spring a bit, fundamentally that's how a mechanical watch works. So if you design the watch to tick less often the mainspring will unwind more slowly and hence last longer. Theoretically it is potentially less accurate though.

The watch still keeps the correct tiem, it just ticks say 4 times a second rather than 5. It means changing some of the gears inside and is a permanent change.

Kinda like putting an overdrive box in the watch. Sorta.

[Mr. Dazzle]

My Timex keeps perfect time, and so should they.

My G-Shock keeps perfect time. It's connected to my phone by Bluetooth and synchronises four times a day. There's so much time information floating about in the ether* why would you have a watch that you need to correct manually?


* For want of a better word.

You know...the most interesting thing I learned about timekeeping while logging my mechanical watch was about how phones keep time. Phone network time is really clever! Way smarter than just synching up with a time signal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_T ... prov=sfla1

[wheelnut]

I don't understand. You've "tweaked" a watch to run slow? Deliberately? That doesn't make sense..

It runs at a slower beat rate to conserve energy. This can result in a sweep action that’s not quite as smooth as one that runs at a faster beat rate, but it’s not something that’s noticeable.

Think of two people walking, one moves slower with bigger strides, one moves faster with smaller strides, but both cover the same distance in the same time.

[wheelnut]

My G-Shock keeps perfect time. It's connected to my phone by Bluetooth and synchronises four times a day. There's so much time information floating about in the ether* why would you have a watch that you need to correct manually?


* For want of a better word.

One of my g-shocks connects to a radio signal and keeps precise local time. Just as well really, have you tried to set a gshock!

It’s solar powered, so if it’s been in its box for a while it goes in a power saving mode, when it sees the light the hands whizz round to the right time. Small things.

[moth]

Got a Speedy arriving next week

Which Speedy did you buy?

Just the vanilla stainless, black face

[Mr. Dazzle]

Got a Speedy arriving next week

Which Speedy did you buy?

Just the vanilla stainless, black face

Thats a coaxial with date etc, if you said Vanilla I would have thought you mean the manual wind. Wrong pic or wrong description?

TBH it took me a moment to notice it was the CoAx. I looked at it and thought "that doesn't seem right" but missed the bloody obvious text on the face.

[Mr. Dazzle]

On a vaguely related note I do wonder why Omega put CGI renders and not real pics on their site.

[moth]

Just the vanilla stainless, black face

Have you tried one on, or bought online?

Tried one last year when I bought the Tudor. I promised myself one this year.

It's bought from, and coming via, my local jeweller, not from a High Street chain. It will go to them, they'll give it the once over, complete the registration and forward it to me. Courier and insurance paid by them.

[Mr. Dazzle]

That video is about manual winds, moff is buying a coaxial (presumably). They're slightly different cases, the crown and buttons are more recessed on the manual for example, I imagine there are other differences too due to the different movements. I wouldn't be surprised if they're basically different watches with the same aesthetic but that's just based on external observation.

[moth]

Which Speedy did you buy?

Just the vanilla stainless, black face

Thats a coaxial with date etc, if you said Vanilla I would have thought you mean the manual wind. Wrong pic or wrong description?

TBH it took me a moment to notice it was the CoAx. I looked at it and thought "that doesn't seem right" but missed the bloody obvious text on the face.

Right watch. Wrong assumption I meant it's not a Moonwatch/DSotM/Heritage/other.

And yeah, it's the coax 3330. The new one has a 3861 (I checked).

[v8-powered]

This is the Speedy I've been offered, CK2998. I like it but not sure if I like it enough.....

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[v8-powered]

I like it but not sure if I like it enough.....

I'd be pretty happy wearing that, but then I like white/panda faces.
Isn't that a limited edition?

I do like it, perhaps if I could chip him down a few quid I'd go for it - what he wants is it a bit too close to RRP but sure he'll move.
Yes, it is a limited edition...

[v8-powered]

I do like it, perhaps if I could chip him down a few quid I'd go for it - what he wants is it a bit too close to RRP but sure he'll move.
Yes, it is a limited edition...

Look on Chrono24, take an average price and offer him that, or buy one from C24 if you really want one.
Depending on the model it can take some time for Omega watches to appreciate in value, but many do.

Yep, that's my normal approach.

Took my Seamaster about 15 years to be worth more than i paid for it, seems to be the norm for Omega products.

[Wreckless Rat]

I don’t get why mass produced “luxury” watches that are still made go up in value. The specials, really rare etc., I get. But why does a speedy etc. go up in value when you can still buy them?