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Re: The Official Watch Thread.
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:17 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
Presumably made on the same farm as those Cornish Game Hens (small chickens) Americans think are fancy.
Re: The Official Watch Thread.
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:30 pm
by Taipan
demographic wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:00 pm
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:06 pm
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Oct 08, 2023 5:21 pm
I want one.
Bought one!
I had a look around and found out they do/did Blue, Black and Green ones. They don't make the green one, t'was limited edition (of 5000!
) any more but I like that one the best. I just bought a second hand on eBay, number 2744, for £100 off
Hopefully it'll actually turn up
Didn't realise you were a Celtic fan
I'm seeing more than green and white, theres black and (almost) red too! It's a Free Palestine watch!
White are our deeds, Black are our battles, Green are our fields, Red are our swords...
Re: The Official Watch Thread.
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:54 am
by Yambo
Taipan wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:30 pm
I'm seeing more than green and white, theres black and (almost) red too! It's a Free Palestine watch!
White are our deeds, Black are our battles, Green are our fields, Red are our swords...
The Palestinians have fields? I wonder where they keep them.
Re: The Official Watch Thread.
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 10:01 am
by Taipan
Yambo wrote: Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:54 am
Taipan wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:30 pm
I'm seeing more than green and white, theres black and (almost) red too! It's a Free Palestine watch!
White are our deeds, Black are our battles, Green are our fields, Red are our swords...
The Palestinians have fields? I wonder where they keep them.
They cant be seen with an infidels eyes obvs!
Re: The Official Watch Thread.
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 10:38 am
by Cousin Jack
Yambo wrote: Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:54 am
The Palestinians have fields? I wonder where they keep them.
Most of them are in what is now called Israel.
Re: The Official Watch Thread.
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:59 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
Well it arrived. It seems to be all here, the box has all the paperwork, it runs like it probably should...not that you can really tell in 5 mins of observation!
Quite a lot chunkier than I expected. I dunno why, I just didn't expect a £240 watch to feel "Big". For no reason.
Re: The Official Watch Thread.
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 3:44 pm
by wheelnut
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:59 pm
Well it arrived. It seems to be all here, the box has all the paperwork, it runs like it probably should...not that you can really tell in 5 mins of observation!
Quite a lot chunkier than I expected. I dunno why, I just didn't expect a £240 watch to feel "Big". For no reason.
Seiko auto mechanisms are quite tall
Re: The Official Watch Thread.
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 5:20 pm
by Mr Moofo
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 4:09 pm
Ha!
There
were two. If/when mine turns up maybe I should flip it, I paid £240.
I do like seiko automatic watches ( I have one - original divers style and a solar quartz Pepsi dive watch) - and I keep on hankering after another - but I have two many watches ( something like 12)
Re: The Official Watch Thread.
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:55 pm
by Cousin Jack
Mr Moofo wrote: Wed Oct 11, 2023 5:20 pm
I do like seiko automatic watches ( I have one - original divers style and a solar quartz Pepsi dive watch) - and I keep on hankering after another - but I have two many watches ( something like 12)
I have 4. A 1972ish automatic date dress style, a 1996 Kinetic diver style with black dial and blue bezel, Seiko 5 burgundy dial and red bezel and a limited edition 5 in 'Pogue' colours, gold dial and pepsi bezel.
Re: The Official Watch Thread.
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 10:02 pm
by Stig
Mr Moofo wrote: Mon Oct 18, 2021 5:17 pm
Stig wrote: Sat Jul 03, 2021 12:23 pm
This is mine, nothing else has ever made me want a watch other than this
Tis interesting the taste in watches - the Monaco is probably the most gauche watch I have ever seen. It scares me that I nearly bought one!
I consulted the wife - who has way better taste than me - she just laughed!
And yet, she said yes to you.
Taste is but a fickle thing
Re: The Official Watch Thread.
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 10:11 pm
by ZRX61
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:17 pm
Presumably made on the same farm as those Cornish Game Hens (small chickens) Americans think are fancy.
When yanks find out I'm Cornish they frequently bring that up...
*Is that where the Cornish game hens come from?*
"We don't call them that.."
*What do you call them?*
"Chickens"
Re: The Official Watch Thread.
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 8:41 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
Cousin Jack wrote: Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:55 pm
Mr Moofo wrote: Wed Oct 11, 2023 5:20 pm
I do like seiko automatic watches ( I have one - original divers style and a solar quartz Pepsi dive watch) - and I keep on hankering after another - but I have two many watches ( something like 12)
I have 4. A 1972ish automatic date dress style, a 1996 Kinetic diver style with black dial and blue bezel, Seiko 5 burgundy dial and red bezel and a limited edition 5 in 'Pogue' colours, gold dial and pepsi bezel.
I never really thought all that much about Seiko before TBH. I really like the Snowflake TBF, it's something a bit different with that really clever movement and when you see them in real life the workmanship is spectacular.
But yeah, been reading up about them a bit just out of curiosity seeing as how I parted with cash for one
They're the only mainstream watch brand besides Rolex who make all their own stuff, which warrants some respect IMO. They've also been going 25 years longer than Rolex. They strike me as something of a Lexus, Japanese people doing what Europeans do, just better! At least, on paper better.
Probably explains why you like 'em, Mr. Lexus driver
Re: The Official Watch Thread.
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 8:44 pm
by KungFooBob
I've got two Seiko's!
This one was only £150.
Re: The Official Watch Thread.
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2023 10:29 am
by KungFooBob
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:59 pm
Well it arrived. It seems to be all here, the box has all the paperwork, it runs like it probably should...not that you can really tell in 5 mins of observation!
Quite a lot chunkier than I expected. I dunno why, I just didn't expect a £240 watch to feel "Big". For no reason.
Did you get the keyring too?
I'm Mooching round Meadowhell while the car is serviced, three shops have the blue one, all £350, but Ratners is showing it in the box with a keyring.... Obviously for your Cub key.
Re: The Official Watch Thread.
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2023 10:31 am
by Mr. Dazzle
Sadly not
The ad did mention it and the fact he'd lost it.
The second hand watch shop here in MK has a blue one with all the bits. I saw it in the window last night. £350.
They've also got a 39k Rolex (not sure what it was exactly) and an 11k diamond ring with 1.91ct of sparkly rock.
I didn't buy any of those things.
Re: The Official Watch Thread.
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2023 11:19 am
by demographic
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Thu Oct 12, 2023 8:41 pm
Cousin Jack wrote: Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:55 pm
Mr Moofo wrote: Wed Oct 11, 2023 5:20 pm
I do like seiko automatic watches ( I have one - original divers style and a solar quartz Pepsi dive watch) - and I keep on hankering after another - but I have two many watches ( something like 12)
I have 4. A 1972ish automatic date dress style, a 1996 Kinetic diver style with black dial and blue bezel, Seiko 5 burgundy dial and red bezel and a limited edition 5 in 'Pogue' colours, gold dial and pepsi bezel.
I never really thought all that much about Seiko before TBH. I really like the Snowflake TBF, it's something a bit different with that really clever movement and when you see them in real life the workmanship is spectacular.
But yeah, been reading up about them a bit just out of curiosity seeing as how I parted with cash for one
They're the only mainstream watch brand besides Rolex who make all their own stuff, which warrants some respect IMO. They've also been going 25 years longer than Rolex. They strike me as something of a Lexus, Japanese people doing what Europeans do, just better! At least, on paper better.
Probably explains why you like 'em, Mr. Lexus driver
IIRC theres cratain times of the day when its inadvisable to use the quickset date change thingy with them. Between 9 PM and about 02 AM? Better to check that cos I can't remember for sure.
I quite like Seikos in much the same way, they just do the job.
I can't get on with metal straps on watches, they never seem to be the right size through the length of the day so prefer the ones advertised as Nato straps (not sure why) as one strap goes under both pins instead of two straps each going to a pin.
Means if one pin comes adrift the watch is still there (flapping about a bit though) instead of "Somewhere back there".
Re: The Official Watch Thread.
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2023 11:34 am
by Mr. Dazzle
Ha...the only thing I'm not liking about this watch so far is the unadjustablility of the NATO strap
Most bracelets for example can be adjusted by links, then the clasp has a fine adjustment for the intermediate steps. On this strap one hole is a smidge too tight and the next a smidge too loose.
Being nylon I could just make a new hole with a hot stick, but then you'd have three really close together....
Probably gonna get a new one anyway to save rubbing off the Honda and Super Cub printing.
Re: The Official Watch Thread.
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 7:52 pm
by KungFooBob
Just spotted this.
Why would you want a Super Cub Special edition, when you can have a Bruce Lee!!!
https://www.fhinds.co.uk/watches/watche ... ion-W24174
Re: The Official Watch Thread.
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:03 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
Uma Thurman wore it better.
Re: The Official Watch Thread.
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:05 pm
by KungFooBob
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:03 pm
Uma Thurman wore it better.
It comes with a black leather strap too!