Wristwatches, watches and watch-like gadgets
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ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
David Tennant wears the Devon Tread 1 in the new version of Good OmensSaw a video of unusual skeleton movement watches on FB. Love these two, silly prices though.
Devon Tread 1, about £10,000
Urwerk UR-210, about $100,000!
nick
Pleomorphic Adenomas R us
Going stir crazy with the self- isolation thing
Getting tempted by one of these G-Shock black resin
Or is metal better?
Also, worryingly attracted to the titanium one - but £1400 seems a touch lumpy for a digital watch
Getting tempted by one of these G-Shock black resin
Or is metal better?
Also, worryingly attracted to the titanium one - but £1400 seems a touch lumpy for a digital watch
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
£400 is a bit lumpy for what looks like a watch that costs £8 with every 20 litres of petrol.
Chilli.s
mingling jets and statuettes
They seem a bit pricey, and the look is just typical gshock.
nick
Pleomorphic Adenomas R us
Just me then?
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
I love a nice G-Shock, but I'm not sure why the first one is £400 as it just looks like a black and white version of the one on my wrist at the moment (which was definitely not £400). I mean I wouldn't turn it down though.
Plus point: G-Shocks are easily sanitisable!
nick
Pleomorphic Adenomas R us
Dunno - I like the solar and the radio control accuracy - plus the old school look, coupled with supposedly easier read screens .
Seems the polar opposite to the automatic I've been wearing for the last 6 years
Feels apt for the oncoming zombie apocalypse -unless there is an EMP, in which case I'll have to go back to my mechanical
Are there equivalent G-shocks that don't have the ....."collectible" price tag
Seems the polar opposite to the automatic I've been wearing for the last 6 years
Feels apt for the oncoming zombie apocalypse -unless there is an EMP, in which case I'll have to go back to my mechanical
Are there equivalent G-shocks that don't have the ....."collectible" price tag
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
Yes - the GW-M5610 that I got a few years ago. Basically the same watch from what I can see. G-SHOCK — the toughest watches in the world | CASIO G-SHOCK watches I think it was around sixty quid from Argos, though now seems to be more like 90. Still on my wrist right now after going round the world.
nick
Pleomorphic Adenomas R us
I've got one of them (5610) lurking in my Amazon shopping basket.
I think the extra £ 300 might get you bluetooth (pointless to me I think), a better engineered strap and (the only thing that matters to me) better / clearer viewing angles.
Whether any of the above is actually true in the flesh, I have no idea. Obviously there is massive law of diminishing returns involved in the pricing.
I've been wearing automatics almost 100% for the last 20 years, so thought that digital might make nice change.
A lot of digitals I see won't work for me as relatively short sighted, so will be hard pressed to see the smaller elements ( the cyclops on the date of my daily watch is a godsend)
All of the above is currently idle speculation to fill the time during lockdown
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Lockdown is leading me to being unfaithful...
I love my current watch, think it is pretty gorgeous...
But am being drawn to this baby...
Or maybe it's cousin...
But don't want to get rid of my current watch. I have always been monogamous when it comes to watches, how does life work out in a polygamous relationship? Will current watch be left in a drawer, or can you give equal time to both..?
nick
Pleomorphic Adenomas R us
Nice - I think the Co(r)vid most appropriate for these times
You can try to be polyamorous - but typically will end up biased to one.
So I tend to wear the most robust / waterproof constantly - as I can sleep shower and exercise with it without worrying (also it is the easiest to read: I confess the Navitimer sits in a drawer with its lubrication slowly turning to rubber as I now find the face too complicated for ease of read. + ditto the knackered seamster as the date is too small). Also the daily wear has very good luminosity for night manouvers)
Those Marloe photos don't look like they came from the company advertising as, atypically, they are not reading 8 past 10. So I suspect you've already been unfaithful with them
You can try to be polyamorous - but typically will end up biased to one.
So I tend to wear the most robust / waterproof constantly - as I can sleep shower and exercise with it without worrying (also it is the easiest to read: I confess the Navitimer sits in a drawer with its lubrication slowly turning to rubber as I now find the face too complicated for ease of read. + ditto the knackered seamster as the date is too small). Also the daily wear has very good luminosity for night manouvers)
Those Marloe photos don't look like they came from the company advertising as, atypically, they are not reading 8 past 10. So I suspect you've already been unfaithful with them
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Not even a snog, honest guv!
Griff
Hardly posting anymore
Chilli.s
mingling jets and statuettes
Love the hands on that.Been on my mind since the start of the year, and after saving some money not travelling to work for three months, convinced myself to get one of these:
Love Stowa, and wanted something bronze. Only downside is end of August delivery.
BTW does the Yema keep good time?
Griff
Hardly posting anymore
The picture doesn't really do justice to the blue colour of the hands, there are better pictures on the Stowa site, but can't upload them here for some reason.
Surprisingly good time for something so old, I tend to wear it for a couple of days at a time and it doesn't make me miss the start of anything on the telly. I have three old watches and they all keep decent enough time, I tend to give them a little respect and don't measure them to ths second.
As far as a mechanical watch goes the best for accuracy I have is a Christopher Ward C65. I can set it and it'll probably lose 5 seconds a week, incredible.
Surprisingly good time for something so old, I tend to wear it for a couple of days at a time and it doesn't make me miss the start of anything on the telly. I have three old watches and they all keep decent enough time, I tend to give them a little respect and don't measure them to ths second.
As far as a mechanical watch goes the best for accuracy I have is a Christopher Ward C65. I can set it and it'll probably lose 5 seconds a week, incredible.
not-bono-ever
meh
speaking to someone the other day who went to a dealer to look for a new rolex gmt- 7-10 years wait list and you only get on the list of you have a record of spending big with that branch already. ffs
Chilli.s
mingling jets and statuettes
And this is why the knock off ones are better, at a distance anyone who is gonna be impressed by that sort of thing still will be, close up they aren't too shabby too. No service charges to worry about. Can afford to lose it or get mugged for it. No worry about scratching it. Free holiday to the east to buy it.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Why not just buy a T-shirt that says, “I have no class or style” instead?
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