Lets see your Watches

[synthedup]

Hi all,

Just posted this forsale in the non Z4 related section.

Anyone able to give me any information on the brand/quality of these watch’s?

I know they are £1660 on the website now. No idea if its good thought.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

Just posted this forsale in the non Z4 related section.

Anyone able to give me any information on the brand/quality of these watch’s?

I know they are £1660 on the website now. No idea if its good thought.

Chrono24.com some on there, even with 100% import duty from stateside (which it is not) still 30% cheaper than that listing you have

 

[Vornwend]

Picked up these cheapo watch stands and quite pleased with them and do the job nicely, although I did break one as some once the band is slotted into the stand it can be hard to dismantle again The band has some springyness so easy to mount the watch without undoing the strap.

Tim.

Very nice collection and thanks for posting the link. I much prefer stands to boxes. Is that a Huawei smart watch in the first pic?

 

[TitanTim]

Picked up these cheapo watch stands and quite pleased with them and do the job nicely, although I did break one as some once the band is slotted into the stand it can be hard to dismantle again The band has some springyness so easy to mount the watch without undoing the strap.

Tim.

Very nice collection and thanks for posting the link. I much prefer stands to boxes. Is that a Huawei smart watch in the first pic?

Many thanks, it is a Huawei, least worn watch of my collection, I bought it to see what the fuss was with smart watches and concluded they are completely useless and leave me cold. I'm sticking to mechanicals in future

Tim.

 

[ronk]

If I get myself another Auto Winding watch ( The “potential” Yachtmaster) I will have to invest in an auto winding machine - has anybody any advise on the topic please?

 

[Smartbear]

If I get myself another Auto Winding watch ( The “potential” Yachtmaster) I will have to invest in an auto winding machine - has anybody any advise on the topic please?

Why can’t you let it unwind if it’s not being used? Will it damage the mechanism?
Rob

 

[Anonymous]

If I get myself another Auto Winding watch ( The “potential” Yachtmaster) I will have to invest in an auto winding machine - has anybody any advise on the topic please?

Not many come recommended, they generally fade and die. Watchmakers don"t even use them unless they want to check its time keeping over a week or 2

 

[TitanTim]

There always seems to be mixed views on the use of watch winders, I've used a cheap one for the past 4 years and its still going strong although I've recently stopped using it as the collection of watches is increasing. The general thought is anything mechanical is designed to run so better if a watch can be run at regular intervals, whether using a winder or otherwise. I just find it impracticable having a load of winders running so tend to wear a different watch each day and rotate them.

Tim.

 

[Vornwend]

Picked up these cheapo watch stands and quite pleased with them and do the job nicely, although I did break one as some once the band is slotted into the stand it can be hard to dismantle again The band has some springyness so easy to mount the watch without undoing the strap.

Tim.

Very nice collection and thanks for posting the link. I much prefer stands to boxes. Is that a Huawei smart watch in the first pic?

Many thanks, it is a Huawei, least worn watch of my collection, I bought it to see what the fuss was with smart watches and concluded they are completely useless and leave me cold. I'm sticking to mechanicals in future

Tim.

Yes I know what you mean about smart watches. Their interest for me is mostly around fitness tracking. I suppose it would be nice to have a watch that did everything and looked as good as a mechanical but that would mean we wouldn't need a collection:wink: At the end of the day its kind of fun to have different watches to wear.

 

[Hilly30si]

There always seems to be mixed views on the use of watch winders, I've used a cheap one for the past 4 years and its still going strong although I've recently stopped using it as the collection of watches is increasing. The general thought is anything mechanical is designed to run so better if a watch can be run at regular intervals, whether using a winder or otherwise. I just find it impracticable having a load of winders running so tend to wear a different watch each day and rotate them.

Tim.

I have always tried to rotate my watches and to date I am satisfied that me decision is working

 

[TitanTim]

There always seems to be mixed views on the use of watch winders, I've used a cheap one for the past 4 years and its still going strong although I've recently stopped using it as the collection of watches is increasing. The general thought is anything mechanical is designed to run so better if a watch can be run at regular intervals, whether using a winder or otherwise. I just find it impracticable having a load of winders running so tend to wear a different watch each day and rotate them.

Tim.

I have always tried to rotate my watches and to date I am satisfied that me decision is working

It gets trickier as the collection increases

Tim.

 

[Hilly30si]

There always seems to be mixed views on the use of watch winders, I've used a cheap one for the past 4 years and its still going strong although I've recently stopped using it as the collection of watches is increasing. The general thought is anything mechanical is designed to run so better if a watch can be run at regular intervals, whether using a winder or otherwise. I just find it impracticable having a load of winders running so tend to wear a different watch each day and rotate them.

Tim.

I have always tried to rotate my watches and to date I am satisfied that me decision is working

It gets trickier as the collection increases

Tim.

I know that Tim been there done that, I just have my four specials now and that’s it

 

[Jollyjoiner]

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me.
Hold on.......it's not my birthday.....it must be just New Watch day then
Say hello to my Christopher Ward C60 Trident pro 600

 

[Paulro100]

Very nice

 

[SteveSmith]

Lovely Christopher Ward nearly bought one but decided to go with Steinhart...

I got the Ocean 44 a few years back...



Then I got the Nav-B for my 30th last year...





That’s the 2 categories I love sorted for a few years! (Diver and Pilot).

I’ve also got 2 TW Steels which I still love but not quite as nice and not automatic.

 

[85genius]

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me.
Hold on.......it's not my birthday.....it must be just New Watch day then
Say hello to my Christopher Ward C60 Trident pro 600

Lovely! I got the vintage version really great watch and on a par build wise with omega/Tudor/breitling you get that in the January sales?

Bagged myself a half price c8 pilot

Not sure if I'm gonna keep it though fell for it on the website but now it's in hand I'm not as sure.

Think maybe should have gone for the steinhart pilot instead, but my trident pro feels a much more expensive watch than my ocean one I thought that would carry through to the pilot but I guess aviation watches are simpler than divers or maybe it's just that it's an older CW model?

 

[SteveSmith]

I must admit, I love both my Steinharts but the strap and clasp let the Ocean 44 down. Ceramic bezel and DSSD inspired face makes it feel like a much more expensive watch that it is.

The Nav B however (which is double the price) feels like a very expensive watch... it’s just lovely. Since getting it in November it hasn’t been off my wrist. Must rotate them!

 

[Jollyjoiner]

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me.
Hold on.......it's not my birthday.....it must be just New Watch day then
Say hello to my Christopher Ward C60 Trident pro 600

Lovely! I got the vintage version really great watch and on a par build wise with omega/Tudor/breitling you get that in the January sales?

Bagged myself a half price c8 pilot

Not sure if I'm gonna keep it though fell for it on the website but now it's in hand I'm not as sure.

Think maybe should have gone for the steinhart pilot instead, but my trident pro feels a much more expensive watch than my ocean one I thought that would carry through to the pilot but I guess aviation watches are simpler than divers or maybe it's just that it's an older CW model?

Yes I got it in the sales luckily. I was looking at this one after canceling the Junghans 1972 I ordered which ended up being delayed in production for nearly 3 months.
I seen this brand first so went back to take another look. Nearly ordered it then got the offer email the day after so I placed my order saving me over £200. The watch for sale had the metal strap so I purchased a leather strap with it and got them to send it out with the leather one on. What they did forget to do was send me the metal strap they had taken off so I fired them an email yesterday to ask them to send it me in the post. Not had a reply yet so may have to ring them monday and explain.

 

[Paulro100]

Here's mine

 

[Steve84N]

Why do Rolex watches have a date magnifier? It's not as if you can't see it without and it totally puts me off them despite the general design being attractive.