Any watch fans in here?

NickBotfield

From various other threads I'm guessing it's very much yes.  I love watches and have quite a nice collection but there's nothing in there that's over a couple of hundred quid.  I'll post some pics later.

The first watch that made me care about watches was Brosnan's Seamaster in Goldeneye.  I remember genuinely considering spaffing my student loan on one back in 1999.  I still don't own one but 90s Seamasters are almost hovering into my price range so perhaps one day soon!

What are you wearing today?  What's your grail watch if money was no object?

This is today's watch, I bought this in perhaps 1996 for about £50 and it was the only watch I wore for about ten years!

strumjoughlamps

NickBotfield said:

From various other threads I'm guessing it's very much yes.  I love watches and have quite a nice collection but there's nothing in there that's over a couple of hundred quid.  I'll post some pics later.

The first watch that made me care about watches was Brosnan's Seamaster in Goldeneye.  I remember genuinely considering spaffing my student loan on one back in 1999.  I still don't own one but 90s Seamasters are almost hovering into my price range so perhaps one day soon!

What are you wearing today?  What's your grail watch if money was no object?

This is today's watch, I bought this in perhaps 1996 for about £50 and it was the only watch I wore for about ten years!

You must love that watch if you got 3 of them  

NickBotfield

strumjoughlamps said:

You must love that watch if you got 3 of them  

What?  I can only see one on my screen?!  FFS.

NickBotfield

Edited on phone where yes, there are three! Sorry!

rze99

I usually wear a watch and I like having one one either for practical reasons or the looks of it.

Over the years have just bought something I liked when I saw it. Price range over a grand to 50 quid.

I like black and silver typically on watches. Can't stand gold on me and I'm not keen on too big and chunky.

My No. 1  watch is the most expensive and it's the one I usually wear. An Omega Speedmaster triple calendar. Had it for about 20 odd years. Love it but servicing is really pricey (every several years) 

I also have a couple of simply styled slim dress watches which seem right for formal occasions such as posh weddings, black tie, etc. One is a Certina from the late '60s, one is a more modern Swiss model by Dreyfuss & Co. I bought both of these used.

I also like wearing cheaper or tough watch for outdoor holidays, camping, sport, doing DIY, guitar building, messing about. Also the dive watch is a useful tough alternative to a field watch. Plus a couple of real cheapies I've picked up when I've seen them.

Omega Speedmaster triple calendar



Certina 


Dreyfuss


MWC Field


Fake Oris 
 



Beauchat Genesis 
No name Pilot style

nero1701

https://photos.app.goo.gl/U34ibZxbC265tCG76

stickyfiddle

Yeah, I've picked up a couple over the years. IWC Pilot chrono, Tudor BB58, Speedy Pro and Hamilton Murph.

I tried an old 5-digit Rolex GMT Master II on holiday (black & red "coke" model). Didn't buy but it's the first time anything had caught my eye in ages. 

tony99

Nothing more than a few Seikos, Timex and G-Shocks for me, but I'm loving that Certina of @rze99 do you have to service that one too?

rze99

tony99 said:

Nothing more than a few Seikos, Timex and G-Shocks for me, but I'm loving that Certina of @rze99 do you have to service that one too?

Thank you it's a lovely simple clean 60s design isn't it?
I bought it "newly serviced" form a dealer160 quid. No haven't had to do a thing to it. It's an occasional more formal wear item for me. I just wind it and go and it keeps excellent time.

NickBotfield

Seconded (oh hoh!), that Certina of @rze99 ;is so nice!  @stickyfiddle and @nero1701 both demonstrating exquisite taste!  

You can't go wrong with a Black Bay, I like the look of the new 43mm they've just announced.

Brio

Citizen Eco Drive Divers 200m for me. Waterproof and a bezel for accurate timing needed in my job.

nero1701

NickBotfield said:

Seconded (oh hoh!), that Certina of @rze99 ;is so nice!  @stickyfiddle and @nero1701 both demonstrating exquisite taste!  

You can't go wrong with a Black Bay, I like the look of the new 43mm they've just announced.

Kind of yo uto say, worth noting, mine is the 39mm reduced, I've a lithe wrist, so the smaller face sits better

stickyfiddle

Yeah, the 58 is basically perfect. I'd like a date function but it would spoil the look. I do like the look of the BB58  GMT but I haven't seen one in the flesh. The bigger one is nice but it's super-thick. My IWC is the biggest I can manage at 43mm and 15mm thick but the Tudor felt even bigger on the wrist. 

(I'm lucky that I have quite "flat oval" shaped wrists, so can get away with something relatively big as long as it's not too tall. My Murph is the big one that most whine about but it's perfect ) 

Rob1742

rze99 said:

I usually wear a watch and I like having one one either for practical reasons or the looks of it.

Over the years have just bought something I liked when I saw it. Price range over a grand to 50 quid.

I like black and silver typically on watches. Can't stand gold on me and I'm not keen on too big and chunky.

My No. 1  watch is the most expensive and it's the one I usually wear. An Omega Speedmaster triple calendar. Had it for about 20 odd years. Love it but servicing is really pricey (every several years) 

I also have a couple of simply styled slim dress watches which seem right for formal occasions such as posh weddings, black tie, etc. One is a Certina from the late '60s, one is a more modern Swiss model by Dreyfuss & Co. I bought both of these used.

I also like wearing cheaper or tough watch for outdoor holidays, camping, sport, doing DIY, guitar building, messing about. Also the dive watch is a useful tough alternative to a field watch. Plus a couple of real cheapies I've picked up when I've seen them.

Omega Speedmaster triple calendar



Certina 


Dreyfuss


MWC Field


Fake Oris 
 



Beauchat Genesis 
No name Pilot style

Can’t help but wonder if your fascination for the black ones was born from the Times Sprite from around 1975? 

I just see that watch in a number of your choices. 

I haven’t got one personally, but I think a number of the Breitling pieces are good to look at.

TimmyO

NickBotfield said:

What are you wearing today?  What's your grail watch if money was no object?

Oddly, despite not these days being a wealthy man, my answer to those two is the same thing: when I was in my 20s with disposable income, and well before the prices multiplied many times, I bought a Rolex Sea Dweller - the (then current) 16600 - this one 

NickBotfield

I go back and forth about big watches - I've got pretty skinny wrists but I've got a Casio Duro which is 44mm and a fake Panerai Luminor (Paner-lie Lumi-not?) which is whatever the fuck size it is.  Some days I think they don't look too daft!  But then I also wear a 30mm Timex Snoopy tennis from the 70s!

The Duro is on a Nato though so that's a bit forgiving.

NickBotfield

Well done Timothy, well done.

There was that dream I had where you were wearing a brown dial Yachtmaster with a bronze case.  Tasteful!

rze99

Rob1742 said:

rze99 said:

I usually wear a watch and I like having one one either for practical reasons or the looks of it.

Over the years have just bought something I liked when I saw it. Price range over a grand to 50 quid.

I like black and silver typically on watches. Can't stand gold on me and I'm not keen on too big and chunky.

My No. 1  watch is the most expensive and it's the one I usually wear. An Omega Speedmaster triple calendar. Had it for about 20 odd years. Love it but servicing is really pricey (every several years) 

I also have a couple of simply styled slim dress watches which seem right for formal occasions such as posh weddings, black tie, etc. One is a Certina from the late '60s, one is a more modern Swiss model by Dreyfuss & Co. I bought both of these used.

I also like wearing cheaper or tough watch for outdoor holidays, camping, sport, doing DIY, guitar building, messing about. Also the dive watch is a useful tough alternative to a field watch. Plus a couple of real cheapies I've picked up when I've seen them.

Omega Speedmaster triple calendar



Certina 


Dreyfuss


MWC Field


Fake Oris 
 



Beauchat Genesis 
No name Pilot style

Can’t help but wonder if your fascination for the black ones was born from the Times Sprite from around 1975? 

I just see that watch in a number of your choices. 

I haven’t got one personally, but I think a number of the Breitling pieces are good to look at.

Sorry know nothing about "Times Sprite" but I remember as a young man noticing one of the Bond movies the Breitling Navitimer

Kittyfrisk

I'm a tool watch fan.
Talking of Bond watches, my daily beater since 1984, the Heuer 1000 night diver from The Living Daylights 


 
I also like Ollech & Wajs.


I have a few Oris, Omega DeVille & Seiko's too but can't be arsed to photograph them 

DefaultM

Yes. You might like the watch channel I started on YouTube last year.

https://youtube.com/@drivemewild?si=TZdP8EtQ3gOZVdhj 

matt_sefton

You’ll enjoy it here - there’s loads of Mary Spender fans, particularly her watch channel