Any watch fans in here?

Dominic

I do like a Jaeger Le Coutre Reverso but I don't have one .

Kittyfrisk

Dominic said:

I do like a Jaeger Le Coutre Reverso but I don't have one .

Nice. I like them too, as does my dentist, he has one (present from his wife apparently).

AK99

Too flippin' many watches here.

Some of the 'tool' watches:

Was actually running out of storage a while back, so asked our resident leather craftsman Matthew if he would make a nice leather watch-roll for me. Am really chuffed with what he came up with:

  

Sporky

I like titanium, ideally JDM (though I couldn't tell you why). My sparkliest is a Seiko Astron Night Sky - only 150 made. 

 
And I have one of these on the way:

 

NickBotfield

Current state of the collection:

Snoopy - my mum's from the 70s!  Mickey Mouse - one of an eBay job lot for £40 which I made my money back from (think it's an Indian frankenwatch!)  Gold rectangle, 21st birthday present, Rotary and silver Seiko, my grandad's, white dial Sturmanskie bought of eBay, same as what Yuri Gagarin wore aboard Vostok 1!

Casio overflow:

The Naughty Box, all jarg as fuck:

AK99

Starting to feel like I'm not the only one afflicted after all!

"Casio Overflow" - I like that 

NickBotfield

Sporky said:

I like titanium, ideally JDM (though I couldn't tell you why). My sparkliest is a Seiko Astron Night Sky - only 150 made. 

 

What are the letters on the rehaut of that Astron Andi?

Philly_Q

NickBotfield said:

Casio overflow:

I occasionally comment on these watch threads just to say that I buy Casio F-91Ws.

In a rush of blood to the head a couple of weeks ago, I bought a G-Shock model because I liked the idea of solar power and automatic radio-controlled time updates....... and I hate it.  It's too heavy and too big for my puny wrist.

thermionic

Vostok Amphibia:

https://i.imgur.com/xy0NYCK.jpg

Gateway drug, the classic Seiko SKX007:

https://i.imgur.com/cBI71sF.jpg

Which led me logically to the SPB143J1, aka the 62 MAS:

https://i.imgur.com/y6vPs8K.jpeg

Latest acquisition, the panda dial, solar powered “Seitona”:

https://i.imgur.com/jpkUceO.jpg

Another cool solar powered watch, which also receives the atomic clock signal every night at midnight:

https://i.imgur.com/EczjDMZ.jpeg

davros

My daily is a gshock. My baby is a Speedmaster. I have 8 inch wrists, so this is a 44mm Coaxial Chronometer moonwatch (rather than a professional). Currently on a lovely strap tailor brown leather strap instead of its bracelet.

Sporky

NickBotfield said:

Sporky said:

I like titanium, ideally JDM (though I couldn't tell you why). My sparkliest is a Seiko Astron Night Sky - only 150 made. 

 

What are the letters on the rehaut of that Astron Andi?

No idea! 

They tell you the radio link status I think. When you do something with the crown. It's probably in the manual...

Ah! Some of them are to set the year and month for the perpetual calendar. 

rsvmark

I have a lovely omega seamaster. I like panerai but currently wassing for a IWC pilot Chrono 

NickBotfield

thermionic said:

Vostok Amphibia:

https://i.imgur.com/xy0NYCK.jpg

Gateway drug, the classic Seiko SKX007:

https://i.imgur.com/cBI71sF.jpg

Which led me logically to the SPB143J1, aka the 62 MAS:

https://i.imgur.com/y6vPs8K.jpeg

Latest acquisition, the panda dial, solar powered “Seitona”:

https://i.imgur.com/jpkUceO.jpg

Another cool solar powered watch, which also receives the atomic clock signal every night at midnight:

https://i.imgur.com/EczjDMZ.jpeg

Great collection! No notes. 

NickBotfield

davros said:

So, so nice!

duotone

I often wear a watch & own a few budget options.  Sometimes view ‘watch YouTubers’ at the budget end like: https://www.youtube.com/@BensWatchClub/featured & a watch repairer/restorer I recently found that’s very relaxing: https://www.youtube.com/@WristwatchRevival/videos

I’m currently wearing a Citizen Eco-Drive


When I have the money the next watch I would like to buy is something from Mondaine, with a white face.

Btw a couple months ago I ordered a NATO strap from https://www.ukwatchstrap.co.uk/index.html & would definitely recommend them although they don’t sell any metal bracelets.

Dominic

Although they are far from Horological masterpieces I think all the classic Cartier designs are very hard to better

NickBotfield

Dominic said:

Although they are far from Horological masterpieces I think all the classic Cartier designs are very hard to better

Strong agreement from me, Tank, Santos Dumont, Ballon Bleu, all bangers.  Loving the new Tank Guichets!


Having said that don't discount Cartier's horological chops, they've done some amazing stuff like the watches with the movement entirely in the oscillating weight!

GuyR

I considered buying a watch for a few years, couldn’t find exactly what I wanted, went in to a large retailer in Oxford St, just after Christmas 2023, to see if they had a BB58 in stock.
They didn’t, but they did have one of these and coincidentally I had exactly the price in my pocket, not a penny more or less.
https://i.imgur.com/Z6jJ5ll.jpeg
It has been worn daily since, It’s my only watch, looks agreeable in most settings, is a pleasing size, thickness and not heavy. Currently accurate to 1 second per day.

I’m not a massive watch guy. Given unlimited funds, I’d probably stick with what I have

Sporky

Today I are mostly wearing green. Casio Oceanus S400 - titanium, radio link and solar.

 

Dominic

NickBotfield said:

Dominic said:

Although they are far from Horological masterpieces I think all the classic Cartier designs are very hard to better

Strong agreement from me, Tank, Santos Dumont, Ballon Bleu, all bangers.  Loving the new Tank Guichets!


Having said that don't discount Cartier's horological chops, they've done some amazing stuff like the watches with the movement entirely in the oscillating weight!

I particularly like the Tank Francais and the Roadster .
Another brand that has had some beautiful designs is Ebel .....they have long become undesirable and are a particularly good deal when bought secondhand .....the Classic Wave ,Voyager , 1911 and the Discovery are lovely looking watches