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No. Not sweeping it's a 'ticking' second hand.
I love my Mondaine, very simple and easy to read design. As I said based on Swiss Railway clocks. The second hand of these clock goes round the clock face in 59 seconds, then stuck on the 12 position for an extra half a second!Quote:
Originally Posted by Scottie
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Me too, come across so many of those Far-East Lolox copies. :smilewinkgrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Scottie
But then again Mrs rpn got a Rolex but bought here in Aberdeen so I know its a 'real' Rolex
This thread is working out even better than I had hoped http://serve.mysmiley.net/jumping/jumping0045.gif.
Mind you, maybe I shouldn't have put it in the Photography Section due to the LACK OF PHOTOS http://serve.mysmiley.net/mad/mad0233.gif.
http://forum.thescubasite.com/happy/happy0071.gif :thumbs up:
will take some tomorrow.
Well just took my photos of the watches I have at the moment:
The first one is my Favourite watch which I got last year at the MotoGP at the TISSOT stand, picture of the front and rear of the watch. It only comes out on special occasions just now. :yes nod:
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This one is a watch my mum bought for me as a late 21st birthday present and gave it to me on my 22nd birthday, which was 15 years ago now. It gave up the ghost 3 years ago while I was on holiday in Florida, so I had to buy myself a new watch to keep me going so whilst wandering around Wal-mart in Kissimmee I found the watch below this one (The black one), and it has now become my daily user and it is brilliant, it even has this feature where you tilt your wrist so much and it lights up itself, when I found that out I was like W O W :Whistle: (yes im easily impressed, just a big kid at heart and always will be :lol:)
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The next one is the one my dad always used... It's an OMEGA Gene've DYNAMIC I picked it up and took it out of my cupboard and its still working!!! after being in my cupboard for the last 15 years!!! :Whistle:
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Well thats my lot so far, not as impressive as others in here but I'm happy with what I've got so far, one day if and when I can afford it I would like to try and get a TAG Heuer coz I do like them but they are just too dear for me :Whistle:.
Theres nothing worse than being in public and drooling all over the windows outside a jewellers shop :lol:
Nothing wrong with that Zimbo - I do it all the time! :smilewinkgrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by zimbo
Well done with the photies :thumbs up:. I've got a similar Casio G-Shock too - it's fricken awesome and withstands any amount of punishment! I wear it when I don't want to worry about scratching or bumping my watch, or when I'm swimming :D.
Ours..
My Tag Formula 1
http://www.tili.co.uk/fun_stuff/tag1.jpg
My Tag Heuer Calibre S
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My Ebel.
http://www.tili.co.uk/fun_stuff/ebel.jpg
Lenore's Tag
http://www.tili.co.uk/fun_stuff/tag2.jpg
Lenore's Dior
http://www.tili.co.uk/fun_stuff/dior.jpg
Lenore's Raymond Weil
http://www.tili.co.uk/fun_stuff/rw.jpg
Had a wee play with my 50mm lens too. :D
And Zimbo, I wouldn't worry about it..... Lenore and I are constantly hanging round the Jewellers wherever we go, gazing at the watches we want but can't afford.
I love this Citizen - solar powered so never needs a battery, perpetual calendar so never needs adjusted, titanium so is very light, chronograph, alarm, dual time - the technology is amazing.
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A recent purchase was this Rotary Chronospeed - I really like this as an every day watch. It was remarkably cheap but looks amazing on and catches a lot of admiring glances - I love the matt black finish on the bezel and buttons. Not unlike a TAG F1 I think. Amazingly, you get a lifetime warranty with every Rotary if you allow them to service it every 3 years :thumbs up:.
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Like this one Andy :thumbs up:.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyP & Lenore
I also share your drooling over the TAG Calibre S :drool:
Cheers Del.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delboy
Gotta say, that Rotary looks stunning.:thumbs up: I have to admit I'm a huge snob and seldom even look at the Rotary's and Citizen's etc... I head straight to the expensive shelf and bypass the rest.
A.:blush:
After my visit to the MotoGP in Barcelona in 2009 i vowed i would buy the Tissot Limited Edition Helmet.
This edition has all the tracks engraved on changeable rear bezels for that year enclosed in the helmet allowing a wealthy fan to change the bezel for each race attended:-
http://www.newminiscotland.co.uk/mem...ogp_helmet.jpg
How smart is that Alan.
The stock picture doesn't do it justice, since i'm away i can't take a photo of it, but, it's a stunning watch and i've never worn itQuote:
Originally Posted by GCA3N
Thanks Andy, I was well impressed myself when I saw this Rotary watch, especially when I got it on sale because it was an old model - mineral glass, push-button clasp, waterproof with screw-down crown and everything. Rotary have some nice watches in their new Aquaspeed range, and I still can't believe they give you a lifetime warranty - you don't get anything like that from TAG! You should also check out Citizen (who give a 5-year warranty!) - especially their Ecodrive and perpetual calendar watches. Although Rotary and Citizen are not in the same league as Tag, Omega, etc., they are not "cheap" watches anymore - £200+ for their higher end models.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyP & Lenore
Having said that, if I had your money Andy I'd head straight to the expensive watches too :smilewinkgrin:.
That looks superb Alan - and what a great presentation box too :yes nod::thumbs up:.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Gismo Man
I am no Watch guru by any means, but i must admit I have never heard of some of the names in this thread like Jacob & Co and Ebel and theres maybe a few more... Will need to have a good nosey round to see what kind of watch makers are out there.
Andy I can see why your drooling over that Tag and Ebel, they look amazing :yes nod:
Again this is the same in life as everything else, people live by their means and buy what they can afford to buy. At the moment my means are none existant and previously have not been much more than that either, that TISSOT I got was the most I have ever spent on a watch and it felt almost like I was getting a mortgage at the time!!:lol: but in comparison to some watches in here it's peanuts... So when I go jewellers shop window :drool: I start from about the Citizen or £50 upwards mark and kinda stop at the lower 3 figure area otherwise I might have a heart attack if I look any further up. But then you are'nt going to really see any really fancy watches in Dundee jewllers anyway i wouldn't think.
I remember being in Barcelona out walking around the mall after dinner with Alan and his Julie drooling over the windows of one of the jewellers shops there, I must have looked like one of those Garfields that you see stuck on car windows with his face right up against the window and his hands(paws) stuck on the window. The same happened again whilst in London with my relatives last year...
My best mate, and soon to be best man next year, has this one. We both got ours at roughly the same time, and if he had not got it, this is what i'd have got, such a beautiful watch!Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyP & Lenore
Well, you would take Julie with you :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by zimbo
That is one stunning watch so how much would one of these set me back then?...Quote:
Originally Posted by N16SHP
:Whistle::lol: best impulsive buy I have EVER made.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Gismo Man
Your prbably starting at around £1200 and only going to be heading upwards from there!!! :thud:Quote:
Originally Posted by GCA3N
On the high street - circa £2k :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by GCA3N
Internet - circa £1400 (but will it be genuine?!)
Or you could buy a replica from Thailand for $125, including free delivery :lol:
Wish I had a picture of my childhood 'Timex' with its plastic strap.... now THAT was a PROPER watch - when you were about seven. Did it for me! Of course when I was seven they were still using Sundials. I still have it somewhere, so if the Antiques Roadshow comes to town, I'm sorted.
I don't even wear a watch every day, as everywhere I am usually has a clock in view. I have a Citizen 'Eco-Drive', which just tells me the time and the date. Simple but effective, probably the watch equivalent of a Ford Fiesta, and another one which is a strange 'surfing-themed' (ocean, not internet) velcro-fastened 'Gul-logo-d' thing, which is the watch equivalent of a VW Camper Van. I do like the look of some watches - it's the visual impact combined with the very clever 'technology in miniature' thing I think. Still, I have to say some of the prices are just plain daft, although I do understand the investment value/heirloom aspects. I'd still rather spend the dosh on Music, Gigs and MINI bits - sometimes the best times are when you forget the time!
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Originally Posted by Delboy
Oh nice, me thinks I have found my 40th birthday present...............3 years from now :lol:
You can pick one up at the Tag outlet in Cheshire Oaks shopping village for £1400, that's if they still have it - this was back in March. Was sorely tempted and Lenore told me to just go and get it, but I'm too mean.Quote:
Originally Posted by GCA3N
A.:D
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Originally Posted by AndyP & Lenore
Cheers for that, spoke to Kim tonight told her I found my birthday present so she has 35 months to save up, thats roughly a tenner a week, so no excuses:lol:
She wouldn'y miss a tenner a week.:thumbs up:Quote:
Originally Posted by GCA3N
A.:D
Exactly that's what I said , i mean one tenner baggy a week to give up.:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyP & Lenore
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Originally Posted by AndyP & Lenore
...and what was the outcome of that conversation? were you told to "do one" :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by GCA3N
You could feed a 3rd world counrty with all your wealth on ere, Some top timekeepers there!
I just git a Breil for day to day use.
No actually not at all she said we'll see, thats as good as yes. I mean £1400 on a birthday present is excessive but not for a big one :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by zimbo
Mmmmmmmmmmm ....................... I like watches :yes nod:, always have :smilewinkgrin:
Currently wearing a Tag Heuer Aquaracer Automatic (silver dial). Had waited years (like Del Bhoy) to get one so when I left my job (voluntary redundancy) in the whisky industry in Jan 2007 I took my chance. Bonus points were also on offer as one of my mates, mates worked in the watch, sales, jewels type thing & I managed to get a friends & family discount of ......................... 35% :clap:, so my £1495 watch cost me £971.75 , .................... chi,ching :thumbs up:
Wear it every day & never take it off, even swimming or shower :yes nod:
Would post up a pic ..................... but I canny be @rsed :thumbs up:
No watch for me.... Just and iPhone to tell the time :rolleyes:
Glad you've got better taste in watches than football teams Crombgers :smilewinkgrin:.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crombers
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Originally Posted by Delboy
Brilliant retort :clap:
Surely not!Quote:
No watch for me.... Just and iPhone to tell the time
I feel in the skud without my watch on
Quotes like this WILL come back to 'haunt' :hand:Quote:
Originally Posted by Delboy
Funnily enough, I thought about posting about this the other week but didn't know what the reaction would be.
I'm a watch geek...Have a fair few these days and a real thing for automatics.
So, I have good ones and "beaters", or my daily wearers if you will. I call them beaters, but I'd be gutted to bash them!
So, this was my collection about a year ago:
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This was a wedding present from the missus (she got the womens version with a silver face from me when we had our son)
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This I'd wanted for a long time, love it:
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Since then, I've added one of these, it's a Japanese import Seiko called a Monster, can't get them in this country (well, you can, but they are all imports)
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y28...9/SKX779K2.jpg
And recently, added this to the collection which I wear most days, it's a 3 timezone Hamilton Khaki on a rubber strap. Really comfy, though it's easily the largest watch I own.
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/748...edit320pm3.jpg
Great watches Euan :thumbs up:. Very nice Seamaster, and that Tag Monaco is a real head-turner :yes nod:.
You know it's funny, so many people have commented on that omega and it must be the plainest watch they do! I love it though, it's a reL dress watch (though in my book a mens dress watch should really have a leather strap) and goes well with everything. My wife was between it and a James bond dive omega, but I'm so glad she went for that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delboy
Euan, that Omega is a lovely looking watch. Nice and simple and uncluttered.:thumbs up:
Before I could afford the Tag's prices I had a couple of Seiko Kinetic watches, very nice and solid watches but the straps were pretty poor quality I found.
A.:D
The strap on my seiko isn't the usual, it's a big chunky thing and comparable to the omega bracelet straps. I've really got into seiko of late, the seiko 5 range is a real goldmine for affordable automatic watches that are good quality, especially some of the import stuff with Japanese movements in them. If I could let you try it I would, it's a weighty beast of a thing!Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyP & Lenore