Watches - another OCD problem

[Friday]

Nice looking alpinist the A..

I'm going to trade my PAM and get a Rolex.. How safe it is to send a watch using postal service? Will it cost me more than USD200 via Fedex/UPS/etc to the states? Any experience?

[tmg]

This is my go to knockabout watch when I don't need something as smart as my Omega

Suunto Core All Black

[Friday]

can't afford a Rolex yet, until then this will do. 

[Giles]

(I'd stick with that)…..

[Friday]

Noted G-San.

Anybody have any experience / thoughts on the Fifty Fathoms Dark Knight? Thanks

[Graeme]

I've seen the Dark Knight, and I'm not sure if the dial is that clear.

The Bathyscaphe Chronograph will be available in black ceramic, and I think would be a more interesting option. It's going to be 16,000 CHF (about $18,000), not sure how that compares to a Fifty Fathoms.

[Friday]

thanks Graeme. I did looked at the bathyscaphe but the hands are not to my liking. New fathoms is also around that figure USD16000 +/- .

I was offered a trade for both my 000 and 111 for a complete set, mint condition but decided to declined.

I guess my search will continue.

[tigerpac]

^Really like that BP FF Bathyscaphe.  Think it's my second favorite FF after the tribute to the aqua lung

[Megatron1505]

Pop quiz: Orient Mako XL or Seiko 7002?

[Seul]

Seiko w/ blue dial.

[Giles]

I'd go Seiko…

[Anesthetist]

@Giles:

I'd go Seiko…

Seiko is the superior watch here.

[Chris]

I'll be the contrarian- Mako XL.  Get it with the blue dial, which is one of the best blue dials I've ever seen at any price.

[Friday]

seiko..

[Megatron1505]

I've been messing about on the watch decision front for months now, I originally wanted a Mako, then a Monster, then a Seiko SK007, then a 7002 and have finally purchased….....a Mako XL. Spent a fair portion of the morning trawling through watch forums for opinions, reviews etc.... and went with the Mako XL with a black face and bezel and a shark mesh bracelet.

I know for most of you guys that getting a cheap diving watch probably isn't a big decision, but I know absolutely sod all about watches. For the last 18 months I've been wearing an old Rado Voyager that I got free with a pair of glasses (strange I know), but that is in dire need of a service and minor repair so I finally took the plunge on a diving watch.

[Seul]

Yeah I like the Monster with an orange dial…

[hectic]

@Mega - you dodged this one then: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seiko-SKX007-Custom-Planet-Ocean-UK-Seller-/291113593359?pt=UK_Jewelery_Watches_Watches_MensWatches_GL&hash=item43c7b8ea0f

[Megatron1505]

I quite like that tbh, but as you pointed out there is a hefty premium on it for the custom parts.

[Anesthetist]

@Megatron1505:

I quite like that tbh, but as you pointed out there is a hefty premium on it for the custom parts.

It is a hefty premium and you always have to wonder who the cobbler was and if they knew what they were doing.

[Megatron1505]

Very true, a pretty picture hides a multitude of sins.