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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

    Watches - another OCD problem

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    • Finn666F
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      where you got it from, if you don't mind me asking? @Snowy

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        Local watch dealer @Finn666. Had equally the best price anywhere in the world thanks to a sale, and comes with 2 year warranty thanks to Australian consumer protection law 🙂

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          footandmaff
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          I want to pick up a new strap for my Dad's birthday to go on what was my Granddad's Omega. The current strap is pretty tatty and not particularly good so I thought it would be good to get a decent strap to complement it.

          I've been looking at the Uniform Wares brown calf leather strap which I think could work. I just wondered if anyone had any recommendations. I'm in London based so would prefer UK based stores, but feel free to post up anyone else that might be worth checking out.

          Cheers

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          • FlashF
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            Another of my father in laws watches , 18kt day-date

            FS  FT.IHSW04 size s , samurai loopwheeled tee ,fullcount flannel      http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3997.0

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              Holy shit. Your father in law is balling!

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              • FlashF
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                @grandmasterben

                @grandmasterben

                FS  FT.IHSW04 size s , samurai loopwheeled tee ,fullcount flannel      http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3997.0

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                • FlashF
                  Flash
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                  Yeah Kenny was pretty successful . He came to Belfast from Hong Kong with nothing and worked hard for all he owned , really respect the man

                  FS  FT.IHSW04 size s , samurai loopwheeled tee ,fullcount flannel      http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3997.0

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                  • GraemeG
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                    @footandmaff Tender sell a couple of straps at the Trestle Shop, but they're less dressy than what I suspect you're looking for. Equus Leather make some fantastic looking ones, but they're very expensive. However if you check out their Facebook page then there are normally discount codes.

                    SIHH news: IWC have released a new Portuguese Eight Day with a handwound movement, which I rather like. More at aBlogToWatch.

                    There's a monster Panerai Mare Nostrum, with a 52 mm case! :o

                    But the coolest thing so far has to be the A. Lange und Söhne Zeitwerk Minute Repeater. Only €440K, so it would put a bit of a dent in the denim shopping…

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                    • babyknightB
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                      that IWC would have been so great at 40mm or 41mm tops…

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                      • Sugar MountainS
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                        Thought that some of you would enjoy a shot from my weekend watch browsing in Mong Kok, Hong Kong:

                        It's amazing seeing pieces like a 5513 and red line 1680 just in the heap like this. In my opinion, it's how those rugged watches were supposed to be treated!

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                        • GraemeG
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                          @babyknight:

                          that IWC would have been so great at 40mm or 41mm tops…

                          I've come to the conclusion that people fixate on watch size far too much. Until recently I was wearing a 44 or 45 mm Breitling, which is at the bigger end of the scale. I'm now wearing a 35 mm Tender, which is about as small as men's watches get. Both look OK on my wrist, and, as a former member of the Big Boned Brotherhood, I'm pretty large.

                          If the lugs of the IWC aren't wider than the top of your wrist then you'll be fine. It'll just seem odd for the first few days until your perceptions adjust.

                          OK, I've probably got to hand in my WIS card at this point, but stepping outside of your comfort zone by a few millimetres isn't going to hurt. 😃

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                          • babyknightB
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                            @Sugar Mountain that is an amazing shot.  Thanks for posting!

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                            • GilesG
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                              @babyknight frantically looking at flights to Hong Kong…...

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              • babyknightB
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                                @Giles LOL.  if only I had paid more attention been sober when I was there for a bachelor party a couple of years ago.

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                                  @babyknight were they real?? Mong Kok used to be the home of fake items 'back in the day' when I was there in early '00. I bought a few high quality fake rolexes there for a mate (they're still going now, nearly 12 years later).

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                                  • babyknightB
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                                    Hi @Snowy , I think this is a question for @Sugar Mountain more than me.  I only wish I had taken the time to go watch shopping when I was there!

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                                      Hong Kong is the world’s largest importer of Swiss-made timepieces, accounting for 30% of watches produced.

                                      INSTAGRAM: @DYLANTBMAYES | FACEBOOK.COM/DYLANTBMAYES

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                                        Whoops, you're right, mis-understood your comment.

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                                        • Sugar MountainS
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                                          @Snowy Yeah these are real. I think the bulk of the fakes are over the border these days. People go on knock-off handbag trips to Shenzhen and I'm sure it's the same with watches.

                                          The market for the real thing is massive here. I think there's always been the attraction for a local customer but now that tourists pour over the border each day, I doubt Patek Philippe can make their watches fast enough.

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                                            WOW! Let me pick my mouth up off the ground. I assumed they'd have to be fake to have so many there. WOW!

                                            I think @Graeme was mentioning picking watches up for a mate in Asia recently as he couldn't source locally, sounds spot on with what you say. The Asian Tiger rises again, or mega loans?

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