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The (Less intimidating) Watch Thread

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    Giles
    IHUK Crew
    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

    OCD, Moi?

    "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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      JDelage
      啓蒙家
      Joined: 13 Jan 2012

      Touche… This is just one column of a larger spreadsheet....  😃  And yes, I have those for jeans too. And shirts. And jackets.

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        Seul
        Joined: 24 Nov 2009

        ???

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          DougNg
          Joined: 24 Sept 2009

          I have a bucket of random screws and bolts, can you sort them by thread pitch for me?

          I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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            JDelage
            啓蒙家
            Joined: 13 Jan 2012

            You guys don't have spreadsheets for your jeans? You're weird….  😉

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              Chris
              Raw and Unwashed
              Joined: 28 Jun 2010

              What sort of information is on the spreadsheet?

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                DougNg
                Joined: 24 Sept 2009

                I don't even know the location of most of my jeans…they're somewhere in the house, here and there...

                I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                  JDelage
                  啓蒙家
                  Joined: 13 Jan 2012

                  @Chris:

                  What sort of information is on the spreadsheet?

                  For the watches? Brand, model name, Bronze v. brass case, color of bezel, of dial, width, height, ATM waterproofing, movement, URL, price, whether currently available, and notes on design.

                  For the clothes, just the various measurements in inches & cm for the various models.

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                    madmonday
                    Raw and Unwashed
                    Joined: 13 Oct 2009

                    🙏🏿 for the list @JDelage

                    Super helpful and just fun for me to ogle affordable watches

                    head high, middle finger higher

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                      Graeme
                      啓蒙家
                      Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                      I find that a lot of cheap watches are knock-offs hommages of the sorts of timepieces that don't belong in this thread.

                      However, I saw these in a piece at aBlogToWatch, and they look fun.

                      The watches are The Last Laugh XL and The Last Laugh Tattoo XL by Mr Jones Watches, and I like them.

                      The time is read off numbers, in the mouths of the skulls. The hours jump, whilst the minutes rotate.

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                        Graeme
                        啓蒙家
                        Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                        The Farer Aqua Compressor is a nice looking diving watch with a compressor case. These have the rotating bezel ring fitted internally, and it's rotated by one of the crowns.

                        The watch uses an ETA movement that's been decorated. It looks rather nice in the display back.

                        Time and Tide watches have a favourable review, if you want to read more.

                        The UK list price is £1095, or $1295 in the US. That's a little above the price limit mentioned earlier. Sorry. 🙂

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                          Graeme
                          啓蒙家
                          Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                          The Emile Chouriet Challenger Deep is a similar price to the Farer, above. I don't think that it's as successful a design, but it is dressier.

                          There's a review at aBlogToWatch, which is hilarious in its pickiness. (Why doesn't it have a natural rubber strap instead of silicone? How dare they call it the Challenger Deep when the brand has no heritage!)

                          The trouble is that Jomashop are offering the Oris Divers Sixty Five for about $1100 to $1200, and I'd get one of them instead.

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                            Chris
                            Raw and Unwashed
                            Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                            I think the Challenger Deep is a pretty nice looking watch, and the specs are respectable as well.  I'd be curious to see how it depreciates- it might be a very reasonable used market purchase.

                            And I'm with you, @Graeme, this one is just cool.

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                              louisbosco
                              啓蒙家
                              Joined: 21 Feb 2013

                              @DougNg:

                              I don't even know the location of most of my jeans…they're somewhere in the house, here and there...

                              i don't even know the location of most of my jeans. they're somewhere in the house, some in another country…

                              "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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                                neph93
                                見習いボス
                                Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                                @Graeme:

                                I don't think that it's as successful a design…

                                How do you mean? Aesthetically I find this rather attractive.

                                “Some of those that work forces
                                Are the same that burn crosses”

                                • Virginia Woolf
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                                  manufc10
                                  Iron Heart Deity
                                  Joined: 14 Mar 2015

                                  @neph93:

                                  @Graeme:

                                  I don't think that it's as successful a design…

                                  How do you mean? Aesthetically I find this rather attractive.

                                  I was thinking the same thing!  Most of the diving watches posted so far have not been appealing to me except for that one.

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                                    Chris
                                    Raw and Unwashed
                                    Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                                    I like it, but there's not much about it that's distinctive.  Dive watches are a competitive category, and a company with little to no name recognition is going to have a hard time breaking out of the pack with a watch that's simply "nice".

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                                      JDelage
                                      啓蒙家
                                      Joined: 13 Jan 2012

                                      If I learned one thing from my exploration of the bronze diver rabbit hole, it's that's there are a lot more makers than I thought.

                                      I have to say I wonder what is going to happen to those micro-brands over time, and to the people who buy from them.

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                                        Giles
                                        IHUK Crew
                                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                        A lot will go bust and the people who bought their watches will have a problem….

                                        "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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                                          JDelage
                                          啓蒙家
                                          Joined: 13 Jan 2012

                                          Yes, I agree. It's probably much safer to have a single Rolex collection than 20 micro-brands, as boring as that sounds.

                                          last edited by 8 Jan 2018, 20:26 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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