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    • GraemeG
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      Hodinkee have a write-up of the Visodate, which seems positive. I found it whilst trying to find their article on the Powermatic watches.

      They also have an introductory piece on the Ballade, which goes into why I like it, along with a hands on.

      Whilst searching, I also found their hands on with the Tissot Heritage 1936. It's a nice looking watch, but now discontinued. (Jomashop still have them, and there's the similar T-Complications Squelette, though it's a more contemporary design.)

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      • GilesG
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        @neph93:

        conservative, and relatively straightforward…

        So was John Major…

        "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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        • neph93N
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          @Giles:

          @neph93:

          conservative, and relatively straightforward…

          So was John Major…

          True, but I’m so Boris Johnson otherwise that I need a bit of Major for balance.

          «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
          We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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          • neph93N
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            @Graeme  I do like the Ballade. The 1936 not so much. The font is a bit much for my John Major inspired tastes. As ever I’ll read the literature you kindly provided.

            «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
            We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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            • GraemeG
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              @neph93 if you liked the 1936, your tastes would be more Rees-Mogg than Major, and that would be a very bad thing.  😛

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              • neph93N
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                @Graeme:

                @neph93 if you liked the 1936, your tastes would be more Rees-Mogg than Major, and that would be a very bad thing.  😛

                Indeed. On an entirely non-political, purely personal level, that man gives me the willies.

                «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                • neph93N
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                  I know in my heart that this is fugly but I'm still strangely attracted to it…

                  «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                  We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                  • ChrisC
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                    Wide date windows have always annoyed me. They seem pointless and are unappealing aesthetically.

                    Otherwise, I kinda like it, too.

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                    • ColeC
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                      Modified Seiko with new Obbi Good Label Military Watch Strap Type I

                      Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

                      WTB:
                      IHJ-96-OLV Size L
                      IHE-13

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                      • neph93N
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                        Nice. That strap is great. Rough and chunky.

                        «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                        We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                        • JDelageJ
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                          All - what's the consensus on Steinhart? Looking at the bronze Ocean1 diver…

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                          • ColeC
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                            Great value for money.

                            I got the Ocean Vintage Military Mark I and it is unbeatable for the price.

                            Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk

                            WTB:
                            IHJ-96-OLV Size L
                            IHE-13

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                            • AppfaffA
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                              @neph93:

                              I know in my heart that this is fugly but I'm still strangely attracted to it…

                              I know it’s not necessarily a “high end”
                              Watch, but Victronix makes some damn good watches.

                              The jewelry store I bought my wife and I’s wedding rings from had a massive sale on some the week before our nuptials, so I bought myself and my father one.

                              He wears his ever single day, and it looks as good as it did the day I have it to him.

                              I wore mine primarily for the last 3.5 years and it was never more than a few seconds off time.

                              Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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                              • GraemeG
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                                Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical 38mm.

                                The picture's from Monochrome's piece.

                                It's a 38mm case (as the model names says), so not too big. It's got a hand-wound ETA movement, so should be accurate and reliable, as well as cheap and easy to get serviced.

                                I figured it might suit @neph93, as it looks like the baby brother of the Hamiltons he posted a couple of weeks back.

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                                • neph93N
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                                  Thanks for posting. I have to say I do like their brutal practicality. I’m now officially eyeing up that Seiko G posted on the other thread, but I think I want a Hamilton regardless just to kick the shit out of it.

                                  «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                  We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                  • Stuart.TS
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                                    @neph93:

                                    @Giles:

                                    @neph93:

                                    conservative, and relatively straightforward…

                                    So was John Major…

                                    True, but I’m so Boris Johnson otherwise that I need a bit of Major for balance.

                                    Does the Tissot have a grey face like Major too? I prefer a black face on my watches…maybe I'm more Diane Abbott in taste than John Major

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                                    • neph93N
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                                      So the three will be easily confused with the eight and you’ll be unfairly vilified for it in the national media?

                                      «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                      We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                      • Stuart.TS
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                                        @neph93:

                                        So the three will be easily confused with the eight and you’ll be unfairly vilified for it in the national media?

                                        Hahaha. I had never heard of Hamilton watches but I'm really liking some of the models I've seen. I can never justify over £600 for a timepiece (the of it being f'ed up by my little boy). They have some really well priced models though.

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                                        • GilesG
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                                          "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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                                          • Stuart.TS
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                                            Some of us have to live in a world where £2000 watches are an absurd luxury . If that sort of money fell in my lap I'd used it to pay off some mortgage.

                                            My Seiko does me pretty well, but if I save up I might look at a Hamilton.

                                            It is such an irony that utilitarian work wear and accessories have become high end artefacts of desire.

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