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Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Collection Preview - Now Live

The (Less intimidating) Watch Thread

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    Graeme
    啓蒙家
    Joined: 30 Mar 2012

    @DougNg:

    The Timex is going to go for $170

    It's up on the Cabourn website now. The price is £129, so excluding VAT will be where @DougNg said.

    If anyone's interested, it is a 36mm diameter, which is more common for vintage watches, and will be very small compared to the usual 40mm or so for modern designs. But that does mean it'll fit onto one of Tender's very nice oak bark tanned NATO straps.

    last edited by 9 Mar 2018, 00:44 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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      DougNg
      Joined: 24 Sept 2009

      It's still pretty spendy for what it is. Quartz, mineral glass, 30m water resistance…

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

      last edited by 9 Mar 2018, 10:59 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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        Steffen
        Joined: 26 Jul 2017

        @DougNg:

        It's still pretty spendy for what it is. Quartz, mineral glass, 30m water resistance…

        His newest RW Collabo is 425 Euro so maybe spendy is his thing  😃

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          Graeme
          啓蒙家
          Joined: 30 Mar 2012

          I saw one of the Cabourn watches at the newly-reopened Pickings and Parry in Melbourne. It's a really nice piece.

          last edited by 22 Mar 2018, 08:53 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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            tmg
            Joined: 10 Sept 2010

            @Graeme I’m quite tempted to pick up one of those Timex, but slightly concerned as to whether I can adapt to the smaller size

            last edited by 22 Mar 2018, 09:56 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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              Graeme
              啓蒙家
              Joined: 30 Mar 2012

              @tmg unless you have forearms like Arnold Schwarzenegger at his peak, you'll find a small watch looks weird for a few days, and then you'll adjust. I think that there are a lot of weenies on sites like Hodinkee who're convinced that they can only get away with something in a small range. They're wrong.

              I'm pretty big, but normally wear a Tender watch that's the same size as the Timex. I'm good with it. I'm also toying with an IWC Big Pilot's Watch, which has a corpulent 46 mm diameter.

              last edited by 22 Mar 2018, 10:38 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                Graeme
                啓蒙家
                Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                Hodinkee have a review of the Certina DS PH200M diver watch.

                It's priced around $700, though not available in the US, which puts it in the same ballpark as a micro-brand diving watch. However, Certina is a part of the Swatch group, and (as such) benefits from their Powermatic 80 ETA movement.

                Looks a decent piece. Might be worth investigating if you're into divers.

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                  UnTucked
                  Joined: 16 Nov 2014

                  Nice video review of the Hamilton Khaki mechanical. The Urban Gentry is one of my favorite watch reviewers…

                  In search of:
                  IHV-04, med.
                  IHSH-185, large
                  IHSH-186, large (khaki, and green)

                  last edited by 30 Mar 2018, 07:23 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                    DougNg
                    Joined: 24 Sept 2009

                    I feel like he has a very punchable face

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

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                      UnTucked
                      Joined: 16 Nov 2014

                      He does, but I like the info he puts out, lol

                      In search of:
                      IHV-04, med.
                      IHSH-185, large
                      IHSH-186, large (khaki, and green)

                      last edited by 30 Mar 2018, 22:38 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                        Dishelveled
                        Joined: 14 Feb 2016

                        ChrWard Trident Vintage Pro on top my ihsh-100

                        Sent from my SM-G935P using Tapatalk

                        Instagram: defy_delphi

                        last edited by 11 Apr 2018, 03:03 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                          DougNg
                          Joined: 24 Sept 2009

                          Ive always liked the square G-Shocks, but didn’t care for how the standard one has a bunch of colors on the face. Mixed and matched some parts and put together this. Pretty much in love

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

                          last edited by 11 Apr 2018, 15:41 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                            Graeme
                            啓蒙家
                            Joined: 30 Mar 2012

                            I'm liking the full metal G-Shock that Casio announced at Basel.

                            There's a hands on at aBlogToWatch, and it's got some interesting tech built in. The watch can be connected to a smartphone to set the time or reminders.

                            last edited by 12 Apr 2018, 01:34 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                              neph93
                              見習いボス
                              Joined: 18 Aug 2014

                              @Graeme:

                              I'm liking the full metal G-Shock…

                              Is it bad that I read this as “full metal G-String”? In my defence it’s 04:30 in Norway and I’ve been up half the night with an unwell toddler.

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

                              • Dame Vera Lynn
                              last edited by 12 Apr 2018, 02:29 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • steelworkerS
                                steelworker
                                見習いボス
                                Joined: 16 Apr 2014

                                @neph93    you mean something like-this?  😶

                                Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                Well, I have others.

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                                  neph93
                                  見習いボス
                                  Joined: 18 Aug 2014

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

                                  • Dame Vera Lynn
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                                    UnTucked
                                    Joined: 16 Nov 2014

                                    @neph93:

                                    Is it bad that I read this as “full metal G-String”?

                                    Depends on how you feel about frostbite

                                    In search of:
                                    IHV-04, med.
                                    IHSH-185, large
                                    IHSH-186, large (khaki, and green)

                                    last edited by 12 Apr 2018, 07:59 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                      DougNg
                                      Joined: 24 Sept 2009

                                      I have mixed feelings about that metal square G-Shock.

                                      On one hand, it's pretty cool and I kind of want one.

                                      On the other hand, I feel like a $500 metal G-Shock is kind of an oxymoron. G's are supposed to be lightweight and relatively inexpensive (on top of being super durable).

                                      It's like expensive Chinese food.

                                      Or jumbo shrimp.

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

                                      last edited by 13 Apr 2018, 13:48 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • ChrisC
                                        Chris
                                        Raw and Unwashed
                                        Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                                        You ever watch Ugly Delicious?

                                        David Chang makes some interesting points about the historical denigration of Chinese food and why we think it has to be cheap.  It's a good show…

                                        last edited by 13 Apr 2018, 14:05 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                          DougNg
                                          Joined: 24 Sept 2009

                                          I have not, but I'm pretty sure that if has a similar viewpoint as me, I'll be bored, and if he doesn't, I'll dismiss him as a special snowflake hipster…

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

                                          last edited by 13 Apr 2018, 14:48 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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