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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      No battery:

      https://www.grand-seiko.com/uk-en/about/movement/springdrive

      "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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      • GraemeG
        Graeme
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        @Anesthetist I don't think that the Accutron is comparable to the Spring Drive either! Grand Seiko do some very nice pieces, their new GMT looks awesome.

        Felix (formerly of Time and Tide) reckoned that the Defy Inventor gave him a headache from the oscillator vibrating so quickly. That might be another reason to skip one.

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        • GilesG
          Giles
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          Date window in "wrong" place…

          "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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          • profdbrkP
            profdbrk
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            My favorite Grand Seiko is the 231: hand wound, no date.  My only "complaint" is that at 37.3mm it's a bit large.  If this were closer to the 30mm Calatrava 96 it'd be as perfect as the 25oz 634S.

            Qui plume a, guerre a. 不完全さは美しさ,です狂気は天才です

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            • GraemeG
              Graeme
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              New Submariner?

              https://www.instagram.com/p/CETg950K89N/

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              • goosehdG
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                @Graeme  My thoughts also.  Considering that the Sea-Dweller has been updated 3 times in the last 10 years lends one to think that the Submariner is overdue.

                "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                • GilesG
                  Giles
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                  @profdbrk:

                  My favorite Grand Seiko is the 231: hand wound, no date.  My only "complaint" is that at 37.3mm it's a bit large.  If this were closer to the 30mm Calatrava 96 it'd be as perfect as the 25oz 634S.

                  https://monochrome-watches.com/grand-seiko-sbgw231-review-the-battle-of-elegant-time-only-watches-part-2-price/

                  "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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                  • organisysO
                    organisys
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                    Picked this up. Simple watch, but love the whole blackout thing  😉

                    Pride of Japan :-)

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                    • ?
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                      Tag Heuer from late 80's. Spent its life as a daily wear and numorous world wide dives over 30yrs.
                      Bought from original owner and treated to new sapphire crystal, hand relume, new movement,New gaskets and isofrane strap as fitted when new.

                      Tag Heuer 980.23n deep dive watch

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                      • GraemeG
                        Graeme
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                        @goosehd:

                        @Graeme  My thoughts also.  Considering that the Sea-Dweller has been updated 3 times in the last 10 years lends one to think that the Submariner is overdue.

                        Rolex are moving onto the 32xx series of movements, so I'd guess that it's the Submariner's turn this year. The Explorer and Milgauss are also overdue, but 2021 is the Explorer 2's fiftieth anniversary, so that might be next year.

                        Of course, the odds of scoring any of these at RRP is slim…

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                        • den1mheadD
                          den1mhead
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                          Jules and I will have been together for ten years in June 2021 and both being watch lovers have decided to mark the milestone with a gift to one another of a watch;



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                          • dinobarnesberlinD
                            dinobarnesberlin
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                            Kids— don’t skateboard with a Rolex  😃

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                            • den1mheadD
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                              ^ Ouch, that's gonna hurt however, new bezel and new sapphire crystal . . . . job done ^

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                              • dinobarnesberlinD
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                                @den1mhead:

                                ^ Ouch, that's gonna hurt however, new bezel and new sapphire crystal . . . . job done ^

                                Rolex –- " Takes a licking and keeps on ticking" 😃

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                                • goosehdG
                                  goosehd
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                                  Ouch!

                                  Funny story: I purchased my first Rolex (Sea-dweller) from a Jeweller about 7 years ago.  The sales person was telling me about how they can rebuild the watch in situations such as your's.  I was new to this and asked how she knew, and she gave me the backstory.

                                  Apparently, she caught her then boyfriend cheating on her.  She took his prized possession (Rolex) and smashed the hell out of it with a hammer.  I guess he sent the Rolex (what was left of it) back to the service centre for repair, and they returned a practically new watch.

                                  "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                  • GraemeG
                                    Graeme
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                                    I think that the battered Rolex is cooler than a pristine one! 😉

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                                    • dinobarnesberlinD
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                                      @Graeme:

                                      I think that the battered Rolex is cooler than a pristine one! 😉

                                      Asphalt or a belt grinder @Graeme  😃

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                                      • F
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                                        It’s just patina.

                                        Lots and lots and lots of patina.

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                                        • AnesthetistA
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                                          Early morning coffee and Aerospace

                                          Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                                          IG: bluehandsslim

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                                          • GraemeG
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                                            Rolex have just announced the shiny, new Submariner. No doubt it'll be available soon at your local grey market dealer at twice RRP. 😃

                                            The case size has been bumped up to 41 mm, which has got Hodinkee readers reaching for the pitchforks to storm Rolex's HQ; the lugs have been slimmed down; and the movement is upgraded to the 3230 / 3235.

                                            They Oyster Perpetual has also gained a couple of new 41 mm models, again with the new 3230 movement. I quite like the silver dial version.

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