Watches - another OCD problem
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I just thought about not having bought that Smiths Everest from thrift shop a few years ago ...
If anybody is interested in these old British watches, here's a nice writeup:
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/how-to-collect-smiths-watches
I think that specific watch was offered for a few hundred Euros.
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@RobeOfTheMagi love it
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This is probably my only priced possession. It's the last version of the 114270 before they blew up the dimensions (and altered the proportions of this watch) with the 39mm iteration. This means it has got the venerable 3130 caliber - pure perfection, if you ask me - and the engraved rehaut. Other than that, is's a very simple tool watch in all the best sense.
To my knowledge they went back to 36mm but didn't keep the 20mm lugs that allowed for a variety of strap choices. The bracelet of the 114270 is last century watchmaking, hollow centre links but solid end links. Make of that what you will ... .
It's the watch I wear nearly every day for everything but rock climbing. It found its way to me around the time my son was born and it belonged a late friend of my father's. I like the thought that my son might wear in a few decades :).
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@RobeOfTheMagi I also have this Explorer 1 reference and enjoy wearing it. I was lucky enough to be offered one of the first current 40mm versions pretty soon after they were released. The older 36mm with the more basic / less robust clasp is way more comfortable.
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@ddtrash I have the 36mm as well. It’s a hard watch to beat.
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@RobeOfTheMagi awesome watch!! I love the Explorer. I was looking at that and the Air King. Got called first from AD on the Air King, but the Explorer is just timeless and classic.
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A couple of people were eyeing up the new Tudor GMT. Monochrome has a review, and they like it a lot.
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Internals and size aside, the polar model is to my eye the best looking one and one of the best looking GMTs period.
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I love this crazy watch. Usually I have kind of conservative taste in watches but love Einstein and love the whimsy.
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IMO Omega has the drop of the year with the white dial Moonwatch ref. 310.30.42.50.04.001
Currently this is my grailed piece, if an AD had one and I had $11k cad burning a hole in my pocket I'd have one on my wrist immediately. One can dream.
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Wearing the Nautilus a bit more often now. Most comfortable watch with a bracelet I own.
A combination of the slim light case and small link, flexible bracelet help the comfort level.
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Got my first GS today SBGA461
Been drooling over these for the past 10 years, finally got my hands on one
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I have a Speedy, but in all honesty, I just don't get the hype.
I'm very attached to mine as it is a one-off. Built on a 321 movement with a Japanese Racing Dial.
But I don't like it enough to be a daily wear.....
"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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It’s lovely and they’re cool watches in theory but in practicality I don’t use chronographs enough to justify that complication versus a diver with screw down crown and no buttons that can leak if submerged
