The (Less intimidating) Watch Thread

[neph93]

@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.

[Graeme]

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

[neph93]

@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.

[neph93]

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

[Chris]

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

Otherwise, I kinda like it, too.

[Cole]

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

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[neph93]

Nice. That strap is great. Rough and chunky.

[JDelage]

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

[Cole]

Great value for money.

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

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[Appfaff]

@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.

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[Graeme]

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.

[neph93]

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.

[Stuart.T]

@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

[neph93]

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

[Stuart.T]

@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.

[Giles]

[Stuart.T]

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.

[elickser]

Got this Traser H3 for when I'm working nightshift, the tritium  lighting works well and all for under £100
Not too dissimilar a look from the Hamilton which I was also considering but this fulfills its intended purpose.
Practicality comes first with me mostly

[Stuart.T]

This is currently getting me to places on time

[DougNg]

@Stuart.T

Modern work wear is actually still relatively inexpensive. Mechanical watches are old tech.

Old technology costs more. Most entry level beater cars I see stateside are not offered in manual shift anymore.