The (Less intimidating) Watch Thread

The listed price of the US one is cheaper by about 20GBP, but Amazon says ordering from the US and delivering to the UK adds $107 to the base cost, for import fees and shipping.

Giles

could have it delivered to a US addy?

UnTucked

PM sent

Graeme

I wonder if the Alpinist is being replaced by the Presage.

UnTucked

I hope they replace it with something similar to it, i.e. another field watch

DougNg

The Alpinist has been going up in price since it was discontinued. They used to be found for ~$300
Seikos are an anomaly right now, they actually go up in value a pretty decent amount after they are discontinued. If I tried to sell my Omega Seamaster today, I'd lose my shirt.
I ordered an Alpinist from Amazon about year ago, kept it for maybe ten minutes before I printed out the return slip.

UnTucked

@DougNg:

The Alpinist has been going up in price since it was discontinued. They used to be found for ~$300
Seikos are an anomaly right now, they actually go up in value a pretty decent amount after they are discontinued. If I tried to sell my Omega Seamaster today, I'd lose my shirt.
I ordered an Alpinist from Amazon about year ago, kept it for maybe ten minutes before I printed out the return slip.

What were you qualms with it?

DougNg

I always thought it was ugly as all fuck, but must have been missing something because of it's cult following.

I was wrong, it was even more gross in person.

DougNg

If I were starting all over again and were looking for a sub $1k watch, I'd probably go with a MKII ready to wear model.
In fact, I may get a Hawkinge soon

neph93

^ that is lovely. I’m off for a google.

Chris

@DougNg:

I always thought it was ugly as all fuck, but must have been missing something because of it's cult following.

I absolutely will not buy a watch with cathedral hands, but the dial is a really pretty shade of green.

UnTucked

@DougNg:

I always thought it was ugly as all fuck, but must have been missing something because of it's cult following.

I was wrong, it was even more gross in person.

I was sooooo hoping that you would give some constructive criticisms, lol!

Aesthetically, as with most things in the world (Except Halle Berry), some folks love it and some folks hate it… I thought you would have possibly some performance issues to explain.

DougNg

The movement is nice. I have another watch with the same movement and it’s more accurate than my omegas.

So it will accurately be ugly as fuck.

UnTucked

Well, I've come full-circle…

First page of this thread, I mentioned Hamilton's being nice looking, and that's what I've just pulled the trigger on.

42mm Hamilton Khaki Field, model: H70555533.
https://shop.hamiltonwatch.com/khaki-field-auto-42mm-h70555533.html

Found a great deal on it, it's a simple, clean, and versatile design, and from what I understand, the H-10 movement is better than the Alpinist's movement.

bryaneidins70

Thats a nice looking watch and as you said….'Simple and Clean'.

Looking forward to a wrist pic @UnTucked

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