Anyone into watches?

Thank you for the kind words, guys. Glad to see that you guys have discerning tastes in watches, and knives too. For those of you that are unaware, thanks to the relative affordability of Seikos, especially their lower-end 7SXX-powered watches, a cottage-industry of sorts has sprung up to provide parts and services to customize Seiko divers. You can get dials, hands, crystals, bezels, have the cases beadblasted, PVD'ed, etc. Some examples below. Sorry for the crappy pics - I was travelling through Asia and just took these pics by the window of the hotel I was staying with a pocket camera.



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Hardmix said:
EdLancer, I can assure you that Patek Phillippe is not outsourcing any of their work. As a matter of fact, they keep their manufacturing equipment from each era. Should you inherit your great grandfathers watch and break it, Patek will repair/create the part on the very machine that made the original.
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I inherited my dad's Patek, I could pay for a wedding for 500 people if I ever sold it. It's in my bank vault, some things you just cant ever replace, or afford to insure!



If you want have a good time and see some unreal watches - go to Betteridge Jewelers in Greenwich, CT. They have a Patek case with about 60 pieces in it. I bought 4 watches from them already, unreal service. The Rolex case is where they store junk!



I bought my wife a Cartier Roadster for x-mas this year, she didnt like the one I picked, they told her to take 2 watches home for a few weeks and decide which one she wanted!



Thats service and trust!
 
I knew I'd like this forum!



I'm also into automatic "timepieces," although I still call them watches. I have a Tag Link Chronograph Automatic which is my favorite, a Seiko Pepsi Can bezel, and a Trias Flieger.



I really like to automatic Fliegers, but since I bought my new car I cant really be spending much money on new watches right now. But I still love 'em!
 
"Watches as investment."



The above topic has been debated to death in numerous watch forums. Personally, I buy watches to wear and to enjoy. For investment, I buy stocks, and I have yet to find any watch that would give me the ROIs that my stocks have. "Life's too short to smoke cheap cigars."
 
Spilchy said:
I was looking at vintage chronographs and found the expensive Breitlings run on Valjoux movements so I bought an old Ollech & Wajs Selectron Aviation Computer chronograph that runs on the exact same Valjoux movement in the Breitling for more than half the price!
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Ahhh, someone that has done his homework !, the O+Ws are proberly the best buy for military watches with Swiss movement. You might also consider the Russian brand Poljot, one of their aviators models have Valjoux Swiss movement with saphire crystal at an expectional good value and styling.



Wow Seikos with NATO straps and five rings, now we are getting into hardcore watch bands here too !



Yes, "life is too short for cheap cigars" I forgot who said that, was it Mark Twain ?, I know he said "If heaven does not have good cigars, then I should not go !"
 
EdLancer and I were having a discussion via PM and the topic of Sinns came up. Well, I'd like to share a pic of my Sinn collection (at its peak). I've long since sold off most of them with the exception of two - the 157 and one 103.



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From left to right: Sinn 157, 144, 103, 6000, EZM4, 156, 956, 142. There was actually a ninth one (another 103) but I was wearing it when I took this pic. :)
 
seikoguy said:
EdLancer and I were having a discussion via PM and the topic of Sinns came up. Well, I'd like to share a pic of my Sinn collection (at its peak). I've long since sold off most of them with the exception of two - the 157 and one 103.



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From left to right: Sinn 157, 144, 103, 6000, EZM4, 156, 956, 142. There was actually a ninth one (another 103) but I was wearing it when I took this pic. :)
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Very nice! I love those Sinn watches.
 
I'm a watch guy as well, though I wouldn't consider myself a collector.



My first auto watch was a hamilton khaki automatic chrono (valjoux 7750 movement). Great watch, I still have it, though I don't really wear it anymore. I should sell it, but just haven't gotten around to it, and am not sure it's worth selling, as it won't bring very much.



My current daily wearer is a Panerai 74. It's the titanium 40mm chrono, with the Zenith El Primero movement. Love the way it looks, and I like the fact that it is very unique and unusual. Hardly ever see anyone wearing panerai's, and I have never seen anyone wearing a 74.



My excercise watch is a solar-atomic casio g-shock. This watch amazes me. Always accurate due to the atomic sync, and never needs a battery. Tough as nails. It's the modern answer to the old mechanic auto chrono :)



That's really it for now. Doubt I will buy another watch for a while, although the Casio solar-atomic pathfinders with the thermometer, and compass functions seem kind of neat. Maybe if I ever get around to selling my hamilton...
 
I thought I would pull up this old thread. I have just recently started reading about watches so I could get a better understanding of them. I still have a lot to learn but I'm getting there. There is a lot of terminology to learn...calibers... complications...tourbillons (sp?)



I wanted to share some picture of my collection. These are photos I pulled off the internet (I hope that's OK) of my three high end watches. I also have some older Accutrons and a couple novelty watches. I just got the Breitling and the winder this summer and I really like both.



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Legacy99 said:
I have a Rolex President that I bought in 71 and never been serviced, talk about quality.
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From what I'd heard, it's more like luck than quality. I have 2 friends with Presidential's that have had nothing but problems with them. 1 of them lost his when it fell off into the water when he was casting his fishing pole! Talk about bad luck.....



My Yachtmaster has served me very well though.
 
I have a Patek Philippe Nautilus that I got as a gift in 2001 and haven't looked at another watch since. I think it was bought at about 10k. I've been offered 15k by a jeweler and said that there's a watch collector that would offer up to 20k for it. Apparently the medium sized version has been discontinued and that's why the price is appreciating.



Can you tell I don't know much about watches? :grinno:
 
Like Movados myself. They're nice looking and they're not too expensive. But they scratch up pretty bad after a while. Tried using KAIO and Scratchx and it helps a little, but can't get the casing to look fully polished. Afraid to use the heavier compounds. Yes, I tried using car polish on watches. Anyone know if Tungsten Carbide based watches like the some made by Movado, Rado and few other designers really scratch proof?
 
Wow, a lot of nice watches/time pieces in this thread. I don't have anything very nice, just 2 Citizen Watches. One is an Automatic and the other is an EcoDrive. I beat the crap out of my automatic because I wear it every day.
 
I bought this earlier this year as an entry-level "nice" watch. I've really enojoyed it, but I'm already itching to find something new (and so another expensive hobby/collection begins :grinno: ).



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As for me, my watch "collection" is mainly Skagens. My daily "beater" is the following:



Skagen 433XLSLBM

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Dress watch is another Skagen as is my wife's watch. I also have another older Skagen.
 
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