timepieces

[dgaddis]

Have eyed these since I first got interested in watches a few years ago. Picked it up a month or so back. Great watch, but not "perfect". The lume is essentially non-existent, it might as well not be there. And the crystal is crazy reflective, but I'm gonna swap it out as soon as CrystalTimes gets them back in stock. But it wears super comfortably, it's nice and thin, and looks great on whichever strap you put it on.

[NYCfixie]

While I still have several watches listed for sale on eBay, I am tempted to keep these 4 as a do-it-all collection: Land, Sea, Air, and Dress.

[j44ke]

I got a nice Maratec woven nylon band. It is about 1-1 1/4" too long. I have to fold the end under and run it back into the band loop. I'd rather not cut it and seal the end with a match. We had a hot knife for cutting climbing rope at the outdoor store where I worked ages ago. Do they still make those?

[j44ke]

I got a nice Maratec woven nylon band. It is about 1-1 1/4" too long. I have to fold the end under and run it back into the band loop. I'd rather not cut it and seal the end with a match. We had a hot knife for cutting climbing rope at the outdoor store where I worked ages ago. Do they still make those?

Okay, once again I am answering my own questions. Went to Chatham Hardware (a real hardware store with a cat - visit if you are in Chatham NY) and got a soldering gun plus a rope cutting "iron" so now I am slicing and dicing to the basket.

[NYCfixie]

Okay, once again I am answering my own questions. Went to Chatham Hardware (a real hardware store with a cat - visit if you are in Chatham NY) and got a soldering gun plus a rope cutting "iron" so now I am slicing and dicing to the basket.

You are going old-skool in every sense of the word.

[72gmc]

As long as you pronounce it "sold-er" and not "sodd-er" the crowd will be on your side.

(I've been watching James May's Reassembler videos)

[dashDustin]

(a real hardware store with a cat - visit if you are in Chatham NY)

Those are the best. Especially when they have creaky wood floors.

[j44ke]

Those are the best. Especially when they have creaky wood floors.

I think the wood one fell down long ago. This is a long prefab structure, but boy is it crammed with stuff.

[dgaddis]

Wildly nice for just over $400. The factory leather strap and deployant clasp wasn't great, but I had this sitting around already that works great.

[theflashunc]

Caved and did a thing. Tough to pass up a 120 hour power reserve in a 300m diver.

[72gmc]

I like the look of IWCs. What size is yours? I regularly pass a billboard with Lewis Hamilton modeling what looks like an IWC wrist shield.

[theflashunc]

I like the look of IWCs. What size is yours? I regularly pass a billboard with Lewis Hamilton modeling what looks like an IWC wrist shield.

Lewis rocks the Big Pilot 46 perpetual calendar, usually in ceramic. It's not a shy watch.

The Aquatimer is 42mm and a not unreasonable 14mm thick.

[bertiewhang]

Wildly nice for just over $400. The factory leather strap and deployant clasp wasn't great, but I had this sitting around already that works great.

I'm going to treat myself to an Oceanus one day. I love Casio stuff.

[dgaddis]

Can't recommend Oceanus enough if you want a great quartz watch. Great quality, tons of great quartz tech like solar powered, radio controlled, bluetooth connectivity if you want it (I don't use it), quick timezone changes, tough movement, perpetual calendar, all with beautiful case finishing (cases are made in a Grand Seiko plant FWIW). This one (all of them actually except the OCW-T200 models) is in titanium. It shows two time zones at once and has a stopwatch that's easy to get to - hit the button at 8:00 to switch to stopwatch mode, then hit the 2:00 pusher to start it. Lots of quartz watches require pulling the crown out to switch modes, which is annoying IMO. For less than $450 shipped from Japan to GA, pretty sweet I think.

[bertiewhang]

Can't recommend Oceanus enough if you want a great quartz watch. Great quality, tons of great quartz tech like solar powered, radio controlled, bluetooth connectivity if you want it (I don't use it), quick timezone changes, tough movement, perpetual calendar, all with beautiful case finishing (cases are made in a Grand Seiko plant FWIW). This one (all of them actually except the OCW-T200 models) is in titanium. It shows two time zones at once and has a stopwatch that's easy to get to - hit the button at 8:00 to switch to stopwatch mode, then hit the 2:00 pusher to start it. Lots of quartz watches require pulling the crown out to switch modes, which is annoying IMO. For less than $450 shipped from Japan to GA, pretty sweet I think.

Yip well smart