Timepieces

[Jason Musgrave]

I'm seriously lusting after one of Yao's creations and may end up selling the 6306 and a kidney to get one.

[Disturbed]

My advice is to lock you credit cards in a Swiss bank vault before you check out this place. The forums are pretty comprehensive.

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[Jklash]

My advice is to lock you credit cards in a Swiss bank vault before you check out this place. The forums are pretty comprehensive.

Watchuseek.com | THE most visited Watch Forum Site in the World | The right place, the right time to talk about Watches, Horloges, Uhren, Montres, Orologio, Relojes, Relogios.

No kidding, I've become a bit of an addict since my first visit there. For a while I was going back daily. The good news is that I'm a Seiko guy so I can manage my my disease with relative affordability and value. The SBDC001 aka Sumo (right) is my current daily wearer, but the Marine Master 300 (left) is my grail.

[Disturbed]

More trouble....

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Not elegant but it suits my casual outdoor lifestyle. I want.

[nahtnoj]

Traser is on my radar now. That site has a model w/ an alarm for less than $500. Not a bad deal at all.

[dashDustin]

Well, since this is in TAoW now, let me just say that I'd trade my truck for this:



Ressence Watch Hands-On

The Gaulzetti I planned on getting at some point has just been pushed back a purchase.

[Disturbed]

This MTM is a total cliche but its light mode feature would be very useful to me, although I realize I'd be pay bucks just for the macho model name......



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Dustin, Very nice.

[Jason Musgrave]

I'm getting ready to dump the aforementioned 6306 to partially fund a MKII. It just came back from Jack at IWW last week all ready to go for a new owner. Likely holding out for a used Paradive (Benrus repo). These Kingstons (nod to Bond-era Submariners) haven't even been fully delivered yet and are already going for more used than they were new...

[chasea]

I have to confess that I don't know much about watches. I don't wear them, or any jewelry for that matter. I have a friend who is a watchmaker; and if I was ever in the market, he'd get my business.

Seeing that a custom made watch isn't in my budget right now (or probably anywhere in the near future); this looks good to me for $410.

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[xjoex]

Perusing this thread got me interested in the Maratac/NATO watch bands. I have had this swiss army watch for 15 years and decided to freshen it up. I picked up two bands from maratac. I think the bond bands really looks good on this watch.


-Joe

[billrick]

I sold my old Yao to someone on Vsalon. How is it? Can I have it back?

The Rolex Explorer is in the safe and I'm sporting a Timex Ironmon these days.

[MIN]

my wife just picked this out for me on my birthday.

[DCT]

my wife just picked this out for me on my birthday.

thats nice. the white face really pops

[sharkboyrob]

Great thread. I've been looking for a traditional moon phase. Any suggestions for a "reasonably" priced automatic or otherwise?

[gearguywb]

Been shopping a bit for something new. Really liked the look of the TagFormula 1 Grande Date, and found it (at what I thought) was a very fair price. Problem is that it would need to be sent off any time the battery needed to be replaced. Would much prefer an automatic.

Also checked out the Omega Sea Master, Planet Ocean. Really liked it but the local shop is pretty proud of them.

Any suggestions?

[Too Tall]

Been shopping a bit for something new. Really liked the look of the TagFormula 1 Grande Date, and found it (at what I thought) was a very fair price. Problem is that it would need to be sent off any time the battery needed to be replaced. Would much prefer an automatic.

Also checked out the Omega Sea Master, Planet Ocean. Really liked it but the local shop is pretty proud of them.

Any suggestions?

I got Jason's refurbished Seiko and it's pretty darn great.
Still, my all time fav. will be and remains the Omega Seamaster. It is light, thin and wickedly rugged. I've never given second thought to wearing it during races and offroad training.

[frenk]

My wife just bought me *the* antithesis of nice watch and I'm loving it just as much as the Seamaster!

[gearguywb]

wondered where that got too....nice grab!

[Honus]

I would also recommend the Seiko divers- I have a Black Monster that I wear every day and it's a fantastic watch. I'd really like to get one of the Tuna Can Seikos one day. I also used to have an Oris Big Crown Commander and I liked that watch a lot.

My favorite watch to date has been my Breitling Avenger Seawolf Titanium. It's about as indestructible as watches get, has a 5mm thick Sapphire crystal, depth rating of 10,000 ft. and is very accurate. It's too bad it's no longer offered in Titanium.


As far as upper end watches go here's a couple of Paul Gerber watches. Paul is probably one of the most respected watchmakers in the world (and he's a super nice guy too.) His small shop makes maybe 50 or so watches each year and he's in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most complicated wristwatch in the world (over 1100 parts)- the self-striking repeater Piguet split second chronograph with fly-back function, flying tourbillion, jumping minute counter and a power reserve indicator for both the movement and chiming mechanism.

This model is the Retro Twin in 18k yellow Gold with twin rotor winding system and fly back second hand.



This is the Model 33 in 18K white Gold- a 100% in house movement with moon phase, 36 hour power reserve and a new escapement design.


Paul is coming to visit at the end of the month and will be bringing a couple of new watches with him. :)

More info about his watches here- http://www.gerber-uhren.ch/e/uhren.html

[deepsix]

More please.