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Steve D Member Since: 19 Jan 2013 Location: Essexshire Posts: 4109 |
What style are you looking for Sid - sports/dress/dive etc. Bracelet or strap. Mechanical or quartz? What’s your intended use - everyday/evening. So many permutations. I wouldn’t rule out a used/nearly new either. I would say pop into a watch shop every time you go out and try on as many watches as you can. Then try them on again the next time you go out. And the next! You may find, like I did, the type of watch you initially wanted changes over the course of a few weeks or months. When you find the one for you, then look online - most can be had for around 20% off the retail price. Join a few watch forums. https://forum.tz-uk.com/ https://thewatchforum.co.uk/ https://www.christopherwardforum.com/ are quite friendly. Www.ChristopherWard.com do a few in your price range and you have 60 days in which to send it back for a refund. Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto Present: Audi A3 S Line. |
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13th Jun 2021 6:20 am |
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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4907 |
I can't see the point of a clone for a number of reasons. The point is, is actually having an original. There are manufacturers without a brand name tax which are very nice. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!
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13th Jun 2021 7:09 am |
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Somika21 Member Since: 19 Jun 2021 Location: Bangkog Posts: 1 |
I love watches..and i have a good collection of watches Bearing dealer in Bangkok |
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19th Jun 2021 9:14 am |
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Steve D Member Since: 19 Jan 2013 Location: Essexshire Posts: 4109 |
And you signed up to a Freelander 2 forum to say that? Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
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19th Jun 2021 6:41 pm |
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Sidthecat Member Since: 10 Sep 2017 Location: Sarf-East London-sur-Mer Posts: 1635 |
and he's all the way from Bangkog wherever that is? |
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19th Jun 2021 10:51 pm |
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dorsetfreelander Member Since: 20 Jul 2013 Location: Dorset Posts: 4354 |
I am not into this form of jewelry but I read some articles in the FT over the weekend about expensive watches and some of online comments were quite revealing. On person, who seemed very knowledgeable about the different brands and their history pointed out that apart from Rolex, most manufacturers can't afford to develop and build the high quality movements and buy them in from a small number of specialist manufacturers. It's similar to the car industry where the likes of Peugeot build and design diesel engines for other suppliers as you need the economies scale. He claimed that most watchmakers actually only build the case and dial. This was news to me but perhaps it's well known.
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6th Sep 2021 4:08 pm |
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Boxbrownie Member Since: 17 Mar 2019 Location: Looe Posts: 2053 |
Unfortunately a lot of people who just swim and splash around need at least 100 metre watches, as it’s not just the depth that matters it’s the “stress” under the water they are put to that determines their water resistance, I personally wouldn’t want to just surface swim with anything under 100 metre rating (50 metres is fine in the shower…..just )
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6th Sep 2021 6:12 pm |
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The Doctor Member Since: 09 Jul 2010 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 4615 |
New G-Shock from SWMBO this year. The one I've been eyeing up for a while
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26th Dec 2021 10:38 am |
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SYFL2 Member Since: 16 Jun 2012 Location: Sheffield Posts: 2597 |
I like that a lot the yellow and black really works and it’s nice to know all those hints didn’t fall on deaf ears. |
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26th Dec 2021 10:47 am |
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IanMetro Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: Somerset BS21 Posts: 3156 |
This reminded me of my old 1970s Sekonda Watch that I wrote about a few years back, with picture of its incredibly complex mechanism. . I have since had the watch serviced and a new glass and strap fitted, so that I can wear it on 'high days and holidays'. I have copied my original post below.
I was surprised to read in this weeks Autocar that the above watch has risen in value well above £500. It is a USSR Aviator/Cosmonaut's Chronograph Mechanical Watch (19 jewel movement type 3017). These watches were first issued to the Soviet Military around 1959, and produced under the names of Strela, then Pojot (from 1964), and Sekonda in the 1970s. These watches were the official flight gear used by Soviet Pilots for the accurate measurement whilst flying. They were also issued to Cosmonauts until the end of production in 1979. I searched around in the back of my cupboards and found this watch which I had discarded in the early 1980s. I wound it up and it still works. I had needed the accurate stopwatch for work, and I replaced it eventually with an early 1980s Casio battery analogue dialled watch with a digital date/stopwatch/alarm display (for about £16). https://www.casio.co.uk/products/timepiece...0A-1DMQYES I still use this design to this day, although I usually buy it from Argos for £29.99. Not sure now what to do about my possible new found wealth? FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011) FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 77k+ miles) (MY2015) Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History (Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?) |
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26th Dec 2021 11:19 am |
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Steve D Member Since: 19 Jan 2013 Location: Essexshire Posts: 4109 |
I've seen another watch I'd like. A relative cheapy too. Might even get more than one of them. Just released so a bit hard to get hold of at the moment.
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27th Mar 2022 8:45 am |
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jules Member Since: 13 Dec 2007 Location: The Wilds of Warwickshire Posts: 5062 |
I believe people have been queuing for hours to get one. Jules |
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27th Mar 2022 10:46 am |
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Jagracer Member Since: 22 Feb 2019 Location: east anglia Posts: 198 |
I have a Swiss watch somewhere, haven't seen it for at least ten years. Never wear one, but I have a clock on a cheap smartphone tuned to Beijing time or somewhere in China. I can only afford cheap, as Freelanders cost more than a Tanker of Oil to keep running per annum. |
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27th Mar 2022 2:36 pm |
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3landertwo Member Since: 27 May 2020 Location: UK Posts: 1130 |
....... many 'moons' since I have seen a Swiss watch, come to that, what is a watch my grandson asked ? ..... |
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27th Mar 2022 6:14 pm |
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