Holy horology Batman, I think I found my next watch

[Skybird]

I have three of these in use, in dark and light brown, and black, which is more a dark anthrazite. Very satisfied, soft, comfortable to wear.
https://www.amazon.de/BISONSTRAP-Uhr...ps%2C68&sr=8-7

And this.
https://www.amazon.de/Praetorian%C2%...s%2C55&sr=8-21


And a default titan strap (Citizen), which looks very good and is comfortable.


As much as I like many Citizen and Seiko watches, the straps usually are uaahhh... Even the metal ones for very expensive watches.

[ET2SN]

I still have the band for my WR100 Eco Drive.......in the box........somewhere.

I found the el cheapo cloth/nylon/velcro WalMart bands back when I needed to replace the band on an old, beat, but still running Timex Expedition (WR50M?) with the "Indiglo" illuminated face and found out that I really like the WalMart bands.
They don't shred or dissolve (Ahem, Citizen..) and the velcro stays sticky. The only problem is that I can't find them anymore. No idea who even made them.

BTW, the Timex is still running strong on its second battery. I think I bought it back in 2007??

[Skybird]

Another great design by Seiko I like very much, Sharp Edge series, in red (SPB227J1). It has Lumibrite indices, but only at the outer tip of the indices, and on the hands of course. Thats stuff brightens up your whole living room! Well, exaggerated of cours,e b ut it is very lastign and very bright, the best such colpur in business. Easily, very easily lasts over a long night.

Its difficult to make good looking watches with red faces, mostly they look crappy, almost vulgar. Seiko has at least two that look great, one is a 9500 coins costing Grand Seiko, the other is this one for around a tenth of that cost. This one has a reserve of 70 hours. Thats anything but shabby. I could imagine a black strap looks great on it, too.



Until now, I could not bring myself to spend 700-1000 euros for a watch, so this one is not mine (yet?). Normally my limit is 500 Euros, and I even never reached that mark - I mean it's just damn watches, not the key to paradise. Or is it?

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Do you say dial or face in English?

Originally Posted by ET2SN

Yes, we do.

All watches have 'faces' but not necessarily 'dials'...My wife's 25th anniversary gift to me is sheer scintillating beauty: the Movado Museum Watch absolutely stunning in its minimalist design https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_George_Horwitt

His best known design was for the "Museum Watch", which features a black dial without any numbers, symbols or lines to mark hours and minutes. The only mark on the watch was a single gold dot at the twelve o'clock position, intended to be evocative of a sun dial. The original Museum Watch, designed in 1947, manufactured by Vacheron & Constantin-Le Coultre Watches, Inc., Switzerland, was added to the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in 1960.

[ET2SN]

Bah, if I had a load on I would think its 5 after 9.

[Exocet25fr]

mines since 2014 whithout maintenance!

[Skybird]

I have two eco drives, and both just keep on working, and they are VERY precise (you do not need radio controlled watches if you have these, both vary by less than two seconds per month, and the one even is a cheap 110 coins watch...). Citizen were the ones filing the patent for solar supplied wristwatche sin the 70s, their expoerience with the technology and batteries should pay off by now. And it seems it does. Every brand seems to have its speciality were it excels more than other brands. Solar is Citizen's.

I got a green wathc. I dreamed of that re done.Here is a vision of a blue one.


(privately shot photos by https://uhrforum.de/threads/meine-er...e-moon.427682/ )



I saw a video were the playing light had parts of the dial and hands disappearing in blackness. Polished Dauphine hands either reflect light, or do not if the angle doe snto amtch, and then they could become just invisible in low light. On this dial they would simply disappear in the above situation. Seiko's solution: the hand are polished on the one side along the centre axis, and the other side is matte. So if the polished side does not reflect any light, the matte half appears as grey. Its a great looking watch (saw it live), but threy say the quality ontrol was not good on thsi model, quite soem micro dust and micro debris inside. You do not see it in normal use, but if you have a sharpo look at things, you can see it. So a watch with some cosmetic flaws under the hood. Still, it looks gorgeous. The loight plays from bright smargad blue to rightout black and darkness. Most photos and videos do not do this jutsice, they just do not get the blue of the dial right. Believe me, it looks much better in reality.
A dark blue whool or tweed strap would match this nicely. Or a dark grey to black.


If I would like to complete a colour set red-green-blue, these three watches probably would be it. And who knows what the future holds - I am a patient man...

[mapuc]

I toke a trip into the world of wristwatches and searched for fully analogical watches... The prices they want for such a watch...around 32000 Danish Kroner = 4300 €

Hope is to find a used watch in some second-hand shop
(Fully working)

Markus

[Bilge_Rat]

This is my main watch, Citizen Promaster Altichron:

https://www.amazon.ca/Citizen-BN5058...071K6V199?th=1

The wife bought it for my birthday a few years back. I wanted a watch that had a U-Boat/aviator/military/dive watch look with an analog display. Looked at various brands and this was the best fit. It has eco-drive so never have to worry about batteries again.

[mapuc]

Imagine I actually owned 3 pieces of pocket watch that I inherited from my uncle. And they work, which they did not do when I got them. They are 110% mechanical. Only downside there is no date display.
Edit
Wanted to take a picture of one of them but file size is too big. So I tried to see if I could find similar on the web without any luck. It has roman numbers and the locker has an ornament with glas in the middle.
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Markus

[Rhodes]

My collection:



Not all are mine (totally), 2 are from my father, but some times he decides to use one of mine and lend me one of his or for safe keeping.

And one pocket watch (Longines one) is from grandfather (mother's side), she give it to me as a Xmas present, I didn't knew about that watch,was a very nice surprise for me.

The big casio, I have it since 8th grade, only bought a new bracelet, since the old one broke after some many years of use.

And like a lot the Raketa 24h.

[Aktungbby]

/\ One can see...all those time pieces "sing to your wrist" ie: U don't need to $pend alot. U jus' gotta be pleased when it's on your wrist. the damn problem is...I only got 2 wrists!

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by mapuc

I toke a trip into the world of wristwatches and searched for fully analogical watches... The prices they want for such a watch...around 32000 Danish Kroner = 4300 €

Hope is to find a used watch in some second-hand shop
(Fully working)

Markus

Nonsense. Analog watch = mechanical, non electrical watch? Automatic. From around 100 Euro upwards.

Cheaper automatics can be hand-winded only by hand-shaking them (if you left them sitting still for a day), and the seconds cannot be stopped and fixed exactly . Better ones can be hand-winded by turning the crown. Usually, if you wear them daily, hand-winding should nto be necessary.

Good cheaper autmatics have a variation from 20-30 seconds plus or minus per day. That is normal. Below 10 seconds is really good. From I think 4 seconds on they can get a license to call themselves "chronometer", these are the elites.

All the Presage watches I posted, are mechanical/analogue/automatic. The prices are 760-1000 Euros for the red, 360-460 for the green, 350-450 for the blue. The Seiko I posted in the beginning, costed 120.

Go to German Amazon, as an example, amazon.de. There enter a search for "Seiko Series 5", and scan the results, you will get automatic watches starting at 120 Euro up to some hundred Euros. Series 5 is Seiko's low budget series for automatics. I have the SNXS77 (Link) but this video about the SNXS79K is almost the same watch, just a slightly different colour, mine has a black-blueish sunburst, the video shows one with a black-greyish sunburst, both cost around 110-130 Euros depending on time and where you buy. You do not get more bang for this low price in the automatiucs segment (I think you said you understand German, no, yes?)

Mind you again: an automatic/mechanical watch never is as precise as a quartz watch.

This video illustrates how an Automatic works.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat

This is my main watch, Citizen Promaster Altichron:

Nice watch. Plenty of cooleo gadgets

[ET2SN]

Originally Posted by Rhodes

I've never looked down on Casio or Timex.

What kind of watch do you wear on a sub? You're looking at two good examples.

The reason is simple, US subs are made out of HY80 or HY100 steel and NOTHING else wins versus HY80 or HY100. Just a glancing blow on a bulkhead is enough to wipe out a stainless steel watch casing, never mind the crystal.

The sad truth is I never expected a watch to last for more than one deployment or one year when I was at sea.
We had a trick using a 1 1/2" to 2" rubber O ring where you would twist the O ring in half so its center looked like an X then lace the O ring on to your watch strap so the X covered the watch face, but it wasn't a sure thing.