What time is it? Watches and horology

Which guy? I looked at it and I'm also very impressed. Thinking about purchasing one this year.

Just tried on the g shock mtg in Covent garden. Nice! Would only need a little adjustment in the clasp to make it fit perfick.
Slightly bigger than the everyday seiko kinetic divers I'm wearing, though the face looks wider, but all in its not that much heavier.

Popped over to Iceland for a couple of days last summer, and dropped into this little place in Reykjavik. I mean, it was Sunday and they were closed, but the owner opened it up for me anyway.

He then gave me a coffee and proceeded to build my new watch right in front of me, explaining exactly what he was doing and how he was testing it (pressure, etc).

The end result is absolutely beautiful and has almost not left my wrist since. It's a JS Watch Co. Sif NART - the watch they designed, built and issued to all Icelandic Coast Guard (North Atlantic Rescue Team) crew. It's automatic, it's a tank, and it keeps amazingly good time.

If you ever get to Reykjavik, pop in and have a look. Gilbert, the master watchmaker, is a true gentleman and his watches are absolutely stunning.

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Very cool.

Awesome. Lovely watch.

Looks like he's wearing one of them himself too?

I was in that place last year as well.

Nice watches but pricey also

The shop just a bit down the main high street that sold Rolex's had their windows booted in 4-5 years ago and all the stock taken by some Russian gangs apparently. That's what my taxi driver told me anyway

Yeah, I think the Sif is his daily wear. I got the metal band and the same Icelandic-colours nylon one, but I've never swapped them over.

Oh that place. Yeah I'm in and out of there all the time. #jk #amazingwatch

Love it, there's one model I really like... Possible purchase...

I want murtz starps as kitchen cabinet handles.

Shit me. A nice Seiko.

Bloody lovely, even tho chronos are pointless...

Best have another one then...

And it's a quartz...

I love wearing chronographs, I find myself timing things quite a lot day to day in the office, same as with a diving bezel - timing the cafetière brew, food in the oven, lunch break, contact cement drying time. I need to get me a mechanical alarm watch like a vulcain cricket :)

can anyone find me an 18mm black perlon strap with a gold/brass buckle

ebay
^like that but without having to pay £4 postage from USA (and taxes and parcelforce handling fee etc etc etc)

I'll soon have three auto watches which I plan to wear on some kind of rotation - did I ought to invest in a watch winder or are they a waste of money?

Got told that they're a bit of a gimmick when I asked.

I get that impression.

A few of the guys I work with have several watches (of course, they're salesmen!) and none of them bother with a winder and have had no issues, I just wondered if it was by luck or judgement!

I think the main bonus of a winder is not having to reset the time after not having worn it for a few days.

I got one for £25 which I'll sometimes stick a watch on if I know I'll be wearing it later in the week or something, seems to do the job ok.

That's the real world benefit. Or you can get into the debate of what's better...oil moving and not drying out with a watch on a winder or the benefit of less mechanical wear having your watches stopped in a drawer. But that's never a discussion that ends well.

Personally, the only time I'd ever get a winder is if I had a non-quickset perpetual calendar. Then it's pretty important.

Same, I use mine several times a day, for much the same things too!

@tilover The wife turned her nose up at the Darwil but the old man is rocking it. Happy days. B-)

At less than £15 in total, there would be no VAT or excise duty (and no Parcelforce fees) on that.