What time is it? Watches and horology

I had a pretty decent moody submariner for a while. Side by side with a real one the differences were subtle. The quality of the bracelet was excellent. The big giveaway was the tinny sounding movement that starting losing an hour a day after a few months.

Hell, it even turned out to have sapphire crystal as claimed when I took a claw hammer to it for shits and giggles.

If only they had put a work-horse movement in...would have been one of the best value watches I've ever owned if so.

I paid a lot for mine, so i hope its not.

Try the claw hammer test.

List of things i wouldnt like to try...

Just seen an announcement from Eddie Platts that he's just sold the TZUK forum. Nobody buys without monetizing so not looking good. Hope I'm wrong.

It shouldn't change much, maybe some advertisement banners. These companies are after the referrals revenue. Probably quite valuable, on a watch forum. But they don't preserve that income by coming into a forum, stamping all over it and pissing off the locals.

You're right to be wary. There's absolutely more fakes than real ones out there. Curious to know what he's offering you...

When I find out I'll let you know.

I thought 'moody' was stolen, rather than counterfeit?

Ah, maybe it is. I thought it meant fake but it makes more sense somehow if it means stolen.

It's 1500 USD for the smartwatch. Within 2 years, if you don't like the smartwatch, you can send the smartwatch back, pay another 1500 USD and get the normal Carrera watch.

looks the same as this: https://www.wearchronos.com/

i like the idea

Chromosome looks better, until I saw the 36 hour battery life. Think I'd rather have 4 day battery than haptic feedback, which seems to be the main difference.

horrid, as is the thought of having anything constraining your arm movement especially something bearing the logo with a meaning to the opposite of Comrade;

{urgh}

#waste

#Radiohead

get some,

x

or you could,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp1ks7PTzng

im not sure i follow you

Tudor about to launch another new watch.

Just seen an announcement from Eddie Platts that he's just sold the TZUK forum. Nobody buys without monetizing so not looking good. Hope I'm wrong.

The new owners were saying how they would make the site faster and more reliable...

It's down right now :-/

thx okay, w/o need for followers!

It appears that the purchase of TZUK has fallen through for one reason or another and Eddie is keeping the site. It's back up now, no formal announcement yet.

From Eddie;

You will probably now know that the sale of the forum to Verticalscope did not take place and the forum has been transferred back to my ownership.

Verticalscope took full control of the forum on the evening of Wednesday 4 November 2015 and, according to the terms of their agreement,

1.4 Payment of Purchase Price. Buyer shall pay the Purchase Price by wire transfer in immediately available funds within seven (7) days of a successful transfer of the Assets to Buyer pursuant to the transfer and migration process set forth in Article 6. The Purchase Price will be paid to an account of the bank designated by Seller via written notice to Buyer at least two (2) Business Days prior to the completion of the transfer of the Assets to Buyer.
On 6 November 2015 they sent this:

Hi Eddie,
Trying to get everything in order for the announcement and your pay day. Attached is a simple Wire Transfer Agreement you need to fill in, design and send back to me. This is documentation that is required for all international wire transfers. Please take care of this during the weekend or Monday at the latest so it’s ready when the time comes.
Thanks.
Jerry
Bank details for the transfer were supplied on 7 November 2015.

This means that the payment should have been made by the evening of Tuesday 10 November 2015. Payment was not received and a request for information regarding the payment was answered on 11 November 2015

Hi Eddie,
Doing a final check with Mark today to make sure we have everything.
Cheers,
Jerry
Further requests for information regarding payment were not answered so on Thursday 12 November, I delivered an ultimatum that Verticalscope should either pay immediately or restore the forum to my server: they chose to restore the forum to my ownership.

They have not said why they decided not to proceed although I suspect they were surprised at the righteous hostility expressed in the Bear Pit thread about their claim to rights on pictures posted on the forum. This thread was handled appallingly by them and did nothing to assuage legitimate concerns over their future plans.

To be fair, they did restore the forum without problem and until the time came to "show me the money", the transfer had gone smoothly but I suggest that any forum owner considering selling to Verticalscope should insist on "cash up front" and if they won't agree, there are other companies out there who buy forums.

Eddie

Be warned Velocio!

When did this happen??