What time is it? Watches and horology

Sorry late reply. Got a small wrist but like Stonehedge said it doesn't wear big or look too big!

If my trusty citizen ray mears ever stops receiving solar power then that's what I'm gonna go for.

I should've bought your old one, dammit!

That's nice.

I bought a Seiko solar though and it loses time like a motherfucker in winter because it sees so little daylight. Which is why I eventually bought an automatic. The Seiko is great in summer though.

The ray mears doesn't necessarily need daylight, you can charge it indoors under a light.
I never actually take it off and charge it though, daily wear seems to be enough even in winter.

They come up on ebay fairly regularly man, don't give up! @>>>>>>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go8woPGOggg

That doesn't sound right. I have a Seiko solar that doesn't see daylight for weeks at a time and is still accurate.

^ Same here.

this

Mine was in storage for many months but the moment I took it out of the absolute darkness of the box within a box within a crate, it reacted like a "28 weeks later" zombie rising from death.

Within minutes it was spot on with the time.

Damn soulless, practical, efficient, accurate, inexpensive quartz / solar watches. Coming over here to embarrass our mechanicals.....

i tried for ages to get one of these. In the end i had to settle for a BM6400 because I got sick of looking.

If it get re-listed he will accept £150

This was a nice deal for an IWC:

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=361462981708

I never deleted my ebay alerts so I see them come up now and then , they're like buses though, there'll be nothing for weeks then two will come up in quick succession.

Hmm. I should send it back to Seiko by the sound of it. Thanks all.

what's the model number I should look out for?

http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.php?359274-FS-Custom-Rolex-114060

Not normally a fan of customisation, but I love this a lot.

@umop3pisdn - what’s the strap on yours? I’ve got the blue version with the standard webbing but I’d much prefer something like that. Great timekeeper :)

One of these I think

Pleased.

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@umop3pisdn - Much obliged! Getting one of those with the next paycheque ;)

My new old Vostok Amphibian turned up today. It came on a metal band but I've put it on a perlon strap for now. Not sure if I like the watch face or not, think I'd prefer a darker face...

I like it....

... Probably means it's shit

Ha! I've noticed our 'tastes' have a bit of crossover. I saw this on ebay and liked it, but I think now I've got it the face is a bit brown and dated looking. If it were blue or black I think I'd like it more. Or maybe not.

It's supposed to be water resistant to 200m. In a typically Russian way it uses a big sintered gasket and the pressure of the water seals the caseback against the gasket and pushes the acrylic crystal in .5mm.

I bought another Vostok recently as well, a Komandirskie. Both of these watches need 18mm straps, which look a bit skinny on it. Any strap suggestions?

you obviously have good taste then!