What time is it? Watches and horology

Cheers.

@J0nathan That looks like a later one, maybe post-1971. Does it say "Swiss Made" at the bottom of the dial?

Yep, it has Swiss Made at 6 o,clock. Here is the rear inscription.

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Really nice that @J0nathan

^ which is why I'll never wear a watch that doesn't have a sapphire crystal.

Question: Are there any watches whose glass is fused quartz?

Fused quartz is an awesome material, incredibly strong, scratch resistant, optically purer.

It is more resistant than even sapphire glass to thermal shocks, impact, and more than equally resistant to sapphire for scratch resistance.

It's used on things like the windscreens of supersonic and hypersonic aircraft (i.e. the blackbird, the X-15, the Virgin Galactic) as well as the glass on spacecraft. It's also used for lenses, lasers, scientific equipment.

Is it just the cost that prevents it being used on watches? I would've thought this would make it the perfect bling spec.

The only downside is that depending on the method of fusing, a degree of solarisation can eventually emerge in the glass itself. But this can be avoided (but if not, then like the tropical Rolex watches I'm sure people would love it).

If I didn't have a car to fix...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Strela-Poljot-Caliber-3017-Vintage-Chronograph-1965-mechanische-Uhr-Sekonda-/222428605142?hash=item33c9c72ad6:g:lpgAAOSwnHZYZ~Ni

That's really really nice.

soooo nice!

I agree, love it.

Is that a redial or were details that shonky back then?

my bomber has a flat battery! tragic.

Bit of a study in contrasts today, popped into Watches of Switzerland on Regent Street, spoke to their service team for Omega - they estimated £800 plus VAT and a 10 week turnaround to replace the hesalite crystal on my Speedmaster. I then went into the Omega Boutique on Oxford Street to get a comparative price and they said they'd do it for free, inside a week. Boom.

Result!

@BRM I miss my Bomber, will have to pop into Argos when I'm back...

that is a result!

I should just buy another bomber, but like the look of those all black g shocks.

£800+VAT? Are they on pills?

The cheapest I can get an official moonwatch spare is $88 + postage.

Me too... Very tempted...

£800+VAT? Are they on pills?

They said they wouldn't change the crystal without doing a full service, which is ~£560 of the cost. They guy also kept insisting that it'd be a sapphire crystal replacement, which I disputed but I'm not sure he believed me.

Just thought I would share my 1962 Rolex Explorer which have recently inherited.

Still going strong but does gain a minute or so each month but loathe to spend the dollars on a service at the moment.

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Hot damn.

yeah, that's fucking banging

Seriously beautiful, man... Very envious... :)

That's absolutely lovely. I actually had to have my DJ (posted a couple of pages back) serviced not too long ago as the mainspring had failed. It cost 440 and took over two months in-house at http://www.daviddugganwatches.co.uk/

Wempe was a similar price, but they would have sent it away.

When I need to do it again, I'm going to go to Wempe, as I just didn't like dealing with DD generally.

Fap, sploosh, hubba hubba, etc

https://www.youtube.com/embed/wbUpGoOjFWw

I went there a few months ago asking to get a acrylic crystal replaced on an older Rolex. The person serving me didn't really seem to care, they gave me a quote of something around £600. They didn't seem to know and said it was an estimate for a service and replacement for sapphire crystal. I had to explain to them that the older watches used acrylic crystals. I ended up just walking out. Great job on getting the the free replacement. (Apparently oem watch shaphire crystals should only cost around £40).

Worn most days for 26 years.

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