What time is it? Watches and horology

@coppiThat @Well_is_it @J0nathan @DethBeard

Thanks, it's one of my more precious possessions, because it's sentimental too. I wear it on occasion but I have a couple watches, and daily cycling is not the best environment for this one. It's more for wearing the days I have to wear shoes not cleats.

Mickey the ex-boxer, who was a local butcher, sold it to me for less than half its value at the time. I think I paid him £40, going under the nose of my boss who was supposed to be selling it in our shop for £80-£100. In retaliation my boss took the gold plated Omega (iirc) and wore it to one-up me. Of course Mickey used to buy me a few drinks in the pub too, so it was in effect a gift.

Mickey used to finish work and get so pissed in the pub across the road, he had the taxi called for the same time every evening. It eventually killed him, and most of his gold chops were robbed from his house the moment he was taken ill in hospital.

Nice watch tho ennit.

Glorious

I was searching through my Granddad's watch collection last week and came across this. A quick google suggest it's a Waltham Traveler pocket watch. It was made in 1909 according to the Pocket Watch Database website. It doesn't work which is a shame. I've no idea how he came across it. https://pocketwatchdatabase.com/search/result/waltham/17619535

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Seiko SNK809

Disappointingly poor in every way

Asides from the winder mech, what did you think was poor about it? I keep wanting to pick one up, so be curious to know.

Would love to know the journey this has seen. 😎

Me too! He's been dead a while now so I'm going to see if my mum knows but it is unlikely.

I just got pissed on holiday and bought one of these. Cripes.

https://www.longines.com/watches/master-collection/l2-738-4-51-6

Did you keep the receipt?

off a blanket out the front of the trevi fountain, i hope...

Charity shop had a fake Rolex diver for 50p today, bought it for a laugh. Need to get a battery in it but looks totally duff.

It's legit, unlike my taste in watches.

I guess I'm just a whore to the retrograde.

There was one of those in Cash Converters locally about half that price... just saying...

That is lovely; I do like a nice understated pocket watch.

Didn't buy new. But half price is better than I did.

You sure it was the retrograde seconds moon phase model on steel? Haven't seen them for less than £2,300 online second hand. I just paid £1,900.

This one?

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I love it when that happens

That's the one.

How's the change from Sunday to Monday. Gentle sweep or flick. Might look better with a leather strap. So is it a complication?

It's a flick. The 2nd time zone, day, date and seconds all flick back.

Day/night indicator to the top, proper moonphase to the bottom.

It's very very loosely based on a Valjoux 7750 but apparently only three parts remain unchanged after Longines have finished modding it. It's an in house movement really.

It really is a whole lot of watch for the money. The finish is exceptional, even if it's ugly as sin to most people.

I think even if the crown had been ok, it still would have been weak in that area. The finish of the case, the strap, the face, hands. Everything looked cheap and cheerful and not usual seiko quality.
Of course, £60 is cheap and cheerful but for £30-40 more there are some stonking 5s available. Not sure what I'll do once I get my money back - maybe Jdm SNZG15

@Stonehedge didn't look too closely, as cannot afford. But looking I suppose you got a good deal.

@RPM I see a huge load of 5's coming out of India on the auction site. Depends how vintage you're happy with, or if you want to buy new/local I guess.

Tiny tiny 17 jewel F Hinds, thinking of letting this go. Keeping time well though.

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Super tiny Conduit - J A Haskell Ipswich, 21 jewel automatic, beside the daily beater Stendardo diver.

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And finally...

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Current watched watches, I miss having a disposable income.

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