What time is it? Watches and horology

My Pepsi is beaten to fuck, love it on its worn black Zulu...

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Yeah, Oris Sixty Five is really nice and can be had cheap on the grey market. Nomos is stocked in Selfridges. Have definitely seen them in Watches of Switzerland too. Selfridges have a variety of their models, WoS only have the more premium models. Selfridges ones are in the basement opposite the wine shop with the 'cheaper' watches, rather than the watch room.

Nomos strap on a Longines.. think it looks good..

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Maybe - let me see once it arrives. I have the other bracelet from my non-pepsi, broken 0040, but I use the endlinks on my DJ.

Thanks for all the nato recs. Have ordered something and will post pics when it arrives...

Grand Seiko day today at Baselworld ( @ejay2.0 )...

Beautiful:

Uckers:

Can’t unsee that second one now ....

Some low end announcements too from Seiko.

New Samurai Prospex:

cant say that i like any of them. but people say they are much better in real life than in photos..

also the dial patterns.. too louis Vuitton for me. from everything i've seen so far from basel these are the ones i like

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Those Seikos are fucking gross. Apart from the top one.

I'm shocked!

Almost everything you've mentioned enhances the symmetry.

Talking of beat up, the busted - cracked plastic, old and forgotten in the loft for maybe 15 years, then superglued back together - g unit.

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fuck, I thought I lost my watch on the weekend (at goodwood). looked everywhere - no dice. sent my pal back to the house we stayed in (3 hrs). no dice. started the story in my head of how I'd tell the mrs that I lost my wedding present...

thought I would have one more look - BOOM! I didn't even put the cunt on! the mrs moved it as she thought I deliberately didn't wear it...

a little bit of poo tried to come out, but then went back in.

now to try and break the news to my mate

"You know how they say never get married? Well..."

a little bit of poo tried to come out, but then went back in

Did lol. You have good mates.

Anyone got a white faced speedy reduced they want to sell me?

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He won't remember but I'll happily recall the first time he noticed the second hand sweeping.

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I've got a manual with a strange issue. Winding doesn't seem to actually wind the spring - There's little-to no resistance. With the crown at position 1, while putting a little bit of resistance on the crown (as-in moving the hands forward) the second hand starts to tick along.

Crown issue?

It's not an expensive watch, so am willing to play around inside. Is there a troubleshooting/diagnostic type checklist I can follow?

When you try to wind it, is there any sensation at all? Something like a slipping feeling or clicks?

Could be a rounded stem...

When I try to wind you can hear/feel a very faint clicking, as you would when you normally wind (but much louder)

Open the back and check if the ratchet wheel is turning as you rotate the crown. If it is, then it’s likely a faulty mainspring.

I just had a Skype call from a friend showing off his brand new white gold GMT that he bought new this afternoon at a big discount. Made me think of your post.

Good time to buy the WG version....

Got laughed off the phone the afternoon trying to find somewhere who would put me on the list for a steel Daytona.

buy a used speedmaster 3570.50 and get a mitsukoshi dial and hands for it

Accurate to +4/-2 and a great value $15k