What time is it? Watches and horology

That seems like a good solution

34mm is fine on my wrists and I'm not a small guy, keep it...

That's sweet! This pre or post refurb? I would do the same! Esp if Id accidently broke years before.

That’s post refurb, it’s ticking away happily at the moment.

It'll need a wider strap at least

Gf almost said yes...

LOL

I'm pretty keen on these older model quartz aquaracers. Can anybody suggest a place in London where I might be able to pick one up? Everywhere I've tried just tends to be Rolex, Omega etc. I'm looking for a place that deals with high depreciation watches!

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If I may return to Casio for a moment; If I got the AE-1200WH-1B...

...Could you use the G-shock NATO adapters with it?

Those NATO adaptors run on 16mm springs, what are the springs on the worldtimer?

After some looking it's 18mm inside the lugs and then the strap steps up to 24mm outside.
Assuming one uses the original 18mm bars with a 1mm gap either side the adaptor looks weird?

Swop that out and in ten years you will regret it. That speedking is pure class. When the fashion for saucers has passed you will appreciate a go anywhere anytime watch that’s understated that’s speaks to the owner knowing rather than showing.

Box , receipt , papers aaaaaand own family history. You’d be nuts.

Sorry if I missed something.

Totally agree

Yup. Don't sell it. If you do, sell it to me.

They've made an expensive and delicate gshock

Agree with the above regarding the rolex. 34mm is fine on bracelet. it may look small on leather though. Ryan Gosling is wearing his 34mm everywhere :)

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I've been at my parents this week, just before I left my mum produced this which was my grandfather's.

(Seiko for scale)

Perhaps I'm wrong but it seems unlikely an accountant from rural West Wales would have a Junghans? He was a paratrooper in the war and when we cleared out his house, we found a walnut handled Walther he had 'liberated' from a German Officer.

Does anyone know more about Junghans pocket watches from this period? I didn't get a chance to see the movement as I had to get a train, but I can ask for some.

How cool is that.

I don't know much about them but there are A LOT available in good shape which makes me wonder if they were provided to the military at some point.

I have a very similar Junghans pocket watch and it keeps time like you wouldn't believe. Movement is solid and easy to service. That's basically all I've got.

@coppiThat yeah that is 100% true. Will keep it. Agree with whoever said about a wider strap an using it for dressier occasions. Need to get a seiko fixed soon so I'll put the OG metal strap back on and try it out for a bit. Cheers all :)

That's a good start thanks, I'd love to get it running.
The wrist case is interesting it reminds me of a warrant officers wrist band.

Is it common to see pocket watches 'converted' like that?

There is a number scratched into the back of the case which my dad will look into, maybe it'll be the original owners service number. Do you happen to know what the small button does?

@inchpincher I feel slightly ashamed if he did take it from someone. No doubt he saw some awful things; like so many men of his generation, he never spoke of anything he did or saw, but I understand he was involved in operation market garden. Then again I wasn't there and I don't know the circumstances and probably never will, so Its not for me to pass judgement. Maybe be swapped his own watch for this?

He was a lovely man, who used to call me ' old bugger legs '.

Really common. Using a "bund strap" obviously converted the pocket watch to the wrist but the bund strap also became popular with aviators later on as it prevented their wrist watches making their wrists cold in the frigid cockpits and bomb bays.

Small button is a latch or lever point to open the case, no?

Ah the strap is huge, maybe it makes sense if you were wearing it over your flight suit. The case back was open when it took it out so I didn't need to press it. I'll suggest to my parents they could get it serviced.

Commonly known as wristlets. A dear friend made one for me a couple of years ago after I obsessed about one made by leather artisan Munoz vrandecic. If memory serves correct (from my snooping around the net) They date back to a time long before the wristwatch as we know it today.

Spotted this while seraching for some cheaper omegas and now i really want one.. not that they seem to come up too often

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bkdjd9ilndE

I do like a raised Omega logo, wonder what it's worth...