What time is it? Watches and horology

= I want a Railmaster with white lume rather than the faux aged stuff, but to be able to put the watch back to original if I want to.

Sounds like an expensive faff , but I do know what you mean.
Sometimes I see something and think oooh that would be perfect if it was...........

Most of the time I really like the watch, but every now and again I really wish it was white rather than beige-and the only way to scratch that itch is to do it, I think. The denim face version has white lume, but I want to keep the black face. As such, I could use the denim hands, and modify the black face- or rather get someone who does this professionally to do so.

Just make the problem go away by giving me the Railmaster

That's a solution, I'm not sure it's the solution.

This is the denim face:

And I'd like that colour lume, so I presume I can use service hands from that watch, married to a service dial for this watch that has been re-lumed:

Although I don't think I'd want the red second hand from the denim.

Could one of the photoshop wizards alter that second image so we can see what it would be like please?

Wouldn't you be left with a tiny bit of the beige lume if you didn't use the denim second hand? that would really bug me...

oh actually the text of railmaster would still be beige too...

I'd use the silver second hand but with white lume. I don't mind the Railmaster text.

Woa, that denim strap is f-ugly

Yeah, it's a horror-show of a watch, I'd want nothing from it bar the white super-luminova.

Yeah, it's a horror-show of a watch

I actually really like it, which probably means I should leave this thread and never, ever return.

I think you should definitely take a long hard look at yourself. Unless of course, you're Bruce Springsteen traveling forward in time from the early nineties, in which case, I can understand why you'd like it...

Re the Daytona, if the 6 followed the same rule as the other's wouldn't it be 9?

Yes - which is why the Speedmaster dial & face is better as it maintains a horizontal numbering across the bezel and face, avoiding the issue altogether.

Probably looks quite appropriate on a wrist behind the wheel of a Porsche...

What % of chronograph owners have ever timed anything?

Next question.

What % of chronograph owners know how to time something?

For me, this is such a useless complication.

Been down to 200m many times?

I find it much easier to hit a chrono button on one of my watches when timing something for cooking than tapping around on my phone..

But sure, fair point. My oven has a timer too.

Nah too dark and wet.

By timing something how specific are you asking?

I’ve used mine to time how long
we were swimming in the sea,
my lengths took in a pool,
the pasta’s been cooking.

I have used the chrono for loads of other stuff too but real timing like a tool watch in a workshop or something, nope.

I find the rotating bezel way more useful for broad timekeeping, for example how long the washing has been on for, or how long the oven’s been cooking something, where split-second accuracy makes no difference.

I use mine all the time .

Nobody knows how to use an oven timer. If you say you do, you’re a liar and a cheat and I don’t believe you.

Had a chat with a watchmaker who will re-do the luminova for me and reassemble the watch for a very reasonable fee. I need to source dials and hands, as apparently Omega are a bugger to source parts from for the current watches.

Sounds like you would be better off selling it