What time is it? Watches and horology

It’s no Omega, but is the most accurate watch on the page

Edit - ...and this page (so far)

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That is lovely, really understated. I have the same Pilot Vanishing Point too 👍

New arrival for me today although I’m not wearing it until the racing strap arrives, ‘69 Seamaster chronograph.

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That's very nice.

Dibs! What’s the reference?

Fuck me that’s incredible. Want.

Longines heritage military arrived today from another store . How do we still have this?£1300!!
Make me an offer......

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Friday!

A lowly SKX (compared to today's posts) on a timefactors nato...

What’s the reference?

145.016 -68

861 movement, applied logo, long indicies, radial sub dials but it was the orange hand that made me blow the watch fund.

You could counter by saying that you get something bespoke and lets you add over time...

...but when so many end up as Subs, Sinns, or Tudors I do wonder what the point it - especially Sinns and Tudors. Also the middle range Seikos are so similar sizing to the SKX007/9 and tend to be better with better movements, so I wonder why not just buy those?

At the moment I'm keeping my modding desires in check by trying to "stay true" to the og ethos / vibe of the SKX (that sentence makes me a little bit sick) which is why I'm not sure about things like ceramic bezel inserts.

All that said I am currently trying to get a sub-style bezel... for a watch I've just put an Oyster bracelet on... but that's because I think the bezel is pretty weak - a bit too shiny and slippy - I've started using it a lot and am now really noticing it.

No one seems to comment on the bigger SKX007/009 bezel, so I wonder if it works better being a little bigger.

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That really is lovely.

I looked at modding an SKX for about five minutes and then I saw what you can get a turtle for. So I bought a turtle.

People like the skunkworks/personalisation factor though isn’t it, like a Golf with many dollar thrown into modding it instead of buying something actually good/fast in the first place.

The Samurai is another great one.

Unfortunately Seiko don't make any of those in smaller sizes which is what I liked about the SKX013. Annoyingly I missed out on a good deal for a 2nd hand Oris 65 on a bracelet. Since then I've decided to just wear this...

... but possibly also replace the movement and bezel.

The personalisation angle is a major consumer trend. Just look at how many models and sub models of (essentially) the same cars there are. Same with the earlier discussion of the no of Tudor BBs.

A smaller prospex level vintage style diver would do very well for them I think. Dunno why there isn’t one in the whole range.

I’m wearing the MM200 today, again.

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Not anymore. Sorry my dude.

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Sorry just wanted to be joint first on accuracy. 😎

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This is absolutely fantastic.

Request denied. Joint second ;-)

Depends how recently Pifko’s has radio synced... mine gains 2-3 secs a week if it hasn’t synced.

Also, yeah, dat seamaster chrono, holee shit.

Mine hasn't lost a single second in three weeks so far. But admittedly I didn't realise it was atomic/radio. @regal the Seiko looks great by the way.

Cheers. It’s become my daily (at least until I get the Squale back from @inchpincher).

Yeah nothing’s challenging you in the accuracy stakes, the quartz movements in G-shocks are nothing special but radio sync gives a brief illusion of hi tech accuracy. :)

40mm Everest back from repair, I hadn’t worn it in a long time due to dubious timekeeping and a poor power reserve. Running perfectly now. I tried it on the bracelet first and it looked odd, so I put it on a NATO - this is how it looks best, I reckon.

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Depends how recently Pifko’s has radio synced

1:05am apparently. Who's winning!!?

Probably dead even in that case to be fair!