What time is it? Watches and horology

Agree re: mirror polishing, I actually think it makes a watch look cheap.

Brushed case and oyster, polished bezel is the OP formula now. Suits me, I think.

Otherwise just brush the PCLs and leave the endlinks and the lugs as they are.

Here’s an omega Seamaster 300 which had the polished outer bracelet links brushed

Before:

After:

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Also, why has no one bought this ‘73 Seamaster from me yet?

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Beats me ......

If you can convince my girlfriend that another watch is more important than having the flat painted then I'd be keen.

Having had a brief work interaction with Freddo recently, I reckon he'd be able to talk her round given half a chance.

Your paint won't appreciate in value for a start.

Ha! I’m not quite sure how to take that! :)

Do you need beaten?
Car running ok? No funds required at the mo. (Hint!) lol

It was intended as a compliment.

😊

If you can convince my girlfriend that another watch is more important than having the flat painted then I'd be keen.

Tell her you’ll paint the flat yourself and use the money you save to buy a watch instead. Buy the watch, then do an unbelievably bad job of painting the first room. Problem solved! 😂

Saw a dude wearing an Audamars Piguet royal Oak stainless and blue dial... First time I've seen one live. Surprised at how nice it looked and how subtle it was. All casual in a $35k watch, eek. Well, I assume it was real...

A grey dialed steel Royal Oak is my grail. Woof!

Prob a silly question but how does water-resistance work? Is it literally the ingress of water into the mechanism or does it account for other aspects of pressure? When you get a watch serviced is the WR value maintained.

Just bought a diver (of course I don’t dive) - so I’m wondering how/who to service.

Water Resistant and Waterproof are diff I think?

If u have a diver rated to 500m then it is waterproof.

If serviced it will need to be resealed and tested to ensure rating.

This is spenny.

Or u get cheap service and rock it at the side of the pool. 😎

When you get a watch serviced is the WR value maintained?

A full service should include seals (caseback and crown) and a pressure test, which is quite complex but can be carried out to any water resistance value. A movement service doesn't need to be included with a pressure test but this is usually done at the same time. Ask your watchmaker whether he can do a pressure test. Typically a pressure test will cost in the region of £50-£75 I believe, with a full movement service (not just adding some oil but fully disassembling, cleaning and reassembling the movement) should cost no less than £300, depending on the movement and whether parts need replacing.

Thanks

The watch is 10 years old with multiple previous owners - can I assume the rating means nothing?

For simple movements that just require a clean and lube, Alsal can charge less than £100 for a service. Obvs depends on what you've put in front of them though.

if it hasn't been serviced or you don't know the service history, then assume it has no water resistance as the rubber seals will perish. For some watches, seals are destructible so if you fit a seal then later remove the caseback the seal is no good anymore.

that is cheap! Presumably doesn't include movement disassembly though, right? Is it Just a few additional drops of oil in the right places and fish out any lint? :)

I struggle to see what they could clean in any meaningful way without disassembling the movement.

This but Chronograph. Never happening though, silly money.

Hot off the proverbial, been waiting ages.

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Theyve just fully stripped a vintage seiko for me for £75. I did spend a fair bit with them at the same time though, so perhaps theyre just being kind to me.

Any thoughts on these two?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-OMEGA-1940s-cal-280-30T2SC-ref-2496-4-Original-buckle-No-reserve/293111658416?hash=item443ed0f7b0:g:eCwAAOSw31dc9XkZ
I think this is very beautiful, but worried about the size. It would be for my wife and she's used to borrowing my seiko at 37 mm. I had a 32 mm watch briefly and it felt tiny, but then I was used to something quite big at the time...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-OMEGA-1950s-cal-265-two-tone-dial-Ref-2622-2-No-reserve/293107065337?_trkparms=aid%3D1110001%26algo%3DSPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131231084308%26meid%3D416817ed83a04ea192ed169a6f2f854a%26pid%3D100010%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D293111658416%26itm%3D293107065337&_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109
Good too, but the patina and missing lume is annoying...

lovely! Double-cuff shirt doesn't really work with that watch though ;)