What time is it? Watches and horology

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I like that an awful lot.

The 4:30 placement for the date is just fine, I have no idea why the 3 placement is sacrosanct.

sips whisky

waits for regal to explode

Placement is fine - but, as has been proved by Bell & Ross, can be done better.

The width of the 8 in the date window concerns me - looks too wide, I’d be interested to see how 28 etc. are handled

Also like this. Yeah it's busy...

That's good too. @mmccarthy would also approve.

@Sumo I always liked your tag pls post

My G Shock GA2000 set me back 99 GBP but does allow regular straps to be mounted. 24mm lugs

It's in a drawer for now, needs a new battery cos it's a dirty quartz. Also it's only 2006 so I'm not sure it counts.

It’s not the placement, it’s the unnecessary rotation of the numerals. Especially because the minute/second track numerals that are right next to it are rotated perpendicular to it.

No date at all is clearly preferable on a chronograph, though. Datograph fans can come at me.

Indeed! I've got a shameless knock-off Seiko (albeit black-white colours reversed).

Loses points for only having distance conversions though, nothing for volume or weight? Or the all important fuel & oil density markers?

Amateurs.

The actual Navitimers are cool. The recent Navitimer 8 range are nice watches, but not Navitimers. Shame they tried to leverage the name like that. That’s Georges Kern for you though. If the man has any sense he’ll revive the Top Time.

Like that matters... you can’t actually buy the fucking things

I'm with @Regal on this - no issue with a 4.30 date but it looks so much better vertical (eg on the B&R posted a page or two back). Also they've gone pretty big with the date font so it's particularly noticeable/jarring.

Otherwise the watch is a proper looker (I'd prefer the bezel to have all the numbers if it's supposed to be a 2nd time zone thing, but that's a minor nit pick)

That looks the biz - and extra marks for the strap / logo colour co-ordination

Laco are doing a lovely GMT at the moment.

Oooh I like that

I Like that.

Page and Cooper jewellers.

Amazing service. Great company.

Amazing service. Expensive company.

ftfy

Lol

This is excellent.

The actual Navitimers are cool. The recent Navitimer 8 range are nice watches, but not Navitimers.

Can you explain the difference? I've no idea. I just thought it looked amaze.

edit: Ah, don't worry, educated myself.

I'd love a Navitimer but I don't think I could pull it off, nor commit the time to learning how to use it properly.

Wasn’t there a ding dong when Breitling went bust and Sinn bought the rights to the Navitimer and then someone resuscitated the company and sued Sinn for it back but only got awarded the name? So Sinn’s 903 has the original aesthetic albeit with a lesser movement.

I need suggestions for a watch for my dad’s 70th. £200 or so. Like a risky of a timed or sommat. I was thinking some like those old seiko pilot watches. Like Aroogah’s sinn with the sideways sub dials