What time is it? Watches and horology

I don't think they would have just slimed it down to the 58 with the same look as the stand BB as I think it doesn't warrant enough of a change in the range for them. I was just being naive and hoping for something closer to the 79190 Tudor.

Speaking of Tudor, not good news! Did my very occasional glance on my Harrods in the draw, which I haven't worn as was debating to hold onto and wear as my wedding watch due to a lot of the accent colours being green, like the bridesmaid dresses, overall outside greenery and so on.

Anyway, the dial has a fault! It has printing missing from the lettering. I thought initially it was just the light messing around but then got my other camera to take a close up image. First with mobile for reference:

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Looks like it's new watch time

Speaking of new watch time, Helson have opened pre-orders on the new Sharkmaster 300

in these combo:
• black dial black bezel with C3 lume
• black dial black bezel with vintage lume
• dark blue dial dark blue bezel with C3 lume
• white dial black bezel with vintage lume
• white dial full lume BGW9 bezel

Never realised this had no date.

quite like the blue dial tbh

I agree on watch boxes being pretty universally ugly, but this one isn't too bad https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/755595129/wooden-watch-box-personalized-hetch-ds16?ref=shop_home_feat_4

Is that better or worse?

There are some great watch boxes on etsy.

My wife bought me one made out of a woodworm riddled Victorian wardrobe. The wooodworm are long gone thankfully.

Its not that I don't like it, I just think it could have been better.

I have one of these, which is a bit lavish given the value of the average watch in there, but does at least look nice on the side.

Depends if you want to tell the day?

I sometimes look at my knock of Panda trying to gauge this.

My eventual plan is to get a vintage safe that will be furniture/watch storage. 200kg safe and first floor flat don't really go together though so may need to wait until I move.

This kind of thing (although this particular one may be more suited for @Soul ):

2 people standing next to each other is a similar weight so it is not a silly as it seems. I like it!

But I guess hefting it up there might take some doing. D'oh.

Can recommend these guys.

https://www.ftknox.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/FortKnox_2020_Catalog-1.pdf

I wonder if old cigar humidifiers or pipe boxes would make good watch boxes?

Beautifully made presumably with no 2nd hand or collectors market like say tea boxes.

Edit: scrap that. Americans buy them. Although in the scheme of things this one looks good value... altho only Stonehedge could fill it. And for the midcentury-gold-watch-baller.

That's nice that - tempting.

I went the vintage safe route and it’s all well and good except if a couple of really determined people wanted what’s inside, then they’ll get it.
The more I read about it, the best option is to hide it, if they don’t know it exists, they won’t come back/threaten violence etc
And leave a wolf box with some shit quartz in on the bedside table like I do!

Does this look a bit off?

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Very off.

Would be easier to tell if right way up and closer in but I'd challenge the authenticity of that dial.

At best it's a bad redial. At worst, it's not a Rolex.

(Usual caveat to be wary of advice from person on bike forum)

@fredtc As in, could it be legit? Given that they still fetch fair money there's an incentive to fake them or Frankenstein them.

Dial looks both too good for its age (colour) and too sloppy (numerals).

I like it but on closer inspection thought the dial doesn’t match the case. It looks touched up, but aside from that the numerals are hand painted which I thought looked much older than the rest of the watch. It’s not in a reputable jewellers so I guess could be both