What time is it? Watches and horology

Yeah, a Mk XI would be a grail watch; up til now I'd have said an original Speedbird was as close as I might ever get, but the Navigator looks very very nice.

Lots of people have done well out of watches but I'm not sure they knew they were going to.

The three questions that determine value / investment status right now are

1. how rare is it?
   
2. how good (and original) is the condition?
   
3. is it a Rolex or Patek Philippe?
   
   

Not much else fits the bill. The souscription F P Journes were called out by Ben Clymer some years back as being undervalued and they've shot right up, next time he does something like that I'm sure a lot of people will be taking notice.

I’ve got a Steinhart Ocean one with Ceramic bezel- boxes and papers etc I think it’s 42mm. Any interest on here?

Was a desk diver for 18m but I came across it when packing and thought it deserved to be worn.

Is £300 fair ?

Not that long, funnily enough, I put my name down 9 months ago but was on the fence. Kinda glad there was a waiting list prefer something with less bezel.

I wouldn't recommend buying any Tudor as an investment that wasn't either an extremely good example of an MN snowflake sub, or one of the Only Watch piece uniques.

TBH I wouldn't buy any watch as an investment and I don't think many people would recommend doing so.

I agree with your overall point on watches as investments, but all the Tudor subs have seen big increases over the last five years or so, not just the MN snowflakes. Same for Big Blocks. Not sure that will continue given the economic situation we are in, but as for all vintage watches there is a limited supply, so if demand continues to stay strong then prices will only go one way.

if demand continues to stay strong

That’s the thing isn’t it. The Tudor sub market is being driven by the Rolex sub market, so it depends on that staying strong... which it might well, but who knows? Whereas the truly rare and exceptional stuff is likely “safer”.

Anyway - better to buy to collect and enjoy. And definitely don’t take investment advice from people on internet forums.

About single speed bikes

good price for a great watch.

GLWTS

Unless it’s in the golf club thread, of course.

#gardenlyf

This was an absolute pig to get on and it's not the best quality but it's comfortable and fun

Edit: Thanks to @cake

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I guess it would be akin to taking advice on structural engineering ;P

Cheers!

I’m in no rush to sell it, so I’ll leave that there and probably upload some photos once I’m unpacked. And if someone wants it they can take it 🙂

Build your own royal Oak? Quite fun, was tempted to do the square G-Shock conversion, but hmm, this is cool too
https://youtu.be/P_qzAERr9oc

tempting...

Now to find a CasiOak.... LOLZ

Can find plenty down here in Aus. Full rrp but can buy locally at least.

Maybe an improvement. (Aesthetically) 😎

Fair point. Lots of the watches I wanted to buy a few years ago are now totally out of reach, but no idea if that will keep going. So I agree that it’s best is to focus on buying what you enjoy. And definitely think modern Tudors won’t make good investments, even though I own one!

Kept bashing my Squale at work, got a cheap quartz diver that was made literally for commercial diving, extremely impressive.

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So, here it is, the watch that came in instead of the GS SBGX. I do like the GS on the pictures but proved to be way too shiny in real life.
This is 41mm but feels way smaller than I thought. It is a bit chunky, but it’s an auto chronograph... I wouldn’t expect it to be thin.

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Forgot about the big eye. Really love it

I like that. Its tidy.

It is a hell of a watch for the price in my opinion. I’m so glad Longines didn’t mess the dial up with a date at 4:30 or something ridiculous. I think it’s perfectly imperfect (the asymmetry) as is.

Have tried one of those on. Too chunky for my dainty wrists but really lovely. A nice choice over the GS. Totally different, of course, but nice nonetheless.

Longines didn’t mess the dial up

There are those on here that will be annoyed by the cut off numbers...

Edit: way to fucking big

Whats the case back look like?

How thick is the watch?