What time is it? Watches and horology

For the time being but i do have a tendency to gravitate towards tacky looking shit it seems so I really need to try to resist these urges. Or develop some taste

Then there’s the choice of sporting ambassadors and the fact that Mille insists they wear their watches when they’re in action – be it on the running track, tennis court or in a Formula One car hurtling around at 360kph.

Meh

Richard Mille himself, a man who admits he could no more put together a watch from scratch as perform open heart surgery on a dolphin.

Apparently so! They need to justify the cost somehow.

@Retro_bastard the watch world is full of them, so I guess you’re lucky.

Any recommendations of a tool to remove/fit bracelet?

Fitting BB58 bracelet is really painfully hard.

Split the bracelet at the clasp first. Makes it much easier. Then use a very fine springbar tool.

I just tape the lugs and put the spring bar 1 side at the time, 2 min job. Just make sure you hold the bracelet so it doesn’t come out the other side (on top).

And RM looks a bit like a vending machine/happy meal kind of watch.

Have you ever tried one on? I totally agree they look cheap in photos but holy shit, the quality on the wrist is incredible.

Or perhaps not incredible because it's exactly what you would demand for a watch of that price.

I doubt anyone is calling into question the craftsmanship of a RM, but the aesthetic and "yacht club" nature seems to appeal to few.

It's a bit nouveau riche.
(Glenn Tamplin, former owner of Billericay Town, often wore one)

I’m curious about the Chinese fakes, in photos at least they look close and the price differential is even more silly than for Rolex.

omega forums...

It’s where I bought mine three years ago but there seems to be a lull in Speedmasters coming to market on there in the last six months. Prices are still climbing sharply for 70s-90s tritium Speedies so maybe people are just holding what they have for fear of being priced out of the next watch.

I suspect you may be right. It's the same with vintage Seamaster 300s...

Blue 44m Apple Watch 6 for £299 (instead of £409) if you're quick....

Omega Speedmaster 1978 model year

If the year of production is really important (birth year watch?) then buying from a someone whose watch already has the ‘Extract From The Omega Archives’ is the only real proof. There are websites which will give you a rough year based on the serial number but it’s not conclusive.
Depending on how deep you want to get in the hunt I would recommend buying the book ‘Moonwatch Only’ and swatting up on your model of choice, in this case a 145 0022 -78 so you can recognise dial and bezel variations. And as with all vintage watches, condition is everything.

It's a bit nouveau riche.

Virtually every rich person is nouveau riche now days. I've only met a handful of old money types over the years. One chap who springs to mind is a social worker who lives in Camberwell who is worth £50m+ because his great great grandfather made some cash in India doing what British colonial types did and subsequent generations made good decisions.

For the record, he doesn't wear a watch 😂

I'm using "nouveau riche in the tasteless sense of the meaning, not specifically "new money"

Cavendish and Alaphilippe race in RMs but Roglic is a Tissot ambassador...

https://www.fratellowatches.com/fratello-talks-to-tissot-ambassador-and-world-number-one-primoz-roglic/

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Honestly if I was given one, I would be over the moon.

I would immediately sell it and pay off my mortgage.

What if you were lent one to wear?

Are the celebs getting them ''for free'' to keep as a payment for promotion? Or are these watches being ''rented'' and they get paid to wear them for a bit?

I’d give them the wrong name.

Had demagnetise this with the cheap Chinese kit, I forget how much I love the SKX, let see if it stopped going 2-3 extra minutes a day now.

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Interesting [https://www.g-central.com/g-shock-gm-2100-metal-covered-stainless-steel-casioak/]

That green one

Up for selling my Ebel sportwave to help fund a new bike build. I paid £665 from a Brighton South laine jewellers 2-3 years ago. No paperwork and fits nicely on my skinny 17cm wrist but only one spare link. Does £400 including best postage sound like a forum friendly price? I'm not trying to sell it on this thread just asking for some feedback on price? Going rate seems to be £600 but not sure how much the smallish sized bracelet and lack of papers affects the price even though its in nice condition.

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Anybody’s got some 21mm straps for a larger wrist? NATO’s, erikas, leather… let me know please.