What time is it? Watches and horology

Richard E Grant double watching at the Baftas.

He always wears two, one is set to Swaziland time, think it was his dad's

Congratulations.

Now that is a rock.

Cheers 🙂

Camera angle, see first pic for better perspective. I love the side ones... Trillions. Sparkly little devils. (I want to call them cute but it was suggested that I wasn't allowed to...)

Be honest, when you look at the ring, does your mind drift off to which watch is the equivalent value?
Speaking from experience, whatever you do, don’t share that thought.

🤣

I saved up for an engagement ring years ago. Then I managed to snag a ring passed down from my great, great grandmother and so I spent the savings on my Explorer I.

csb.

Might ditch the Apple wrist computer in favour of one of these.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266135939879

Looks pretty sophisticated. Are you sure you'd use all the features?

Lovely, congrats also!!

Be honest, when you look at the ring, does your mind drift off to which watch is the equivalent value?

Speaking from experience, whatever you do, don’t share that thought.

lol

It was definitely part of the thought process. Mrs CB2b is very aware of my purchases, past/present and possible future ones. My thought was, if im going to wear a watch of value, surely thats the same? Or more so as watches come and go... So what if i cant eat, how much can one place on love?

I couldnt quantify rings/ring prices, so i had to use watches... Is this a g-shock, or should i go for an AP "torbillion"...

very dangerous thinking games this

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Late to the party but CONGRATULATIONS! Great news - wishing you heaps of future happiness.

Also, i think it's brilliant that the forum is part of the event with @magpie assisting with the shiny stuff and @ejay2.0 looking after the photography.

What's the thread consensus on nomos?

Ive had a fairly significant moment at work, after a long time of lots of hard work, which I want to quietly mark, so have got myself a pre order of the pelagos fxd. I'd like to get a watch for my wife at the same time. She's not one for a metal bracelet, and really likes the minimal end of the spectrum. Nomos would seem the perfect fit.

Berry's have a decent sale on Nomos if your browsing. I know nothing about them though.
https://www.berrysjewellers.co.uk/search/nomos#sort4

Few crush today at the flea market..

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Thread complaints have been the mega lugs make the watches "wear" bigger than the case size would indicate / that they look better in photos than in real life. Not sure whether either of those are relevant to ladies' models.

Congrats

I would have bought that crayfish.

I’ve always fancied one. Proper bits of design. A size for every wrist and a movement for every budget.

But I swear they were ~half those ^ prices last time I looked a few years ago.

That's like no flea market I ever see any more.

@Aroogah passed on it because I couldn’t justify spending 300 bucks for it, but I will regret it for a long time..

Same flea market happens again in one month, finger crossed the seller will be there and still got it..

@Grumpy_Git it’s a meeting for professional antique dealers, took place every month in Avignon.

Amazing things to see/buy but sellers know what they have, didn’t expect for bargains

As expected not in the UK. Some lovely watches though. That Nivada is brilliant

I think I’d always default to Cartier or Omega in this situ

Nomos generally have long lugs that don't dip, so unless you under-size quite a bit they don't fit very well.

They always used to be great value for money but as @Hefty says, their prices seem to have shot up recently.

For a small casual-ish watch they're nice. I think it comes down to whether the design language is right for you - they really have their own niche, so if you like that type of Bauhaus design it'll hit the mark. AnOrdain are maybe in a similar wheelhouse but the waiting list is very long indeed.

A more leftfield minimal-design-forward option might be one of the 36mm Ochs und Junior Settimanas:

https://www.ochsundjunior.swiss/watches/settimana-black/shop/

O&J historically have been about offering customisation of every dial component but they now do an off-the-shelf range that are much more affordable (especially the Settimanas, which is a weekday complication). The cases are CNCd titanium and the movements are cleverly modified Sellitas/ETAs (Ulysse Nardin in the more complicated watches - Ludwig Ochs is a complications designer for UN).

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