What time is it? Watches and horology

Does this mean Mark Foster paid RRP for his Omega? Did he fuck
https://www.watchpro.com/breitlings-12000-watch-lands-dame-laura-kenny-in-hot-water-with-the-bbc/

Another one looking for a new home - the first Tudor Black Bay with smiley/small rose and ETA movement, a bit slimmer than those that came after. Comes on the Tudor leather with clasp hardly used, black Crafter Blue rubber and a Nato. Very good condition, box, card etc - £1900 before I go eBay etc.

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Caught this the other day, proportions looked good.

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Very very nice

No idea what constitutes good value for one of these but that's really rather nice.

Thanks, I have put a bit more info above now, it’s the first version of the Black Bay that came out with a few details that only lasted a few years, known as the smiley.

Does anyone know what make this is

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Unimatic UC3

I have no idea how I know that

Thank you!

After a serious injury and quite a long wait my club just came back from a full service in Glashütte. To my surprise it is running wildly fast (+75 mins a day), does anyone have any experience of demagnetising? Happy to try a DIY kit or London watchmaker before I send it back to 🇩🇪 (as we might risk it getting magnetised in transport again)

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hell yeah

By the looks of it they had a final go at sanding down the chain after the links were assembled?
There's something extremely attractive about that.
Question to the OG watch nerds on here, are there any watches today that feature similar chains? Flattened down across all links instead of individually rounded bulbous looking links.

Because they are nice?

Hmm .. Gezumped by @robadob .. again
It's an interesting game

Yeah they're nice and a great size (actually smaller than a vintage 44GS, closer to a 45GS). The plain silver dial one (SBGW291) is a really lovely version.

The Royal Oak bracelet is half the point of the watch, really, they're amazing. Just very precise and extremely well-finished. Lots of other watches of the period (the 1970s) were attempting similar sorts of things but nothing that has become quite as classic/iconic and stayed in production the way the RO bracelet has (and Rolex oyster/jubilee/president bracelets have).

There seems to have been a bit of a loss of knowledge / apprenticeship in the industry regarding bracelets, there are a number of manufacturers now who are making worse (or at least less attractive) bracelets than they were in the 70s. Mass production / automation is also a factor.

A cheaper example of a brushed bracelet with all flat surfaces is something like the Tissot PRX, or the brushed versions of the Autodromo Group B. That style of bracelet (and watch) has been relatively popular in recent years. The level of precision is very different though.

I'd send it straight back, personally.

Definitely not your problem, I'd make a point of not doing anything yourself and sending it straight back.

Is that even in scope for magnetising?
If you paid for the service I would also send it back.

Edit to say that I really like those, good choice.

Had this in today , is brown the new black ? Really liking it.

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New strap day, happy Friday

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To change batteries on a Grand Seiko, is it ok to go with something local or do people send their watch away?

Happy Friday. Been dailying this for weeks now. Want to try on a rubber strap with curved ends, but can’t seem to find one at a decent price. Wish Burton did one.

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Happy Friday everyone

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Off to Ireland Friday.

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