What time is it? Watches and horology

Do you even automatic, Ed?

Thanks I will look into them

Not the biggest watch in my collection if you count watches with hyperdomed crystals. It is 45mm...same as my Casio Protrek..

Looks like a 47!

He wears a quartz Tonino Lamborghini Sypder. Rose gold plated instead of SS around the carbon.

You're shitting me...?

Looks like a 47!

Don't get me wrong it wears very big. My Armida A4 hyperdome seems bigger though.

Starp negotiation has already begun.

You're shitting me...?

I shit you not.

Do you even automatic, Ed?

It's the most expensive watch I'll likely to ever own, so no, i generally wear a Casio.

I'd send it back Ed, sounds like its knackered to me.

This might be a bit low rent for the aficionados on this thread but I would like a smart watch to wear with a suit for around £100 - looking at the Swatch Irony Chronos but are there any other recommendations?

Feel free to heap with scorn if I'm far too cheap ;)

thanks

do you want a mechanical? Myabe an Orient Bambino? I've not found a uk seller, but this site is in Holland:

http://www.seriouswatches.com/orient-er24005w.html

V nice, thanks

It's the most expensive watch I'll likely to ever own, so no, i generally wear a Casio.

Sounds like the mainspring is broken Ed, you're best off sending it back.

Is it normal for an automatic movement to vary in it's accuracy over shortish periods of time? For example, over the first month I had my watch it gained just 23 secs. Now, over the last 2 weeks it's gaining an average of about 2 secs per day. Still good, but I just wonder why the variance? Does it depend on how active I am i.e. how much winding it gets?

gridds - with any new automatic there is normally a period of bedding-in, at least this is what I've been told by watchmakers.

I see. Yeah I can see the sense in that. Cheers.

I'm in love!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PARNIS-PVD-CASE-Big-Face-Automatic-movement-Black-dial-Leather-MAN-Watch-/170970411138?pt=Wristwatches&hash=item27cea17082

It's a bit ChainBreaker-esque, isn't it?

Poc

It's a bit ChainBreaker-esque, isn't it?

If you look at the link you'll notice that one has actually been sold...

Poc

My beloved on seeing this acronym reckons it stands for Pocket Of Cock, which in this case I would wager is far more appropriate.

^^^^^^^ VU, make sense, cheerio.

^ Dude, don't send it back, it was a joke! You know how automatics work, Seikos in particular that most (not all) can't be wound by hand and rely solely on movement to wind them?

It will only run reliably if worn constantly (this doesn't mean you have to wear it in bed).

They don't know shite from shinola.

I'm in love!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PARNIS-PVD-CASE-Big-Face-Automatic-movement-Black-dial-Leather-MAN-Watch-/170970411138?pt=Wristwatches&hash=item27cea17082

LOL at the description - "MAN Watch"

Love the emphasis

It's a bit ChainBreaker-esque, isn't it?

I'm in love!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PARNIS-PVD-CASE-Big-Face-Automatic-movement-Black-dial-Leather-MAN-Watch-/170970411138?pt=Wristwatches&hash=item27cea17082

Not ugly enough... Where's the diamonds?