What time is it? Watches and horology

I had to scratch that itch a few years back too. I tried a PRS-50B.

I love the PRS-50b. How did you find it?

Helson is absolutely ace. Love the mesh too.

What's the model by the way?

I loved the 50B. Like most of Eddie's stuff it's ridiculously well built for the money.

The new sub homages from Eddie Platts are supposed to be superb.

I very nearly pulled the trigger on one of those last week, I bought a bass guitar instead...

Giving serious thinks to trading in my North Flag:

For a 1st gen (ETA) Black Bay Black:

The North Flag is beautifully made, but with the sheer faces and sharp edges it's a little clinical, and I've not really bonded with it (yet? It's been 9 months). The BBB has been an itch that needs scratched since I saw the one-off Black Bay One that it's based on. Talk me in/out of it.

Have both = problem solved.

Personally I prefer the North Flag.

That north flag is taste.
I'll give you twenny dorrar

Can't do both. But ditching the NF leaves room for an Explorer next year, which is what I really wanted in the first place, if I'm completely honest.

Do it.

The Explorer is the one.

I agree re: the north flag. It's too clean, too clinical.

That's what I like about the North Flag!

It's what I initially liked about it in the press shots. Having tried one on, it just looks like a toy watch. There's no depth to it.

NF is cool but the Black Bay is a real classic. Would wear. Remind me what's so spesh about the mk1.... and where will you get one?

Explorer 1 is THE classic for me. Lot's of love for several of the recent Tudors, but if there had to be only one......

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Stahp!

The ETA model was only made for about 6 months. It has the old 'rose' logo instead of the modern shield logo on the mk.2, which is a bit less in keeping with its vintage look. The curved 'rotary self-winding' text, vs the straight lines of text on the mk.2. Standard oyster-ish bracelet vs the riveted bracelet on the new one, which I suppose is more vintage-correct, but looks a little contrived to me with the modern solid end-links. Several hundred quid cheaper. There's one sitting in the window of the local Rolex/Tudor dealership.

Do it... I couldn't get past the gold on the dial when I tried one on... Still a lovely man bracelet tho'...

The screw next to the clasp on my steinhart bracelet keeps coming loose. I screw it back in but a few days later it's worked it's way out again. thoughts?

Thread lock.

Touch of oil?

That's a tad extreme no?