What time is it? Watches and horology

Well at least it doesn't have rusty screw heads like the skeleton AP pocket watch!

Do not want^^

There are some other lovely pieces in that thread though.

http://www.parkandbond.com/product/87788997

Sexy as fuck!

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Excuse the dodgy pics, These are my pair of Chrono Lemanias. These were my Dads who used to work for BBC Radio 4. Reporters were given them to time there reports they date from the 1960's
On the reverse they have stamped BBC and induvidual serial numbers to whom they were issued. I have thought about getting the glass polished but in my mind adds to the patina and story of my Dads profession that saw them 'in action' in The first Gulf war, Bosnian war, Romanian revolution and Falklands etc

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Seriously lovely photos on this thread:
http://forums.timezone.com/index.php?t=msg&th=1644171&#msg_5677414

55mm face? would look hilarious on my puny childlike wrist

Sexy as fuck!

:-$

Not really

Bottom of the range kettle with a shitty kids strap on it

That effort on the left is an insult

G, you do know that's one of the original big pilot watches?

OOOf

simpson79 nice watches, i was transported back in time and pictured your father in a beige safari suit using one of these.

nice history. thanks.

Cheers, yep got boxes of reels like that somewhere, haven't had the time to go though them

^^ Beautiful.

:-$

Not really

Bottom of the range kettle with a shitty kids strap on it

I like the strap, though possibly not the colours, and couldn't give a twat about it being a bottom-of-the-range Rolex.

G, you do know that's one of the original big pilot watches?

Looks like some moody thing you'd get down The Trocadero :-$

http://www.knirim.de/a0402mod.htm

Inshalla...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Automatic-Swiss-DALIL-Monte-Carlo-Moslems-Watch-NOS-/260810787326?pt=Wristwatches&hash=item3cb988c9fe#ht_500wt_703

Hmmm, this:

Or this:

Both by famous designers, both beautiful watches. But which do you prefer and why?

You.

Are.

Evil.

^ that's the horological equivalent of Liberace - completely over the top and impossible to take seriously.

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This is also quite pleasant, I'm not sure if I prefer the black or the brown (yes, yes, I know):

After much consideration and reading I've narrowed my long-term watch goal down to the following, all by IWC:

It'd have to have a metal strap/band/bracelet/whatever. Sorry about the shite pictures, which do them no justice at all.

If I decide against IWC, which I doubt I will cos they are really great company with a unique take on watchmaking (so I gather), then possibly I'd go for a Rolex Submarine. Now all I need is several thousand pounds...

(not that I expect anyone to give a single shit, just bored/boring innit...)

All good choices.

Prices have jumped about £500 in the last year.

Consider pre-owned and get your dream watch sooner and cheaper.

@Superprecise,

All lovely choices. Ones that I lust after myself. I was googling about a bit not so long ago, I like that this guy has the three different straps at his disposal. It seems to me to be a nice way of adding a little variety to a lovely watch

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=187&t=811278&mid=0

NB I am not part of the forum from which the link comes!