What time is it? Watches and horology

Ha. That would annoy my Omega chum! Ejay May disagree! 😁😁

I don't like them...

Nice one, good to hear.

Noted, cheers!

I’m surprised they don’t, they’re not shy of direct Rolex copies/“homages”. E.g. think I’ve seen an Explorer II one.

So which particular Rolex is the domed explorer sub an homage too?

And then they'd make it dinner plate size and ruin it all

From the fact it was designed side by side with a 1016, it is a 1016 homage. Note homage and not copy. It's also a design progression from the first Smith's Everest(nod to Explorer and Smiths Deluxe) re release meaning it has taken in some features of its own. It's somewhat a nod to the modern explorer 1, the 1016 and it's own watch.

Sorry, to be clear I was talking about the Gnomon/Steinhart- are you, or is your comment specific to the Smiths?

Was talking about the Smiths.

Zeno Explorer is another popular 1016 homage.

Rolex made a small number of 5513s with explorer dials (e.g. https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/rolex-submariner-dial-auctioned-uk-from-original-owner ), but I don't know if they did this with other sub models as well.

ION, I've had my first (minor) ding on my 36mm Everest, so now I can relax and accept the patina...

Thanks. I can’t decide if I would like that Steinhart or not. Which probably means not.

Well it’s basically an explorer dial Sub isn’t it, but they’ve retro-d it up to the max. Not all their watches are bites of specific references but a lot of them are.

Edit: as thrustvector said

down to under a nifty so I sprung for one!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07HHK1NYM/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

i'm going to have to buy one, but it seems wrong when my bomber probably has anothe 5 years battery left. i only wear it in the garage

Thanks to inchpincher for the great box. Now I’m pondering how to fill it. To me it looks fantastic right now.

Do what i did, dig around the bottom draw and fill it with all the old watches that are now irrelevant post Speedmaster

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Bit harsh on the digital G-Shock and the PADI Samurai.

Yeah, the samurai and g-shock are the choice for anything near water. Although the samurai is a bit of a weighty thing so I'm looking at this for slimness and for not having to keep wound:
https://www.citizenwatch.com/us/en/product/BN0211-50E.html

Can't purchase in Aus easily though.

can’t decide if I would like that Steinhart or not

If you need any internet buying validation, I think it is bang on, and other than the ti diver their best watch.

pics on arrival pls

Filth!

Reference?

I think this may be a frankenwatch, or a prototype. Curious, I looked at every Vintage Heuer site I could find and this doesn't exist on any of them. There's a Tag Heuer from the 80s/90s that looks relatively similar but doesn't have blued hands and has Roman Numerals at 12 and 6. But yeah.. this one.. not seeing it anywhere.

Good plan! But I’d rather not take away from the look of the Speedmaster 😁

Similar to the 734.508 but yeah, can't find another like it.