What time is it? Watches and horology

Here's a link to their site: http://www.koboldwatch.com/products/phantom-p-110.html

It has a 10 year warranty and was designed with help from the navy seals.

Just to re-iterate, the buttons are on the cyclist-friendly side! its $4,650 which will be about two quid next week.

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Just to re-iterate, the buttons are on the cyclist-friendly side! ...........

ride on the drops man!

its $4,650

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^^ That sounds like a bargain! This is the one I have my eye on:

I believe it's 1969.

that is lovely, good luck van

Ugh, broken link... How's this?

Liking it.
Also liking Soul's Seikos

Here's a link to their site: http://www.koboldwatch.com/products/phantom-p-110.html

It has a 10 year warranty and was designed with help from the navy seals.

Just to re-iterate, the buttons are on the cyclist-friendly side! its $4,650 which will be about two quid next week.

It really isn't worth that money.

It's got the standard ETA 7750 movement that the vast majority of automatic chronographs have. It's actually called the Valjoux 7750 and you can read about it here: http://www.timezone.com/library/horologium/horologium631672313433425752

You can buy watches with the exact mechanism from as little as £600.

In fact my Sinn has that movement and I can see what they've done... let me find a picture to illustrate:
http://www.sinn.de/en/Modell/356_PILOT.htm

They've just turned the case around... it's the same basic movement.

So if you can get this movement in a watch from £600, are you really going to want to spend nearly £3k just on a case that supports having it rotated 180 degrees? That's a lot of money just to put buttons on the left, and I cycle in mine frequently, it's not a big deal you know, the buttons don't dig in at all... what, you wear it in front of your wrist bone? Weirdo.

BTW, that one... is 1000 EUR, or £875 of your notes today... wait for the euro to crash a bit more and you should be able to get it cheaper.

These people:

http://www.vintageseikorepair.co.uk/

Only deal with Seiko, they did a superb job on my grandfather's 17 jewel auto circa '71. The crystal on that was scratched to buggery (he was a gardener all his working life) and they asked me if I wanted it replaced. However, I just opted to have it polished as keeping the original crystal in place seemed important. I'm sure they'd be able to help you out.

oh cool,
I have my granddads old seiko... but the face has discoloured its in need of a bit of love.

Just had a bit of a google i guess its from the 70s. Anyone know of somewhere i can look/call up?

Suddenly the kobold seems all lame.

Steinhart use the 7750 in their Nav B Chrono, <800EUR
http://www.steinhartwatches.de/en/Nav-B-Chrono-II-black,211.html

But you can also get the 7750 in slightly modified form in £10k watches..
http://blog.breitlingsource.com/2007/09/15/the-ubiquitous-valjoux-7750-movement/

The steinhart ocean vintage GMT is ream.

I almost got a sinn today. Been kind of hankering after one for a bit now. Second hand one came up and sort of half agreed a price with the seller then someone came in and offerd him full asking.

Couldn't afford it really so probably no bad thing. Was one of the ezm3 models. How you find your sinn?

B.

The steinhart ocean vintage GMT is ream.

Is that good or bad?

^ I think it's good but I'm not sure either.

I will be getting the pilot chrono in black his year...

Looking at b dial fliegers love the originals but 55mm is far too big ( yes I realise that they were observators watches..) trying to decide on laco stowa or Steinhardt unless anyone has any better recommendations

shinscar that's nice, it reminds me of an audemars.

Looking at b dial fliegers love the originals but 55mm is far too big ( yes I realise that they were observators watches..) trying to decide on laco stowa or Steinhardt unless anyone has any better recommendations

Steinhart do a 44mm don't they?
Laco do a couple of 42mm options.
There's a few other german companies that probably do their own versions. Names are escaping me at the moment.

oops, i now haz two, both fully modded from my own hands.........soz for da fone pix

Nice. Ream is a term used by pistanator to describe approval.

^^ That sounds like a bargain! This is the one I have my eye on:

I believe it's 1969.

Went for £107... you get it?

Nice. Ream is a term used by pistanator to describe approval.

Being "reamed" is possibly not something you want to happen to you, at least on the other side of the planet.

Don't slip on the buy it now..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audemars-Piguet-AP-Royal-Oak-Offshore-T3-Titanium-Limited-Edition-/190574450166?pt=UK_Jewelery_Watches_Watches_MensWatches_GL&hash=item2c5f1f55f6#ht_761wt_1396

Went for £107... you get it?

Yes indeedy! Also a very nice NOS 25 jewel Lanco. I'll post a couple of pics when they arrive :D

^ Ace... deffo want to see some pics.

That's well nice Van Uden!