What time is it? Watches and horology

Congratulations

Congratulations

Looks good

Same for me. Very stoked.

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👊😎

It'll take seconds

Ooof
I want that!

Nice

Late Friday heat! Nice watches boys.

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So good loins. Must feel good to be able to buy one at retail and not inflated grey prices.....

Congrats at last!

Looks ace.

Perfection. One watch to rule them all?

Incredibly pleased. Na. Still have my Breitling Aerospace. But if I could only have one, this without a doubt.

@CptnBigNose @Tenderloin @JB @spunk_nautical

Nice work chaps, strong Friday finish.

Cheers buddy - yeah got there in the end. Now I don’t have to block you 😉

Lol.

I might wear mine tomorrow in your honour.

Thanks, damasko hopefully hitting eBay soon. A man only needs 1x tool watch...?

Oof

👍🔥🔥🔥 that’s a cracker

Well done both on both purchases, really lovely . And a very timely moon .

I like this on ebay at the minute. What should I look out for when buying old watches like this?

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Anyone watch any watch youtube? I think Adrian (Bark & Jack) makes cool/accessible videos and his new sub is ace. Also respect he took the plunge to quit work and do what he enjoys with the youtube and nato straps.
Listened to his first podcast which was actually super interesting. However, checked out his guest's channel (Paul Thorpe) and there is so much wrong with the one video I watched of his lol - how he doesn't account for watch inflation for starters.. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PCklQpsSxw&lc=z23vu1sbbyjlvn1kcacdp433eh5nhtjpzoyio1lf4l1w03c010c.1563538834339248
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That’s a Smiths Deluxe, Cheltenham made SS Case, prob with a back marked waterproof and antimagnetic.

A nice example, if a little ‘clean’ for my tastes.

With the Smiths you want the ones marked ‘made in England’ not the ‘made in Great Britain’. The MIE ones have a full English made movement and in the deluxe versions 15, 17 or 18 jewels (if I remember correctly). Smiths stopped making in Cheltenham in 1971. A move to Wales and a sharing of facilities with Ingersol and other followed, as did a decline in quality.

With the deluxe you can also claim to have a direct link to the first watch that was worn up Everest (Rolex who?) Which was a type of Deluxe.

Other than that useless info, just the usual common sense stuff. From the red background I can tell who the seller is and they move a lot of Smiths on eBay, which all seem quite decent.

More Deluxe info here. And more Smiths info here and bizarrely, here.

Sure there is someone one here with more Smiths knowledge than I mind.

@root to me that top left lug looks shorter and fatter than the one top right. May have been ground down when polished at some point in its life, or it could just be the photo