What time is it? Watches and horology

Man I am shit

Seiko SNZG15

Try here? https://www.timex.co.uk/browse/men/shop-by-watch-type/chronograph-watches/

nor commit the time to learning how to use it properly.

Honestly, it's pretty straightforward. As both scales are logarithmic, there's a constant ratio between the values on each scale. If you have 1 on the inner scale and 2 on the outer scale, everything on the outer scale will be twice that on the inner scale at the same point. You do have to do some mental juggling with the decimal point, in this example you'd have 7 on the inner, and 1.4 on the outer.

The hour-minute markers are just shorthand for the number of minutes denoted by the inner scale (again, with a bit of fiddling of the decimal point location): 1:10 - 70 mins, 5:00 - 300 mins. Put the current speed at the 12 o'clock position, those hour-minute markers will tell you how far you'll travel at the given speed (or vice-versa).

Honestly, it's pretty straightforward.

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I did not know this.

If it doesn’t need to be mechanical then the Citizen eco-drives are very appealing.

My Seiko SNK809 for sale. Worn on and off for a couple of months or so, not a scratch on it. No original box but the papers are there.
£60 posted with 4 straps. Any takers?

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Skip to the chase and buy this

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Blancpain-TR-900-Tornek-Rayville-Tornek-Rayville-TR900-Blancpain-US-MILITARY-/153585044763

but really, I'm liking that Laco .. $2k though..

Also, in I'm on the fence, Drop are releasing a watch of their own for $300

https://drop.com/buy/drop-felix-automatic-field-watch#overview

Good movement in it (Sellita SW-200), and I do like it in all black ...

BREAKING (NO SHIT SHERLOCK) NEWS: Rolex is hiking up their prices...

sooooo

That's only £7679 on a watch no one can buy

I thought it was pretty ridiculous - a price hike on a watch that you can only buy from flippers. It's irrelevant.

I'm surprised they just don't increase supply and set the prices at what flippers charge

Destroy the flipper market and keep the profit. I fail totally to see how this situation is any good at all for Rolex

I suspect they are keeping a supply increase up their sleeve to try to dampen the effects of a prolonged global financial crisis.

If the shit munchers can't afford to buy any more, you can massage the market by supplying to collectors to an extent.

Are flippers adding 7% to their prices too?

I don't see why not

perhaps, but it stings for people like a bunch of us here who would buy one today at an AD for list price... All I ever see (and checked SF/FRA/GVA yesterday) is the same shitty gaudy Rolexs no one wants

New(ish) watch day. Huge thanks to @Detritus - what a stand up chap.

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it's all part of startegically managing the brand. it is not about the money/profit. it is about the ongoing stability of the business

Right backatcha, happy it went to a good home. Looks good!

Hamilton GMT being sold cheap at TKmaxx of all places https://www.tkmaxx.com/men/accessories/watches+jewellery/watches/black+rose-gold-tone-watch/p/76028134?utm_source=RakutenMarketing&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=2447268:HOTUKDEALS&utm_content=10&utm_term=UKNetwork&ranMID=43244&ranEAID=aBCSbjOIq8Q&ranSiteID=aBCSbjOIq8Q-Kby9t2QZW3iqqZ478qP5Pg

I came see why they ended up with excess stock of that particular model!

Strange... I had the same thought

Also me. There seem to be other versions of that one that look alreet - the orange and blue are kinda fun. Rose gold. Not so much.

They don't need to increase supply. Rolex is set up as a charity (no corporate tax) so more money more problems. All they have to do is increase prices and they are doing that.

I was surprised a couple of years ago to see the prices of other brands had caught up with Rolex, compared to 10-15 years ago when they were about the level that the flippers have them at now. If anything Rolex have been slow to increase prices in line with the market and flippers have stepped in. Of course it used to be just the Daytona that was permanently +£2k on the secondary market but now they've made the magic happen with all the sports models. They must have figured out how the supply chain numbers work.