What time is it? Watches and horology

Something for the weekend.

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It literally looks like a £24 shopping mall watch.

Dog actually

Yeah I was surprised I must admit. I think I’m going to put a battery in it and start wearing it again.

£130K never looked so cheap.

If only I could grow a beard... Or stare knowingly....

I can say yaah though.

I seriously need to stop looking at Instagram... I keep wanting to buy a new watch.

What I don't get is how much advertising I get for rolex... And each time I'm like, "but you can't fucking buy one!". I get so annoyed at advertising.

I think we need to discuss watch storage solutions. I need a watch box. I'd like one thats lockable and secure but folds open to reveal the inner things of beauty... Or in my case (pun intended), my watches.

A watch box with a lid that has watch slots too. But a nice looking box... Not a plastic pelican case. (but I am drawn to its indestructability)...

I love stories like this! I keep coming back to it.

I love watches to much to stick to the same watch for any length of time, but when someone does, brings like feeling of nostogic fog over my eyes.

From another forum

How does a flush hexagonal screw turn .
At least they kind of line up in a fashion, I’ve seen watches where these fasteners don’t and it offends my eyes

Schiphol - GMT hand tracking my destination and the bezel indicating my boarding time..

I’ve already tried on a moonwatch, thankfully they only have available on leather so no matter how many Heineken I won’t end up hammering my credit card.

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Nice patina .. 44mm?

I believe they're the bolt heads, i.e. there's a bit on the other side.

Apparently it's virtually if not actually impossible to machine screws/bolts accurately enough to align when tightened. Hence why AP slots the nuts instead.

awesome

@Dammit https://www.reddit.com/r/Watchexchange/comments/en84mo/wts_rolex_gmtmaster_ii_16710_coke/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Can facilitate if you’re interested.

I came across this picture on another forum recently, not sure I could live with this chewed screw slot on the front if this were mine.

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Made my day.

Mechanical question - I have a diver watch with screw down crown. It has a Sellita SW200 movement.
Today I had to adjust the time (travelling) and I noticed a weird “clicks” while screwing the crown back down. Didn’t think much of it but then I remembered and tried it again and it actually doesn’t feel good. It feels like when screwing down the crown there’s a resistance that I have to push through. Not all the time but every turn or so there’s a click. I’ve done some quick research online and some people say it’s a poor design of the Sellita and can actually damage some teeth somewhere. Others say that it’s the clutch when the watch is fully wound. I actually don’t know what to think of it, the watch is basically brand new, still on warranty and all I’m just wondering if it’s normal. To my pedantic ear, it does not sound healthy. Anyone experienced this before?
Oh, I have another watch with the same movement, but without the screw down crown and never experienced this with that one. Odd.
Cheers

Ouch!

If it’s under warranty, ask them the question then send back if needed.

It’s not a clutch as such, it’s notches in the barrel wall that the end of the mainspring lodges against - when the spring is fully wound the end drags along the barrel wall and snaps into the notches as it passes. Try letting the watch wind down for 24 hours (i.e. without wearing it) and see if it still does it when you unscrew and then screw the crown back down.

Omg lol

Finding and buying a 1979 Moonwatch

Keep an eye on Omega Forums private sales, the sellers have generally gone to the trouble of obtaining an Extract From The Archives which is useful for accurate dating, the serial numbers get a bit confusing around the late 70’s.

Thanks guys

No worries. Some movements do that more than others - with some, when you push the crown in to start screwing it down it disengages the manual winding function, but on a lot of watches (and it tends to be the cheaper movements) it continues to wind the mainspring as you screw it down. If it’s fully wound (you’ve just taken it off your wrist) you will likely experience that resistance and clicking.