What time is it? Watches and horology

Sweet!

16610LV

YES!

nvm

At a loose end at the mall so tried this.

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Yeah, I have one.

The bracelet takes some getting used to.

Hmm. Not sure about the red-dipped hands now.

I also had a few minutes spare in Westfield and took the chance to try on a Black Bay GMT, first one I’ve seen IRL. Not impressed to be honest. Far too thick, obviously, but it also looked cheap in a way that the BB58 didn’t when I tried that. Really weird. Bezel was vague and sticky, didn’t line up at 12 properly and felt very cheap - completely different to the BB58 bezel action, which I had been impressed with. Hands and dial didn’t look that great either.

Not sure about the red-dipped hands now.

I think they may work - or photo - better later in the day.

I really liked it, and the leather strap. I’m probably too old and have so little connection to aviation that I couldn’t see myself wearing one though. It was fun educating / boring the front of house guy about why the Mosquito was such a wild plane.

Do share

There's a blue spark on Reddit for $550. I can help with shipping it to you if you're outside of the US which you presumably are.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Watchexchange/comments/eqnxvk/wts_seiko_scvs013_blue_spark/

Thanks mate but I ended up with a SARY055 in the. End and very happy with it.

On the lookout for a rubber strap. As far as I can tell, there’s no Omega option available that’ll fit properly is there? 21mm lugs.

Found the one below from Hirsch which looks pretty neat, but if I can stick with OEM I’d rather.

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rubber b?

I don't think they do omega

Ah cool, they do now

Do they? Can’t find them. I can find the custom strap option if that’s what you mean?

@JB - idly looking on Chrono24 and there are a few Zodiac GMTs. Obviously all being sold at a premium over list. But some not that much over.

I need to get my SARB033 regulated - it’s losing a couple of minutes per week.

ALSAL?

Found an old NATO strap in a desk drawer so thought I'd stick it on and see how it looks. Thoughts?

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I like it

Me too

I like - especially the lefty winder.

Suits it very nicely.

Was rewatching a couple of old Talking Watches and realised that Gary Shteyngart's white dial OP 39 does not have the offset text error. So they must have changed it mid-production and fucked up somewhere along the line with the newer ones. Some Rolex nerd needs to get on this and figure it out.

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Strap looks good. No comment on the bezel arrow position.

God,that is pretty. What's the offset text error - the OP text not being centred underneath the Rolex?