What time is it? Watches and horology

Very nice!

I’m glad I didn’t bid! That was in my watch list.

Love that on that strap

Almost new watch day..

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Same old same old

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Unsurprisingly, this is still getting some attention

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even thought it’s 150mm WR which is weird.

I thought the same!

Its the large caseback window.

Did the thing

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The leather bracelets? Yeah not surprised

Great Muhle! Didnt know you owned one.

There's a lot of choice when it comes to pilot watches but this one was my favourite when I tried a variety on. Alsal kept it for me for about a year while I was dithering!

Not the most authentic of Pilot watches but the East German heritage of Muhler interests me and its a cracking value watch.

EDIT: Fuck me, they've nearly doubled in price since I bought it. £2.7k feels about right for the quality but I paid closer to £1.5k https://www.muehle-glashuette.de/en/watch/terrasport-i-chronograph-black-leather-strap/

Oh yes

They do add a certain je ne sais quoi to my ensemble

This looks quite tasteful, for a Monster

Yes, that's a bit strange given it's all about the vintage diving credentials. Not that it will be going any deeper than a swimming pool.

I like these but one of my best mates at secondary was called Christopher Ward meaning I can't wear a watch with his bloody name on it.

I wonder what the bracelet feels like. I wonder if it's as solid as a rolex one.

Vintage Seiko 1971 new watch day. Two months older than me.

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Stupid bloody mates with their stupid bloody names. Just be grateful you didn’t sit next to Dave Seiko.

Nice! If that’s the date at 3 o’clock, What’s the number next to the day? is that the day of the week (if Mon is 1)?

Friday and I’m still wearing the CW sale c65

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That's bloody lovely!

I’ve always liked Squale, never had one. What’s the quality like?

I’m wearing my favourite manual watch today.

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let me know if you get sick of it! I'm a long way off being able to get my hands on a Tudor one...

My Squale (1521 aka 50 Atmos) is rock solid. Bezel is a 60-click design and feels indestructible (it really clunks into each notch). Nice case (Squale were a specialist case maker/supplier for a number of brands, including Blancpain). Rated to 500m. Recessed signed crown.

Movement is an ETA 2824-2, so pretty decent, ticks at 4hz, they don’t like being hand wound a lot and mine already has slightly iffy winding engagement. But overall - it’s a really nice pure tool divers watch, no frills, from a company with a distinguished history of making divers watches.

I’m not sure whether the 20/30 Atmos models match up to that build quality, haven’t tried one. Also a bit disappointed that they have jumped on the Rolex homage bandwagon recently, but what can you do.

Edit: thought this was one of their nicer recent efforts:

https://www.gnomonwatches.com/collections/squale/products/sub-39-superblue

Thanks. Yes, the days are numbered 1 to 7 as well as the actual monthly date.

Took me a while to figure out how to set the date. Turns out you push the crown in, each push advances the date by one.