What time is it? Watches and horology

Still my fav. Love the vibe and not having a couple of G on the wrist to worry about

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Had to get some evening sunlight on this one.

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Oof, that is a beaut

I do love a mark 2 . Best watch of the day.
After the two tritium moonwatches obviously........

Agreed

I do feel lucky to have snagged it. It gets wrist time against some strong competition.

I've never had the feels for a mk1. Maybe one day I'll see one that turns my head like this one did.

Nice, I dig a racing dial Speedy.

It's a fabulous watch , I've got a 1971 model myself . Really underrated , and usually much cheaper than a moonwatch of similar age .

I do have freddo's great taste to thank as well. The face and colour fades are lovely. It's well worn but it gets a lot of love from people who notice it.

I suppose if you start out looking for a moonwatch you probably wouldn't be bold enough to buy a MK2 first.

I ended up on the fence about the super sea wolf up thread but it had me looking twice.

Just dropped it off at the post office. Didn't love it enough to keep something that superfluous.

That was quick !

26 hours 😂 was always hit and miss as to whether it'd stay.

Really underrated , and usually much cheaper than a moonwatch of similar age .

Why is the modern racing speedy sooooo much more than the modern moon watch?

Nice to see one of those up close if only for a day, great colour scheme. The bezel fleck also reminds me of the Nike ACG stuff from a few years ago.

Yeah, same. Initially why I liked it. I think at the price point, the super sea wolf is a really good deal, if you dig the aesthetics. I would like a more casual looking one as an every day watch. But I wear a watch so infrequently nowadays that there's just no point.

I have a couple of colourful watches but like you say, you have to dress in plain t and shorts to offset it. Fine for a bit of summer but not as an everyday choice.

Isn’t it the auto movement? And priced similarly to the auto Speedmasters?

I once saw a vintage mk2 next to the modern one and the vintage was so much nicer.

I had a modern mark 2 as well for a while , but it was much more cumbersome than the vintage .

Anyone got suggestions for fitted/curved ended rubber straps to fit a Seamaster (300m)? Like those crafter ones but they only seem to do Tudor & Seiko.

The clasp on my bracelet needs fixing so would like to try the watch out on rubber.

From what I've seen the problem with vintage models is originality. So many have been polished or hands/dial changed.

The manual wind on the vintage is lovely too. Makes me question the need for automatic watches whenever I wind it.

Awesome!! Saw this in a shop window yesterday (shitty photo...) and they look so nice! Really like the cases

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Why was it more cumbersome??