What time is it? Watches and horology

I am N Irish without the Dutch connection 😁

Yeah.

Pick of the bunch imo.

Heyyyyy! Forgot about me? :D

Hi chum. Hope you are keeping well. Bit chilly for the Duke though. Have a great Christmas.

All good mate thanks, I was more referring to that "Dutch connection" you claimed you didn't have haha.

Duc is in the garage, not coming out any time soon! Hope you and the family have a lovely Christmas as well.

Hi chum. Hope you are keeping well. Bit chilly for the Duke though. Have a great Christmas.

Very polite Dutch. Nnow chuck in some northern Irish swear words! You're almost there!

Loving my LCD Quartz Speedmaster today

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Extremely cool

never seen one of those before. really really cool

Are you sure that's today?
Your watch says otherwise :)

Quite the collection you have.

Wow, didn't even know such a thing existed!

My ballix are frozen kind sir 😁

Trusty workshop watch on a Friday.

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Can Regal or Inchpincher remind us why the SLA043J1 is bad buy so that I don't get one that's going "cheap". Ta.

I personally don't like the light blue painted seconds hand, I think it cheapens the 62MAS design. And the blue dial also looks cheaper to me than the very nice grey-blue of the SLA037. But as a watch, it's basically the same as the SLA017 so if the colourway works for you then go for it. Couple of very minor differences - the crown has the Seiko logo recessed rather than embossed and the rubber straps (you get two with the 043, blue and black) have a slightly nicer pin buckle than the o17 had.

You don't get the steel bracelet that came with the 017 but it was crap anyway and infamously has a tendency to scratch the case.

Tools this morning, company “Cheese and Wine” party this afternoon might change watch for that or might need 200m water resistance depending how it goes.

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I personally don't like the light blue painted seconds hand, I think it cheapens the 62MAS design. And the blue dial also looks cheaper to me than the very nice grey-blue of the SLA037.

I don't mind the hand, but then I did think the dial isn't up to the same standard as the SLA037.

The case is brushed too, whereas on the 17 and 37 its a polished / brushed mixture IIRC.

I think it's a bit of a confused watch when compared to the 17 and 37 - but objectively quite nice. But then I can't stretch to what people want for a used 17 or 37.

I should probably just go without.

Found this watch in a draw, replaced the battery and fitted a stretchy "gold" strap.

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Oh, I hadn't clocked that the case flanks are brushed on the 043. Yeah, they're mirror polished on the 017/037. The circular brushing on the top looks the same though.

why the SLA043J1 is bad buy

Cos it's a £4k Seiko?

Bought this yesterday in tk maxx.

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I Am not entirely convinced by the dial , but the case is nice size . And it has snoopy on it , so had to bought .
They had another in Covent garden tk if anyone fancies , a nice timed chrono also that I was tempted by.

Looks good - snoopy cannot be denied!

Given the Seamaster a week off & been wearing this, haven't worn it in ages!

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