What time is it? Watches and horology

My new Big Fucking Seiko.. New BFS under £80

In case anyone missed this...some pics from the Basel watch fair over at Wired.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/basel-watch-fair/

The Bell & Ross ones are stunning.

one of the nicest un-messy faced breitlings i have seen

Yeah...I thought so too...that 150th anniversary Tag Carrera is lovely as well

aroogah thanks for the link, i really must go to that one day.

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The Bell & Ross ones are stunning.

ineed

what do you need rik?

Middle, left, right

middle, left or right

31, just take your pick and buy me the one you like the most, I wont complain

right.

Bell & Ross. Not my cuppa. Summing about the screws.

Good looking watch...

very tempted by this one

hehe... £38 with automatic movement.

this is the cheapest i have seen one of these sell for this year. ask pistinator.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260578983264&_trksid=p2759.l1259

Good price. Cheapest I've seen it go for is about £850

Good price. Cheapest I've seen it go for is about £850

and seller will accept an offer so you might get it for 600 maybe which would be so cheap.

Anyone selling?
I'm in the market for a nice automatic. Simple, small, black face ideally!

A Seamaster would be ideal...something along those lines.

these are really great.
http://www.bathyswatch.com/

love this one, but there are many others...

hehe... £38 with automatic movement.

Assuming its a fake that's about £30 too much.

reading this thread made me remember that years and years ago my dad gave me one of these:

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which I never wore because I had another watch I prefered and also because the strap was too long. Tidying up this weekend I found it and realise I like it and want to wear it. Only trouble is the strap is still too long and I'm not sure how I take out links to shorten it? Anyone have any ideas? I could always take it to a jeweler but would be better to do it myself.

According to this website: HOW TO BUY A SEIKO 6139-600x CHRONOGRAPH - A Collector's Buying Guide - Watchuseek, world's largest & highest trafficked Watch Forum site (I couldn't link to the pic unfortunately) it is a fishbone one.

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fishbone bracelets have screws near the clasp that can easily be removed for shortening of the strap you could also try moving the clasp pins. hope that helps

Cheers Coppi - I'll have a go!

do it on a large cotton sheet or with your hands (and watch) inside a clear plastic bag as those pesky springs sometimes have a tendency to jettison without warning.

Been spending the last week missing out on some lovely time pieces on the bay but finally got one last night.

I do like blue watch faces for some reason. One or two others being tracked as well.... *taps nose

Speaking of fake and moody, any orders for me to bring back from KL? I'll do this for anyone I know outside the forum (it's a trust thing) - just PM me a link to what you want and how much you're prepared to pay and I'll go haggle for you. I have family here so will go to a decent dealer, but you get what you pay for. I'm off diving for a week, but will sort it out when I get back.

Markyboy - were are you diving? Dang it, must chat about that next time I'm South and you're back