:) Sorry I deleted the post unwillingly.
But yes I am absolutely nuts about mechanical watches, not as much as my cd's, but still!
I have the version in 18 carat gold.
Quote from: Harry on May 24, 2007, 01:02:31 AM
I am absolutely nuts about mechanical watches.
...
Yeah, me too. I'm hoping to acquire a Poljot or two during my upcoming trip to Russia.
All I have now is a beautiful old 1950s (early 60s?) gold-filled round Wittnauer with sub seconds and date aperture at 3 o'clock. It is a beautiful, charming watch what fits my wrist quite well (I'm just not into the current craze of enormous watches). I wind it every morning and love hearing the "tick tick tick..." It has worked for over a half century and will likely continue working long after so many of today's quartz watches are dead.
Although less accurate then cheapo quartz watches, mechanical watches have personality, charm and exemplify fine craftsmanship, which cannot be said for the vast majority of quartz watches IMO (although some Venturas are stunning).
Even as recently as a few years ago, I used to read
International Wristwatch,
Watch Time, and the other rags including
Chronos (which has absolutely gone to the DOGS in the last decade or so) religiously, but the latest fascination with enormously oversized, clunky abominations costing obscene amounts of money just turns me off completely and I have no interest in looking at them. For decades the standard of elegance for a man's dress watch was gold, thin, and discreet. Unfortunatly, these days, refined tastes like this are better served by the used market than by new watches (most of which are grossly overpriced!)
IMO these huge, clunky watches that are so in vogue today seem to appeal more to those seeking yet another form of status and ego gratification than to real watch enthusiasts. (They are the perfect accessory to go with your Escalade or Hummer with its chrome wheels that will never in a million years go off pavement!)
In any case, I find the used market to be far more interesting than the new offerings. But I would not mind owning a new Jaeger or Breguet!
You removed the original post. Did my little rant scare you off? >:D ;)
Seriously, I was not referring to your Maurice L. in my rant on huge waches.
OTOH, if you own a Hummer or Escalade, then, offense intended! :P
Quote from: XB-70 Valkyrie on May 24, 2007, 01:43:09 AM
Yeah, me too. I'm hoping to acquire a Poljot or two during my upcoming trip to Russia.
All I have now is a beautiful old 1950s (early 60s?) gold-filled round Wittnauer with sub seconds and date aperture at 3 o'clock. It is a beautiful, charming watch what fits my wrist quite well (I'm just not into the current craze of enormous watches). I wind it every morning and love hearing the "tick tick tick..." It has worked for over a half century and will likely continue working long after so many of today's quartz watches are dead.
Although less accurate then cheapo quartz watches, mechanical watches have personality, charm and exemplify fine craftsmanship, which cannot be said for the vast majority of quartz watches IMO (although some Venturas are stunning).
Even as recently as a few years ago, I used to read International Wristwatch, Watch Time, and the other rags including Chronos (which has absolutely gone to the DOGS in the last decade or so) religiously, but the latest fascination with enormously oversized, clunky abominations costing obscene amounts of money just turns me off completely and I have no interest in looking at them. For decades the standard of elegance for a man's dress watch was gold, thin, and discreet. Unfortunatly, these days, refined tastes like this are better served by the used market than by new watches (most of which are grossly overpriced!)
IMO these huge, clunky watches that are so in vogue today seem to appeal more to those seeking yet another form of status and ego gratification than to real watch enthusiasts. (They are the perfect accessory to go with your Escalade or Hummer with its chrome wheels that will never in a million years go off pavement!)
In any case, I find the used market to be far more interesting than the new offerings. But I would not mind owning a new Jaeger or Breguet!
Remember not all Poljot watches are good, you have to be careful which ones to choose. I love the Poljoy watches though.
The used watches market is a minefield, not to be entered without being aware of the fact that there are many fakes around.
If I could I would collect watches because they are a good investment. A bought a year ago a Frederic Constant watch, but it is already sold out and difficult to come by, and no image could I find. Maybe later.
But the fascinating thing is the ticking of time, and the making of those masterpieces. Quartz is not for me.
Lately Seiko has begun to produce nice affordable mechanical watches, might snatch one up. Only 1000,- euro's not bad if you look at them.
Quote from: XB-70 Valkyrie on May 24, 2007, 01:46:20 AM
You removed the original post. Did my little rant scare you off? >:D ;)
Seriously, I was not referring to your Maurice L. in my rant on huge waches.
No, no my friend, error in editing my post, that's all, but its back now! :)
Quote from: XB-70 Valkyrie on May 24, 2007, 01:48:41 AM
OTOH, if you own a Hummer or Escalade, then, offense intended! :P
Only a Peugeot 307, so its good. ;D
This is the Seiko, also in black, beauties they are!
On my wishlist!
Quote from: XB-70 Valkyrie on May 24, 2007, 01:43:09 AM
Yeah, me too. I'm hoping to acquire a Poljot or two during my upcoming trip to Russia.
All I have now is a beautiful old 1950s (early 60s?) gold-filled round Wittnauer with sub seconds and date aperture at 3 o'clock. It is a beautiful, charming watch what fits my wrist quite well (I'm just not into the current craze of enormous watches). I wind it every morning and love hearing the "tick tick tick..." It has worked for over a half century and will likely continue working long after so many of today's quartz watches are dead.
Do you have images of those watches? The gold filled Wittnauer has my interest! :)
Good man! I love old European cars (esp. Volvos, Saabs, BMWs, Jaguars--All PRE-FORD and PRE-GM of course!)
How can one find out which Poljot are good and which ones are turkeys?
What do you think of Franck Muller's watches?
Quote from: Harry on May 24, 2007, 02:10:42 AM
Do you have images of those watches? The gold filled Wittnauer has my interest! :)
I might take a photo with my digital camera tommorrow (3am here, almost time to turn in!)
For now, enjoy a photo of my first watch, a mechanical Snoopy which my mom bought for me in kindergarden. It still runs! ;D
Quote from: XB-70 Valkyrie on May 24, 2007, 02:11:27 AM
Good man! I love old European cars (esp. Volvos, Saabs, BMWs, Jaguars--All PRE-FORD and PRE-GM of course!)
I am with you in that.
How can one find out which Poljot are good and which ones are turkeys?
Go to a certified shop, or find someone that knows his way in Poljot watches.
What do you think of Franck Muller's watches?
The Muller watches are quite colorful, a bit to much for me, but some models are making me creedy.
I like the 7880 mb L from "The Master Banker line" and the 8888 QP from "The Chronograph Collection".
I am a bit put of my the big numbers on the dials.
Quote from: XB-70 Valkyrie on May 24, 2007, 02:16:06 AM
I might take a photo with my digital camera tommorrow (3am here, almost time to turn in!)
For now, enjoy a photo of my first watch, a mechanical Snoopy which my mom bought for me in kindergarden. It still runs! ;D
O, that's fabulous, really very nice! :)
Thanks.
I love Franck Muller's designs, even though they are large and some are quite attention-grabbing. I really like the crazy hours:
(http://www.timetunnel-jp.com/Images/0002fm_5850CH_wgblue.JPG)
Quote from: XB-70 Valkyrie on May 24, 2007, 02:24:27 AM
Thanks.
I love Franck Muller's designs, even though they are large and some are quite attention-grabbing. I really like the crazy hours:
(http://www.timetunnel-jp.com/Images/0002fm_5850CH_wgblue.JPG)
Wow, not really my style, but the interior is fine. ;D
This is the Frederic Constant I bought last year.
A very fine gold mechanical watch with a automatic gear.
(http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/ca/casio-baby-g-shock-wave-ceptor-watch.jpg)
i LOVE this geek watch!
I have a very nice automatic mechanical Mont Blanc chronograph which I received as a wedding present. I'll try to find a pic later.
I've always loved fine timepieces. When I worked in a cigar shop in Baltimore we were next door to a pen shop that carried a few things. The salesmen over there always had something exquisite on though. I've always had my eye on something but I've never been able to commit to purchasing anything. I've never wanted to part with that much cash for something that I wouldn't use all that often. I did look at one of the Invicta watches for a while and they seemed like a real steal at thier price but even at that price I never did get around to buying one.
It's great to see all of your guys stuff though,
Allan
Quote from: toledobass on May 24, 2007, 09:39:17 AM
When I worked in a cigar shop in Baltimore . . . .
If this ol' humidor could talk . . . .
My cheap watch:
I've searched for it but I can't find it anywhere - can someone help?
Quote from: Michel on July 26, 2007, 02:16:59 AM
I've searched for it but I can't find it anywhere - can someone help?
Page 14 on the diner Thread Michel. Top!
I'm thinking of getting an old seamaster from 1960's 70's, does anyone have any advice?
The thing i like about them is their simplicity; I like simple watches.
Lots of watches here that I don't even recognise the name of!
I use the Casio F-91W, lightweight basic digital thing sold almost all over the world: the strap or battery tends to wear out long before the watch.
You mean this one, Sean? I have two of them, one for normal time the other for daylight saving time, saves me fiddling around with resetting them twice a year. At $12.00 each, I can afford the duplicate! ;D
Quote from: Michel on July 26, 2007, 07:29:16 AM
I'm thinking of getting an old seamaster from 1960's 70's, does anyone have any advice?
The thing i like about them is their simplicity; I like simple watches.
That oke, but you have different types.
What ever you buy, insist on papers, check the numbers, see to it that it is properly maintained and serviced, behold the wear of the watch, and get repair bills, to see what was wrong with it, if there ever was that is!
Don't buy on internet, unless you know your watches, the copies are near perfect, the papers also.
Go to a official dealer, that's the best advice I can give you.
Quote from: uffeviking on July 26, 2007, 08:44:02 AM
You mean this one, Sean? I have two of them, one for normal time the other for daylight saving time, saves me fiddling around with resetting them twice a year. At $12.00 each, I can afford the duplicate! ;D
That my dear Lis is no watch, that's a atrocity, and a insult to watchmaking. As a woman you should wear something befitting your beauty, and this is as ugly as can be. :)
;)
Quote from: Harry on July 26, 2007, 08:49:19 AM
that's a atrocity, and a insult to watchmaking.
Honey, I just want to know what time it is and this one tells me, accurately, simply and faithfully! -(I don't wear jewelry.) :)
Quote from: uffeviking on July 26, 2007, 09:01:50 AM
Honey, I just want to know what time it is and this one tells me, accurately, simply and faithfully! -(I don't wear jewelry.) :)
Ach, mein Gott!
A woman should.
I have very strong notions about this.
A watch enhances beauty greatly, as earrings, or some simple diamond necklace.
But you are au natural huh?! ;D
Quote from: Michel on July 26, 2007, 07:29:16 AM
I'm thinking of getting an old seamaster from 1960's 70's, does anyone have any advice?
The thing i like about them is their simplicity; I like simple watches.
Michel
I have a vintage omega seamaster from the fifties...black face....
Quote from: Robert on July 26, 2007, 09:20:53 AM
Michel
I have a vintage omega seamaster from the fifties...black face....
Wow, pictures Robert?
I am interested!
Quote from: Harry on July 26, 2007, 09:25:28 AM
Wow, pictures Robert?
I am interested!
Good Day Harry,
actually I do not have any pictures and that particular watch is presently resting in my safety deposit box. But my everyday watch which is a vintage breitling navitimer.....
Quote from: Robert on July 26, 2007, 09:34:09 AM
Good Day Harry,
actually I do not have any pictures and that particular watch is presently resting in my safety deposit box. But my everyday watch which is a vintage breitling navitimer.....
I am not too keen on Breitling watches, think they should rethink their design.
But I make a exception for the navitimer.
Are you willing to seperate yourself from the Omega, and could you quote a price?
What is the condition of this watch?
This is the watch I am presently wearing. For connoisseurs this looks like heaven. :)
I have the one in 18 carat gold.
Quote from: Harry on July 26, 2007, 09:38:21 AM
I am not too keen on Breitling watches, think they should rethink their design.
But I make a exception for the navitimer.
Are you willing to seperate yourself from the Omega, and could you quote a price?
What is the condition of this watch?
Harry,
I love you but won't part with this baby. My wife wants it....have a look
www.sannoh.or.jp/omega/stdfull01.html
on the other hand
www.lesmala.net/jean-michel/navitimer
Quote from: Robert on July 26, 2007, 09:47:09 AM
Harry,
I love you but won't part with this baby. My wife wants it....have a look
www.sannoh.or.jp/omega/stdfull01.html
on the other hand
www.lesmala.net/jean-michel/navitimer
O, boy this Omega is a beauty! I simply forgot about him, but the minute I saw it, I became very creedy. ;D
Let me talk to your lovely wife! ;D
Hi Uffe, yeah, something like that, thanks. My strap just broke actually so I've got to go & get another of the damn things. Nice plastic strap but designed to wear out.
Quote from: Robert on July 26, 2007, 09:47:09 AM
Harry,
I love you but won't part with this baby. My wife wants it....have a look
www.sannoh.or.jp/omega/stdfull01.html
on the other hand
www.lesmala.net/jean-michel/navitimer
good luck...
Quote from: Sean on July 26, 2007, 10:03:13 AM
Hi Uffe, yeah, something like that, thanks. My strap just broke actually so I've got to go & get another of the damn things. Nice plastic strap but designed to wear out.
That's the only disadvantage: can hardly find any plastic straps, have to go for leather and they cost as much as the watch!
But maybe you can a friend on GMG who will send you a diamond encrusted platinum band! :D
Quote from: uffeviking on July 26, 2007, 10:20:04 AM
That's the only disadvantage: can hardly find any plastic straps, have to go for leather and they cost as much as the watch!
Solution to that problem: buy a watch that costs more than just a leather strap... ;)
Q
AHA! Great suggestion and nice solution, but I am stingy, rather spend my money on ten opera DVDs - preferably Wagner! - than strap an expensive time piece around my wrist! ;D
I am about to get hold of this lovely, hardy, not in any way pretencious mechnical watch. They're selling like hot cakes and I really like them; and I support all small businesses:
(http://bathyswatch.com/images/collection/front_img.jpg)
Comes in some different colours too:
(http://bathyswatch.com/images/collection/silverblacksm.jpg)
Including one with a very unusual mother of pearl:
(http://bathyswatch.com/images/collection/gold_cultureb.jpg)
(http://bathyswatch.com/images/collection/black_culture5.jpg)
Here's a watch I just got!! :o
Quote from: 12tone. on January 30, 2008, 05:03:19 PM
Here's a watch I just got!! :o
That really looks nice and smooth....
Quote from: Harry on January 30, 2008, 10:41:57 PM
That really looks nice and smooth....
Just kidding though. Thought the CPO thing....ah nevermind ::)
Quote from: маразм1 on May 24, 2007, 07:27:57 AM
(http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/ca/casio-baby-g-shock-wave-ceptor-watch.jpg)
i LOVE this geek watch!
Yep. That's my watch. Atomic time!! ;D
Quote from: Mn Dave on May 11, 2009, 07:11:11 PM
Yep. That's my watch. Atomic time!! ;D
Nah, a disgrace to taste..... ;D
Quote from: Harry on May 24, 2007, 01:02:31 AM
:) Sorry I deleted the post unwillingly.
But yes I am absolutely nuts about mechanical watches, not as much as my cd's, but still!
I have the version in 18 carat gold.
I just discoverd this thread!
Gorgeous, Harry, and imagine: in gold. :D Exsquisite mechanical watches are the self-indulgence of rich people which I unfortunately am not. :(
But I just had a Seiko mechnical cleaned that I gave my mother 40 years ago. She has used, not daily, but on a regular basis all these years. The watchmaker named the movement, (I don't remember the designation), and said he sees them fairly often. I have a couple of Seiko quartz that are 20 years old.
My late father-in-law was a watchmaker for a good many years before becoming a protestant minister -- his eyes were giving out. ;D
Anyway, my current eveyday watch is this Casio 'Waveceptor', that is, a so-called "Atomic". Well worth the US$20 I paid. :)
Quote from: Harry on May 12, 2009, 12:47:44 AM
Nah, a disgrace to taste..... ;D
How rude! :o
:P ;D
I like mechanical watches, too. I think I have something like seven watches, all solo tempo without too many complications, most of 'em from fifties era, some red gold, some yellow gold. I get a kick wearing a pretty watch that's been ticking longer than me. IMO a watch is about the only piece of jewelry a man can wear, and I like it discreet and stylish. I deplore the current fad for watches as big as wagon wheels with three inner dials, and a quartz digital piece is abhorrent to me, but, hey, whatever floats thy boat.
I don't have a watch, period. I use my cellphone as time keeper.
I really should get myself a decent watch. Maybe when I am in Holland later this year (if the trip materialises).
Quote from: springrite on May 12, 2009, 04:25:54 AM
I don't have a watch, period. I use my cellphone as time keeper.
Ditto - they became almost obscelete as timekeeping devices for the majority of people who now carry around phones and mp3 players. I am kind of glad, it was tiresome having a sweaty wrist band during summer, and risking damaging it in all manner of situations when forgetting it was on. Liberation! 0:)