What Watch Are You Wearing Today?

Green watches seem to have become popular recently the green Rolex Submariners second hand prices are high compared to the standard model. A friend of mine had been after a Seiko Prospex diving watch but thinks list price is fixed and hates to haggle for some reason! I managed to get him a good discount off this PADI version. It's a modernised turtle design. The bracelet is very poor so I swapped it for a Nato which looks and he says is a better fit.

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Manstein said:
Green watches seem to have become popular recently the green Rolex Submariners second hand prices are high compared to the standard model. A friend of mine had been after a Seiko Prospex diving watch but thinks list price is fixed and hates to haggle for some reason! I managed to get him a good discount off this PADI version. It's a modernised turtle design. The bracelet is very poor so I swapped it for a Nato which looks and he says is a better fit.

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I have been looking for a Seiko yellow fin tuna to buy, it's been on my radar for a while.
 
Manstein said:
I like the Waveceptor as I'm an analogue fan but then again I bought this Casio A700WEM not long ago. Its described as a ladies model but I think it makes a good formal watch. Its only chromed plastic but the milanese bracelet is excellent and doesnt pluck hairs out of your wrist!

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Doesn't look at all feminine to me. Sure, I can see women would wear it, but many like to wear watches pitched as mens' anyway. Yours looks more like the kind of sleek watch an Italian designer or architect might favour(y). If Ripley had worn it in Aliens, then it would be on everyone's buy list!
 
Just a quick note about something I noticed on 'Aviator' straps...I have seen lots of theses advertised online but they mostly seem to have a couple of metal studs in them for aesthetic purposes, and they just have a stitched strap designed for a standard removable bar. However, the authentic CWC G10 has fixed bars, so the strap has to be threaded through them. The studs on their aviator straps are actually screws that hold the strap in place, so they aren't just for show. The leather of the straps themselves is also much thicker than others (3mm) apart from the section that threads through the bar. I'm sure many of you know more about this stuff than I do...but this just seemed to me a perfect example of real difference in authentic quality vs cheapo knockoff...as in a company that styled themselves the Military Watch Company (MWC) and produced a clone of the G10.

Here's a photo that I hope illustrates what I've tried to describe. As you may also know, the little disc on the back of the watch is the battery hatch. I posted this just for general interest if you were considering one of these excellent watches! ;)
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I think that I have got the all time record for no one whatsoever liking my recently posted watches; that must certainly be some record! I did say that Rotary watches (especially tank watches) are very much out of fashion. Good job, I still like em!
PS: don't spoil it!
 
Whitesix I dealt in watches for many years and hung onto ones I liked and that means everything from £10 Casios to high end stuff like Audemars, JLC and a few others. I keep a few at my house but the bulk mainly Rolex are on deposit elsewhere. Not sure in total but about 300. I thought I'd "liked" your Rotary posts did you have any joy with the straps?
 
Hello Manstein, thank you for your response. My favourite watch; the original Audemars Royal Oak Jumbo, automatic, stainless steel with white background; produced originally in circa 1972 I believe. When I first started enquiring they were around £7½K; considerably more now. Yes, you also can't beat the £10/15 Casio's; fantastic value, but a shame that it is more economical to buy another unit when the straps go!. Those watches you own are really some investment; a shame that many have to be kept under lock and key for obvious reasons.
No, unfortunately the only producer who appears to have both the quality and fineness of leather is Hirsch (I am looking at very fine dress straps for these watches) and as previously stated; they have quoted £350.00 per strap, which is rather expensive (Hirsch wanted around 6x the price of the standard strap for a bespoke). Even now, I am uncertain if they still produce the authentic lizard straps . I expect that if I was to perhaps shop in Germany or the USA, I may be able to get the larger sizes that I am after (watch straps generally on sale in the UK are quite small) and I also have the issue of the fixed lugs with the Garrard.
I certainly will not give up the chase, and hope to one day get the straps made, but there is no rush as unfortunately the watches as not as regularly worn as they once were.
 
I often wonder how near to actual submersion these highly engineered divers watches get. In my case its probably walking past the kitchen sink a bit like Range Rovers that never leave the tarmac.
Whitesix those strap prices are pretty eye watering I was looking at the off the peg prices for Hirsch straps on Sonning Watches site and thought those pretty fierce. I'm sure there must be a bespoke maker possibly in the states who could beat those prices?
 
Manstein said:
I often wonder how near to actual submersion these highly engineered divers watches get.
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They don't - is the simple answer.

A drinking pal of mine i knew from school days had been a pro diver (ex Navy diver too) and we were talking about this a few years back - he said that

a) all pro divers will usually buy a Rolex sub, but then leave it at home and wear a Seiko or Citizen beater dive watch for work - and only for telling the time on surface - dive watches have become redundant now because all divers have a digital dive computer to work out how long they have been down etc.

b) He told me that amateur divers never usually get down more than about 20 to 30 metres, because it becomes much more technical and demanding beyond that depth and you need additional training.

So you and me only need a 100m rated watch (because 100m rated is properley waterproof for swimming, wheras 50m rating is only guaranteed "splashproof" )

My mate said 300m diving is proper serious, serious, risk-of-death stuff !!
 
Thank you for the advice Manstein. I used my G-Force as a sports diver (using the timer function), but only dived to 30M max. I personally think that you see far more snorkelling and diving is serious business; and diving in Weymouth Harbour, the visibility was around 1 metre on a good day. The issue with amateur sports diving, is that if one is going to take it up, there is the constant maintenance of one's kit, you cant afford to have any mishaps down there. Professional diving is a different matter entirely.

Always said, a good dive watch, is very useful when doing the washing up!
 
Zorro said:
They don't - is the simple answer.

A drinking pal of mine i knew from school days had been a pro diver (ex Navy diver too) and we were talking about this a few years back - he said that

a) all pro divers will usually buy a Rolex sub, but then leave it at home and wear a Seiko or Citizen beater dive watch for work - and only for telling the time on surface - dive watches have become redundant now because all divers have a digital dive computer to work out how long they have been down etc.

b) He told me that amateur divers never usually get down more than about 20 to 30 metres, because it becomes much more technical and demanding beyond that depth and you need additional training.

So you and me only need a 100m rated watch (because 100m rated is properley waterproof for swimming, wheras 50m rating is only guaranteed "splashproof" )

My mate said 300m diving is proper serious, serious, risk-of-death stuff !!
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Zorro totally right there mate, I use a Seiko when diving, the sub I leave at home .
 
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