What Watch Are You Wearing Today?


Looks the same as the timex expedition watch that I have. Only have to set the time when I change the battery. Great watch.
Ps love the strap.
 
I’ve owned a number of Seiko watches in my life and loved them all. My most recent one was an SKX 007 diver’s watch. My biggest regret is selling this watch when I bought my Omega Seamaster Professional. I really like the Omega, but I sure do miss the Seiko. In terms of price, quality and performance, you can’t beat a Seiko.
 
Speaking of fancy schmancy automatics...

Today I went to a jeweler/watch repair shop for what I thought was a simple repair: change a quartz mvmt. in a Lorus watch. I even had the new mvmt. in hand and had called ahead two days before to inquire if the repairman did such things & was assured so. The counter lady was a peach, but the repairman treated me basically as a serf. He told me that he didn't work on quartz watches and regardless his rate was $125 per hr.

Well, lah dee freakin' dah! I was impressed!! I told him that I hadn't owned a winding watch since I was a kid and left.

I am sorry, but evidently this dandy has all the money he needs and like a high dollar call girl cannot be troubled with the needs of the "unwashed masses". This is why I hate getting a watch fixed as there are no general repairmen anymore. I understand that quartz did to the automatics what the automobile did to the horse, so few if any repairs are needed. That said, I am buying a cheap toolkit and will do it myself. I wil never submit myself to that BS ever again......nor ever own another automatic watch. Rant over.
 

The guy's an arse, probably started years ago changing batterys in quartz watches and has now forgot where he came from. Fuck him.
 
You're brave, tackling even a simple quartz, I wouldn't! Why not just take it somewhere else?
 
PHR said:
You're brave, tackling even a simple quartz, I wouldn't! Why not just take it somewhere else?
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A lot of quartz movements are held in by back plate. The winder is usually held in by a clip if you can find out where to press a fine flat head screwdriver the winder will come out and movement change is fairly easy.
Admittedly I have only done this with a £20 watch because I wanted to change the white face to a dark one.
 
Don't you need special tools for removing the hands? And as for getting the second hand to hit the marks...
 
PHR said:
Don't you need special tools for removing the hands? And as for getting the second hand to hit the marks...
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Oh I don't know, I just got a compete movement with hands and everthing. It was a drop in for me, sorry for bad info.
 
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