What watch do you wear?

Janesy B · 16 Dec 2015 at 21:19

STS (Swiss Time Services)

Omega service is shocking, so you're better off with a good indy.

hughtrimble · 17 Dec 2015 at 13:20

firstborn said:
I have a Omega SMP and the power reserve is under 24 hours, so guess it needs some attention. Will never resell so not worried about sending it to Omega, just need to be sure that work will be good.

There was a mention of some places that service watches earlier in the thread, but cant find it now and seem to recall they were significantly cheaper than Omega. Any ideas anyone?

What movement does it use and how old?

firstborn · 17 Dec 2015 at 18:11

hughtrimble said:
What movement does it use and how old?

It's a co-axial movement and about 8 years old.

Bes · 17 Dec 2015 at 18:27

The C Ward watch Robbo has is stunning - Great choice!

Bes · 17 Dec 2015 at 18:32

noj said:
just got my Breitling back from a major service/overhaul £400 well spent in my opinion. Its the second major service I've had on it since I got it The watch looks like new again and is running perfectly.

Really glad I got it done

Got my Navi done recently as well. My service was about £550 though. How did you get it so cheap? Which model do you have?

I have to agree, they do a great great job. It was starting to lose too much time and I had moisture building up inside the glass (Slightly foggy at times) so it had to go immediately before it did any damage, but it was due a service anyway and there were some deep scratches on the buckle/ some minor nicks on the bezel which they managed to totally remove. It runs very very well now (Despite me dropping it the day I got it back! Luckily it landed on a carpet

) - -/+ less than 1 second a day I reckon. Very impressed despite the high cost.

danoliver1 · 17 Dec 2015 at 18:49

Is the christopher ward c60 600 trident worth the extra over the steinhart ocean range? The gfs got £300 budget for a watch for me but thinking of putting extra money towards myself.

Janesy B · 17 Dec 2015 at 20:16

It's better but not £300 better.

smokedog · 17 Dec 2015 at 21:06

firstborn said:
It's a co-axial movement and about 8 years old.

That sounds about right. Co-axial can go for about 10 years before a service.

sprite1275 · 18 Dec 2015 at 10:08

Anyone bought from dutyfreeisland?

hughtrimble · 18 Dec 2015 at 15:18

danoliver1 said:
Is the christopher ward c60 600 trident worth the extra over the steinhart ocean range? The gfs got £300 budget for a watch for me but thinking of putting extra money towards myself.

Not really. Depends if you want the name over the Steinhart, though I'm not sure how much social cachet CW has.

chaparral · 18 Dec 2015 at 21:16

I really like this Casio watch and am thinking of buying it..
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Casio-LCW-M...=sr_1_5?s=watch&ie=UTF8&qid=1450465671&sr=1-5

But paying £200 for a casio watch just doesn't seem to feel right.. :confused:

Moeks · 19 Dec 2015 at 00:23

I ordered a Steinhart Ocean 1 Vintage Black DLC yesterday, it'll be my first ever DLC watch, If I don't get along with it for whatever reason, being a Steinhart and limited to only 200 pieces, it should not be a problem to sell it on for what I paid either.

I've got a nice light brown, sort of caramel coloured leather nato with black hardware coming to match aswell, should really bring out the gold of the indices and hands.

bradUK · 19 Dec 2015 at 04:09

Janesy B said:
Omega service is shocking, so you're better off with a good indy.

How so?

Tefal · 19 Dec 2015 at 04:51

Moeks said:
I ordered a Steinhart Ocean 1 Vintage Black DLC yesterday, it'll be my first ever DLC watch, If I don't get along with it for whatever reason, being a Steinhart and limited to only 200 pieces, it should not be a problem to sell it on for what I paid either.

I've got a nice light brown, sort of caramel coloured leather nato with black hardware coming to match aswell, should really bring out the gold of the indices and hands.

whats downloadable about it?

Westie · 19 Dec 2015 at 05:42

That vintage black is stunnig... Might treat myself tor xmas

hughtrimble · 19 Dec 2015 at 12:59

Tefal said:
whats downloadable about it?

There's a limited release humour plugin

Sarah469 · 19 Dec 2015 at 14:47

What are peoples opinion on the Hamilton Men's Khaki Officer Mechanical Watch? http://www.watchshop.com/mens-hamilton-khaki-officer-mechanical-watch-h69419363-p99944855.html

bluen0se9 · 19 Dec 2015 at 16:54

Sarah469 said:
What are peoples opinion on the Hamilton Men's Khaki Officer Mechanical Watch? http://www.watchshop.com/mens-hamilton-khaki-officer-mechanical-watch-h69419363-p99944855.html

creation do them for about £200, there a nice looking watch but 38mm is too small for me.

Moeks · 19 Dec 2015 at 17:15

Tefal said:
whats downloadable about it?

very droll

Sarah469 · 19 Dec 2015 at 17:46

bluen0se9 said:
creation do them for about £200, there a nice looking watch but 38mm is too small for me.

yeah much cheaper, might go for this one instead http://www.creationwatches.com/prod...-250/hamilton-khaki-field-h70455533-3608.html