What watch do you wear?

Rotty · 21 Jan 2019 at 18:47

Didn't work

Necessitor · 21 Jan 2019 at 19:00

This one...£23.99
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Watches-Wa...2023&sr=1-146-spons&keywords=MINI+FOCUS&psc=1

I wanted this one but my son's new pc comes first. I'm so selfless.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Invicta-19...548097258&sr=1-53&keywords=invicta+watch+mens

Raymond Lin · 21 Jan 2019 at 19:06

Rotty said:
Didn't work

Rotty · 21 Jan 2019 at 19:16

Cheers

Yas786 · 21 Jan 2019 at 22:14

The new panerai submersible collection looks pretty damn sweet, might have to invest in one. Haven’t bought a nice watch for some time now, too busy wearing the Apple Watch.

https://www.panerai.com/gb/en/home/experiences/panerai-submersible.html

The carbontech version looks the bees knees. No doubt they will be mighty expensive. Time to convince the wifey

panthro · 22 Jan 2019 at 13:07

Yas786 said:
The new panerai submersible collection looks pretty damn sweet, might have to invest in one. Haven’t bought a nice watch for some time now, too busy wearing the Apple Watch.

https://www.panerai.com/gb/en/home/experiences/panerai-submersible.html

The carbontech version looks the bees knees. No doubt they will be mighty expensive. Time to convince the wifey

One does not invest in a Panerai

Bigpops · 22 Jan 2019 at 16:40

That depends on the model.

A "fiddy" (PAM127) was about £4K new, now £10K or more. I'm not sure there are any others that stand out, other than the vintage stuff. I've paid little attention to Panerai for almost a decade.

Cosmic182 · 22 Jan 2019 at 18:30

Who do you guys use for insurance?

ChrisD. · 22 Jan 2019 at 18:31

I ended up getting the battery done in my Tag for a £25 plus £8 postage to a place in Aberdeen, found via eBay. Very quick turn around and it's nice to be wearing a watch, although I am missing my Bremont a lot.

BongoHunter · 22 Jan 2019 at 18:41

The clasp on my Seamaster is playing up, the spring behind the bit you push to release the clasp seems to have failed - making the watch unwearable for fear of it falling off my wrist.

Omega store in Westfield have quoted £400+ to fix it plus service and it can take up to 8 weeks. This seems to be a very large amount to me (both time and money), can anyone recommend a place in London (west preferably) to get this fixed?

Many thanks

panthro · 24 Jan 2019 at 11:27

BongoHunter said:
The clasp on my Seamaster is playing up, the spring behind the bit you push to release the clasp seems to have failed - making the watch unwearable for fear of it falling off my wrist.

Omega store in Westfield have quoted £400+ to fix it plus service and it can take up to 8 weeks. This seems to be a very large amount to me (both time and money), can anyone recommend a place in London (west preferably) to get this fixed?

Many thanks

You sure thats to fix it and not to replace it? You can buy a brand new one for not much more.

MikeTimbers · 24 Jan 2019 at 11:29

BongoHunter said:
The clasp on my Seamaster is playing up, the spring behind the bit you push to release the clasp seems to have failed - making the watch unwearable for fear of it falling off my wrist.

Omega store in Westfield have quoted £400+ to fix it plus service and it can take up to 8 weeks. This seems to be a very large amount to me (both time and money), can anyone recommend a place in London (west preferably) to get this fixed?

Many thanks

True story:

I bought a Tag Link on the auction site and the strap was too big. I worked near Holborn so took a walk down to Goldsmiths (could have been Ernest Jones but it's not relevant to the point) on Fleet Street. They took a look and said it needed to go to Switzerland for the strap to be adjusted and that the watch needed a full service, quoting me around £400. I'd paid less than that so left the shop.

Across the road was a little dusty unimpressive watch shop called Alsal Watches. It's still there. They said they could do the adjustment while I waited and quoted me £15. So I waited.

A few minutes later, the sales assistant from the Goldsmiths came in with a watch to be adjusted.

Alsal Watches is still there. Take your Omega along there and I bet they can fix your strap.

JasonM · 24 Jan 2019 at 20:32

Cosmic182 said:
Who do you guys use for insurance?

House insurance is normally always cheaper, you can add the watches on.

JasonM · 24 Jan 2019 at 20:46

Rotty said:
I sold a half gold / blue sub many years ago for £2500

Years ago this is what they were. I paid £1600 for a used Submariner steel date in 2000, that was from an AD and included a Rolex service. I do still have the watch however.

Basher · 25 Jan 2019 at 05:18

MikeTimbers said:
True story:

I bought a Tag Link on the auction site and the strap was too big. I worked near Holborn so took a walk down to Goldsmiths (could have been Ernest Jones but it's not relevant to the point) on Fleet Street. They took a look and said it needed to go to Switzerland for the strap to be adjusted and that the watch needed a full service, quoting me around £400. I'd paid less than that so left the shop.

Across the road was a little dusty unimpressive watch shop called Alsal Watches. It's still there. They said they could do the adjustment while I waited and quoted me £15. So I waited.

A few minutes later, the sales assistant from the Goldsmiths came in with a watch to be adjusted.

Alsal Watches is still there. Take your Omega along there and I bet they can fix your strap.

I suspect most of the £400 was for the service, though (which you didn’t get from the watch shop).

Richdog · 25 Jan 2019 at 05:39

MikeTimbers said:
True story:

I bought a Tag Link on the auction site and the strap was too big. I worked near Holborn so took a walk down to Goldsmiths (could have been Ernest Jones but it's not relevant to the point) on Fleet Street. They took a look and said it needed to go to Switzerland for the strap to be adjusted and that the watch needed a full service, quoting me around £400. I'd paid less than that so left the shop.

They were surely trying it on... they should still have been able to do the watch strap no problem. Muppets!

rG-tom · 26 Jan 2019 at 22:57

BongoHunter said:
The clasp on my Seamaster is playing up, the spring behind the bit you push to release the clasp seems to have failed - making the watch unwearable for fear of it falling off my wrist.

Omega store in Westfield have quoted £400+ to fix it plus service and it can take up to 8 weeks. This seems to be a very large amount to me (both time and money), can anyone recommend a place in London (west preferably) to get this fixed?

Many thanks

The one on my PO failed, fixed it myself with a 5 quid watch toolkit from eBay and the part was about 20 quid from Omega I think.

https://forums.watchuseek.com/f20/seamaster-clasp-spring-replacement-how-576548.html#/topics/576548

It's really easy tbh

moon man · 27 Jan 2019 at 07:46

sorry guys for my homage watch but i like the look for under fifty quid

Rotty · 27 Jan 2019 at 10:37

JasonM said:
House insurance is normally always cheaper, you can add the watches on.

I've always done it this way

mrkambo · 30 Jan 2019 at 08:14

Im trying to get out the apple eco system, got really accustomed to wearing my apple watch

So ordered a 6T and a Citizen AT4008-51E for a daily driver, don't think a smart watch enhanced my productivity in anyway that id miss it, but i didn't want to daily wear the Tag

Does anyone have any experience with the Citizen, ive read so many good things, just wondering if anyone had anything negative about it - more so im aware