Images of items I have purchased.

Ghosteh · 5 Feb 2016 at 10:10

HEADRAT said:
A good watch can last a lifetime and don't really date, in fact if you buy the right one they can appreciate in value

Can you honestly see yourself wearing a first generation Apple Watch in 10 years time!

Nope, of course not, but straps will be moveable across generations (I'd hope). I upgrade my hardware often, it's one of the things I purchase often, so knowing me I'll end up getting the newest generation Apple Watches too.
Who knows how things will be in 10 years time, but ultimately I am getting the use out of it now, which I am happy with, which is the point of me buying it.

Whoop · 5 Feb 2016 at 10:18

New version Vsonics, I don't have the old to compare but no complaints here

Basher · 5 Feb 2016 at 10:18

Ghosteh said:
Nope, of course not, but straps will be moveable across generations (I'd hope).

I wouldn't bet on that!

I've just purchased a new strap for my Breitling and it wasn't as expensive as that!

{SAS}TB · 5 Feb 2016 at 10:22

More bike-stuff

IvanDobskey · 5 Feb 2016 at 10:26

Wow, I just don't get the whole smart watch thing anyway, but that is a crazy price for any watch strap let alone one that looks like something off a Casio from the eighties!

Cyanide · 5 Feb 2016 at 10:43

You could buy a Huawei Watch with the mesh strap for the price of just that strap and it looks infinitely better!

Sin_Chase · 5 Feb 2016 at 10:44

Broken Hope said:
He's got the black one, that's £449...

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat.

Each to their own but....that black coating is going to wear off in the usual places in a very short space of time. Then it will look like a 50 pence Chinese watch strap, I know...because I have black coated metal straps of various price.

MOOGLEYS · 5 Feb 2016 at 10:48

£449 for a watch strap... :eek:

I really need to do something different with my engineering qualifications tbh.

zealot · 5 Feb 2016 at 10:49

More hue stuff bridge update and Samsung smarthings all working under logitech harmony remote control.

Tone1979 · 5 Feb 2016 at 10:56

I am very interested in this Hue stuff.

Just bought a house so still making it our but that stuff looks ideal. The lighting strips look excellent for warming up the feel of a room.

Basher · 5 Feb 2016 at 11:00

Tone1979 said:
I am very interested in this Hue stuff.

Just bought a house so still making it our but that stuff looks ideal. The lighting strips look excellent for warming up the feel of a room.

I've just got into LightwaveRF. I have 32 GU10s around the house so there was no way I was forking out for Hue!

zealot · 5 Feb 2016 at 11:02

yeah its good but gets expensive fast.

ThriceNightly · 5 Feb 2016 at 11:07

Ghosteh said:
but straps will be moveable across generations (I'd hope).

Ghosteh · 5 Feb 2016 at 11:07

Lucky I didn't buy it for anyone else then lol. If you read reviews on it (I know most people won't, wouldn't expect them to either) you can read a lot of good things about the strap. The engineering quality is fantastic, the way the the tool-less adjusting works is amazing, the links are hand brushed to add to the look, which I know adds to the price.

There are probably a few things that the traditional watch industry could take across into their field.

doofer · 5 Feb 2016 at 11:12

Ghosteh said:
the way the the tool-less adjusting works is amazing

When you say Tool-less are you not including whoever paid the £400+ for it?

Ghosteh · 5 Feb 2016 at 11:16

doofer said:
When you say Tool-less are you not including whoever paid the £400+ for it?

Something like that

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savagesam117 · 5 Feb 2016 at 11:16

doofer said:
When you say Tool-less are you not including whoever paid the £400+ for it?

Sin_Chase · 5 Feb 2016 at 11:21

Ghosteh said:
There are probably a few things that the traditional watch industry could take across into their field.

Uhmm, are you actually serious with this comment?

You adjust a watch strap once, and leave it. I do not want to pay a premium for a tool-less design I would use once...ever. :confused:

Watch straps do not need insane tolerances, they need to work properly and look correct. Tapered width links have been around forever.

Delvis · 5 Feb 2016 at 11:21

I could have used that money to pay off the damn vet bill I can't afford at the moment!

Fair enough for having that sort of disposable income mind

Sin_Chase said:
Uhmm, are you actually serious with this comment?

You adjust a watch strap once, and leave it. I do not want to pay a premium for a tool-less design I would use once...ever.

But what about when Christmas comes and the inevitable pounds go up? I guess for re-sale it would be handy.

Tone1979 · 5 Feb 2016 at 11:24

Sin_Chase said:
Uhmm, are you actually serious with this comment?

You adjust a watch strap once, and leave it. I do not want to pay a premium for a tool-less design I would use once...ever.

Watch straps do not need insane tolerances, they need to work properly and look correct. Tapered width links have been around forever.

Apple fan of the highest order!