What watch do you wear?

Chewie · 23 Sep 2022 at 17:37

I'm personally continuing on my "adventure" with micro brand watches, just received my Second Hour Mandala Mk II from Australia today. It's far from the classic style of a Jaeger Le-Coultre but I personally like to have a bit of both in my collection

illuz · 23 Sep 2022 at 20:22

That’s a nice watch, love the Guilloche on it

Minusorange · 23 Sep 2022 at 20:29

Not a fan of the colour but the design is nice

Mikey · 24 Sep 2022 at 05:31

dLockers said:
It's just like an understated BB58 IMO. I am quite drawn to it as the BB58 does give off flashy vibes a bit too much.

For not too flashy look my Tudor Ranger is perfect. I agree re flashy problem more and more hence no date sub no longer worn and sits in a deposit box.

Tried Pelagos 39 on previously and wasn’t sure, but having a think again.

Chewie · 24 Sep 2022 at 08:00

illuz said:
That’s a nice watch, love the Guilloche on it

Thanks.

Chewie · 24 Sep 2022 at 08:01

Minusorange said:
Not a fan of the colour but the design is nice

In case you want to take a look they have plenty of other dial color options available

Mandala MkII - Finest dress sport automatic watch — Second Hour

The return of 2021's most desired microbrand release. Don't miss your opportunity to discover this incredible dress-sport watch for yourself. The most premium fit and finish available at this price point, powered by the Japanese Miyota 9015 and protected by our Hi-Tech surface hardening treatment

www.secondhour.com.au

dlockers · 24 Sep 2022 at 08:55

Mikey said:
For not too flashy look my Tudor Ranger is perfect. I agree re flashy problem more and more hence no date sub no longer worn and sits in a deposit box.

Tried Pelagos 39 on previously and wasn’t sure, but having a think again.

Thickness for me was what turned me off the Pelagos. I need to stop spending anyway so I'll keep the BB58 for a while lol.

IvanDobskey · 24 Sep 2022 at 11:01

Thickness is a huge factor whenever I consider buying a watch. Anything over 12mm is too chunky for my girly wrists

Chewie · 24 Sep 2022 at 14:42

IvanDobskey said:
Thickness is a huge factor whenever I consider buying a watch. Anything over 12mm is too chunky for my girly wrists

Same here, usually anything above 13.5mm is a no go for me.

Chewie · 25 Sep 2022 at 13:26

A final set of photos, "au naturel" this time

fez · 25 Sep 2022 at 14:08

Does your partner wonder what you are doing out in the garden taking photos of the bush :cry:

Chewie · 25 Sep 2022 at 16:41

fez said:
Does your partner wonder what you are doing out in the garden taking photos of the bush

Ahahah she probably would…if she actually cared about what I’m doing with my watches in general :-D

illuz · 25 Sep 2022 at 16:45

With the steel strap, completely different watch. It's gorgeous. The micro-adjustment part of the strap is cool too, as adding one link / taking one away may be too much too little, each side has a tiny micro-adjustable to extend a link by a few mm - aiding the perfect fit.

Chewie · 25 Sep 2022 at 18:11

Very different indeed, and not bad at all but I still like its "classic" look better when it is on a lovely brown leather strap like in your previous posts

illuz · 25 Sep 2022 at 18:26

Yeah it’s a real nice look, I’ll likely swap it for different occasions.

lsg1r · 25 Sep 2022 at 23:49

illuz said:

I know this might seem a strange comment... have you got the strap on the right way round? It just seems a llittle weird for the JLC logo to be upside down when you look at it....and most images on their site seem to show it the other way up.

leoleo · 26 Sep 2022 at 08:35

Huawei GT 3 Pro - classic style with modern technology

dlockers · 26 Sep 2022 at 08:40

lsg1r said:
I know this might seem a strange comment... have you got the strap on the right way round? It just seems a llittle weird for the JLC logo to be upside down when you look at it....and most images on their site seem to show it the other way up.

Funny story but we had a lad at scouts who sewed on all his badges on his arm upside down. He said it was so he could look at them himself. Brilliant.

illuz · 26 Sep 2022 at 09:12

lsg1r said:
I know this might seem a strange comment... have you got the strap on the right way round? It just seems a llittle weird for the JLC logo to be upside down when you look at it....and most images on their site seem to show it the other way up.

Not a strange comment at all, could well be. The shop stuck the strap on, I'll swap it round. It was early I'll forgive him lol.

mrk · 26 Sep 2022 at 11:19

Speaking of that, I hate when you see watches worn with the two piece straps the wrong way round, well I say wrong but it seems wrong because up until recently, straps have always had the tail on the outer of the wrist side, to inner. Seems various luxury brands and Grand Seiko are doing it by installing the tail side on the inside of the wrist. Strangely though they don't' do it on all models, only a large number... Leading me to think if it's just a certain batch of staff that put it on that way round at the factory whilst the other stick to the normal orientation.

To me this seems weird and uncomfortable because you've got the bulkiest bit of the strap tugging on your inside wrist rather than falling on the thinnest area of wrist behind the wrist bone. Also looks wrong lol.