What watch do you wear?

robgmun · 25 Jul 2012 at 20:42

Looks scratched to buggery LOL!

panthro · 26 Jul 2012 at 07:35

dowie said:
Surely it demonstrates the opposite given that the three brands mentioned are much more prominent in the minds of most people as far as watches are concerned.

Though I do agree, he is a bit annoying if you take everything he says at face value. Lots of it seems to be fairly obvious trolling though there is some truth beneath some of the satire.

I see your point, but if anyone wears a fake with an exclusive name like A Lange & Sohn, when the build quality of a real Breitling or Rolex surpasses it, is clearly only out to try and impress their peers.

Cyrus · 26 Jul 2012 at 08:16

I think he refers to glashutte original and not fake lange

panthro · 26 Jul 2012 at 08:29

Cyrus said:
I think he refers to glashutte original and not fake lange

Oh right, in that case I would rather own a GO than a Rolex, Omega or Breitling

Cyrus · 26 Jul 2012 at 08:52

panthro said:
Oh right, in that case I would rather own a GO than a Rolex, Omega or Breitling

yeah, they are nice

i passed on a Pano recently, not the moonphase, the gmt, kinda sorry i did now

panthro · 26 Jul 2012 at 09:11

Cyrus said:
yeah, they are nice

i passed on a Pano recently, not the moonphase, the gmt, kinda sorry i did now

There was a Pano on TZUK recently, I think I prefer these to the Sport Evo, but would happily own both over any Omega.

Cyrus · 26 Jul 2012 at 09:56

panthro said:
There was a Pano on TZUK recently, I think I prefer these to the Sport Evo, but would happily own both over any Omega.

thats the one i passed

was offered it before it listed

dowie · 26 Jul 2012 at 11:02

Oops double post

dowie · 26 Jul 2012 at 11:03

Cyrus said:
I think he refers to glashutte original and not fake lange

Yup, he wasn't suggesting wearing a fake. I should have quoted more of the comment perhaps - he was recommending GO as an 'immitation Lang'.

Phate · 31 Jul 2012 at 09:18

Itch...scratched!

scrlk · 31 Jul 2012 at 09:26

Not really a big fan of the Patek Nautilus, but then again, my view of Patek revolves around the Calatrava.

Classic looking watch.

LoopyOrc · 31 Jul 2012 at 10:36

robgmun · 31 Jul 2012 at 11:03

Phate said:
Itch...scratched!

Can't see it from the photo but that is a lovely watch! :cool:

Richdog · 31 Jul 2012 at 11:06

robgmun said:
Can't see it from the photo but that is a lovely watch!

I think he meant he scratched an itch and bought it.

Agreed though, lovely watch!

Chris344 · 31 Jul 2012 at 11:27

Phate said:
Itch...scratched!

Go Phate!

Phate · 31 Jul 2012 at 12:34

robgmun said:
Can't see it from the photo but that is a lovely watch!

Richdog said:
I think he meant he scratched an itch and bought it.

Agreed though, lovely watch!

Thank you and yep Richy is correct!

- Ordering a black strap for it, I like the metal bracelet but it's a bit blingy for me, I'm definitely more of a subtle kind of person.

Chris344 said:
Go Phate!

People, this man is a bad influence

I'll take some proper SLResque photos tonight for y'all

Scuzi · 31 Jul 2012 at 14:33

Congrats on the new watch Phate! Very nice :cool:

I'm going to a local jewellers today to look at a Fortis Flieger Automatic and a Fortis Pilot Professional Day/Date. They're listed at £730 and £760 respectively.

Is there any expected discount at this price point? Is there a figure I should aim for?

Also, the Flieger has an ETA 2842-2 movement and the pilot has a 2836-2. Is there any major difference between these apart from the addition of a day function?

Ta.

dowie · 31 Jul 2012 at 14:52

Scuzi said:
Also, the Flieger has an ETA 2842-2 movement and the pilot has a 2836-2. Is there any major difference between these apart from the addition of a day function?

I think 284* are lower grade movements... 2836, 2824 are very common eta movements - can't go too wrong with them.. and the 289* are considered a bit better... obviously each movement comes in diff grades too...

Have you considered Stowa too? I don't own either but I'd assume that Stowa had a better finish and AFAIK would be more accurate, looks wise, to the originals - Stowa (the brand at least) was one of the original manufacturers of Flieger watches.

On the downside you'll have to wait a few months between ordering and actually receiving the watch..

Scuzi · 31 Jul 2012 at 16:23

Thanks dowie. I haven't considered a Stowa. I'll look into it. I went and had a look at the Fortis Flieger and it was a bit underwhelming. It didn't feel as solid as my old Spacematic GMT.

I'm keeping a very close eye on the range of Kemmner watches (erkahund on eBay). The reviews seem to suggest that these are excellent watches for the money.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/erkahund/m.html

grudas · 31 Jul 2012 at 16:56

i got this laying around..

my dad gave it to me he had it for over 30 years AFAIK i even remember this watch from the days i was a little kiddo.. it doesn't work(needs new bat) and over all it needs restoration i really can't find the model of it too see if its worth restoring and how much it could cost.. it does say on the back that it was 22k gold plated... but most of it is obviously GONE.

i can sorta make out the numbers on the back

NO 7809M

if you have any idea how much it would cost to restore it or who to contact about it, it would be cool! it really has a lot of sentimental value for me