What watch do you wear?

[Jonon9]

The wife gave me a birthday gift.

 

[Janesy B]

Put my 5 on a NATO strap

 

[mrk]

Seikos were pretty much born to be worn with Natos.

 

[randomshenans]

My Wife asked me what I wanted for my 30th in December and I couldn't really think of anything, apart from a new watch. Ticks all the boxes!

But then, what to get really...

I'm sure the Mrs will **** a brick when it comes to price, but hey.

What I have on my list would be:

- Rolex Sub 16800 as it's the year I was born.

- JLC Master Compressor

- PAM 171

- PAM 424 or 249 (but the 249 is a step up more!)

- Zenith Pilot Type 20 GMT 1903 Limited Edition

- IWC Pilot Chrono (was eying up the Portuguese but the one I liked was 11k ha)

Now, what to do...

 

[Broady21.pb]

Something abit different if you've got a spare £15k
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[Raymond Lin]

You'd think they can give you a braclet for £15k and put a diamond in there somewhere.

 

[IvanDobskey]

Picked up my citizen at8010-58e in a Beaverbrooks sale for £239 over the weekend. Spotted a tiny mark on it so negotiated an additional £40 discount. So got a watch with an rrp of £380 for £200, very happy

 

[Adrianr]

Well not that I'm too surprised, but they've sent the watch to the wrong address. This thing better be spot on because I dread to think the hoops I'll have to jump through to return the damn thing if it isn't.

 

[mikeh501]

New daily wearer for work.. Apologies for the attire, transit lounge in Brisbane

nice, i love these. this is probably my next watch. cant make my mind up between the bruiser or an older pepsi though. will be chopping in the omega speedmaster mk2 to do it i think.

.... other option is a DJ2 white gold to complement the pelagos.... decisions decision.

question is, whether the GMT is too similar to my pelagos; but i use the pelagos as a daily beater.

 

[Spacedeck]

Sadly none... I'd like to though. I just find that, metal watches just nip at my hairs all the time and then if I do find a nice watch, the strap isn't small enough. been an issue since I can remember. Might have more luck now though

 

[2StepSteve]

Well not that I'm too surprised, but they've sent the watch to the wrong address. This thing better be spot on because I dread to think the hoops I'll have to jump through to return the damn thing if it isn't.

Gah.. what are they doing to you!?

 

[Adrianr]

Gah.. what are they doing to you!?

Making my already rubbish Monday that bit worse!! Knowing it was arriving was about the only thing that got me into work this morning.

£10 says they've sent me a Seiko

 

[2StepSteve]

Making my already rubbish Monday that bit worse!! Knowing it was arriving was about the only thing that got me into work this morning.

£10 says they've sent me a Seiko

Haha! A Seiko and a German sausage! Well the good news is that they package their watches nicely so I'm sure it'll survive the detour.

 

[Voxination]

Lovely GMT AmDaMan

nice, i love these. this is probably my next watch. cant make my mind up between the bruiser or an older pepsi though. will be chopping in the omega speedmaster mk2 to do it i think.

Definitely a bruiser! The Pepsi is nice but the bruiser is in another league, frequently find myself considering chopping in the SubC for one.

 

[AmDaMan]

nice, i love these. this is probably my next watch. cant make my mind up between the bruiser or an older pepsi though. will be chopping in the omega speedmaster mk2 to do it i think.

.... other option is a DJ2 white gold to complement the pelagos.... decisions decision.

question is, whether the GMT is too similar to my pelagos; but i use the pelagos as a daily beater.

Get the BLNR 100% I tried one on and the it's beautiful! The bezel looks great imo and the blue GMT hands and the blue lume compliment each other nicely.

I bought my GMT as a 2012 though so I saved aroun 1k over retail - there is a lot less flex on the BLNR's.

I think the Pelagos has more in common with the Sub (from what i've seen) - I find the GMT time zone useful as well.

Have you seen the Pepsi Ceramic GMT? Wow... Shame it's not stainless $$$$...

 

[{SAS}TB]

No update from Steinhart since getting the order number last Wednesday :S

 

[mikeh501]

Get the BLNR 100% I tried one on and the it's beautiful! The bezel looks great imo and the blue GMT hands and the blue lume compliment each other nicely.

I bought my GMT as a 2012 though so I saved aroun 1k over retail - there is a lot less flex on the BLNR's.

I think the Pelagos has more in common with the Sub (from what i've seen) - I find the GMT time zone useful as well.

Have you seen the Pepsi Ceramic GMT? Wow... Shame it's not stainless $$$$...

Yeah ive tried the bruiser on a couple of times and it is lovely. The reason id consider a pepsi (a late one) is that it would make it v.different to the pelagos. The pelagos and Subc/GMT are all metal sports watches so id hate to find i just wore the gmt instead of the pelagos..... or maybe it would be ok lol. too many decisions.

the pepsi is much more differentiated to the pelagos, simply because of the colour... .but thats just my mind! Ive not tried a non-ceramic gmt on and was wondering how much worse the bracelet is. The pelagos bracelet is one of its best features and a simple pressed steel one would be a backward step.

id heard they may be bringing out a stainless pepsi at this years basel... probably a rumour but ill be waiting until then in any case.

 

[2StepSteve]

No update from Steinhart since getting the order number last Wednesday :S

What did you go for? OVM?

Steinhart are painfully slow, looking at around 2.5 weeks from order to delivery.

 

[{SAS}TB]

Yep, the OMV

It was ordered on the 20th, so looks like a bit of a wait yet .........

 

[2StepSteve]

Nice choice!