What watch do you wear?

Lume through jumper :cool:

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rare said:
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My 1982 Tudor Prince Oysterdate 74000.

This was from the era when the Tudor's came in Rolex cases and bracelets. Although I've had to take the bracelet off for now, as the adjustment on it is extremely fiddly and I don't want to damage it!
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Nice piece.

The spring bars are rather vulnerable with a strap that's so undersized on that - looked into others properly sized?
 
as a few people on here know, I have many nice watches, ranging from Seikos to Rolex, and everything in-between,

When the Apple watch was released I despised them, but have recently needed a 'smart watch' as I get text/email alerts for Jobs, all day and can be up a ladder or in the middle of electrical work,

using an Apple watch, I can view the jobs and decide if I want to take them, on a twist of the wrist, a proper tool watch the Apple watch has become for me,

here it is, on its G-Shock type strap,

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I have one on order at 18mm, which should turn up this week. I did place a 19mm leather strap on it, spent £50 on it, but it was wrecked within a few hours because it scraped against the back of the watch housing. Damn annoying, waste of money that :(

I just put it on this strap which I had laying around, just so I could wear it :)

I have the original rolex bracelet as well, but it will require adjusting due to my narrow wrists. I am probably going to leave it though, because I am concerned about it getting wrecked. You have to unfold the metal clasps and then press them back down, these old bracelets are a right pain in the neck. Rolex changed the design eventually.

I have been really impressed with its timekeeping over the last week, barely lost 30 seconds, which for a 34 year old ETA is pretty good IMO.
 
Soundood said:
as a few people on here know, I have many nice watches, ranging from Seikos to Rolex, and everything in-between,

When the Apple watch was released I despised them, but have recently needed a 'smart watch' as I get text/email alerts for Jobs, all day and can be up a ladder or in the middle of electrical work,

using an Apple watch, I can view the jobs and decide if I want to take them, on a twist of the wrist, a proper tool watch the Apple watch has become for me,

here it is, on its G-Shock type strap,

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You must be just around the corner from me (KT10 postcode here) :)
 
How hard is it to get a strap like this? Anything I buy is never normal. This one makes to much noise as it isn't machined very well.

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Other than that, i like it. I know, I wear my watch on the wrong arm!

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Wrong arm? Why?

I've always worn a watch on my right wrist.

I'm right handed but I play guitar. There's nothing worse than a watch crown digging into the back of your hand and your strap clunking on the neck.

My automatics have always been fully wound (no flexi jerkoff jokes please)
 
I've had my eye on this particular watch for over a year now. Confirmation of a new job and my birthday finally made me take the plunge!

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I'm enjoying the face colour in particular, outside it's like above but indoors it's a darker deep blue.
 
I wear mine on my right wrist but I'm left handed.

However I use a keyboard and mouse 'right handed' (mouse in right hand). Meaning my watch wrist is attached my mouse hand... keeps the bottom/buckle of my watch nicely buffed :(
 
Soundood said:
using an Apple watch, I can view the jobs and decide if I want to take them, on a twist of the wrist, a proper tool watch the Apple watch has become for me,
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I'm very taken with my microsoft band 2. I bought it just for the sports aspect but in practice find mails, messages and reminders to my wrist extremely useful. Because it is not so watch like, I wear it on my right and still wear a watch a lot of the time.

Hades said:
You must be just around the corner from me (KT10 postcode here) :)
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KT7 here :)
 
shiver said:
I've had my eye on this particular watch for over a year now. Confirmation of a new job and my birthday finally made me take the plunge!

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I'm enjoying the face colour in particular, outside it's like above but indoors it's a darker deep blue.
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Congrats mate, love a NOMOS.

Got all mine in the box, bar the tudor
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rare said:
I have one on order at 18mm, which should turn up this week. I did place a 19mm leather strap on it, spent £50 on it, but it was wrecked within a few hours because it scraped against the back of the watch housing. Damn annoying, waste of money that :(

I just put it on this strap which I had laying around, just so I could wear it :)

I have the original rolex bracelet as well, but it will require adjusting due to my narrow wrists. I am probably going to leave it though, because I am concerned about it getting wrecked. You have to unfold the metal clasps and then press them back down, these old bracelets are a right pain in the neck. Rolex changed the design eventually.

I have been really impressed with its timekeeping over the last week, barely lost 30 seconds, which for a 34 year old ETA is pretty good IMO.
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That's good timekeeping indeed! When was the last service, if you know?

Regarding the straps, I did the same - I put a smaller strap on my inherited 70s Longines auto, just so I could wear it. The exposed spring bars were put under too much stress, and came off accidentally a couple of times - I noticed twice, but the third I 'lost' it for a good 12 hours thinking it had fallen off in a gutter somewhere (it was inside a boot).

On the proper-sized strap, it has not come off accidentally once.
 
The Tudors seem to be doing OK on the value side of things at the moment, my 38mm is a bit more "rare" than the 36s and seem to be going for about 1500quid! I paid 450 for mine 3 years ago.
 
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