What watch do you wear?

Boge · 2 Dec 2016 at 21:17

At last I can tell the time without having to put on the reading glasses. This thing is really bright. You could read a book by it at night.

Couldn't resist at the current offer price. Bit of a bargain really.

Mulder · 3 Dec 2016 at 13:01

Been looking at Nite watches for a while. You just prompted me to buy two of them.

Ricochet J · 3 Dec 2016 at 13:03

Why are all watch faces at least 1 cm thick nowadays.

Why don't slimline watch faces exist? It's extremely difficult to get a thick watch tucked under the cuff of your sleeve when you wear shirts.

Awful.

Mulder · 3 Dec 2016 at 13:06

I've got a Junguns Max Bill too which is very thin.

One for the week, one for the weekend.

Ricochet J · 3 Dec 2016 at 13:09

I desperately want a moonphase watch but the watch faces are like 1.2 cm thick

Boge · 3 Dec 2016 at 17:36

Mulder said:
Been looking at Nite watches for a while. You just prompted me to buy two of them.

Pleased to be of service :cool:

I hope you're not intending wearing both at once. You'll need to hand out sunglasses to people in the same room. Those T100 Tritium tubes are blazing!

dod · 3 Dec 2016 at 20:26

rG-tom said:
week on the wrist and still loving it, the way it catches the light still impresses me and I've gotten used to the weight now

Gorgeous

Boge · 3 Dec 2016 at 23:52

Must say I'm quite impressed with the cheap and cheerful movement in the Nite. THose Ronda 515's can be quite accurate. 3 seconds a week I can live with.

JKD · 4 Dec 2016 at 07:59

Boge said:
At last I can tell the time without having to put on the reading glasses. This thing is really bright. You could read a book by it at night.

Couldn't resist at the current offer price. Bit of a bargain really.

What model is that one, Boge? I'm a sucker for lume and this looks perfect.

Boge · 4 Dec 2016 at 09:49

Hi. It's a Nite Icon 209L T100. Currently on offer at £245 (down from £320)

It sits quite large but those double tubes at 3,6,9 make it really easy to tell the time - especially in the early hours and if you can't see well without your glasses.

Don't think there's anyone else doing this double tube thing. Couldn't find one anyways.

T0pPredator · 4 Dec 2016 at 20:30

Treated myself to this little beauty. A major step up for me which has been a long time coming. Its a late 90's Tritium 16600 Rolex Sea-Dweller.

Just right for me as a daily wear, very comfortable. Feels substantial but not heavy.

Richdog · 5 Dec 2016 at 03:18

Boge said:
At last I can tell the time without having to put on the reading glasses. This thing is really bright. You could read a book by it at night.

Isn't that potentially a bit distracting in the bedroom if it really is so bright...?

hughtrimble · 5 Dec 2016 at 08:51

T0pPredator said:
Treated myself to this little beauty. A major step up for me which has been a long time coming. Its a late 90's Tritium 16600 Rolex Sea-Dweller.

Just right for me as a daily wear, very comfortable. Feels substantial but not heavy.

Gorgeous piece. I'd take one of those over my Sub date any day of the week if I could carry it off - love the lack of cyclops.

hughtrimble · 5 Dec 2016 at 08:52

Ricochet J said:
I desperately want a moonphase watch but the watch faces are like 1.2 cm thick

Budget?

ChrisD. · 5 Dec 2016 at 11:45

Can someone recommend a courier or Royal Mail postage type which would have appropriate insurance coverage for over £3k?

Ricochet J · 5 Dec 2016 at 11:51

hughtrimble said:
Budget?

£1500.

hughtrimble · 5 Dec 2016 at 12:14

Dooksy said:
Can someone recommend a courier or Royal Mail postage type which would have appropriate insurance coverage for over £3k?

Nothing RM does can cover that (max out at 2.5k), but the jeweller I was sending to said you could use your home insurance to top up RM's coverage. I didn't do that (no thank you) so went with UPS. I'm sure FedEx would do so too.

Things like jewellery can be a bit iffy for certain couriers.

MeEsH BaKkA · 5 Dec 2016 at 13:43

Just bought a GMT Master 2 BLNR 'Batman' as an early 30th birthday present to myself.... very excited to go end collect it once it's in!

mikeh501 · 5 Dec 2016 at 20:43

MeEsH BaKkA said:
Just bought a GMT Master 2 BLNR 'Batman' as an early 30th birthday present to myself.... very excited to go end collect it once it's in!

congrats, and rare as hens teeth. Did you pay over rrp?

MeEsH BaKkA · 6 Dec 2016 at 11:15

mikeh501 said:
congrats, and rare as hens teeth. Did you pay over rrp?

No, I paid list via an AD. They are going for silly money at the moment in the secondhand market, pretty crazy for a 2013 watch. I've got about a months wait but that's easily worth the £1000+ saving on second hand watches!