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m@rty said:
Could anyone recommend a decent courier service when selling an expensive watch?

I understand RMSD is one possible option but I believe they only cover up to £2,500.

@Rotty I know you've probably bought and sold a few over the years! Has it always been collection only?
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Make sure you check the exclusions in the T&Cs as I think watches are not covered.

I've used Secursus to insurer the watches I have sent in the post. However, an insurance company is only as good as their claims procedure and I've thankfully never had to go through that.
 

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mrk said:
Read that as MkbHD lol

How are you guys liking the Coniston? I'm loving how it looks/gleams on a sunny day. Really classy but without being shouty?

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Lovely indeed ;)

Still in love with my Oris Big Crown Pro Pilot X here :cool:











One question though, does anyone have a recommendation on how to best clean the titanium? I'm talking about "standard" cleaning here.

As mentioned before it's a fingerprints magnet and I've noticed that those prints tend to rapidly leave brownish marks on the titanium. Using water and a soft cloth to clean it at the moment but wondering if anyone has a recommendation when it comes to titanium?
 
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Chewie said:
Lovely indeed ;)

Still in love with my Oris Big Crown Pro Pilot X here :cool:











One question though, does anyone have a recommendation on how to best clean the titanium? I'm talking about "standard" cleaning here.

As mentioned before it's a fingerprints magnet and I've noticed that those prints tend to rapidly leave brownish marks on the titanium. Using water and a soft cloth to clean it at the moment but wondering if anyone has a recommendation when it comes to titanium?
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Water and soft cloth is really the best way, due to it being Ti and surface finished in a format that does gather fingerprints there is not much else you can do to avoid this really. I was regularly cleaning the Pelagos the same way. I even tried putting some of my car wax on it to add a layer of smudge protection but that only lasts a short while as everyday rubbing against cuffs and skin wears any coating you apply away!
 

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The crystal on my Nighthawk has got pretty scratched up, can anyone recommend a place or someone in the UK that can upgrade it to sapphire? Apparently Citizen UK don't replace crystal -> sapphire anymore. :(
 

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mrk said:
Water and soft cloth is really the best way, due to it being Ti and surface finished in a format that does gather fingerprints there is not much else you can do to avoid this really. I was regularly cleaning the Pelagos the same way. I even tried putting some of my car wax on it to add a layer of smudge protection but that only lasts a short while as everyday rubbing against cuffs and skin wears any coating you apply away!
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I have a thing for titanium, and have lots of things in ti alloys, finished in a variety of different ways. It sounds like yours has a blasted surface of some description - can you confirm?
 

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hughtrimble said:
I have a thing for titanium, and have lots of things in ti alloys, finished in a variety of different ways. It sounds like yours has a blasted surface of some description - can you confirm?
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The Pelagos? I don't have that any more but it was a brushed almost satin finish which magnetised to anything moist touching it leaving marks including finger oils etc!

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Seen now that there is only 1 Casio Cognit Schema on sale from a guy in Japan. Price is £209 so I think the £95 I paid for mine was rather a superb deal :cool:

Gotta say it does look so good in the flesh. Yeah it's opaque blue/green but that's pretty much what makes it so unique/great too!
 
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mrk said:
The Pelagos? I don't have that any more but it was a brushed almost satin finish which magnetised to anything moist touching it leaving marks including finger oils etc!

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Seen now that there is only 1 Casio Cognit Schema on sale from a guy in Japan. Price is £209 so I think the £95 I paid for mine was rather a superb deal :cool:

Gotta say it does look so good in the flesh. Yeah it's opaque blue/green but that's pretty much what makes it so unique/great too!
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Ah, no I meant that gorgeous Oris that so many of us have been drooling over. Any idea on the surface finish of the ti @Chewie?
 

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I came across the new Offshore releases from AP today and I'm really liking the green and blue versions. I just need a spare £34k to drop on a watch :(

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