What watch do you wear?
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Got my paws on the new Oris for a review if anyone wants to check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVDq9r-qHfw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVDq9r-qHfw
How may GS do you have btw?
Mine will go on a Barton Elite Silicone for sure but in a matching colour variant to go with whatever dial or hand accent I end up choosing. A £17 strap on a circa £5l watch
Quality straps though. I'd need to get the Seiko leather strap too so I can swap over the GS deployment clasp just to keep things looking OEM.
This is all thinking ahead though.... A bit of a way off yet before all this
Mine will go on a Barton Elite Silicone for sure but in a matching colour variant to go with whatever dial or hand accent I end up choosing. A £17 strap on a circa £5l watch
Quality straps though. I'd need to get the Seiko leather strap too so I can swap over the GS deployment clasp just to keep things looking OEM.
This is all thinking ahead though.... A bit of a way off yet before all this
How may GS do you have btw?
Mine will go on a Barton Elite Silicone for sure but in a matching colour variant to go with whatever dial or hand accent I end up choosing. A £17 strap on a circa £5l watch
Quality straps though. I'd need to get the Seiko leather strap too so I can swap over the GS deployment clasp just to keep things looking OEM.
This is all thinking ahead though.... A bit of a way off yet before all this
Any issues with customs when you order @mrk? wasn't keen on the CW hybrid strap so ordered it with a bracelet but fancy a decent alternative.
This is the one myself and mrk have https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144-Pcs-...542286?hash=item4b743a904e:g:sjsAAOSwctZdjvn8 the watch strap pin remover (centre tool to the right on the link) works well. what else are you looking to do? I think mrk has had some issues with other parts in that kit.
Also, is it wrong that i may be eying up 3 oddball watches
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This is what I bought a few weeks back and have been wearing it since
It's decent looking and good size, bracelet is nice, Sapphire crystal, solar powered and bluetooth connection to phone so it never loses any time (the bluetooth feature is quite fun to watch the watch turn the dials without touching it) only negative is the dial is a bit cheap looking at certain angles, it's not terrible but it's "off" like uncanny valley off, still it'll do me until I get some more expensive watches and will work for an everyday watch
Got my Timex too
Case is brilliant, makes sense the premium price over the standard T80
Watch itself is beautiful and I'm no fan of 80's digital watches but this looks more 80's than 80's watches
But....
It's too small, I had to check on Timex website to make sure I hadn't ordered a female version, I'm going to keep it for novelty but I doubt I'll ever wear it wrists are just too wide for such a small watch the Edifice fits perfectly
It's decent looking and good size, bracelet is nice, Sapphire crystal, solar powered and bluetooth connection to phone so it never loses any time (the bluetooth feature is quite fun to watch the watch turn the dials without touching it) only negative is the dial is a bit cheap looking at certain angles, it's not terrible but it's "off" like uncanny valley off, still it'll do me until I get some more expensive watches and will work for an everyday watch
Got my Timex too
Case is brilliant, makes sense the premium price over the standard T80
Watch itself is beautiful and I'm no fan of 80's digital watches but this looks more 80's than 80's watches
But....
It's too small, I had to check on Timex website to make sure I hadn't ordered a female version, I'm going to keep it for novelty but I doubt I'll ever wear it wrists are just too wide for such a small watch the Edifice fits perfectly
Define 3 oddball watches 
I thought mine was pretty oddball given how many times @InvaderGIR has used the vomit emoji in group message
Do you mean just a springbar tool? I use this for all of my strap changing on my watches and friends watches:
I have the kit above @Derek W linked and it's mostly cheap tat really and pretty much everything I now do on watches is done with a higher quality precision screwdriver/tool kit and that one springbar tool
I've had 2 straps from Barton so far (the latest 3 have not yet been delivered but left NYC on the 21st apparently!) and have had no customs charges. It appears that because the value is £15 or less and Barton ship one by one, they slip by customs
Fits my wrist nicely but it's always interesting to see how the sizing of a watch differs between different size wrists! I know it's sub 36mm on paper but wears like a bigger watch but that difference in your pic is rather big!
Here's how it looks on mine:
Agree though it's the most 80s this sort of watch can look lol. As many have said online, it's a fun watch that matters more to those who grew up in the 80s I guess but as a limited run and 40th anniversary piece, will become a collector watch in the future so for the sake of £69 I'll be keeping it and wearing every so often.
I thought mine was pretty oddball given how many times @InvaderGIR has used the vomit emoji in group message Do you mean just a springbar tool? I use this for all of my strap changing on my watches and friends watches:
I have the kit above @Derek W linked and it's mostly cheap tat really and pretty much everything I now do on watches is done with a higher quality precision screwdriver/tool kit and that one springbar tool
I've had 2 straps from Barton so far (the latest 3 have not yet been delivered but left NYC on the 21st apparently!) and have had no customs charges. It appears that because the value is £15 or less and Barton ship one by one, they slip by customs
This is what I bought a few weeks back and have been wearing it since
It's decent looking and good size, bracelet is nice, Sapphire crystal, solar powered and bluetooth connection to phone so it never loses any time (the bluetooth feature is quite fun to watch the watch turn the dials without touching it) only negative is the dial is a bit cheap looking at certain angles, it's not terrible but it's "off" like uncanny valley off, still it'll do me until I get some more expensive watches and will work for an everyday watch
Got my Timex too
Case is brilliant, makes sense the premium price over the standard T80
Watch itself is beautiful and I'm no fan of 80's digital watches but this looks more 80's than 80's watches
But....
It's too small, I had to check on Timex website to make sure I hadn't ordered a female version, I'm going to keep it for novelty but I doubt I'll ever wear it wrists are just too wide for such a small watch the Edifice fits perfectly
Fits my wrist nicely but it's always interesting to see how the sizing of a watch differs between different size wrists! I know it's sub 36mm on paper but wears like a bigger watch but that difference in your pic is rather big!
Here's how it looks on mine:
Agree though it's the most 80s this sort of watch can look lol. As many have said online, it's a fun watch that matters more to those who grew up in the 80s I guess but as a limited run and 40th anniversary piece, will become a collector watch in the future so for the sake of £69 I'll be keeping it and wearing every so often.
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Do you mean just a springbar tool? I use this for all of my strap changing on my watches and friends watches:
I have the kit above @Derek W linked and it's mostly cheap tat really and pretty much everything I now do on watches is done with a higher quality precision screwdriver/tool kit and that one springbar tool
Yeah, springbar tool mainly. I do have some decent precision screwdrivers.
I was looking at this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B071P7B672/
But might just get a decent springbar tool instead.
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Fits my wrist nicely but it's always interesting to see how the sizing of a watch differs between different size wrists! I know it's sub 36mm on paper but wears like a bigger watch but that difference in your pic is rather big!
Here's how it looks on mine:
Agree though it's the most 80s this sort of watch can look lol. As many have said online, it's a fun watch that matters more to those who grew up in the 80s I guess but as a limited run and 40th anniversary piece, will become a collector watch in the future so for the sake of £69 I'll be keeping it and wearing every so often.
Crazy the difference, my Edifice wears my wrist the way the pac-man is wearing yours... I don't even have fat wrists they're just really wide and it pains me because I'd love to wear the pac-man but it's just too damn small for me, still it's a nice starter piece for my collection
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I bought - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001IZT8R2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 when I got my Edifice does spring bars and the hammered in pins
Yup Bergeon is the top brand when it comes to watch tools really, not cheap, but you can't go wrong for sure. I don't use the tool enough times now to warrant upgrading though since all my own straps are now quick release aside from one NATO remaining which I can install with nails alone on the springbars.
Define 3 oddball watches
I'll not say too much just now but I'm in two minds in whether to order them up now or wait until I get a watch book delivered at the start of next week before pulling the trigger. But on the basis of the watches you've posted so far they'll make yours look normal