Off Topic - Wrist Watches (pics)

[CJB]

One of the major themes of the movie - "timing is everything"

[KingWulfgar]

Here's my White Knight. I haven't worn it in a while because it's badly in need of servicing.



This is my latest daily wear Kinetic. I do like it, but I miss the automatic movement.

[muggsy]

I shoot a 1911 and I wear an hour glass with an alligator band. I'm old school.

[CJB]

Aw Muggs, yer so old school, I bet when you was a kid, dirt was still under warranty!

[CJB]

Here's my White Knight. I haven't worn it in a while because it's badly in need of servicing.

The White Knight is sweet.... SXK type.... 7S26 movement....easy to service, and if need be a donor movement is fairly inexpensive (fifty bucks for a bare movement, no stem, hands or face. You swap face, hands and stem from your original (and if need be the day/date wheels, which just lift off once the face is lifted off. Easy swap.

[340pd]

More watch porn - the Seiko Sumo.

Jocko, its been to Rolex in NY I think... four times. Once, during a handgun safety class, I noticed it was actually running backwards! Brought it to the local Rolex jeweler (high end hotiy toity place) and the old German (or Swiss) watchmaker jus said "ziss isz eempozzible!" So I dug into my jeans pocket and pulled out the Sub, and showed it to him, to which he just repeated "mein gott mein gott" over and over for a while. Rolex (NY) said the escapement thingy had been fubar'd. Funny, they was the last folks in there, and the folks before that, and that. That one cost me well over $1000 to service in the mid-1990's. Jocko - I got it as a gift, and that gift has cost me probably $3500 in service so far.

This time out... next time out... needs a complete overhaul, plus a new stem tube in the case, and a new crystal, as the one on it is really bad lookin. The bracelet is missin' parts, and I was last wearin it with a zip tie to keep it together. Did I say I'm rather rough on watches?

On the other hand... woot! I've got a nice Seiko Sumo thats about +3sec/day, and a lowly Seiko SKX thats -6s/day, no matter what I do with it or how its positioned at nite.

However, you'll be on the top of the list to contact BEFORE I send it out....just to keep me on the right track with it.

That Sumo is beautiful.

[CJB]

AKA Seiko cameltoe....... 12:00 indice

[jlottmc]

I just wear a cheap Timex Triathlon. Good watch, can't seem to break more than one of them. That particular style of watch is special to me though. I did manage to almost break one, it took breaking a bunch of me to do it, however. I forgot I had it on and took a shower, that finished it. I still wear one, and change the battery every few years, and the band too.

[GROTMAN]

personally i've never worn a wrist watch.
but i gave one of these to my dad for his 80th birthday -

I want that !!!

[jocko]

actually some of the finest watc hs in the world are manual wind today, they can make them thinner. Look up the Piaget altiplane P2000, it is the world thinnest watch made today. 3.65 MM thick and that inncludes the case and crystal. They onlyt make a few thousand a year but what a superb timepeace. $27,800

[Bawanna]

$27,800 for a watch? Did you type that with a straight face?

$27,800 for a clock on your wrist. I must be out of touch. Car dealer told me that awhile back, told me I need to buy a new car more often so the sticker shock don't get me. Told him it weren't sticker shock it was plain old common sense insanity what they was asking for a pick up truck.

[b4uqzme]

...think I'll start shaking my $2.00 one. Just sayin'.

[CJB]

Believe it or not, the most expensive part of a watch is the case, and not for any real reason except fashion.

An automobile that _really_ looks like a true sportscar will cost you more - just for the way it looks. That is to say, folks will be willing to pay more so it will command more. Same engine and drivetrain in a car for a granny... much lower price. Both cost the same to build.

So it is with watches. For instance, the Seiko 7s26 movement is found in $79 watches and in $400 watches. Whats the difference? Styling. Same innards, 100 percent the same. Built without the touch of human hands, totally automated assembly.

Its a bit of engineering expertise that allows that sort of precision in fixturing, in parts positioning for assembly, even the microlubrication prior to assembly... Yikes that assembly line gets off kilter by as much as a c-word hair, and thats gonna really screw the pooch!

[muggsy]

I wear a sun dial with a genuine alligator strap. I'm retired and don't really give a damn what time it is. Every day is Saturday and I move at a leisurely pace. I was once passed by soil erosion in Pennsylvania.

[340pd]

For a true watch collector $27 grand is a good starter watch. High end collectors will pay into the millions for multi-complication, one off, timepieces. Besides you can put a lot more of them in a safe.

http://coolmaterial.com/roundup/expensive-watches/