malcson
Player Valuation: £10m
Lum Tec make good solid quality watches, I’m sure you’ll be very pleased with iton the way...
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- Thread starter Nobby Nobbs
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Yeah, it's got pretty much everything I've been looking for and a big plus is the free lifetime regulation, since it's a Sellita movement. US based too. Ticked literally every box, for me.
I should be done now...got a beater (Casio ProTrek, digital quartz), casual/dress (Seiko Coutura, analog quartz) and what will be my every day, with this. Kinda' silly on my part to spend the most on the every day one but whatcha gonna' do, eh? Main thing is no buyers regret.
I was really lusting over one of the new Seiko Presage's with the Arita porcelain face but I just can't justify the over 2k price tag...although that's technically chump change in the world of watches. If I ever go over 1k it'll likely be way over, don't see much justification otherwise...Grand Seiko or something like that. Don't see it happening, though. Love watches but you have to draw your own line somewhere.
toffeepie1878
Player Valuation: £8m
I have one on these, its just superlative - that is all. More accurate than a £10k Rolex and will probably outlive my family.
More accurate than a £10k Rolex and will probably outlive my family.
It better be, it's solar, quartz-based and syncs up with the atomic clock every day...cheating! lol
My ProTrek does the same things but I also get temp, barometric pressure, altitude, sunrise and sunset times...blahblahblah.
And yes, they'll probably outlive us!
toffeepie1878
Player Valuation: £8m
World time is not to be sniffed at, plus perpetual calendar and watching the hands adjust when the clocks change is pretty freaky. I would take it over any timepiece for pure longevity
Own a Garmin 235 myself but considering an upgrade to a 700 series...
Own a Garmin 235 myself but considering an upgrade to a 700 series...
There were massive discounts on those (50%+) on Amazon a short while ago...don't remember which ones
To be honest I should probably learn to swim before I upgrade, but that's saying too much... although reading through this thread reminds me I have a cheap watch given to me by Mrs Nigh that I need repaired. Either needs the motion fixed or a simple battery swap, but I should take it by and have it checked out. It's a Torgoen that looks something like this:
To be honest I should probably learn to swim before I upgrade, but that's saying too much... although reading through this thread reminds me I have a cheap watch given to me by Mrs Nigh that I need repaired. Either needs the motion fixed or a simple battery swap, but I should take it by and have it checked out. It's a Torgoen that looks something like this:
Looks a little like a Seiko Flightmaster, minus the chrono...if it takes a battery then the movement itself might not be too expensive to replace if it's hosed.
The watch was under $300 new so the movement can't cost too much... I would guess the newer models use something of the same movement, but I really don't know much about the inner workings of a watch except the pieces are small, and when I was a kid I disassembled and broke my NES blaster and couldn't play duck hunt, so that gives you some insight into my wrench turning skills. I'll be doing whatever the local watch repair shop says they can do.
That Seiko looks nice, not too many watches I've seen with an E6B dial although it has some extra features I'm not familiar with; at second glance maybe that's just cardinal headings on top of degrees.
I thought you were a forum supporter? After I read that I was going to post an early pic of me in the supporter section with said blaster in hand, on Christmas (well, Eve...blame the Scandi heritage). Yeah, the movements in watches around that range a pretty ubiquitous. Probably depends on how old it is.
I bought a mishmash but haven't ponied up for the subscription yet. I'd maybe get a mug too but I hear these don't mail to the US...
TBH I can't do a busy face...my watch fascination has mainly revolved around old pocket watches and it's followed me to wrist watches as far as simplicity goes. My Seiko is pushing the tolerance level. heh...there's only so much you can cram in to 38-44mm and I won't go above that in size. I can wear up to a 50 and have it look alright as long as it's not 20mm high, but it just becomes too much for my preference.
Not sure, I told Danny back in the day to skip it as it'd cost him more to ship it to me than is reasonable (money better spent on hosting costs) so I've never gotten one...thought I was being nice but he probably thought "you're not feckin' gettin one anyway, pal!".