A couple of fun interesting watches.

Walking around with a multi-grand watch on my arm would freak me out.....but Wifey's hands have that much on them I suppose....

Thats the main reason i havent sunk the money thus far.

I shouldn't have come into this thread. It's making me want to buy watches. I love the engineering if them. Although lately I've fallen out of habit of wearing them. I'll take some photos when I'm home but my most recent go to was a Pebble which luckily still works thanks to Rebble.

I thought the same thing for a while about carrying expensive goods, then I thought about the fact most days I was commuting through London with a satchel carrying probably 6-7k in laptop, phones, tablet, headphones, etc. That said I don't own a very expensive watch, I did treat myself to a lighter a few years back though. Love them for the same reasons I love watches, the engineering. It really does need a service to realign the lid and find a replacement filling cap. I thought about having Jamie replate it, but the patina tells a story, considering it was made in 1956 and it still lights a ciggie I'm well chuffed with it

My dad had a similar lighter from the 60s or 70s! Wish I have kept it.

Yeah. You probably need to buy flints for them too. I remember all that fannying around my Dad had to do. He was a pipe smoker and there was a pile of paraphernalia associated with that too.

Weird to think he was younger then me now when he started on the pipe.

Love the design of that lighter.

Watch engineering is just amazing at times.

Syph79 wrote:

Ace thread. I have a lovely Raymond Weil that my wife bought me some years ago. I’ll put some pictures up later.

Genuine question - when people say that Rolex watches go up in value, is that based on sales or what they’re being told?

There’s not much in consumer products that goes up in value nowadays.

How long do you need to hold on to one for it to go up?

If you bought a Rolex submariner in 2014 for £5,000, you could sell it now (pre covid) for £6,000-£6,500. No bank account gives you that rate of return. Alledgly since the 70s the price of stainless steel Tolex have never depreciated ever. Plus one Rolex takes 500 hours to make. Theres a waiting list of a few years for some rolex models direct from rolex themselves.

There are other brands you can invest in, though as with any investment the price can go up or down.

Have a google Syph, people do invest and make gains. It comes down to of you have that spare capital and can lock it away for a number of years.

I really want a rolex. Im crushing in the oyster perpetual in 36mm, either blue or yellow.

It’s my 50th in June and the new jobs quadrupled my pay so maybe.....

Phwoar

Tough call that. The light blue is more unique. The yellow just works with the silver.

The jump talk reminded me of Cpl Boddey, wish I knew what make of watch it was, but it was amazeballs. He loved jumping, was camera operator for the Red Devils a few times. But it was huge, like it dwarfed G-Shocks, but was analogue and had an altimeter in it. Obviously the altimeter would be all but useless when jumping, but super cool to have it on his watch. Best in mind this was late 90s, so the more recent trend towards huge tool watches means it might not be super big now, but them G-Shocks seemed a lot bigger back then. They've shrunk while analogues have grown

cockbeard wrote:

The jump talk reminded me of Cpl Boddey, wish I knew what make of watch it was, but it was amazeballs. He loved jumping, was camera operator for the Red Devils a few times. But it was huge, like it dwarfed G-Shocks, but was analogue and had an altimeter in it. Obviously the altimeter would be all but useless when jumping, but super cool to have it on his watch. Best in mind this was late 90s, so the more recent trend towards huge tool watches means it might not be super big now, but them G-Shocks seemed a lot bigger back then. They've shrunk while analogues have grown

Oris have a lovely range of Big crown propilots with a built in altimeter