A thread for watch love - The Bear and Badger

Minkymu

g.man wrote:

Swatches are cool.

And clever. The sistem 51 is worth a look. An antimagnetic automatic watch, with one central screw and 90 hr power reserve, made by robots with just 51 pieces. Which hasn’t been done before with so few parts. Very clever.

cosmicjellybean

Minkymu wrote:

Nothing wrong with Swatch at all. My first watch was a Swatch. The Swatch group own ETA and the ETA movements are used almost universally, therefore Swatch is practically inside almost every posh brand on earth.

Minkymu wrote:

g.man wrote:

Swatches are cool.

And clever. The sistem 51 is worth a look. An antimagnetic automatic watch, with one central screw and 90 hr power reserve, made by robots with just 51 pieces. Which hasn’t been done before with so few parts. Very clever.

That is actually really cool! Had no idea, I just use them as jewellery really, have a load in various colours by various artists etc.

Also a big fan of g shock but never bought one, I should take a look...

Dinostar77

I will post a pic of my collection later, just for the hell of it. I stopped buying when son was born.

Minkymu

Dinostar77 wrote:

I will post a pic of my collection later, just for the hell of it. I stopped buying when son was born.

Yes please

Roujin

I have a small selection of random watches accrued over the years mainly as gifts, nothing particularly fancy in there, the ones I am bothered about are an old nixon beastie boys watch my bro got me for xmas like 10 years ago and a titanium citizen eco drive which I got for my 18th and needs the capacitor replacing. Swapped the straps on both cos the one on the nixon watch perished, and the metal strap on the citizen really used to irritate my wrist for some reason. Thinking about it, these are probably the items I have that have the most sentimental value to me out of anything I own.

I suppose the only "nice" watch I have that I am too afraid to wear unless it's a family big occasion is my great uncles Longines Conquest that I inherited, doesn't have the original band, cos he swapped it for some stretchy metal one when his dexterity got too bad to deal with the regular strap, but I really like it, it's really comfortable to wear on the handful of occasions I have been brave enough to wear it. I know the glass is scratched, it's been like that since I had it, my Dad went to ask about getting it restored or replaces and the woman in the shop told him to basically fuck the fuck off because it's the original glass and it's better to just leave it how it is. Compared to some of the stuff that's already in here it's nothing special, I respect anyone brave enough to walk around with a watch worth a couple of grand at least on their wrist every day.

Oh yeah, btw nato straps for life.

Edit: Oh yeah, I frequently flirt with the idea of picking up an old Seiko 5 as an automatic watch I could wear every day without worrying too much about it.

Minkymu

Lovely.

Nixon do some great surf watches. The StarWars collection of watches was cool too, launched around the same time as Force Awakens.

I love Longines. Massive brand pre quartz crisis, still amazing now. Great heritage collection. These guys were bigger thsn Rolex are now back in the day. Great quality stuff. I want the heritage military piece.

Citizen ecodrives are bullet proof beasts. The ecodrive divers are quality. They have just launched an intergrated bracelet petite second hand dress watch, has a black sand texture dial. It’s gorgeous

Minkymu

Also im with you on the natos. Safety first and all that

Minkymu

On my Seiko tuna i have an erikas originals marine nationale strap. Its based on the straps used by French special forces.

Made from parachute webbing elastic. Fucking cool

Roujin

Big up all the strap designs that let you lose a pin without the entire watch going across the pavement and into a drain or whatever.

Minkymu

Yuup

Dinostar77

Spoiler:

I could have bought at least 10 more g-shocks over the years but i tried to be sensible. A few i regret no getting when they were available.

If i start buying again i will stick to solar powered or kinetic movement if possible. Changing batteries for that many watches adds up.

Birdorf

I do like G-Shock but most are too big for my liking.

They've just released a new purple Full Metal and a couple of analogue ones too, so I'm going to have to buy those soon.

Minkymu

That new red/ purple gshock is lovely looking tbf.

Minkymu

Lovely pics guys.

Really like the gold full metal gshock.

Also that red big boss gshock the tough solar one is a beauty. Nice little collection there chaplove the mudmasters

g.man

Aye, there's some lovely stuff on this page.

hylian_elf

I have a few from over the years. All birthday or event gifts, haven’t bought any myself.

1. Boss. Battery operated. Random (24th?) birthday gift from gf (now wife)
2. Seiko. Battery operated. Engagement gift from now father-in-law.
3. Tag. 30th birthday gift from wife
4. Rotary/Dreyfuss. 5th wedding anniversary gift from wife
5. Raymond Weil. 35th birthday gift from wife
6. Omega. 10th wedding anniversary from wife
7. Cartier. 40th birthday gift from wife.

Haven’t replaced the batteries in, or worn, the first 2 for years and years now.

The 5 mechanical watches are in a personalised box gifted on my 40th by the kids (via their mum). Haven’t worn them in... a year. Lockdown, innit. Maybe once or twice in past year.

hylian_elf

Some pics:

Spoiler:

hylian_elf

15th wedding anniversary this year. Doubt I'll end up with a watch, which will buck the trend. Have the house renovation work to pay for. It's my wife's 40th this year so I'll get her something nice though.

hylian_elf

Been eyeing up a Rolex Daytona for years, will be my only self-purchase if I get it. Wife promised it for my 50th, but that's over 8 years away so I might buy it before then.

hylian_elf

Brooks wrote:

Lapis lazuli is a sick chunk of rock and jubilee bracelets are my all time fave.

That watch is niiiiiiice!

Dinostar77

Omega Seamaster elf? Nice.

Question about Omegas and Rolexs. Do you lose money on them generally or do they hold/increase their value. Obviously it depends on the exact model and how many were produced right?

What i am asking is are they a good investment?

Minkymu

Rolexs rarely loose money. More often than not they go up in value. A good trick is to grab one they are discontinuing l, the Explorer 2 is tipped for replacement this year as its the anniversary of the original. Might be worth a punt.

Omegas are less safe. Depending on model. They tend to drop in value but not by much. Again depends on model. Some buck the trend like the 007 spectre seamaster 300.

Minkymu

Rolex Daytona. Fuck me. Lovely watch. I know a chap who has a pearl dial variety(works on COD marketing for Activision) it was buy that or a car with his bonus. Eek

Minkymu

Imgur not working for me elf.

Dinostar77

Need to stay off this thread. This seiko sports watch is down to £121. I must not buy.

equinox_code

Last time I owned a watch I was around 9. Got it for my birthday. On the box it said it was scratch resistant, which I took to mean completely scratch proof. First attempt to test this with my nails proved successful. Second attempt to show off to friends by rubbing it on the tarmac sadly was not

Minkymu

Oooooh nice Dino

Did you see the Seiko 5 street fighter 5 editions? I was very tempted by the Ryu white model.

Dinostar77

Minkymu wrote:

Oooooh nice Dino

Did you see the Seiko 5 street fighter 5 editions? I was very tempted by the Ryu white model.

I never heard of those. I have been in "ignorance is bliss" mode so i cant be tempted. Just looked them up, ryu one is nice. I do like the ken one abit more.

Also loving Birdoff's square g-shocks. Just needs one in bronze then he's got a medal set of colours.

hylian_elf

Minkymu wrote:

Imgur not working for me elf.

Now?

hylian_elf

To clarify, if needed, none of mine for investment. I wear them all, rotating as necessary to desired. If they go down in value, I’m not fussed. But it would be nice if they did go up.

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