Off topic watch chat for the horologists out there

Post by **Bootsy** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 4:20 pm

I so want this but at £3k plus it's a bit rich for me at the moment.

onespeed · Post by **onespeed** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:19 pm

James,
where did you get watch from please? private or dealer?
tia

40 scout · Post by **40 scout** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:58 pm

Silverstone - v Kool !

Steve

964RS · Post by **964RS** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:08 pm

onespeed wrote:James,
where did you get watch from please? private or dealer?
tia

Me. Via private sale.

Spydermon · Post by **Spydermon** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:05 pm

964RS wrote:
onespeed wrote:James,
where did you get watch from please? private or dealer?
tia
Me. Via private sale.

Jason,

What is WIS? Or shouldn't I ask.........

Steve.

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:08 pm

964RS wrote:
onespeed wrote:James,
where did you get watch from please? private or dealer?
tia
Me. Via private sale.

964RS · Post by **964RS** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:48 pm

Spydermon wrote:
964RS wrote:
onespeed wrote:James,
where did you get watch from please? private or dealer?
tia
Me. Via private sale.
Jason,

What is WIS? Or shouldn't I ask.........

Steve.

It originates from Timezone the worlds biggest watch forum.

Its a bit like Mike being able to tell that windscreen wipers on a 67S are wrong from one blurry photo!

http://www.timezone.com/library/archives/archives0058

sladey · Post by **sladey** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:57 pm

hot66 wrote:its strange how things work .... 1st I had no watch for 15 years, then I got some enthusiasm for mechanical watches & purchased my Panerai 'homage' . This watch really started my new found interest in watches with the result being this landing on my doorstep today

1992 Rolex GMT Master

Huge thanks to Jason for his help & advice

Lets hope this isn't the start of a slippery slope

Very nice James - you want to get a bit of patina on that though:-

964RS · Post by **964RS** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:15 pm

sladey wrote:Very nice James - you want to get a bit of patina on that though:-

Oooh a gilt dialed metres first.

Have those hands and dials been refinished at some point as they are snow white and not yellowed as much as I thought? Or is it the flash?

964RS · Post by **964RS** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:22 pm

ok heres my minty one

sladey · Post by **sladey** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:17 pm

964RS wrote:
sladey wrote:Very nice James - you want to get a bit of patina on that though:-

Oooh a gilt dialed metres first.

Have those hands and dials been refinished at some point as they are snow white and not yellowed as much as I thought? Or is it the flash?

Both the numbers and hands are yellow - the flash has whitened them considerably. I'm not sure but the hands are marginally brighter than the number dots - so they may be refinished hands - in any event they are no longer luminous so in the dark I have the handy ability to view twelve spots in a circle.

I got mine for my 40th - it was made in 1963 - the year I was born - I made the shop owner take me round the corner to a watchmaker to take the back off and show me the year.

Before getting it I was on Timezone every day. Once I got it I was just really happy with it (still am) and stopped going on TZ. I used to get the glass polished whenever I went down to London - brought it up like new - you don't know anyone round here who'd do that do you Jason?

964RS · Post by **964RS** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:23 pm

From the pic yours looks like a 5512 - as it has the pointed crown guards. Nice, I'd love one of those too!

I get my watches done by Steve at Ryte Time mortgages in Leicester - he's a top guy - PM me and I'll let you have his details.

The strap will come up nice just using a cape cod cloth but the glass on yours you will have to be careful on as I'm not sure what material it will be or if its ever been replaced.

Lovely watch though mate and some nice Wabi!!!

jamie · Post by **jamie** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:55 pm

petric wrote:i james watches are like cars a real boys toys thing, you wont stop, there is always somthing else you want i have given up as i have some 36 good watches, in my day you started off steel moved to gold and go back to steel only it does grab you! be careful peter

I really like watches, but I found the opposite - bought the one I wanted, and that was that. It's only a Speedmaster Reduced, but I wear it all the time - at work, painting the shed, fixing the car, in bed. It's hammered to crap, but I love it.

I do sometimes wonder if I'd like a full-sizes one, but only now and again.

James - wear that Sub forever and be happy with it. My godfather has one that he bought in the early eighties and treats it like I do mine. Some of the black edging has worn away and it looks awesome.

Shiny watches are as gehlorhd as shiny cars. Use it like you would a daily-driver!

Spydermon · Post by **Spydermon** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:03 pm

Oh Good Lord! I only spent three hours last night looking at the watches for sale, honest...

Then the Patek forum...then the Omega forum...then the.......aaarrrggh!
They are all just too pretty....mmmmmm Patek Nautilus and Patek Calatrava...mmmm Submariners and the green bezel one....I was moist, then tumescent, then priapic....NURSE!

I mean I used to be able walk from Kendals to Pret in town without stopping, just a nod, and there's one that's yellow, and there's one that's shiny and blue and red, off we go for the ham and greve....but now...I looked today in THREE shops for nearly forty minutes, each!

MANTRA/ must buy food and clothes for children and wife, not Patek Philippe Nautilus, must not listen to 'wise decision sir' comments from sales people, put it back and walk away/MANTRA

How does one control the lust???

Curse that Timezone, and that Bell and Ross that blinks up very time I look at another watch, telling me how long I've been looking...

and breathe...

[help]

Steve.

sladey · Post by **sladey** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 2:11 pm

964RS wrote:From the pic yours looks like a 5512 - as it has the pointed crown guards. Nice, I'd love one of those too!

I get my watches done by Steve at Ryte Time mortgages in Leicester - he's a top guy - PM me and I'll let you have his details.

The strap will come up nice just using a cape cod cloth but the glass on yours you will have to be careful on as I'm not sure what material it will be or if its ever been replaced.

Lovely watch though mate and some nice Wabi!!!

Yes I've got the pointed crown guards, and the twinlock (as opposed to triple lock) winder. I must admit I'd thought it was a 5513 but I was never clear on the distinction

Whats Wabi?