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Could her first car be an MX-5 or is it too expensive to insure? There are a couple of advantages to an MX-5 for a new driver: easy to drive and fun even at low speed; and she won't be carrying lots...

That's fine. Thank you and the others who've confirmed the same thing. :)

There's no way I'd choose this watch if I was buying one again, but I was in my mid 20s, my wedding ring was gold and I...

It's just idle curiousity. I never wear it, but should I cherish it for its value or sling it in a drawer with other old watches I've got?


Is this a geniune estimate or simply what you'd pay for...

I haven't seen any other threads like this, so I hope this doesn't break any rules.

I've got a small gold (gold-plated? Doubt it's solid gold!) automatic Maurice Lacroix that I bought in my early...

These really are great little cars for the money. We bought a 1997 Mk1 as a company pool car and I'm amazed how fun, reliable, well-designed, sporty and generally great it is. It's like they just got...

You've summed up my thoughts perfectly. I particularly like the stainless steel mask on the moonphase subdial.

This may not be helpful, but for purely for the aesthetics I would choose the IWC. The two JLCs look a bit messy to me. I tried on the 7-day IWC Portuguese a couple of weeks ago and it was refined,...

It'd be a braver man than me who approached my wife with the idea of buying another watch for at least a few years! Even my plans for an RAF G-Shock Gravity Defier will have to be on hold now.
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I've taken a couple of wrist shots today and had a bit more success. First one shows the polished surfaces and raised numerals quite nicely.

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And the second...

That is a very cool-looking watch!

That is a thing of beauty indeed. Lovely-looking bodywork. :bounce:

Enjoy it in the sunshine!

Not everybody who buys a new car on finance is an idiot though, right? ;)

I saw one of those Zenith Striking 10ths yesterday - they're really lovely-looking watches. Harrods didn't have any men-sized ones left but they had a women's one in the half-price sale.

This is such a great forum! Thanks for all the positive replies. As joaocpneves mentioned, this was a very expensive purchase for us but I didn't want my post to look as though I was trying to show...

Thanks!

Are all four photos working?? Damn Tinypic!

Decision taken. Purchase made. :D
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Thank you to everybody who contributed to this thread and helped me. I really appreciated the input.

All the insomnia and indecision has come to an end and I've returned from London with my watch-for-life. I fell in love both with the 2012 IWC Spitfire Chrono 3878, and with my wife who bought this...

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The very helpful sales assistant said they couldn't do this when I visited Wempe unless I bought it. I guess they assume...

If I buy the IWC on Tuesday then I promise I'll post an image of it on Tuesday night!

Absolutely - my redundancy was a very positive experience for us, but it took us a year to understand how much it had changed our lives for the good. Until I came home on the train that day we spent...

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I think she's just bored shitless with me going on about this all the time. As indeed are some of the people on this forum by now, I expect! :) She...

Me too! ;)

We'll see on Tuesday whether a) they still have one in stock, and b) whether I can dismiss my guilt over the cost and buy one brand new. I do have an excited feeling about it and I...

I would avoid telling your employer that you've got another job offer, in case they're about to offer you redundancy. Play your cards very close to your chest.

I was made redundant in 2000 as the...