Mine (no.1625) has arrived today; the mark-up from my SARB017 is even greater because I managed to pay £200 for the older model using an eBay 20% off voucher at the time when they were cheapest. I...
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Mine (no.1625) has arrived today; the mark-up from my SARB017 is even greater because I managed to pay £200 for the older model using an eBay 20% off voucher at the time when they were cheapest. I...
It's a perfectly reasonable timescale normally, but if you're offered an opportunity to buy a specific watch from stock, failing which it'll be offered to the next person on the list, it's way too...
Allowing 5 days to pay makes it even more likely they’re not selling actual stock. Surely they’re not calling people only after 5 days for a specific stock watch if payment isn’t received?
I bought an MM200 on a whim in Macy's in April - cost just over £500 at the exchange rate on the day (on the silicon strap), though I spent a further £160 on the OEM bracelet. The lacquered bezel...
That's a good point - it does indeed look excellent on the bracelet in the photo above, whereas I've always kept my green and gold one on different brown leather straps.
Of course, the OE bracelet...
Bruce Williams on Youtube received his and unboxed it in a short video yesterday. It looks really rather gorgeous in the video; none of the photos I've seen show that it has a similar sunburst...
I saw a video on this last night and expected to love it, but the numerals being silver rather than gold really takes some of the Alpinist's character away.
Finally a decent strap on an Alpinist...
I adore mine. And it's a watch which receives unsolicited compliments, which was a surprise.
While the Z22 strap isn't bad as rubbery straps go, I don't do rubber so I bought a Zuludiver NATO and...
I got in early for the Kickstarter for this one - the Helgray Le Mans. It's quite nicely made but I'd prefer the sub-dials to be a bit closer to the centre. The supplied strap is slightly creaky. ...
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HAGW.
Bronze?! Is that a Seiko-made version or aftermarket?
Mine arrived yesterday, and a Zuludiver NATO in appropriate colours came today. I have wanted a properly blue watch for a while, recently tried a PADI Turtle and the Save The Ocean was just ideal....
I have a Seiko Save The Ocean Turtle being delivered later on, but today's watch is an Orient Star classic on a Fluco polished stingray strap.
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Or, as has happened to me twice now, you won't get an e-mail but will happen to check the tracking and it shows up on DHL's site as having duty to pay. Which you can pay, and they'll deliver it. ...
I ordered a Brady sailcloth in January 2014 - looking back at my e-mails it was 17 days from the order before they even shipped it, and as I recall it took a while to arrive after the shipping...
I spent quite a while looking at the back, thinking it was nice that there was no Harrods logo, before I noticed the large stylised H in the middle... doh.
As with the Lotus Elise Harrods edition,...
While packing to move house recently, I found a couple of truly awful Musical Fidelity watches I'd forgotten I'd ever bought. Not quite such a wonderful surprise.
Is there any dog collar which will fit the 20mm lugs on my Seiko Alpinist and do I need new spring bars?
Enjoyed this thread after ignoring the others which are clearly nonsense from their titles.
Crackdown was the word used in the press around the time of the 2016 budget:
Guardian story on eBay and Amazon sellers who avoid charging VAT.
I have a few Colareb straps - my favourite (and on my Black Bay) is a Roma. It feels higher quality than the Venezia I bought for my Alpinist (Roma pictured, Venezia not pictured). The Roma doesn't...
I've just checked the e-mail confirmation from the purchase of my Alpinist - the seller's e-mail address was 'citywidehk0@*****.com' and clicking on the seller link says they're Hong Kong based. The...
The fall in the value of the pound after the Brexit referendum made Creation's prices go up ~20% straight away; I still bought a Seiko afterwards because it remained a good price with one of their...
Thank you for the warning - I have a Liberty on my Alpinist and never liked the stitches so removed them easily with a stitch unpicker. I hadn't thought it might compromise the strength of the...
I always leave my chronograph running with my watch on a winder.
Just a joke. I only have one mechanical chronograph anyway, which was my stepfather's Seiko bought in the late 60s and never...
"I actually paid £6000 for my watch so will you give me a similar 40% discount please?"