Reply With Quoteno date on my prs18
I've gone through my fair share of watches in the last few years and have ended up flipping most of them because something wasn't quite right about them. A few have remained, not because there was nothing wrong with them, but because something about the watch allowed me to overlook the bits of it that were less than perfect.
So here's my list of the things that bug me about my favourite watches:
Rolex Explorer 114270 - weak lume, rattly bracelet
CWC G10 - fixed bars (I know this is very much part of the whole point of the watch but I'd still rather have removable ones) and most of all the19mm lug width
Sinn 656 - AR coating smudges sooooo easily that I end up spending most of my time wiping it :evil:
Any other random annoyances in otherwise great watches
no date on my prs18
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
Suunto Observer - lovely watch but I'm not clever enough to use it
Observer again - the expensive and apparently fragile Ti and rubber bracelet males the watch look like an armadillo - not a biggie as I've replaced it with the cheaper, more attractive and more comfortable rubber one, but it's an expensive optional extra that actually makes the watch (to me) less appealing.
P*ss-poor bracelet clasp on the Sub.
Stuttering chrono second hand on the Speedy Pro.
Skeleton hands on the Seamaster Pro.
Lume on the wrong end of the second hand on the SKX007.
Current time not visible in all modes on the GW-M5600E.
i dont like the fact that its hard to get the springbars to sit properly into a 6900
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
The beautifull but not so clear to read polished chrono hands on my Ebel E-type chrono and Meteorite Speedy :)
Daddel.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
The lack of lume (well, there's a little) on the Aqua Terra hands (previous generation--the 2500 co-ax). Otherwise it's a beauty. Oh, and the lack of micro-adjustment on the bracelet.
... their cost.
Other than that I've decided not to settle on watches that have - in my eyes - a long standing irritation or flaw.
If it's an ongoing irritation it goes :)
Perfection costs :blackeye:
Gray
lack of lume is a big one. relatively simple to get right i would have thought? one of the things that let down the da36
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
Originally Posted by seikopath
no date on my prs18
I actually like them dateless.
Give a holler if you like to let it go.
Eric
I dislike the fact that I have to manually wind my Speedy Pro.
It's my only manual wind watch, so I always forget to do it.
I also dislike the small recessed crown as it makes the process difficult with my big fat sausage fingers.
Lack of a date is tiresome too as all my other watches have one so I'm in the habit of using the feature a lot.
I actually got rid of my first one because of these issues, but missed it more than any other watch I've had and was delighted to replace it recently.
For me, the previosly mentioned G-shock issue of current time not visible in all modes is a very, very mild annoyance on my GW-5000. Not enough to really bother me though.
If I'm brutally honest, my 9300 caliber Planet Ocean Chrono is a touch too big for my wrist. Easily forgiven though as I love the watch and wouldn't not have it :drunken:
The lack of fine adjustment on the clasp of the Seamaster bracelet is annoying.
I wish the IWC Aquatimer 3536 was a couple of mm thinner, it is a very high watch.
The 'Stretchy' bracelet on my IWC Ocean 2000. Otherwise it would be my perfect watch.
Funny you should mention that. Just this morning/6AM, I was timing a lap (app. one hour) when kayaking. I used the stop watch function and it bothered me, that I did not have the time in the small window at the top of the display screen on my GW5600, as I had to be else where shortly after the trip.
Of course one has an idea of the time - would just be nice to know. I could just change back and forth between functions, but did not want to break the rythm when paddling.
This is of course just nit-picking and hardly a big problem. The GW is a great watch for kayaking .... and most other activities for that matter.
This is why the plain old classic DW-5600E still has one of the best modules around.Funny you should mention that. Just this morning/6AM, I was timing a lap when kayaking. I used the stop watch function and it bothered me, that I did not have the time in the small window at the top of the display screen on my GW5600, as I had to be else where shortly after the trip. Of course one has an idea of the time - would just be nice to know. I could just change back and forth between functions, but did not want to break the rythm when paddling.
Lug width on my Speedy Pro. Seems 2mm too narrow for the size of the case...
How easily the clasp and bracelet on my Seamaster Pro gets scratched just by resting it on a desk :?
Learning to live with all the swirlies on the clasp but was devastated when it first started to get scratched.
I have the DW5600 too. I seemed to remember, that it has the time in the stop watch window, but did not want to post it, as I was not sure and do not have the DW with me - but just to make sure; the DW5600 has the time in the stop watch window?
Speaking about plain old classic - as I had the DW5600 (and have owned it since the mid-nineties, as far as I remember), I thought about "upgrading" to the Casio GXW56E-1 "King" (I think that is the name and number for the much larger Casio, I looked at).
Wearing the GW for when on the water and other activities, I am just sooo happy, that I did not buy the much larger chunk of plastic, just because I was a bit bored with the DW.
The GW has renewed my interest in digitals/Casios and to my surprise, I find myself wearing it with pleasure and using it for day-to-day wear - not just for roughing it.
The bezel doesn't quite properly line up on my orange monster. But I love it.
The date is waaaay too small on my Steinhart Aviation
My Jazzmaster needs to be 1-2mm smaller. At 43mm with a silver dial it wears slightly too large on my 7" wrist. I can't bring myself to sell it though (partly cos I don't have enough posts :wink: )
No quick date set (or whatever you call it) on my Ploprof. No biggy but a bit of a pain if it hasn't been worn for a while.
Second time zone on my DW-5600E
Better lume on the EZM2
forget it eric, that baby is going nowhere :twisted:no date on my prs18
I actually like them dateless.
Give a holler if you like to let it go.
Eric
it would be like dumping the most gorgeous woman in the world just becuase she had a lisp :albino:
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
Affirmative.I have the DW5600 too. I seemed to remember, that it has the time in the stop watch window, but did not want to post it, as I was not sure and do not have the DW with me - but just to make sure; the DW5600 has the time in the stop watch window?
Auto watches don't generally keep as good time as quartz but the movments cost more, i know why. And quartz movments jump instead of gliding nice and smoothly.
Initial cost.
I have the Chrono AT, and have to agree on the bracelet. Also: the subdials are a little too far to the center (the Zenith EP disease :lol: ) but most of the time this doesn't bother me. Still, if they had made the watch2,2mm smaller it would have been perfect.
ThanksAffirmative.I have the DW5600 too. I seemed to remember, that it has the time in the stop watch window, but did not want to post it, as I was not sure and do not have the DW with me - but just to make sure; the DW5600 has the time in the stop watch window?
Thought of another one - the atrocious reluming on my HMT Pilot.
Awful clasp on my sub (time for a new strap!) and misaligned bezels are a real dissappointment.
I am sure the search addicts and phsycics amungst us know what you mean - the rest of us would like to share your annoyance via a picture :lol: :wink: :lol:
Gray
For me it's the following:
Rolex GMT - the seemingly cheapo bracelet: no SELs, rattly and flimsy-looking clasp. I know that this is symptomatic of the era (mine's a '98 16700) but I often think about swapping for a later model, but I don't like the thick lugs or polished CLs of the GMTIIc. Maybe a new Explorer II is the answer?
Fortis B42 - the AR coating always looks smeared
G-Shock G100-1BV - digital display is too small and obscured by the analogue hands making it difficult to use the chronograph while exercising.
FrankenMonster - Lume dot on wrong end of Second hand
Speedbird GMT - Lume
Kemmner Octopus - Slightly rattly bracelet.
Lume is like Marmite...and if you love it, the smallest detail can be an annoyance IMO
The incredible lume on my Omega SMP 2254.50 keeping me up at night! :mrgreen:
:lol: fair point.I am sure the search addicts and phsycics amungst us know what you mean - the rest of us would like to share your annoyance via a picture :lol: :wink: :lol:
:shock:
:lol:
Gray
Most of the time I manage to tell myself it's all part of the watch's basic charm....
And it was only £16.
:(
I've been flipping watches since starting out in January- about 20 so far.
In all that time I've found one true keeper, my Brown Benarus Moray 2. To my eyes its 'nearly' perfect, but for the tiny date window. Almost no point in it being there. Still love the watch to bits.
The bracelet of the Seiko Samurai slowly tears all my hairs off ...
Cheaper than waxing :)
Black dial Milgauss. The price. I bought used but still :shock: All worth it in my opinion of course :D
Oh and I suspect the movement would look pretty under a display back...
Andy
1) 19mm lug on my CWC g10 with a squashed 20mm NATO (i can't bear the gap with the 18mm)
2) Tiny ding on my Ocean7 LM3 V2, can't really see it but i know it's there, and don't know how I did it
3) Date in US format on my G shock GW 5600
All cause me sleepless night, but not enough to sell apparently!
Agree with not micro adjusting the Omega bracelets.
The 2.5 minute hashes on my Breitlings.
As others have said the clasps on both my Rolex are a bug dissapointment.
The date on the Crux is all but unreadable with it's tiny red on black text.
Cut of numbers in my IWC ingenieur chrono.
It's the one watch that was invented for me... Still, it hurts to see a few cut off numbers cause of the chrono subdails. But i can have it. It's my watch and it looks ace, even with cutoff numbers tho. :)
Cheap clasp on my Helson shark diver. I have got round it with 3 new bracelet links but it does make taking the bugger off a bit of a chore :D
The poor lume on my Omega Seamaster Titanium, but then maybe I'm being unfair given that its sat next to a Ball Fireman.
Crown on my 2002 Rolex GMT Master II is far too small. Youl have thought it would be bigger as you would be adjusting it more often if you used it as it should be.
1. Every now and again the hour hand on my PRS5 seems to move a bit (yes I know its supposed to :roll: - its just that it sort of wobbles up and down a bit). Adds character. 8)
2. The silvered hands on my PRS10 are great in the open air but not so good under artificial lighting. I tend to reserve this watch for the sort of hazardous environments, where horology is challenged and movements are put to their sternest tests. So far its come through every visit to the children's soft play area with flying colours.
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