closing tag is in template navbar
timefactors watches



TZ-UK Fundraiser
Page 8 of 11 FirstFirst ... 678910 ... LastLast
Results 351 to 400 of 510

Thread: Precista PRS-82 Royal Navy Diver (re-edition) owners list

  1. #351
    Craftsman halfpasttwothirty's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2010
    Location
    The Deep North
    Posts
    763
    #455 is in Brisbane.

  2. #352
    Craftsman redhed18's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2013
    Location
    Canada
    Posts
    351
    Brisbane is now on the map - hard to believe there are only four in Australia!

  3. #353
    Craftsman williemays's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2017
    Location
    Dubuque
    Posts
    901

    Precista PRS-82 Royal Navy Diver (re-edition) owners list

    Hi all,

    Thanks for adding me to TZ-UK Forums. I'm looking forward to learning about watches from everyone here.

    About the PRS-82, I have #424 in Dubuque, Iowa.

    Cheers!

    Willie

    Last edited by williemays; 9th April 2018 at 00:15. Reason: Replace Photobucket image

  4. #354
    Craftsman redhed18's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2013
    Location
    Canada
    Posts
    351
    Quote Originally Posted by williemays View Post
    Hi all,
    About the PRS-82, I have #424 in Dubuque, Iowa.
    Great looking watch Willie, nice bracelet.
    You're on the map!

  5. #355
    Apprentice
    Join Date
    Mar 2017
    Location
    Cheshire
    Posts
    1

    New owner of #166

    Hi… 1st post in the TZ forum.
    #166 now resides in Chester, Cheshire.
    Absolutely delighted with the watch ...when I figure out how to post pics here, I will 👍

  6. #356
    Master
    Join Date
    May 2016
    Location
    London UK
    Posts
    1,966
    Hello,

    Number 439 is now in London!



    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

  7. #357
    #451 now residing in Hampshire

  8. #358
    Craftsman redhed18's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2013
    Location
    Canada
    Posts
    351
    Quote Originally Posted by Lukeott View Post
    #451 now residing in Hampshire
    Thanks, I've added you to our list & map!

    Your photo makes the crystal look very domed, more traditional acrylic looking!
    e.g. I don't see the bevelled edge...

    cheers

  9. #359
    Quote Originally Posted by redhed18 View Post

    Your photo makes the crystal look very domed, more traditional acrylic looking!
    e.g. I don't see the bevelled edge...
    That's more by luck than judgement
    I'm very pleased with the watch though.

  10. #360
    Just an update, I no longer own 364 but I am now the proud owner of number 240


  11. #361
    Master
    Join Date
    Sep 2011
    Location
    location, location
    Posts
    3,808
    Blog Entries
    1
    I have had two of these now, think it's time for a third.

  12. #362
    Journeyman parsig9's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2017
    Location
    USA
    Posts
    111
    Just got one on the way from California. Are they numbered on the case back or a cert? I don't see a number on the TF photos.

    Thanks

  13. #363
    Craftsman halfpasttwothirty's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2010
    Location
    The Deep North
    Posts
    763
    If it's the one I'm thinking yours is serial number 137. It's the last three digits on the case back and the card.

    Regards.

    Quote Originally Posted by parsig9 View Post
    Just got one on the way from California. Are they numbered on the case back or a cert? I don't see a number on the TF photos.

    Thanks

  14. #364
    Journeyman parsig9's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2017
    Location
    USA
    Posts
    111
    Quote Originally Posted by halfpasttwothirty View Post
    If it's the one I'm thinking yours is serial number 137. It's the last three digits on the case back and the card.

    Regards.

    Ah I see now. Got it! You watching the auction too I see.

    I thought it seemed like a nice example at a fair price. It can be added to the list on page one as being in Hillsdale MI USA...well on Thursday anyway.

    Drew

    Now to find a 14. :)

  15. #365
    Craftsman
    Join Date
    May 2011
    Location
    Singapore
    Posts
    614
    even though it is given to my dad i am putting this in for him a proud owner of serial 170 :)


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

  16. #366
    Master
    Join Date
    May 2016
    Location
    London UK
    Posts
    1,966
    13070028 is now in Liverpool. Owned by a close friend of mine. Not a member here


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

  17. #367
    Master OliverCD's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2011
    Location
    South West London
    Posts
    1,913
    Quote Originally Posted by Ar.parask View Post
    13070028 is now in Liverpool. Owned by a close friend of mine. Not a member here


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    Glad he likes it Aris! Is he wearing it on the rubber?

  18. #368
    Master
    Join Date
    May 2016
    Location
    London UK
    Posts
    1,966

    Precista PRS-82 Royal Navy Diver (re-edition) owners list

    Quote Originally Posted by OliverCD View Post
    Glad he likes it Aris! Is he wearing it on the rubber?
    He liked it with the strapcode oyster so after a quick crash course on springbars and springbar tools he ordered the bracelet as well!


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

  19. #369
    Craftsman halfpasttwothirty's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2010
    Location
    The Deep North
    Posts
    763
    #320 is in Brisbane.

  20. #370
    Apprentice
    Join Date
    Jan 2016
    Location
    USA
    Posts
    11
    #283 in southern California, USA.
    DSC00098.jpg

  21. #371
    Craftsman canuck's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2013
    Location
    Nova Scotia
    Posts
    671
    Should have added this about two years ago but number 24 is in Nova Scotia, Canada.

  22. #372
    Master
    Join Date
    Apr 2016
    Location
    Yorkshireman at heart
    Posts
    3,129
    Blog Entries
    2
    Quote Originally Posted by Ar.parask View Post
    He liked it with the strapcode oyster so after a quick crash course on springbars and springbar tools he ordered the bracelet as well!


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    I think that that bracelet could have been made for it

  23. #373
    Grand Master ryanb741's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Location
    London
    Posts
    19,615
    If anyone has one that they want to get rid of let me know - I would be glad to join the owner's list :)

  24. #374
    Craftsman D3ckard's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2017
    Location
    Sussex, UK
    Posts
    394
    435 Lives in the Rother Valley, West Sussex. Really pleased with it, pictures don't do them but will take one soon :)

  25. #375
    416 lives with me in the north...

  26. #376
    Craftsman redhed18's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2013
    Location
    Canada
    Posts
    351
    I was wondering why, in this day and ("Internet") age, that the majority of the PRS-82 seem to end up in the UK.

    I would speculate that this holds up across other Timefactors models as well, but just guessing there.

    Quickly playing with some data for PRS-82 watches where the country is known....



    "Multiple" is the ratio of a country's PRS-82 representation (%) vs. the country's population as a % of all countries with PRS-82 owners.
    (Maybe I should have used Units per Capita, but it seems to work out the same...)

    Takeaways:

    The UK is quite over-represented.
    The USA is massively under-represented.

    Theories

    Geographic preference for type/size of watches? (e.g. 40mm / diver) -> Unlikely: the PRS-82 is not an extreme size
    Local marketing? Unlikely: I don't think Eddie exactly markets / advertises the brand heavily.
    Media coverage? Unlikely: searching for Timefactors Precista reviews, shows the only major coverage has been by Worn & Wound, which is based in USA - would assume high % of USA readers.
    Word of mouth / Hey WWRUW? -> Maybe... would give a multiplier effect for a country.
    Repeat buyers -> Small effect, some owners do buy more than one, for friends / relatives.
    British company -> Small effect? preference among UK (and EU?) buyers due to less (and known) costs vs. international buyers (shipping & esp. duties can be steep)
    Historically British brand/military watches -> Likely: more interest among UK buyers, particularly the "Royal Navy" PRS-82 ?
    I assume many UK residents could be familiar with the original PRS-82, perhaps through military service, or just general (local) watch knowledge.
    Also is the non-UK representation reflecting an "ex-pat" community - or those with such a family background - vs. those with zero UK affiliation?

    Language: We should assume a preference among English-speaking countries, due the website being in English only etc.
    e.g. so even though say Japan has quite a large population, one would not expect it to have proportionally as many buyers.

    Data Quality Improvements:

    Economics:
    Ideally one would account for the economics of each country, and adjust the Population to represent only the "Market" - only those with disposable income for such things.
    Consider a theoretical buyer in one of the BRIC countries (to make it easy) - where a watch might be several year's wages for most people in that country.
    If say China was on our list, and the population there is 1.4 Billion people, then I would suspect only some some "Millions" of people would be the market.

    While I'm not really familiar with various countries economies, glancing at the list doesn't really suggest any such outliers.
    It's not like 90% of the USA is working for subsistence incomes or something...
    the Market population of the USA really probably IS as relatively large as the population data would suggest.

    Demographics:
    I guess one should probably also account for Demographics too...
    but I still can't imagine that would explain anything away.
    The UK and USA are probably fairly similar in terms of Gender and Age distributions.

    World Population Data:

    http://www.worldpopdata.org/map
    Last edited by redhed18; 19th August 2017 at 17:33.

  27. #377
    Master Jim:'s Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2005
    Location
    Aotearoa
    Posts
    3,227
    I enjoyed reading that, thank you!

    Jim

  28. #378
    *cough*

    no.83, reported stolen/lost about 3 years ago, just discovered in the back of a cupboard in a Pelican pen box.

    No, me either.

    Not embarrassed at all.

    Oh no.

    But very glad to see it again!

  29. #379
    Grand Master markrlondon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2009
    Location
    London, England
    Posts
    25,353
    Blog Entries
    26
    Very interesting!

    Quote Originally Posted by redhed18 View Post
    Takeaways:

    The UK is quite over-represented.
    The USA is massively under-represented.
    Surprising, isn't it.


    Quote Originally Posted by redhed18 View Post
    I assume many UK residents could be familiar with the original PRS-82, perhaps through military service, or just general (local) watch knowledge.
    I doubt it. The original watch would be virtually unknown to most, even amongst most WISs I'd think.

  30. #380
    Master
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    South Wales
    Posts
    1,613
    Blog Entries
    1
    240 is now resident in Newbridge South Wales

  31. #381
    Master
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    Sunny Manchester
    Posts
    1,288
    No 38 is now residing in Manchester.

  32. #382
    And 301 is in Yorkshire where it belongs!

  33. #383
    Craftsman Waldorf's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2015
    Location
    Lancashire
    Posts
    308
    Very happy to say No 435 is now in Lancashire, I'm very impressed.

    Cheers

  34. #384
    Time to update the location list, #69 now in Ebbw Vale, South Wales.

  35. #385
    Quote Originally Posted by nickyboyo View Post
    Time to update the location list, #69 now in Ebbw Vale, South Wales.
    Ah it is still around.. i was the first owner and have just replaced it!

  36. #386
    I saw your post, thought 'hello, I recognise that number' and thought I'd better update the list.
    Great watch minkle, and appreciate your new one 👍

  37. #387
    And yes i did ask for 69..

  38. #388
    Craftsman redhed18's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2013
    Location
    Canada
    Posts
    351
    Quote Originally Posted by minkle View Post
    And yes i did ask for 69..
    LOL should have worn it destro style then...

    Don't have you on the list minkle - if I missed your new # just let me know, cheers.

    Happy Friday!

  39. #389
    #443 If it is the last 3 digits on the back.

    Burford, Oxfordshire

  40. #390
    Grand Master
    Join Date
    Jul 2008
    Location
    UP North.
    Posts
    12,632
    No 130 Thackley,Bradford.

  41. #391
    Master pinpull's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2009
    Location
    Kingdom of Fife
    Posts
    1,395

    Precista PRS-82 Royal Navy Diver (re-edition) owners list

    Update - #227 no longer in Chipping Norton, has moved north with the owner and now resides in the bonny Kingdom of Fife!

    Cellardyke, to be precise


    Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
    Last edited by pinpull; 27th December 2017 at 16:56.

  42. #392
    Grand Master Dave E's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2005
    Location
    Buckingham, UK
    Posts
    17,344
    Number 053 has been with me just outside Buckingham for the last 18 months or so. Gutted at the moment because I dropped it and now it needs to go away to get fixed (the timekeeping is severely shot). Missing wearing it.
    Dave E

    Skating away on the thin ice of a new day

  43. #393
    Grand Master Mr Curta's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2014
    Location
    Mainly UK
    Posts
    17,283
    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Curta View Post
    Number 232 has moved from Budapest to Bogotá, Colombia - so the first pin in South America!
    ...but not for much longer. It will be heading to it's new home in a fortnight, and it could be yours.

    Charity Raffle; PRS-82, Seagull 1963 & Straps for Suicide Prevention & Cancer Support

    http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.ph...Cancer-Support

  44. #394
    Grand Master Mr Curta's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2014
    Location
    Mainly UK
    Posts
    17,283
    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Curta View Post
    ...but not for much longer. It will be heading to its new home in a fortnight, and it could be yours.

    Charity Raffle; PRS-82, Seagull 1963 & Straps for Suicide Prevention & Cancer Support
    Number 232 has now arrived with its new owner . Please remove me from the list.

  45. #395
    Apprentice
    Join Date
    Sep 2016
    Location
    Oswestry
    Posts
    23
    #439 is now with me near Oswestry :0)


    Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

  46. #396
    Master
    Join Date
    Apr 2016
    Location
    Yorkshireman at heart
    Posts
    3,129
    Blog Entries
    2
    Quote Originally Posted by Dudlei View Post
    #439 is now with me near Oswestry :0)


    Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
    Originally my watch :-)

  47. #397
    Craftsman redhed18's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2013
    Location
    Canada
    Posts
    351
    Updates have been entered
    Thanks all

  48. #398
    Master ditchvisitor's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2013
    Location
    Salisbury
    Posts
    2,500
    Blog Entries
    4
    There is one on eBay USA

  49. #399
    I now have 416, in sunny Norfolk ☀️ It’s most definitely a keeper


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

  50. #400
    Craftsman
    Join Date
    Mar 2018
    Location
    Hampshire
    Posts
    499
    I've just acquired No. 44 and love it.

    Sorry guys i'm a new boy here as i'm more of an active WUS member (although i'm a regular browser of TZ of course!).

    I get the impression it's done the rounds as i've seen No.44 under the ownership of a couple of forum members, but i bought it for a good price from a guy in Italy (she's come home!). I don't have any experience of the 2783 but all i know it likely needs some TLC as it's running about -15 secs so i'm going to get a service in the near future.

    For some reason i can't post a photo (newby perhaps?) but i've just put it on a Black / Grey Colareb and it looks fabulous.

    Cheers,

    Will

    P.s. you never know i may hang around :)
    Last edited by WillHarris2306; 6th March 2018 at 06:27.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Do Not Sell My Personal Information