Breitling Cosmonaute 809 - What's not to like?
What kind of money can these usually be had for ?
Was looking at the Omega but a recent purchase has put that on hold!
Looking closer at this and I quite like it plus love the larger watches
Just had a look and H Samuel has 25% of plus an additional 10% if signed up for email. Don't make the watch a bad price.
HS Johnson tend to have keen prices on these.
Take a look elsewhere: link?
Last edited by PickleB; 4th December 2017 at 18:21. Reason: got my shops mixed up...sorry
Black is definitely the new....er.... Black?
Happy with the Bulova in this house.
Fantastic watch, would prefer the s/s case with the non date dial with original logo.
Here is an interesting thing, the original Bulova patent from 1971. It was applied for in 1969, but published just one day after Apollo15 launched. For secrecy, probably.
how risky is to wear a watch with a wr rating 5atm ?
Sorry mate, just a bit of teasing.
There are a hundred opinions on here, including professional divers, watchmakers, experienced owners and google jockeys.
General consensus seems to be:
A watch in good condition recently pressure tested to 50m/5atm should be fine in practice for swimming including underwater but not scuba diving.
Most manufacturers play fast and loose with the ratings and many in the forum wouldn't even swim with a 50m rated watch (I do).
Even those who do, probably wouldn't take their 50m rated £5k dress watch any where near water.
Some won't even take their brand new Rolex 4000m rated dive watch in a swimming pool.
I'd say if your 50m watch is not too valuable or sentimentally precious, and is newish or recently pressure tested, washing your hands should be absolutely fine. I'd worry more about the leather strap than the watch.
alright i pulled the trigger on amazon for one
it was priced at 310 eur , 250 eur cheaper than retail
Tried the strap version on yesterday and was a bit disappointed!!
Think it was more the leather strap that comes fitted with this, only just fitted my wrist and looked very narrow.
Don't know now whether to bother or not!
Has anyone seen any good deals for the black one? Like a lot of people I'd like the stainless steel with no date and the old logo but I'm happy to go for the black version instead. I see Amazon has it for 361.
Best price around for the original version appears to be Jura at £321. Best price for the black one seems to be mindforge’s price on Amazon...
Simon
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I want the bracelet one, but am waiting for it to come down to £300 like last year on Amazon. I should have bought it then, but thought would l use it, and also sub secs hand isn't smooth, so put me off. Regret it now :(
i received mine today . I am impressed with the watch i like it but the black strap had to go
i have it on a hirsch heritage vintage look
Decent lume. I’m sure my black one has no lume. Is that right?
looks better on this strap
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Really surprised how much I like this watch.
The original straps are terrible so I went with a Crown and Buckle Harbor strap.
Can anyone else with the black one check their lume for me please?
This recent article reviews the black version and it has a lume shot.
Hmmm....
Thanks. I'll leave it directly under a lamp, then take it somewhere properly dark.
I guess I'm comparing it to Seiko Tuna levels of lume...
Been getting a little bit interested in these. You know how it is! Seen them in shops. The new price has gone up a bit. Around the the £580 mark on the High Street.
is it just a co-incidence that it looks like a speedmaster? or is it the design that nasa wanted? never knew about this watch but very interested now.
Plenty of info here
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/da...-moon-for-sale
Thought I would post a few q&d pics of the new Haveston nato style straps I received as a Christmas present from my lovely daughter today. This is the Field strap collection.
She was actually supposed to have ordered 22mm versions but inadvertently ordered 20mm, so on they went to the Bulova Moonwatch.
I really am impressed with the quality, feel and comfort of these straps, they are a little different with a sliding keeper and the idea is that the buckle sits more or less centrally under the wrist.
They also came in presentation tins and tags, which also imparts the quality feel to them, overall Im very pleased.
Merry Christmas all!
Andy
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