It’s certainly going to be interesting. My fascination with Rolex, dive watches in general and other things came from the ads in National Geographic Magazines in the school library 45 years ago; all...
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It’s certainly going to be interesting. My fascination with Rolex, dive watches in general and other things came from the ads in National Geographic Magazines in the school library 45 years ago; all...
He always comes up with interesting and thoughtful content. We’re nearly at a price point where mid tier luxury watches are priced to the point of irrelevance to most people and many enthusiasts. I...
Mmm - bit steep but no other maker has managed to copy that smokey grey colour accurately. If anyone knows differently please shout.
Sorry, I should have been clearer. The timekeeping went to hell - I didn’t check the amplitude but googling the issue led me to a lot of people having the same problem with the movement.
My now sold SD43 was fine for about a year and then became gradually more erratic. It went back to Rolex for a fix but I lost faith in it after that.
In many respects geographic origin is less important than supply chain due diligence and visibility. There are some very good engineering businesses in China that aren’t sweat shops and they have the...
There’s a no date mecaquartz option for £180.
https://www.hgp-watches.com/collections/diver-200-mecaquartz
I ordered a couple of these as they look rather good for the money…
https://www.hgp-watches.com/collections/diver-200-automatic
I enjoyed the interview and thought Adam Levine came across as an enthusiastic collector. I find Perzscope’s tone overly self congratulatory and really off putting. Also, like Jake’s Rolex World -...
My first thought was that they were carrying literally unbelievable levels of stock, in both value and quantity.
My SD43 went back as it started running slow after six months of cracking timekeeping. It seemed fine after they sorted it but I never really trusted it after that and so off it went.
As others have said, a very satisfying collection - I would leave it intact and enjoy them.
I’m being cautious and certainly not buying anything on credit. To be honest, it’s helping me appreciate what I already own and I can see me actually reducing numbers considerably. I’d like to get...
Hi all,
Bit of a boring day so I began to wonder if it is possible to convert a Seiko SRP777 turtle from auto to quartz, preserving the day/date function?
Anyone heard of this being done? It...
As others have said, nice to see the chamfers back. The Deepsea - I’ve owned two, original version and the refreshed one - just remained on the ‘interesting’ side of ugly but I loved the engineering....
In the same issue there is an interesting piece about investors turning to vintage wine as a hedge against inflation. Of course, it may be that attention now turns to vintage watches in the same way...
Not much new but worth five mins of your time:
https://www.ft.com/content/8f49cc5f-dacb-47d3-8112-baa26b18fa2b
Such great watches. I have a 2004 16710 pepsi and it would be a a great one and only.
I think the trick is to find one that was recased a while ago so that the value has already taken a hit. Mine was recased in 2010 and had the docs to prove it was kosher - came from Jason (Sweeping...
I have a 1665 that I wear much of the time. I deliberately went out to find a suitable candidate that wasn’t too valuable (they all are I suppose) and that would take use in water. I ended up finding...
I think they’re great watches. I have an auto date with the Sellita movement that is extremely accurate. I also have a custom quartz on order pairing the ‘83 dial and hands with the MK1 matt top case...
I think servicing mechanical watches is going to be an issue going forward and may end up impacting brands that don’t have an in house service division. Good independent watchmakers who will take on...
I don’t really ‘get’ the current Rolex offering. I am enormously fond of the brand, own three older ones (a 2004 GMT, and 1979 Sea Dweller and a 1972 Explorer) and have owned several of the current...
….the clocks go forward in a couple of weeks…sorry, it’s all I’ve got.
Sorry to keep it off topic, but we’ve been running through some impact forecasting this week and there are some pretty tricky issues heading our way this year, especially around food price inflation....