As a PS to this, I've just bought a pre-owned box, and whizzed straight round to Timpsons to have it pressure tested! Which they did while I waited - for free! They can only test to 100m pressure...
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As a PS to this, I've just bought a pre-owned box, and whizzed straight round to Timpsons to have it pressure tested! Which they did while I waited - for free! They can only test to 100m pressure...
Yes, they are pointless clutter, I've got loads cluttering my floor! However, if you are into trading luxury brands, then people like the full set including box, papers etc. There again, some of...
You wouldn't ask Timpsons to change the battery - I'm not that daft! But they do say they do pressure testing as a separate service, so they wouldn't have the chance to wreck the watch, just test it....
Timpsons do advertise that you can have your watches pressure tested at their branches. Timpsons aren't of course your go to place for watch servicing, but as I guess you really only want to know...
I must be a very 90s person then! Breitling used to do lots of designs I liked - OK they were very in your face, but there was no mistaking them. I happened to look through their current range on...
It looks big, but not grotesquely so. In the end, it depends on whether you like it yourself or not!
In my quest for a high-end watch I'm going to look at a pre owned Breitling Super Avenger 2 -...
Fish & Chips? I may be looking at £3k watches (WoW have an interesting Breitling Chronoliner for sale) but I'm not sure I can afford Fish & Chips the price they are these days!
Yes - good suggestion. Whitby not a million miles away!
Some random ramblings and I'm looking for advice on the best places to buy pre-owned watches.
I’ve owned quite a few watches over the years, mostly pretty cheap ones and I’ve never bought anything...
Yeah, I have a couple of Rotary Chavitimers (Navitimer hommages) that are marked 'Waterproof' rather than Water Resistant. Ironically, both of them now seem to have lost what water resistance they...
Well as I said in my earlier post, AliExpress themselves have seemed to have acted very well in my case.
I'm not having a great day with Chinese watches - around the same time, I ordered a...
A cautionary tale in which Aliexpress are involved...
I went on to Aliexpress over Xmas looking at the Pagani watches. Whilst I was there I saw a good looking Seiko Chrono Solar watch with Panda...
You may be relatively safe in Mbro...the residents of certain parts of the town probably have no idea of what a watch is...
Surely the true mid life crisis watch would be some massive Diver's watch - WR to at least 1000m - and as big as a church clock, the perfect watch for all those tough macho activities you are now...
I've seen these on Aliexpress - must admit they are tempting. Has anyone seen if they do a Breitling hommages or just Rolex / Omega?
But - has anyone tested the WR rating by actually going...
I know we've been here a million times already, but that quote sums up the absurdity of the WR rating 'system'. 30M is hellish deep - think of a 10 storey building in height - serious scuba dive...
I guess there is always the question about whether the WR ratings on cheapo Chinese watches are real or pure fantasy, so this does suggest that some at least use decent WR tech.
As for the...
Interesting...maybe I should visit again! I live within reasonable reach of York and used to visit quite often, but stopped a few years ago as the place seemed to lost its soul completely. Everything...
So...do you know how to unfade it?
They are quite correct to say...
"Since Brexit, while the shipping is still FREE on our watches, our customers from the UK will have to pay 20% of VAT additionally. The payment will be managed via...
Well....genuine patina, I'd say...
If you like....I can assure you that what I posted is the polite sweeetened version of what I think of it! I'd rather have one of Invicta's more way out creations - at least they are fun, and rather...
Sorry - this things are of course personal, but I really hate that! I hate the shape, I hate the hands, I really really hate the print on the dial! And what's worse is that whilst the invidiual parts...
Yes, there are many types of Eco-Drive movement, so you need to find specific info. As mentioned the Citizen website does have instructions and sometimes videos for each movement type. I have a...
Looking at that Reverse Panda dialed Heuer watch at the bottom of the page - looks fabulous! (IMHO). Don't seem to have made much progress in watch styling over the last 55 years, have we!