Search:

Mine says a big "hi!" [November 1980]

https://i.ibb.co/93TMGDb/dav.jpg

I don't write all that much on the fora mainly cos once I start then I'd pretty much write-off mine evenings ... these things are addictive! ;)

But, your Snoopy III looks so fantastic, I couldn't...

To give a slightly counter, and more positive, slant to this thread ... I popped into the shop about 4 or 5 weeks ago, but I did telephone in advance, and agree a time. From memory, the chap (whose...

People that park their cars so that the centre of the car overlaps the white line of the bay markings!

Being a Blackburn lad, I sore wish I could defend Blackburn in this post but ... i can't. It really is a dive.

To blame Thatcherite economics for the demise of much of the North or our seaside...

In defence of Greggs ... they do do fantastic bread! I preferentially buy my bread from Greggs (whilst trying to avoid the temptation of the "brownie" doughnuts).

thanks for you reply (apologies it's taken me so long to respond ... wanted to wait to see what Seiko said):

well, the good news folks is that my Seiko SPB083J1 "Great Blue Hole" is back home....

Given how many of us chaps live in fear of our wives saying, "Isn't that a new watch?" ... this one is a bit different, Christmas pressie from my wife! Definitely a keeper! and the wife is too ;))
...

Thanks for the heads-up :) May I offer an update? I was in Dipples (Norwich) late-Saturday, and the Turtle had gone. So, AFAIK, Dipples only has the Dawn Grey Samurai left in stock.

FWIW, I do...

Hmm, i too just pulled the trigger. As per mine earlier message, I've now had to move to the shed ... with its leaky roof (and it's raining!) ... but, hey! Life-in-the-shed WITH the Dawn Grey has got...

[QUOTE=LAC13;4922500]Turtle:
http://i63.tinypic.com/28qxnrt.jpg

A *huge* thank you :)))

I was worried that it might come in the rather dull generic Seiko box (as shown on the Jura website)....

Wow! the Turtle is very Zimbe-looking. Perhaps even nicer than the Zimbe :)
I'm passing through Derbyshire over the weekend ... I might pop in and have a shufty.
May I ask, does the watch come with...

Whoa-ho ... sure is a good looker, isn't it?! :)

I may just have to give up, and pull the trigger on Jura, albeit with their 10% offer (which appears to have been there for a month, maybe more)....

I'm on my work's computer, and just tried to order ... but SKO20 doesn't seem to work :_(
£280 is a crackin' price.
I was wondering, has anybody else has managed to use this code today (Tuesday...

I got my Steinhart green bezel back in 2012. After a couple of years of normal wear (and I don't mean fixing cars, or rock climbing; just gym, office, shopping, etc) the bezel was horrendously...

Could be worth having a look at Kingsclere.

-mykk-

I sat reading your message nodding away like churchill the dog. :)
I, too, am 43 ... and yes, lack of sleep and going to bed at 2 or 3 am on "school nights" has had its effects.
Anyway, as well as...

I think the mantra, "Buy what you like" is spot on.
And I do not like the brand *association* of Tag and Brietling (clear association of Tag Heuer/Brietling and Joe Salemen, so to speak), therefore...

My wife's just got back from Japan, and she came sporting this ...

<please see attachment ... drum roll>

Sometimes you think to yourself, "With all the hassles, and the nagging, etc ... is...

About three or four years ago, I got chatting to a lad in the gym. He was mid-20s, and said that he was in 'Sales' and had just been promoted.
I, politely, congratulated him, and asked him how he...

I'm with you on this one ... just taken delivery of a Seiko SDGZ013, and absolutely lovin' it!!!
The metallic dial makes the Tag and Omega dials look totally 2D.
I have to say, whilst I would say...

No need to apologize ... watch nerd, and proud of it :)))

My wife (who's Japanese), is quite outspoken amongst her friends that her husband is a 'tokei otaku'. Given some of the weird 'otaku' in...

Amazing! this is the first PVD-cased watch that I've 'fancied'! :))) Well done OP.

Name: Seafire ... like it :) Vulcan ... love it! Alternatively, there's Merlin (engines, not beardy fella)
...

What a fantastic thread!! Thanks for the link :))

I've emailed Rocco, so hopefully, he'll be happy to wave his magic wand over my lovely old Seikos. *big fingers crossed*

Thanks for pointing me...

Hi Chris,
Thanks for the uber quick response :) Rocco sounds very promising; I'm often in Bristol so it's dead easy to pop in. Face-to-face chats are so much nicer ;)

-mykk-