Reply With QuoteWhat about "who dares, wins" ?Originally Posted by seikopath
i want to get a watch casebook engraved. any recommendations?
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
What about "who dares, wins" ?
"This engraving will make my watch impossible to sell."
Perhaps OP is someone famous
Unless you are Jack Nicholson I'd avoid having your name engraved on a watch......
When I had my SMP done Dave I just found a local jewellery/trophy engraver to do it.
mike
For casebook read caseback?
I've not used him myself, but I made a note of Photoicon when I went to 36 Hatton Garden.
Thanks for your replies everyone. I'm not jack Nicholson and the engraving isn't for me, its for a present for someone for a significant birthday.
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
Really? If that's a genuine offer tone I'd like to take you up on it.
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
It is a nice thought, but I still would not engrave the watch. I would be very disappointed if someone gave me an engraved watch.
As you have no interest in them, that would be very unlikely.
Aww, where's that 'like' button gone?
It may come as a surprise, but the watch isn't for you.
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
I tried searching the forum for threads asking this - scarcely any recommendations to be found.
Perhaps a source of recommendations would be a shop selling sports trophies - they must have to use engravers all the time?
If it were for him, the plus side would be the engraving would be cheap - you'd only need four letters ;-)
Foggy
I thought this was nicely done: http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.ph...back-Engraving
may I suggest 'time is on the other side'
Youre mistaking disappointment for ingratitude.
<snort>
If you do find a good engraver then I'd be interested to see the results.
I had one of mine laser engraved by Andrew Micheals jewellers in Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Did an excellent job.
Col.
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You mean I should be grateful if someone ruins something and then "gives" it to me.
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Does that stuff come off, or are you stuck with it?
I'm as you call it,stuck with it.
It was bought when my father passed away 2 months ago.
My dad,my son and I all have the same initials, and our dates of birth are on there as well.
Cheers.
Col, as you know I’ve seen your special watch in the flesh and it looks stunning.
When I say special, it commemorates dates which are very personal to you and it has been planned and executed in a very subtle way.
Grand Troll would struggle to put any memorable dates on a watch of his own, as his conception is a blur, probably in a laboratory.
A) I kinda doubt anyone in their right mind would give you much, ruined or otherwise.
B) No matter what you think to engraving, when something is clearly sentimental re dates, how about taking a deep breath, putting the deliberately obnoxious to one side for a second and saying nothing rather than being gleefully insensitive.
You giant miserly ass.
Last edited by verv; 30th May 2016 at 20:42.
Whoever did the engraving on that Breitling did a great job. Not an easy thing to accomplish nicely.
GrandS, you've finally fallen flat on your face.
I received an Explorer for my 50th and want something engraved, these have given me a few ideas .
Thanks .
I think this is a very touching tribute, and will remain very special and personal to whoever is the "current" user as it goes through the generations.
Good for you.
Of course - it cost you nothing, has been given to you and, if you were shallow enough to sell it, would make you 100% profit. Wise up boy.
I think the link to the above show good engravings - I'd be happy with the quality of either. I always liked the idea of the globe on the Explorer, or a Nautical theme on a Submariner.
It's just a matter of time...
This. Any sports trophy place will be able to do it for you and I don't think it's very expensive.
There was a thread on MWR about this DSSD recently, came up on eBay:
I suppose there are two ways to approach having a pre-owned watch. One is that it's a cheaper way of acquiring something current: in such an instance, you're trying to forget that someone owned it before you, and so an engraving would be actively unhelpful. (If the model is discontinued then it's probably the only way of acquiring one, but the approach ends up being the same)
The other is to be aware of the watch's history before you came to own it, and to be appreciative of who owned it and why, etc. In this approach, an engraving adds to the watch and to your appreciation of it and your understanding of its history. For example, I'm positively glad to have this personal inscription on the back of this early sixties gold Longines:
(Not the greatest photo, sorry)
Well, fantastic. Wonder why John or his family got rid of it, what with the sentimental value and all that...
Probably died and the family sold it.
Families can be grotesque. For further reading, check with one of your relatives.
Or someone at the orphanage.
Will do
Or his own offspring subsequently died, and whoever then received it didn't have enough emotional attachment to it to forego the £££ they could get for it.
I looked into getting a Datejust engraved prior to my wedding a couple of years ago. It had just been serviced not long before but both the Jewellers I spoke to (both were ADs) told me they would have to service it again as part of the process as the back would need to be removed. The woman from Goldsmiths also told me the back would be removed and sent away to their engraver while the rest of the watch sat in their safe for a few weeks. I didn't bother in the end!
Tim
I am glad to hear that you dodged that bullet. Cheers.
If resale was a real worry could you just get a replacement back engraved. Keep the original one in the box.
Just for the signature
Great idea, if you are giving one away you should follow this advice.
Nice to see you too.Just for the signature
I hope you'll find someone who can do a good job Dave, is Carl not an option?
Not everybody is a WIS and thinks about profits and resale, the person receiving it might even think it's a nice touch
Daddel.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Contact R&A Giddings in London for any engraving needs. Bob is a great guy and you can visit his workshop to discuss your requirements.
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