Reply With QuoteGood fun thoughOriginally Posted by ben4watches
That Record must be mainly made from air.
Trying to find things to do whilst at home actively avoiding the jobs Mrs B4W wants doing I entertained myself by weighing my current crop of watches.
Nothing scientific and where bracelets are on watches they are adjusted to my 7.25ish wrists, with the exception of the Tudor GMT as its unworn and the bracelet is full and not been sized.
Ready........................
Tudor P01 - 153g
Tudor GMT - 186g
JLC Reverso - 85g
Damasko DC67 Si - 131g
Omega X-33 Gen II - 106g
Rolex 16610 Sub Date - 127g
Record Watch Co - 35g
Omega Beta 21 Electroquartz - 119g
Omega Seamaster 2531 - 158g
Zenith Rainbow Flyback - 143g
Bulova Accutron Spaceview - 54g
Seiko Bellmatic - 68g
Seiko Weekdater - 50g
Casio Digital - 44g
A famous Egyptian clone (don’t shoot me for this, its just a bit of fun) 283g
So, what can be learnt from this? Well bugger all really.
Enjoy!
Cheers,
Ben
..... for I have become the Jedi of flippers
" an extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife "
Good fun though
That Record must be mainly made from air.
GMT more than the Sub! Extra links I know.
You need a 250g watch like a planet ocean chrono or I presume some kind of sea dweller.
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I was ‘weighing-up’ whether or not to read this thread😀
I’ll play...only a 6.75” wrist though
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Now if you really have time to kill, it would be more scientific to remove bracelets and straps before weighing, as a chunky steel bracelet can weigh a lot.
Then you can do some sort of comparison of the ratio of watch head to total weight so that you can work out......well, not a lot!
State of the weighted collection
I saw on a TV program about pawnbroking that one of the checks they do is weigh the watch. Does anyone know if there’s a source for the weights and does it include the number of links ?
Pure idle curiosity..
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I've always used 200g as an upper limit for me and anything heavier feels like having half a house brick strapped to my wrist.
I am very disappointed to see that Cameron coming in at 211g - either remove this watch from my hypothetical wants list, or increase my tolerance level to 225g.
See, a worthwhile exercise after all
Take a few links out and wear it on the max glide lock setting. Easy fix. It does wear its weight well, I think it might be down to the bigger surface area and titanium caseback.
SD 16600
Guilty!
I think my James Cameron weighs around half a pound, that'd be 227g.
Weight of the collection!
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Now that actually IS interesting! Your bracelet weighs more than the watch head! The idea that that could be would never have entered my head!
Atleast the watch weights remained constant unless links were added/ removed or bracelets/straps changed, those who didn’t watch their weight during the lockdown however....
Wow that Day Date has some serious heft to it. Bet it feels great to wear.Guilty!
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
No photos but a Jaeger le Coultre ultra thin date weighs 59gm, an IWC Mark 18 on bracelet 155gm , IWC Mark 18 Miramar 60gm and a Patek aquanaut 79gm.
RG version of a Reverso in the Grande case, with strap and deployant weighs 131g.
Ready........................
JLC Reverso - 85g
So, what can be learnt from this? Well bugger all really.
Enjoy!
No picture sitting on scales as I didn’t weigh it this afternoon. For some reason I have a note with the weight of all my main watches that I did a few years ago.
On the wall of my loo, I have a framed original print ad (in French) for a GMT Master - 'If you were flying Concorde tomorrow, you would wear a Rolex'. It clearly states 'In the cockpit of a PanAm Concorde there will be an essential item on the pilot's arm. It weighs 85 grammes.' I guess that means head only.
...which implies that the bracelet is considered inessential!
I’m actually surprised by how much I’m loving this thread!
Surprised about the Sub actually! Would be curious to know the weight of the Sea Dweller and Deep Sea now for comparison purposes!!
Nice one OP
S
Couple of deep seas above or are you thinking head only?
I’d be curious to know actually about the Head only as they are quite that much bigger right?
What do you think [mention]wileeeeeey [/mention] ?
S
So Deepsea versus Ploprof...the Omega is 250g+ I think.
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Interesting... but why didn’t you order the photos in ascending weight?!
Because i have better things to do, honestly
Interesting... but why didn’t you order the photos in ascending weight?!
Cheers,
Ben
..... for I have become the Jedi of flippers
" an extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife "
Here are a few of my ones :)
Shouldn't it be descending order?Interesting... but why didn’t you order the photos in ascending weight?!
Why should it be?
No reason, wasn't serious.
Years ago, I had a TAG Aquagraph on a 7.25 bracelet.
275gms
I think the heaviest watches I have are the two steel 45mm Helson Shark Divers which, sized for a 7.5 inch wrist each come in at 294g 296g
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I’m actually surprised by the weight of the Panerai - I actually thought it would be a lot heavier!Here are a few of my ones :)
S
Its the 177 and so is titanium that's why its so light chap
Yes it does. It's a special watch.
Here's a few more (in total random order) I found in a photo album. There's more somewhere -
Interesting collection there Jon with some interesting weights.
Embarrassingly I just realised that my speedy is not in my original post, I forgot I had as its away for a little modding but should be back soon........................fingers crossed.
Cheers,
Ben
..... for I have become the Jedi of flippers
" an extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife "
real pam 341 at 60mm is 202 or 242 with thick strap and bronze buckle, interesting that it;s lighter then the fake
The Pam 341 is Ti, the fake is a steel case which is where the extra weight comes from I would imagine.
Cheers,
Ben
..... for I have become the Jedi of flippers
" an extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife "
Seiko Monster, 173g
Tudor Black Bay, 171g.
Panerai Radiomir PAM00346, 100g. Titanium.
Zenith Type 20, 114g.
Mondaine Simply Elegant, 88g.
CWC G10, 48g.
Timefactors PRS22 Speedbird, 90g.
Casio G-Shock GMW-B5000, 155g.
A couple of thoughts: I'd have put money on the Black Bay being heavier than the Seiko Monster, I suppose a portion of the difference is in the solid bezel of the Monster. I can't believe the massive bronze Zenith is only 14g heavier than the titanium (but also admittedly large) Radiomir.
Gotcha that makes sense! Learning on a daily basis! Nice one cheers!
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Prompted by this thread I thought I would see which of mine is the heaviest. (Of the chunky watches I own)
(Not so) lightweight titanium
These two have quite a difference in weight being the same case size and same bracelet. One is quartz and the other a 7750 powered chrono.
Lastly the difference between these three was a surprise
I’m quite surprised at the weight
Doxa 300t 180 grams
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This threads really interesting, and there have been loads of really cool collections on display! Cheers.
I'd weigh some stuff but I don't think I have anything especially interesting which hasn't already been weighed by others.
Thanks, Ben. The collection has grown quite a bit since they were taken, but I've not had an opportunity to put them on the scales.
Bit of a weight difference between these two
Interesting thread !
Citizen-CA0650-82M. Titanium-Sapphire and only lovely 91Gr !
And here Orient Mako II 88Gr on Nato strap
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