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    Am I missing something...

    This watch. £14,000. Really? Looks more like £14.99 from a crane grabber on Scarborough sea front. Maybe it's the photograph but that dial looks like it was printed on cheap inkjet paper.

    I think I must be unappreciative of its charms and am guessing that the dial is probably hand painted and inside will hold some true horological delights.

    Does anyone own one (or any Arnold & Sons for that matter)

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264952335076


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    Awful thing. You are not wrong.

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    If you want a painting, buy a painting...not a watch with a mini-painting on it.

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    It's not even a nice painting!

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    I love that painting, and maritime paintings of that era! "A Fleet Of East Indiamen At Sea" -- used on the cover my Penguin copy of C.S. Forester's "The Commodore".

    https://fineartamerica.com/featured/...-xzendor7.html

    Oh yeah, looks awful on a watch.

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    Looks like something out of Viz

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    There is a history of the link between watch making and art. Some pieces add three or four naughts to the prices.

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    The ultimate “whatever floats your boat!” watch.

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    If you want a nice, classy hand-painted dial, it's hard to beat Doxa's pocket watches of yesteryonk...



    From muff-divers to SCUBA-divers - what a ride!

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    If you want a nice, classy hand-painted dial, it's hard to beat Doxa's pocket watches of yesteryonk...



    From muff-divers to SCUBA-divers - what a ride!

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    Not my cup of tea.

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    Maybe they throw in the Patek Philippe glove (which is surely worth a few bob).

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    Hahahah on the muff diver!

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    Quote Originally Posted by earlofsodbury View Post
    If you want a nice, classy hand-painted dial, it's hard to beat Doxa's pocket watches of yesteryonk...
    Is Eddie aware of their use of the titty logo?
    F.T.F.A.

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    If Franklin Mint did watches...


    I love how you blacked out the muff diving but left the enormous phallus stroking.
    Cheers..
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    Quote Originally Posted by JasonM View Post
    If Franklin Mint did watches...


    I love how you blacked out the muff diving but left the enormous phallus stroking.
    Glad I wasn't the only one who noticed

    Jennie Elle did a video on this style of watch - quite a serious analysis of the subject.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JasonM View Post
    If Franklin Mint did watches...


    I love how you blacked out the muff diving but left the enormous phallus stroking.

    Chortle! Missed it. I think it speaks volumes about Diversity that different people's eyes are drawn to different things...

    Aaaaand it's a hotlinked image from an auction site, which makes it all the more amusing

    TBH, if Eddie banhammers me for posting a sketchy image, he'll be doing me a favour - spent £insane since joining!

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    Quote Originally Posted by earlofsodbury View Post
    Chortle! Missed it. I think it speaks volumes about Diversity that different people's eyes are drawn to different things...

    Aaaaand it's a hotlinked image from an auction site, which makes it all the more amusing

    TBH, if Eddie banhammers me for posting a sketchy image, he'll be doing me a favour - spent £insane since joining!
    Surely anyone who starts a thread called 'Look at what I've been playing with' can't be in a strong position to ban you for your minor indiscretion, can he, you dirty sod?
    Last edited by grey; 16th April 2021 at 18:27.

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    Quote Originally Posted by grey View Post
    Surely anyone who starts a thread called 'Look at what I've been playing with' can't be in a strong position to ban you for your minor indiscretion, can he, you dirty sod?
    Don't just do something, sit there. - TNH

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    Quote Originally Posted by sish101 View Post
    This watch. £14,000. Really? Looks more like £14.99 from a crane grabber on Scarborough sea front. Maybe it's the photograph but that dial looks like it was printed on cheap inkjet paper.

    I think I must be unappreciative of its charms and am guessing that the dial is probably hand painted and inside will hold some true horological delights.

    Does anyone own one (or any Arnold & Sons for that matter)

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264952335076


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