Picked this one up this morning
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I have a MM200 Great Blue Hole, and have had modern turtles. I would say build quality is far far superior to the turtle and on par definitely with the MM200, although be it very different in feel because of titanium vs SS. I have had titanium watches before, X33 etc, but always wished they were in SS.
I hope I’m over that now? As the Shogun is a nice watch.
Picked this one up this morning
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A pleasure to wear in this warm weather being so light and comfortable.
Well, I can now announce that the hunt for a reasonably priced Daytona is officially over, for good. Picked this up from Martyn over a few drinks yesterday evening, and it's everything I'd hoped it would be. It's also a really innovative watch with it's new El Primero 3600 movement, on which I'll post a proper review - with photos - shortly.
Currently on the wrong wrist due to some tattoo work I had carried out a couple of days ago!
Lovely looking watch but I just wish it didn't say Christopher Ward on it - it feels a little department store own-brand.
I seem to remember that Martyn had trouble and had to return the watch. He mentioned it on TZ.
Looks really good, would love to hear your thoughts.
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Correct: https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.p...=1#post5710532. When returning it, I didn’t leave the shop until their in-house watchmaker admitted it was problematic. Took a few attempts for them to acknowledge.
I must say I am tempted again after seeing the pictures. Just need some reassurance that the issues aren’t widespread. It was a lovely looking watch and felt more special than any of the watches I have/had.
Well it was his second purchase!
His first was a black dial. He hasn’t had this one for long either and so I would just keep a eye out just in case and fingers crossed it only affects a small number of the first few watches.
Lovely watch. Looks much better in the metal than pics - very premium feeling.
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A new brand for me, Fortis Amadee20 Mission to Mars.
44m, Titanium, Chronograph mod. 7750. Really liked the design, enough to overcome its size disadvantages. I usually prefer 40-42mm
More information here: https://www.fortis-swiss.com/amadee-20/
That is very nice. They are very under rated, this one has a great dial.
I like the strap as well. A Nick Mankey.
What is the bezel used for? (The 2 lume plots) - ignore me.
A handy fiction if you are on Mars, being Ti I am sure it will wear well. The steel B42s are a bit of a lump on the bracelet.
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Eterna Super Kontiki...bought on here a few weeks ago..popped it on the DiModell waterproof..comes originally on a mesh with a silly clasp..
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I finally got my hands on this one after a long wait, chuffed with it!
Always did prefer Coke over Pepsi. Despite my Richard Keys arms the jubilee wears really well.
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Finally tracked down a good Planet Ocean 2500,:42mm.
Absolutely delighted with it.
I feel inclined to do some sort of write up on this because it ticks so many boxes.IMG_20210608_071643832_HDR~2.jpg
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Buzzing with this one!
A somewhat unusual Seiko arrived from Japan. This is a 5619-7000 Duotime from May 1972. The most striking thing about it is obviously the orange hand that is used to track a second timezone on the same 12hr scale as the main hands. The orange hand is independantly ajustable in 1hr increments. It also features a quick set date and the automatic movement can be handwound. And just to stir someting up, I believe Rolex didn't have the independant gmt/2nd timezone hand with a quick set date until around 1983...
The 5619 movement comes from the same base movement as that used in, amongst others, the 56KS and 56GS models. The only downside of the movement is that it suffers from the same issue as other members of the 56xx movement familiy: the part used for setting the orange hand and the date (and in other 56XX models for setting the day and date) is made of plastic and tends to break easily. The shape of the case is also reminiscent of some KS and GS models.
There's not a lot of information available on these. From what I can tell there we're two series, the 5619-7000, produced only in may and november 1972, and the 5619-701X, produced in november 1972 and possibly a little later. The 5619-7000 came with white and beautiful deep blue dials (those are the only variants in a 1973 brochure), and I think I've seen a silver dial on Ebay too. The 5619-701X series came in blue and whie dials as well and has a chapter ring with minute track on the outside of the dial, but dropped the name 'Duotime' from the dial, which is one of the things I like best about the earlier models. As can be seen by the symbol below the word 'Duotime' these models came out of the Suwa factory.
As pictured in a 1973 brochure
And here is my new arrival on the original bracelet
And with it's blue sibling that I got some time last year
Like 2 new watches
Nice one
Great combo. Out of interest did you have much history with the AD or is that the standard wait time for the average Joe?
Hate to admit it but no purchasing history with this AD bar a watch service last year. Hopefully that gives hope to others in the same situation.
Edited to add: they did offer me a Sub a couple of weeks back which I declined, not sure if that helps the quest for a 'unicorn' piece based on leaving a watch for others and not taking for profiteering.
Picked up the new 41mm IWC Chrono. Feels like a significant upgrade over the outgoing model.
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Picked this up on Tuesday... I feel a 908.006 or 844 could be next !!
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This arrived from our host a couple of days ago.
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