happy_renting Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Not sure if I said, but the reason for the new watch is that I lost my last one. Insurance company cash settlement was rubbish so I now have a £1400 voucher to spend in one of the mainstream jewellers, everywhere from h Samuel to map in and Webb, goldsmiths and Ernest Jones. The watch I wanted isn't available in these shops so I'm a bit stuck. Need something 100m water resistant with a metal strap, or possibly could get two lesser watches and have a bit of variety, one with a leather strap. I've scoured the websites and can't decide, so any suggestions welcome if anyone has any. Perhaps you could get two 50m water resistant watches, they might be cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worzel Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Perhaps you could get two 50m water resistant watches, they might be cheaper. What would you recommend to strap them together to ensure I got the aggregate 100m water resistance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 What would you recommend to strap them together to ensure I got the aggregate 100m water resistance? Precisely. BTW, How often do you go down to 100m? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradbury Robinson Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Have you had a look over on the Watchuseek forums? There used to also be Poor Man's Watch Forum but it looks like the owner has sadly died. It looks like some admin started Wallet Friendly Watch Forum but it looks a bit sparse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I want one of those Breitling Aviator watches. They are good for altitudes of up to 100m, and don't explode like Rolexes do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worzel Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Precisely. BTW, How often do you go down to 100m? The meterage is misleading, all the shops and websites say that 100m is what you need if you want to go swimming with it. I'm sure you could risk it with a cheapo watch, but if it's in the hundreds of pounds if want a screwed down crown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash4781 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I wonder if the rise in CFH will cause luxury Swiss watches to jump in price in a few months time? If they don't then it will prove my suspicion that the prices are carefully calculated on what they think punters will pay rather than anything to do with production cost. Maybe they manufacture the gubbins in China. I assumed the fakes came off the same assembly lines . edit: they add the SWiss mech's later, fakes end up with some quartz mechanism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 The meterage is misleading, all the shops and websites say that 100m is what you need if you want to go swimming with it. I'm sure you could risk it with a cheapo watch, but if it's in the hundreds of pounds if want a screwed down crown. So the logic is that you need to spend a lot of money to get a watch you can rely upon being waterproof, because waterproofing is essential to protect it, because it's expensive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Have you had a look over on the Watchuseek forums? There used to also be Poor Man's Watch Forum but it looks like the owner has sadly died. It looks like some admin started Wallet Friendly Watch Forum but it looks a bit sparse. I used used to be an amateur clock repairer! I love the mechanisms! I fixed a few for friends! Usually needs a clean out and some oil! (Do not use WD40!). Clocks have fallen out of fashion! As have pocket watches! I am nowhere near delicate enough to fix those. I leave it to experts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worzel Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 So the logic is that you need to spend a lot of money to get a watch you can rely upon being waterproof, because waterproofing is essential to protect it, because it's expensive? This explains it better http://deloachwatchservice.com/other_stuff/water_resistancy.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 I have very narrow girly wrists. Those metal link straps are hopeless for me. Maybe I should get wrist implants? You could put it round your neck. I suppose it'd be tricky to read though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Is time the same 100m underwater? Or does it pass more slowly. Or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habeas Domus Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 What would you recommend to strap them together to ensure I got the aggregate 100m water resistance? Just wear the first watch for the first 50 M of the dive and then when it fails you strap on the second one for the next 50 M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GloomMonger Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Colleague has a Breitling with a transponder that sends out a distress signal if he ever gets lost. Hasn't used it yet but you never know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 You could put it round your neck. I suppose it'd be tricky to read though... Use a mirror? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Use a mirror? Good idea. For maximum ease of use you could have the mirror on a strap on your wrist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Colleague has a Breitling with a transponder that sends out a distress signal if he ever gets lost. Hasn't used it yet but you never know! One with GPS would be better. Then he wouldn't get lost in the first place. Is the Breitling waterproof to 100m? That way, you could be lost and up to 100m underwater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porca misèria Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 One with GPS would be better. Then he wouldn't get lost in the first place. Is the Breitling waterproof to 100m? That way, you could be lost and up to 100m underwater. Does GPS work where there's a singularity in space/time (as in ... oh, DAMTP seems to have moved)? Clearly doesn't help some folks ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashmonitor Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Slightly easier to glance at a wrist though, surely? Unless you walk around with your phone permanently in your hand, turned on etc etc. The less stuff I have to carry about the better. I have to have a mobile phone for work so that is my watch. I really would like just a watch. Mobile phones are liberating and enslaving. On the one hand I don't need to be in a pyhsical building I am at work 24/7 to answer queries. So I am always at work in one way, but rarely at work in another...I can be answering queries on a 20 mile hike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libspero Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 This explains it betterhttp://deloachwatchservice.com/other_stuff/water_resistancy.htm Reminds me of a "surf" watch I bought as a teenager. Picture of a surfer dude on the box, water resistant to 30(?) meters. Just the job I thought. Took it out kayaking once. Dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will! Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Out of sheer patriotism, my next watch will be a Bremont. http://www.bremont.com Watch-making is a very British trade. Every major escapement design and around three quarters of related innovations came from these shores. Much is owed to pioneering horologists such as Harrison, Mudge, Graham, Arnold and Tompion, and, more recently, George Daniels. Our goal has always been to bring back as much of the process to the UK as possible. Our watches are all designed, assembled and parts finished in England. That includes most of the very bespoke parts used in our limited editions, as well as our hand-made leather packaging. Bremont is proud to be at the heart of a British revival in watch-making and equally excited to work in partnership with some British manufacturing greats, including Norton, Jaguar and Martin-Baker. We continue to build and promote our heritage, with a British HQ and the successful opening of our London stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worzel Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 Just in case anyone is vaguely interested. I ended up getting a voucher for £1,425 from insurance for watch I lost, the cash settlement was rubbish so it was a no brainer. I ended up getting an oris Aquis with a metal strap, and a Tissot visodate with brown leather strap. I figured it would make sense to have a couple for different occasions rather than ploughing all the cash in to just one watch. Really pleased with the choices. http://www.oris.ch/en/watches/oris-aquis-date/01-733-7653-4159-07-8-26-01peb and http://www.tissot.ch/products/tissot-heritage-visodate-automatic/T0194301603101.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 That should enable you to replace your loss! I'm not a "posh watch nob twonk" BTW, but I still like to see the faces of others! Or the "turds of others" ? Isn't that right , er, Mr Renting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knock out johnny Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Just in case anyone is vaguely interested. I ended up getting a voucher for £1,425 from insurance for watch I lost, the cash settlement was rubbish so it was a no brainer. I ended up getting an oris Aquis with a metal strap, and a Tissot visodate with brown leather strap. I figured it would make sense to have a couple for different occasions rather than ploughing all the cash in to just one watch. Really pleased with the choices. http://www.oris.ch/en/watches/oris-aquis-date/01-733-7653-4159-07-8-26-01peb and http://www.tissot.ch/products/tissot-heritage-visodate-automatic/T0194301603101.html Nice! If I were ever to get a proper dive watch (for diving and stuff) Oris is pretty good bang per buck if I didn't fancy (that means couldn't afford) an Omega Planet Ocean pre-owned This is my baby at the moment http://www.watchfinder.co.uk/Rolex/Turn-O-Graph/116263/3400/item/43267 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Nice! If I were ever to get a proper dive watch (for diving and stuff) Oris is pretty good bang per buck if I didn't fancy (that means couldn't afford) an Omega Planet Ocean pre-owned This is my baby at the moment http://www.watchfinder.co.uk/Rolex/Turn-O-Graph/116263/3400/item/43267 I admire your choice! Although I think if had that amount of "spare" money, I would probably waste in on guitars, and evil handling cars. Each to their own. I don't know why I have an Omega. If it's good enough for James Bond, it's OK for the Pin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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