think my Seiko has finally had it, after 20 years and such trauma, many hardtimes. It's been repaired a couple of times already but our local little watch repair man has long since retired - it'll costafortunum to send back to Seiko despite it being a relatively simple movement. Economical write-off and I have the sads.
Said to myself a while back I'd get a SARB033 to replace it with once it's gone. Can you bloody believe it that these days they're rare as sympathy from a Tory politician. Gits.
Might be a protracted hunt.
In the meantime I'm amusing myself by thinking of buying this little weirdo:
https://shopuk.hamiltonwatch.com/aut...rop-green.html
Proper lairy balls innit.
Last edited by arry; 23-11-2017 at 07:01.
Bought one. Through eBay, advertised as from Ireland but actually it's from Hong Kong. Let's home it turns up now; but not a lot of money to lose if it doesn't, I guess. PayPal'd that bad boy just in case.
Now looking at straps for it as I don't really like bracelets. Going to buy two I think; black goat skin and a green ostrich!
Why not? They'll fake anything these days.
Look how many fake SARD FPR's are available, they're what? £80-£90 for a genuine item???
Granted; but it'd be unlikely enough I'm not too concerned. Seller has got lots of good feedback and there's no hints of it being a fake within the pics (I'd pick up on the usual quite quickly even from the advert pics).
Well it turned up which is a plus
I was getting a little bit worried TBH; hadn't heard from the company re dispatch of the item until about Friday of last week. Then all of a sudden, it just turned up.
Have checked it over; it appears to my untrained eye, to be completely genuine. The weight feels right, the brushing of the case and the movement look spot on. It has all the right tags, books and guarantee cards which bodes well, too.
Excuse the crap picture - struggling to capture it properly with one hand.
Now time to go off and get some straps
Finally got round to some fiddling. Basically I've spent the whole of last week too drunk to operate a spring bar tool
Installed new strap on my B&M - will swap the deployment clasp from the old strap over at some point; don't have a screwdriver small enough to hand at moment. This is only temporary until I get something better quality, but the guy I want to buy from isn't taking any new orders until the new year. After which, this strap will become available to the Seiko.
Then I took the bracelet off the SARB033 and started installing NATO straps for giggles.
Number 1 installed:
Number 2 installed:
Number 3 installed:
Think I like number 2 most, followed by 1, and then 3 for a day when a more boring effect is needed.
Sorry for crap pics - difficult to hold a smart phone one handed and can't be bothered to charge my camera
You must be very f***ing bored, mate. How's the flu coming along ?
Pickled !
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Thanks yes I think so too. It wasn't what I was looking for at all when I bought it but having clapped eyes on it, couldn't leave without it.
It's beautifully finished for a relatively cheap watch compared to others I've seen at 1.5x or so the price point. I'd recommend highly.
Went away for a few days on business which was going to be lonely, so I brought out the big guns to keep me company. Saves it sitting in a box.
I love taking a watch away with me. Have you got a travel box for it? Breitling ones are great and are around £10-£20 on eBay usually.
Edit: here’s a cheap one due to a crap photo
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F222806336346
Last edited by Sean-B; 25-01-2018 at 15:37.
Not seen one of those before Sean - might have a looksy.
I've got a real hankering for a Steinhart Racetimer Blue but I would be buying blind as I've never seen one before. The other option is just to spunk the money on the Tudor Heritage it's based on; but I can see the missus going absolutely mental if I buy another 2G upwards watch for the 'collection'
You'll be collecting shoes next you should be collecting s13s like a real man ! Lol
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Last edited by Jonny Wilkinson; 07-02-2018 at 19:21.
Thoughts on the Rolex Explorer II?
Tried one on last weekend and liked the larger 42mm case compared to the 40mm Sub/GMT case with the massive lugs, but still not 100% sure...