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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 10 March 2022, 19:17:09
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£60,000 or £500.
Top end fakes are pretty good these days.
Interesting video if you're into expensive watches.
https://youtu.be/faTFFSsOJ7o (https://youtu.be/faTFFSsOJ7o)
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Allthough that watch is high value I wouldnt even go £500 it was a genuine item. :-\
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Allthough that watch is high value I wouldnt even go £500 it was a genuine item. :-\
Being poor I make do and mend with a ten quid Casio (complete with a ten year battery guarantee)......still going strong after 5 years on the original battery. :y. It's battered to f*uck but still 'ticking'. ::)
I also have a Pulsar which I rarely wear. Cost about £60
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Always liked watches have two Longines & Tagheure all are worth far more than what I paid for them , was thinking about getting an Omega Seamaster but prices have increased dramatically.
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Always liked watches have two Longines & Tagheure all are worth far more than what I paid for them , was thinking about getting an Omega Seamaster but prices have increased dramatically.
Well engineered watches. :y
Never been fond of Rolex though. They have the uncanny knack of making a £10,000 watch appear indistinguishable from a garish ten quid watch bought from a petrol station. :-\
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Always liked watches have two Longines & Tagheure all are worth far more than what I paid for them , was thinking about getting an Omega Seamaster but prices have increased dramatically.
Well engineered watches. :y
Never been fond of Rolex though. They have the uncanny knack of making a £10,000 watch appear indistinguishable from a garish ten quid watch bought from a petrol station. :-\
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A friend of mine years ago won a Rolex for his amount of sales
( Office equipment) it was forever going back to the service center with various faults. I also have a professional Seiko divers watch which I purchased in 1972 been serviced once & still works perfectly.
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£60,000 or £500.
Top end fakes are pretty good these days.
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There becomes a point where the price is just ridiculous, regardless of how wealthy you are. :)
Any fakes of Gucci watches will be a million times better built than the genuine Gucci tat. :y
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I bought a 'Rolex Submariner' for ten quid off a man on the street in Manila a few years ago! :)
It seemed pretty robust, and lasted about 5 years. I even wore it when diving. :y
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I bought a 'Rolex Submariner' for ten quid off a man on the street in Manila a few years ago! :)
It seemed pretty robust, and lasted about 5 years. I even wore it when diving. :y
I imagine for £10 it was a piss poor copy. :D
I certainly wouldn't spend £60,000 on a watch......£500 high end copy of a £60,000 watch, perhaps. ;)
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I bought a 'Rolex Submariner' for ten quid off a man on the street in Manila a few years ago! :)
It seemed pretty robust, and lasted about 5 years. I even wore it when diving. :y
I imagine for £10 it was a piss poor copy. :D
I certainly wouldn't spend £60,000 on a watch......£500 high end copy of a £60,000 watch, perhaps. ;)
You'll end up getting hit over the head for you Chinese copy.
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I bought a 'Rolex Submariner' for ten quid off a man on the street in Manila a few years ago! :)
It seemed pretty robust, and lasted about 5 years. I even wore it when diving. :y
I imagine for £10 it was a piss poor copy. :D
I certainly wouldn't spend £60,000 on a watch......£500 high end copy of a £60,000 watch, perhaps. ;)
Yes I'm sure that anyone who knew about these things would have spotted it a mile off. ;)
I know nothing about expensive watches (or expensive anything come to that!) and bought it for a laugh. My mate had a collection of broken fake watches that he'd picked up in various Asian flesh pots and was gutted that my 'Rolex' lasted so long! ;D
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I bought a 'Rolex Submariner' for ten quid off a man on the street in Manila a few years ago! :)
It seemed pretty robust, and lasted about 5 years. I even wore it when diving. :y
I imagine for £10 it was a piss poor copy. :D
I certainly wouldn't spend £60,000 on a watch......£500 high end copy of a £60,000 watch, perhaps. ;)
Yes I'm sure that anyone who knew about these things would have spotted it a mile off. ;)
I know nothing about expensive watches (or expensive anything come to that!) and bought it for a laugh. My mate had a collection of broken fake watches that he'd picked up in various Asian flesh pots and was gutted that my 'Rolex' lasted so long! ;D
Did you buy it off a ladyboy?..... :o :o :o ::)
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I bought a 'Rolex Submariner' for ten quid off a man on the street in Manila a few years ago! :)
It seemed pretty robust, and lasted about 5 years. I even wore it when diving. :y
I imagine for £10 it was a piss poor copy. :D
I certainly wouldn't spend £60,000 on a watch......£500 high end copy of a £60,000 watch, perhaps. ;)
Yes I'm sure that anyone who knew about these things would have spotted it a mile off. ;)
I know nothing about expensive watches (or expensive anything come to that!) and bought it for a laugh. My mate had a collection of broken fake watches that he'd picked up in various Asian flesh pots and was gutted that my 'Rolex' lasted so long! ;D
Did you buy it off a ladyboy?..... :o :o :o ::)
You seem to have an unhealthy fascination with ladyboys.
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I bought a 'Rolex Submariner' for ten quid off a man on the street in Manila a few years ago! :)
It seemed pretty robust, and lasted about 5 years. I even wore it when diving. :y
I imagine for £10 it was a piss poor copy. :D
I certainly wouldn't spend £60,000 on a watch......£500 high end copy of a £60,000 watch, perhaps. ;)
Yes I'm sure that anyone who knew about these things would have spotted it a mile off. ;)
I know nothing about expensive watches (or expensive anything come to that!) and bought it for a laugh. My mate had a collection of broken fake watches that he'd picked up in various Asian flesh pots and was gutted that my 'Rolex' lasted so long! ;D
Did you buy it off a ladyboy?..... :o :o :o ::)
You seem to have an unhealthy fascination with ladyboys.
I have been thinking that for some time Steve ;D ;D ;)
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I bought a 'Rolex Submariner' for ten quid off a man on the street in Manila a few years ago! :)
It seemed pretty robust, and lasted about 5 years. I even wore it when diving. :y
I imagine for £10 it was a piss poor copy. :D
I certainly wouldn't spend £60,000 on a watch......£500 high end copy of a £60,000 watch, perhaps. ;)
Yes I'm sure that anyone who knew about these things would have spotted it a mile off. ;)
I know nothing about expensive watches (or expensive anything come to that!) and bought it for a laugh. My mate had a collection of broken fake watches that he'd picked up in various Asian flesh pots and was gutted that my 'Rolex' lasted so long! ;D
Did you buy it off a ladyboy?..... :o :o :o ::)
You seem to have an unhealthy fascination with ladyboys.
They must be everywhere in Barnsley. It's the type of 'Asian fleshpot' town as described by Tigger. :)
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I bought a 'Rolex Submariner' for ten quid off a man on the street in Manila a few years ago! :)
It seemed pretty robust, and lasted about 5 years. I even wore it when diving. :y
I imagine for £10 it was a piss poor copy. :D
I certainly wouldn't spend £60,000 on a watch......£500 high end copy of a £60,000 watch, perhaps. ;)
Yes I'm sure that anyone who knew about these things would have spotted it a mile off. ;)
I know nothing about expensive watches (or expensive anything come to that!) and bought it for a laugh. My mate had a collection of broken fake watches that he'd picked up in various Asian flesh pots and was gutted that my 'Rolex' lasted so long! ;D
Did you buy it off a ladyboy?..... :o :o :o ::)
You seem to have an unhealthy fascination with ladyboys.
They must be everywhere in Barnsley. It's the type of 'Asian fleshpot' town as described by Tigger. :)
You're confusing Barnsley with Bradford ;D
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I bought a 'Rolex Submariner' for ten quid off a man on the street in Manila a few years ago! :)
It seemed pretty robust, and lasted about 5 years. I even wore it when diving. :y
I imagine for £10 it was a piss poor copy. :D
I certainly wouldn't spend £60,000 on a watch......£500 high end copy of a £60,000 watch, perhaps. ;)
Yes I'm sure that anyone who knew about these things would have spotted it a mile off. ;)
I know nothing about expensive watches (or expensive anything come to that!) and bought it for a laugh. My mate had a collection of broken fake watches that he'd picked up in various Asian flesh pots and was gutted that my 'Rolex' lasted so long! ;D
Did you buy it off a ladyboy?..... :o :o :o ::)
You seem to have an unhealthy fascination with ladyboys.
They must be everywhere in Barnsley. It's the type of 'Asian fleshpot' town as described by Tigger. :)
You're confusing Barnsley with Bradford ;D
When a group of people gather here it's like a polite rally for the EDL..... ;)
........or Britain in the fifties. ;D
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I bought a 'Rolex Submariner' for ten quid off a man on the street in Manila a few years ago! :)
It seemed pretty robust, and lasted about 5 years. I even wore it when diving. :y
I imagine for £10 it was a piss poor copy. :D
I certainly wouldn't spend £60,000 on a watch......£500 high end copy of a £60,000 watch, perhaps. ;)
Yes I'm sure that anyone who knew about these things would have spotted it a mile off. ;)
I know nothing about expensive watches (or expensive anything come to that!) and bought it for a laugh. My mate had a collection of broken fake watches that he'd picked up in various Asian flesh pots and was gutted that my 'Rolex' lasted so long! ;D
Did you buy it off a ladyboy?..... :o :o :o ::)
You seem to have an unhealthy fascination with ladyboys.
They must be everywhere in Barnsley. It's the type of 'Asian fleshpot' town as described by Tigger. :)
I was thinking more Bangkok, Manila or Saigon than Barnsley to be honest. ::) :)
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I bought a 'Rolex Submariner' for ten quid off a man on the street in Manila a few years ago! :)
It seemed pretty robust, and lasted about 5 years. I even wore it when diving. :y
I imagine for £10 it was a piss poor copy. :D
I certainly wouldn't spend £60,000 on a watch......£500 high end copy of a £60,000 watch, perhaps. ;)
Yes I'm sure that anyone who knew about these things would have spotted it a mile off. ;)
I know nothing about expensive watches (or expensive anything come to that!) and bought it for a laugh. My mate had a collection of broken fake watches that he'd picked up in various Asian flesh pots and was gutted that my 'Rolex' lasted so long! ;D
Did you buy it off a ladyboy?..... :o :o :o ::)
You seem to have an unhealthy fascination with ladyboys.
They must be everywhere in Barnsley. It's the type of 'Asian fleshpot' town as described by Tigger. :)
I was thinking more Bangkok, Manila or Saigon than Barnsley to be honest. ::) :)
Are you suggesting Barnsley can't cut it as a location for Fleshpots? ::) ::)
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I bought a 'Rolex Submariner' for ten quid off a man on the street in Manila a few years ago! :)
It seemed pretty robust, and lasted about 5 years. I even wore it when diving. :y
I imagine for £10 it was a piss poor copy. :D
I certainly wouldn't spend £60,000 on a watch......£500 high end copy of a £60,000 watch, perhaps. ;)
Yes I'm sure that anyone who knew about these things would have spotted it a mile off. ;)
I know nothing about expensive watches (or expensive anything come to that!) and bought it for a laugh. My mate had a collection of broken fake watches that he'd picked up in various Asian flesh pots and was gutted that my 'Rolex' lasted so long! ;D
Did you buy it off a ladyboy?..... :o :o :o ::)
You seem to have an unhealthy fascination with ladyboys.
They must be everywhere in Barnsley. It's the type of 'Asian fleshpot' town as described by Tigger. :)
I was thinking more Bangkok, Manila or Saigon than Barnsley to be honest. ::) :)
Are you suggesting Barnsley can't cut it as a location for Fleshpots? ::) ::)
I've never been to Barnsley. Have you? ???
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I bought a 'Rolex Submariner' for ten quid off a man on the street in Manila a few years ago! :)
It seemed pretty robust, and lasted about 5 years. I even wore it when diving. :y
I imagine for £10 it was a piss poor copy. :D
I certainly wouldn't spend £60,000 on a watch......£500 high end copy of a £60,000 watch, perhaps. ;)
Yes I'm sure that anyone who knew about these things would have spotted it a mile off. ;)
I know nothing about expensive watches (or expensive anything come to that!) and bought it for a laugh. My mate had a collection of broken fake watches that he'd picked up in various Asian flesh pots and was gutted that my 'Rolex' lasted so long! ;D
Did you buy it off a ladyboy?..... :o :o :o ::)
You seem to have an unhealthy fascination with ladyboys.
They must be everywhere in Barnsley. It's the type of 'Asian fleshpot' town as described by Tigger. :)
I was thinking more Bangkok, Manila or Saigon than Barnsley to be honest. ::) :)
Are you suggesting Barnsley can't cut it as a location for Fleshpots? ::) ::)
I've never been to Barnsley. Have you? ???
Not that I can remember. It's on my bucket list though, along with Slough. :)
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I bought a 'Rolex Submariner' for ten quid off a man on the street in Manila a few years ago! :)
It seemed pretty robust, and lasted about 5 years. I even wore it when diving. :y
I imagine for £10 it was a piss poor copy. :D
I certainly wouldn't spend £60,000 on a watch......£500 high end copy of a £60,000 watch, perhaps. ;)
Yes I'm sure that anyone who knew about these things would have spotted it a mile off. ;)
I know nothing about expensive watches (or expensive anything come to that!) and bought it for a laugh. My mate had a collection of broken fake watches that he'd picked up in various Asian flesh pots and was gutted that my 'Rolex' lasted so long! ;D
Did you buy it off a ladyboy?..... :o :o :o ::)
You seem to have an unhealthy fascination with ladyboys.
They must be everywhere in Barnsley. It's the type of 'Asian fleshpot' town as described by Tigger. :)
I was thinking more Bangkok, Manila or Saigon than Barnsley to be honest. ::) :)
Are you suggesting Barnsley can't cut it as a location for Fleshpots? ::) ::)
I've never been to Barnsley. Have you? ???
Not that I can remember. It's on my bucket list though, along with Slough. :)
You should go before you kick that bucket then. :y I'm sure Uncle STEMO would be delighted to show you round! :)
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It's only open from 8:30 to 19:00, so plan your trip carefully ;D
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I bought a 'Rolex Submariner' for ten quid off a man on the street in Manila a few years ago! :)
It seemed pretty robust, and lasted about 5 years. I even wore it when diving. :y
I imagine for £10 it was a piss poor copy. :D
I certainly wouldn't spend £60,000 on a watch......£500 high end copy of a £60,000 watch, perhaps. ;)
Yes I'm sure that anyone who knew about these things would have spotted it a mile off. ;)
I know nothing about expensive watches (or expensive anything come to that!) and bought it for a laugh. My mate had a collection of broken fake watches that he'd picked up in various Asian flesh pots and was gutted that my 'Rolex' lasted so long! ;D
Did you buy it off a ladyboy?..... :o :o :o ::)
You seem to have an unhealthy fascination with ladyboys.
They must be everywhere in Barnsley. It's the type of 'Asian fleshpot' town as described by Tigger. :)
I was thinking more Bangkok, Manila or Saigon than Barnsley to be honest. ::) :)
Are you suggesting Barnsley can't cut it as a location for Fleshpots? ::) ::)
I've never been to Barnsley. Have you? ???
Not that I can remember. It's on my bucket list though, along with Slough. :)
You should go before you kick that bucket then. :y I'm sure Uncle STEMO would be delighted to show you round! :)
I hear that people are more friendly in the north. I lived and worked in Surrey where people were not friendly at all. Perhaps all bed-wetting shandy drinkers are like that. ::)
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It's only open from 8:30 to 19:00, so plan your trip carefully ;D
He'd better plan his trip soonish before he kicks that bucket. Can't be long now! ;D
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It's only open from 8:30 to 19:00, so plan your trip carefully ;D
He'd better plan his trip soonish before he kicks that bucket. Can't be long now! ;D
Not sure his sigmund would make it this far, it's getting on a bit now. Not unlike the man himself :)
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It's only open from 8:30 to 19:00, so plan your trip carefully ;D
He'd better plan his trip soonish before he kicks that bucket. Can't be long now! ;D
Not sure his sigmund would make it this far, it's getting on a bit now. Not unlike the man himself :)
True. Both turning to dust as we speak. ;D
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It's only open from 8:30 to 19:00, so plan your trip carefully ;D
He'd better plan his trip soonish before he kicks that bucket. Can't be long now! ;D
Not sure his sigmund would make it this far, it's getting on a bit now. Not unlike the man himself :)
True. Both turning to dust as we speak. ;D
Don't put me in the same age bracket as your elderly uncle. Twenty years between us, at least. :)
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It's only open from 8:30 to 19:00, so plan your trip carefully ;D
He'd better plan his trip soonish before he kicks that bucket. Can't be long now! ;D
Not sure his sigmund would make it this far, it's getting on a bit now. Not unlike the man himself :)
True. Both turning to dust as we speak. ;D
Don't put me in the same age bracket as your elderly uncle. Twenty years between us, at least. :)
For a young chap in his twentyfifties you're awfully touchy about your age M'Lud! :P :)
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I think any Rolex is assumed to be a fake these days, I treated myself to a Tudor Black bay a couple of years ago and am terrified of wearing it in case it gets scratched
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I think any Rolex is assumed to be a fake these days, I treated myself to a Tudor Black bay a couple of years ago and am terrified of wearing it in case it gets scratched
If I saw that on your wrist I'd have no idea what it was. Can't say I've ever heard of that make.
I've had reasonably expensive watches in the past but hardly ever wore them and realised you get nowhere near what you paid if you want to sell them. I've got two Maurice Lacroix watches upstairs, but the butterfly clasp is a bugger for coming undone when you bend your wrist inwards.
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I think any Rolex is assumed to be a fake these days, I treated myself to a Tudor Black bay a couple of years ago and am terrified of wearing it in case it gets scratched
I had to google this.
Around £3000 :o :o :o :o.....Probably best just to keep it in it's presentation case. :y
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I think any Rolex is assumed to be a fake these days, I treated myself to a Tudor Black bay a couple of years ago and am terrified of wearing it in case it gets scratched
I had to google this.
Around £3000 :o :o :o :o.....Probably best just to keep it in it's presentation case. :y
Tudor and Rolex have same parent company :y
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I get my collectors watches from Argos :-[
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I think any Rolex is assumed to be a fake these days, I treated myself to a Tudor Black bay a couple of years ago and am terrified of wearing it in case it gets scratched
I've been wearing the one in the top left for the last three weeks:
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/wb0ssxa07azpjh6/IMG_20171210_140348.jpg?raw=1)
In that time I've done a load of work on a friend's kitcar, changed the brakes on my sister's car, replaced a couple of damaged bell stays and made a number of parts on the lathe. The only reason for not wearing it everyday as a recovery driver was that I had swapped to one of the others. It's an Omega SMP, and would cost about £3k to replace, although it was a lot cheaper about 15 years ago.
An expensive watch doesn't tell the time better than a £10 disposable one - many clockwork ones are actually much worse - because they are actually jewellery.
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Never been fond of Rolex though. They have the uncanny knack of making a £10,000 watch appear indistinguishable from a garish ten quid watch bought from a petrol station. :-\
Rolex are actually a non profit organisation. Might even be a charity, I'd have to ask to confirm.
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I think any Rolex is assumed to be a fake these days, I treated myself to a Tudor Black bay a couple of years ago and am terrified of wearing it in case it gets scratched
I've been wearing the one in the top left for the last three weeks:
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/wb0ssxa07azpjh6/IMG_20171210_140348.jpg?raw=1)
In that time I've done a load of work on a friend's kitcar, changed the brakes on my sister's car, replaced a couple of damaged bell stays and made a number of parts on the lathe. The only reason for not wearing it everyday as a recovery driver was that I had swapped to one of the others. It's an Omega SMP, and would cost about £3k to replace, although it was a lot cheaper about 15 years ago.
An expensive watch doesn't tell the time better than a £10 disposable one - many clockwork ones are actually much worse - because they are actually jewellery.
Ten watches.
That's a different one for each day of the week. ::) ::) ::)
I don't like a watch to be 'showy' so I'd go for the bottom left. :y
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(https://www.dropbox.com/s/wb0ssxa07azpjh6/IMG_20171210_140348.jpg?raw=1)
Ten watches.
That's a different one for each day of the week. ::) ::) ::)
I don't like a watch to be 'showy' so I'd go for the bottom left. :y
That's a 1962 Omega Seamaster. It was cheap because it's a bitsa out of Eastern Europe; they over polished the case, didn't touch the shabby hands and dial, and fitted a generic crown that's too big. But it does have the correct movement which is now worth more than I paid for the watch, and whoever serviced/regulated it knew what he was doing because it keeps time to the bottom limit of the original spec.
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(https://www.dropbox.com/s/wb0ssxa07azpjh6/IMG_20171210_140348.jpg?raw=1)
Ten watches.
That's a different one for each day of the week. ::) ::) ::)
I don't like a watch to be 'showy' so I'd go for the bottom left. :y
That's a 1962 Omega Seamaster. It was cheap because it's a bitsa out of Eastern Europe; they over polished the case, didn't touch the shabby hands and dial, and fitted a generic crown that's too big. But it does have the correct movement which is now worth more than I paid for the watch, and whoever serviced/regulated it knew what he was doing because it keeps time to the bottom limit of the original spec.
1962 was the year of the Cuban missile crisis and I can imagine some soviet general or other wearing a watch like that.
......maybe even Khrushchev himself.
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Havent worn a watch since the late 70,s.Dont see the need for them these days, unless as investment pieces.
BIL bought a Cartier watch for 7 grand a couple of years ago. Apparently he had it valued at £26k last week.
He,s one of those people who are very lucky like that though.
I on the other hand............. ::)
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Haven't worn a watch since the late 70,s. Don't see the need for them these days, unless as investment pieces.
So you don't need to know the time any more?
I've worn a watch for over forty years, and use it to keep track of time. I know that it's correct, which you cannot say of public time displays assuming that one is in sight.
Why not use a phone? Well, it's over a century since people discovered that strapping your timekeeper to your wrist was much more practical than having it in your pocket, and a watch doesn't need to be activated to display the time. And I stopped carrying a phone about three years ago.
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I don't think I even own a watch any more.
In my teens, I used to have issues with watches, be they cheap or relatively expensive (for me), quartz or manual windy up. So I just gave up.
Apart from the middle of the night, I'm usually reasonably accurate on knowing the time, give or take 15 mins. If I need to be more precise, I look at a clock.
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The old LED, or should that be LCD? watches from the seventies and eighties were a pain in the arse because you had to use your 'free hand' to get them to light up. :-\
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Havent worn a watch for years even though I have quite a few tucked away somewhere.
But as a teen I had one of these and wished I still had it.
http://www.digital-watch.com/DWL/1work/citizen-30-0217
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My watch tells the time very accurately. And let's me read emails and texts, and pay contactlessly for my shopping/fuel. Does lots more, too, but I'm sure you get the picture. :)
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Two things I can't do without are a watch & a diary, and I've kept every diary I've used for over 39 years, sad I know but necessary in the occupations I've had over the years.
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I've always worn a watch and feel naked without one. :-\ I currently wear a Casio Edifice which I've had for years. :y
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I've always worn a watch and feel naked without one. :-\ I currently wear a Casio Edifice which I've had for years. :y
Don't remember to put on your watch but forget to put on your pants. :)