Watches...

[swee'pea99]

Same here!
Those watch faces look so cluttered, it almost defeats the object of being able to tell the time with them.

Absolutely. The perfect union of elegance and simplicity is what drew me to the Tank watch (b. 1917) in the first place. It doesn't tell you the depth or the water pressure, it doesn't tell you the time in Hong Kong, it doesn't have a stopwatch function or tell you the phase of the moon. It tells you the time, instantly, at a glance, in any light. Which is what - and all - a watch should do

 

[asterix]

Wow! And when you think it's probably been running 24/7 for many of those years, I'd guess that must have some kind of claim on being the longest running (maximum total number of hours running time) piece of machinery in the world. I can't imagine what could beat it.

It's remarkable, the longevity of very early clocks. I have had it serviced a couple of times: when I took ownership and 20 years later. Experts, incl. the curator of Bury St Edmunds Clock museum say the mechanism is original with no replaced parts. A young member of my family is interested in it so it'll be passed on one day.

 

[PaulB]

I now officially hate expensive watches. The more expensive, the less accurate in my experience.

I have had three Tag Huuuuuurs or however they're spelled and the one I have on now loses time hand over fist (see what I did there? - genius, eh?) as did my other two so I'm getting no more. You also can't see the time on it if it's dark so it's nothing more than a wrist decoration for much of its time. After much badgering, I bought my wife a very expensive Rolex and it's the same. Loses about a minute a day so she's got no confidence in it at all.

And yes they are, before anyone casts nasturtiums on them.

My fave now, after some teething problems, is my Garmin Forerunner. It automatically updates the time by using satellites so it can't be even a microsecond out and that suits me.

Expensive watches - a rightloadysh1te!

 

[pplpilot]

I now officially hate expensive watches. The more expensive, the less accurate in my experience.

I have had three Tag Huuuuuurs or however they're spelled and the one I have on now loses time hand over fist (see what I did there? - genius, eh?) as did my other two so I'm getting no more. You also can't see the time on it if it's dark so it's nothing more than a wrist decoration for much of its time. After much badgering, I bought my wife a very expensive Rolex and it's the same. Loses about a minute a day so she's got no confidence in it at all.

And yes they are, before anyone casts nasturtiums on them.

My fave now, after some teething problems, is my Garmin Forerunner. It automatically updates the time by using satellites so it can't be even a microsecond out and that suits me.

Expensive watches - a rightloadysh1te!

Tag in my opinion is just fashion.

Your wife's Rolex just needs a slight adjustment by someone who knows what they are doing, my 40 year old Omega is +/- 1 minute a day, less if I wear it continually for 12+ hours, if I leave it off for a day it will slow down then just needs a quick shake to get the spring wound a little. Remember just how many moving parts they have and being moved around on the end of an arm plus temperature fluctuations, id say +/- 1 minute isn't too bad. I believe peoples expectations are too high just because its an expensive watch, if you want precision time get a quartz.

 

[MarkF]

I have had three Tag Huuuuuurs or however they're spelled and the one I have on now loses time hand over fist (see what I did there? - genius, eh?) as did my other two so I'm getting no more. You also can't see the time on it if it's dark so it's nothing more than a wrist decoration for much of its time. After much badgering, I bought my wife a very expensive Rolex and it's the same. Loses about a minute a day so she's got no confidence in it at all.

I am afraid I agree with pplpiot, I'd pay good money for high end watch, but not a Tag, vastly overpriced IMO, fantastic marketing though. Just get the Rolex serviced/regulated, you'll need to do it anyway to keep the value in it. Pm me if you want non AD details. I'd expect a Rolex to achieve +/-5 seconds per day.

My fave now, after some teething problems, is my Garmin Forerunner. It automatically updates the time by using satellites so it can't be even a microsecond out and that suits me.

I had one of these that was forever failing to "lock on" to signal, a very common problem, I swapped it for a cheap Casio G-Shock that picks up atomic time from Frankfurt (or the nearest radio tower in the world), it's 100% bang on, always.

 

[Haitch]

I don't give a hoot about watches, haven't worn one in decades, but this thread is a pleasure to read. Thanks.

 

[ianrauk]

Must admit.

I do own a couple of automatic watch winders

 

[Haitch]

I do own a couple of automatic watch winders

KIds, hey. What would you do without them?

 

[pplpilot]

Must admit.

I do own a couple of automatic watch winders

I've lost count of the times I over wound mine...

 

[Berties]

watches..love em..used to be always buying them ,gucci oyster face,tag heur .original heur sports,seiko diver self winding.omega self winding,had a rolex sub and cashed it in,now just a g-shock as a daily and a garmin fore runner

 

[MarkF]

Funny thing, watch collecting, generally I like 40mm cases with a 20mm lug width, stainless steel brushed finish and with simple legible clear dials, usually matt black. But bloody hell, the amount of tiny things can that can make me dislike an otherwise lovely timepiece!

Yuk!:-

California dials.
No day/date window.
Windows that eat indices/numerals.
Any case smaller than 38mm.
Any case larger than 42mm.
Lug widths not 20mm.
Mercedes hands.
Digital/analogue dials.
Numeral/indice eating sub dials.
Roman numerals.
Coin edge bezels.
Onion crowns.
Too thin case depth. (Less than 6mm)
Too thick case depth. (More than12mm)
Integrated bracelets.
Swivel lugs.
Skeleton dials...............................

 

[EltonFrog]

Funny thing, watch collecting, generally I like 40mm cases with a 20mm lug width, stainless steel brushed finish and with simple legible clear dials, usually matt black. But bloody hell, the amount of tiny things can that can make me dislike an otherwise lovely timepiece!

Yuk!:-

California dials.
No day/date window.
Windows that eat indices/numerals.
Any case smaller than 38mm.
Any case larger than 42mm.
Lug widths not 20mm.
Mercedes hands.
Digital/analogue dials.
Numeral/indice eating sub dials.
Roman numerals.
Coin edge bezels.
Onion crowns.
Too thin case depth. (Less than 6mm)
Too thick case depth. (More than12mm)
Integrated bracelets.
Swivel lugs.
Skeleton dials...............................

Cor! Fusssseee.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Cor! Fusssseee.

And no one knows what half that stuff is!

 

[EltonFrog]

And no one knows what half that stuff is!

True, me neither and I fancy I know a watch when I see one.

 

[Stephen brown]

Nor me and I sell them for a living