SteveWalker
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| posted on 16/11/09 at 07:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Agriv8
Always promised my self a decent watch but as i end up sratching all the faces on engine parts down the back of PC's I always go for a slightly
cheeper option.
regards Agriv8
I have a Rado that I bought 9 years ago, it survives just about anything - the strap is black ceramic, with links that are gold plated, over titanium
nitride (IIRC), over titanium, the watch case is similar metal and the "glass" is sapphire. I regularly work on the cars or do diy and
usually forget to take the watch off, so it's been scraped over metal, brick, concrete, you name it and so far not a mark! My son did manage to
crack the glass by throwing it down on a tiled floor, but the house insurance paid to repair and service it.
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omega0684
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| posted on 16/11/09 at 07:48 PM |
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Fossil & Storm watches retail about £100-£150 for the nice ones if you don't want to spend excessive amounts on a Tag etc
definately check out the Fossil ones, i think they are very nice for their price!
I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!
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jeffw
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| posted on 16/11/09 at 08:18 PM |
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I have a Breitling Navitimer Montbrillant which I bought 12 years ago and I wear it every day. The glass looks the same as when it was new.
Looks the same as this one...
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Peteff
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| posted on 16/11/09 at 08:33 PM |
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I've got a Sekonda from a sale somewhere because I'm not allowed to spend more than £20 on something that gets weld and grinding spatter
stuck to the face. You can get a watch from the flea market for £5 and it will have the same internals as your Rolex copy and keep time just as well.
Take your money to Argos and se what they have for sale John.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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JoelP
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| posted on 16/11/09 at 08:34 PM |
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this thread has made me realise i lost my watch 
I cant stand wearing them. The straps always pinch hairs on my arms. So i have two just sat there.
well, one now! 
[Edited on 16/11/09 by JoelP]
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nick205
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| posted on 16/11/09 at 08:49 PM |
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I'm gobsmacked at the level of watchery and the prices people will pay for them - just don't get it myself ????
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 16/11/09 at 09:10 PM |
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I've had a very nice Seiko for the past 8 or 10 years - super-thin, no frills or gadgets (it doesn't even have a second hand or date). It
just shows me the time with quite a high degree of accuracy - all I want from a watch. I think it was £40 or £50.
And, as above, quite often I don't wear a watch for days on end.
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02GF74
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| posted on 16/11/09 at 10:05 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
Looks the same as this one...
well, if it does, then it is only correct twice a day.. 
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 16/11/09 at 10:13 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by eznfrank
I absolutely despise fakes of any kind. I stumble across fakes from time to time in my professional life and I have to say that I've never seen
a decent one which would convincingly pass for real.
Besides that you never know where your ££ is going to end up and could be inadvertently funding terrorism, child slave labour etc etc.
Personally I'd sooner buy something genuine within my price range that will come with a guarantee etc or alternatively something second hand
with a bit of character.
Take it you exclude 7s in this
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Staple balls
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| posted on 16/11/09 at 10:20 PM |
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I picked up a S&W tritium thing a few years ago for about $170, absolutely bulletproof, covered in scratches, the edge of the glass is chipped in
places but it just works, can't fault it.
Not exactly subtle or lightweight though, you could beat a pig to death with the thing.
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Peteff
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| posted on 16/11/09 at 10:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
Take it you exclude 7s in this
That's an oxymoron mango, exclude from or include in Build your own Rolex for £250, include me out of that one. 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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jeffw
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 06:59 AM |
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well, if it does, then it is only correct twice a day.
Very good  The Breitling is a Chronograph and I bought it because it was a great piece of mechanical engineering. No quartz crystals or electronic
nonsense and still keeps excellent time.
quote:
I'm gobsmacked at the level of watchery and the prices people will pay for them - just don't get it myself ????
Which bit don't you understand ? My Breitling cost £1800 12 years and it is the only watch I have. It is the only time I've spent that
amount of money on jewellery for myself but I was late thirties, married no kids with a job paying £120K per year when I bought it. My situation has
changed as I now have a son who goes to private school so I wouldn't buy one now.
When I was in the RN on £16K a year I had a £20 Casio....so basically you buy what you can afford as with everything else. A friend of mine who works
in the City in a senior position for an insurance company gets 7 figure bonus and has a large collection of very expensive watches which are outside
of my price range.
[Edited on 17/11/09 by jeffw]
[Edited on 17/11/09 by jeffw]
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franky
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 08:20 AM |
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OT but what did you do in the RN?
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jeffw
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 10:51 AM |
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POWEA(AD)
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SteveWalker
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 09:01 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nick205
I'm gobsmacked at the level of watchery and the prices people will pay for them - just don't get it myself ????
Some people go for jewellery, some for clothes, some for food, etc. I have the one good watch (bought with a Christmas bonus one year) and one cheap
one, a couple of pairs of cufflinks and a tie-pin. That's the sum total of my just for the sake of it stuff, the rest is family, home, hobby
stuff. Not overly extravagent in the overall scheme of things.
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franky
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| posted on 17/11/09 at 10:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
POWEA(AD)
Good to see another 'tiff' on the forum
I was a CPO(CT)!
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jeffw
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| posted on 18/11/09 at 06:16 AM |
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I got disabled out just before my Chiefs board. Are you a Fisgard Tiff (ie a proper one) or a make believe Rayleigh one ?
[Edited on 18/11/09 by jeffw]
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franky
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| posted on 18/11/09 at 08:50 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
I got disabled out just before my Chiefs board. Are you a Fisgard Tiff (ie a proper one) or a make believe Rayleigh one ?
[Edited on 18/11/09 by jeffw]
I was a Raleigh one. Can't help my age
What happened?
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jeffw
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| posted on 18/11/09 at 10:55 AM |
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I had 2 discs removed and was medically unfit for futher service. Long time ago now (1988)
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