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[kevin2306]

So, totally unrelated to our hobby but I know there are a few fans of watches out there..

I have a Rolex (1952 era) but want a really nice watch for work

Has any1 had any experience of the Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra?

http://www.goldsmiths.co.uk/Omega-Seamaster-Aqua-Terra-Gents-Watch/p/17330493/

Kev

[ukdave2002]

They are nice watches, but I'd go for the co axial rather than the quartz. If you really want a quartz be quick as Omega are discontinuing them.

The co axial are heavier, the case is a little more chunky, and they hold their value far better than the quartz.

Cheers

Dave

[petermeachem]

Blooming eck. Even when I had some money I would never have spent that on a watch. Or anything else really
I've actually got an Omega Seamaster like this one http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Omega-Seamaster-1950s-or-60s-Manual-Wind-/231288503622
which was left to me. I hardly own anything newish, even my hoover is early 50's

[47Jag]

The problem I see with Omega, Rolex, Breitling etc. watches are the amount of replica/copies that are around. It takes a pretty expert eye to tell the fake from the real. I realise that it's a matter of personal taste and the owner has the satisfaction of knowing that they have the 'real thing'. I'm not immune. I have a real Rado and my wife owns a Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso that has doubled in value since we bought it 10 years ago (but that's probably due to the gold in it). I was offered a copy of the Rado in Dubrovnik last year for 60 Euros and with them side by side I could not tell the difference. I did however fall for a Patek Phillipe and have had many compliments about it.

Art

[ka]

I use a Casio waterproof, with a ten year battery. Robust, accurate, and cheap. I suppose it is the difference between owning a Rolls, and a Ford, both get you to the same point in warmth, safety and comparative luxury. One costs an arm and a leg, and depreciates as fast, the other far less and completes the same task, and depreciates almost as fast. You pays your money.............
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KA

Better three than four.

[ukdave2002]

[Uncle Alec]

[badhuis]

[Uncle Alec]

Automatic watches must be about the pinnacle of miniature engineering.

[kevin2306]

[petermeachem]

[ukdave2002]

My current everyday watch is a Rolex Millgauss, however in the workshop I wear a cheap £100 military watch; it's quartz , accurate, has been on my wrist for every element of the MGA restoration, it been covered in 2k paint spray, there is mig weld splatter on the top right corner, it's been coverd in oil, cement ( not part of the mga resto ) hammered etc, bit like a modern car, you can't fault it on a practical level



And yes the cheap watch is more accurate than the expensive watch !

Dave

[kevin2306]

I have a few cheaper watches I rotate for everyday use





Kev

[bob2]

Interesting subject!!!
I love watches and would really like an omega or rolex but can't justify spending that amount on a watch with a young family!!
However I too have some cheaper ones which I rotate though some are for outings, dinners and special occassions mainly.
No photos of them but in this order I have a sector racetimer, bought in 1997, citizen ecodrive chrono bought in 2007, swatch chronograph bought a year later and a bulova bought a couple of weeks ago. All are stainless steel cases and straps but the bulova is steel on gold with a brown leather strap.
Last week I have also been reunited with an old friend which had been gone for most of its 30 years, a Seiko 5 automatic, bought to me by my father when I was about 10 and which my mother by mistake gave to my cousin thinking it belonged to dad as a sort of memento when dad died.
Now after talking to my cousin about it he gave it back to me and I'm wearing it as an everyday watch together with another couple of very cheap quartz watches I have and its still keeping perfect time.

[kevin2306]

get a pic up of the Seiko plz bob

Kev