mens watches...

[chainsaw cat]

....hey that's mine!!!!!!

 

[Poi E]

Boring if you like, I prefer the term 'classic'.

Nah fair enough. I like em all. Getting my Dad's 1963 Omega Seamaster 300 soon

Sailed the seven seas and never missed a beat.

 

[Xanadu]

Where's a good place to buy/look at watches in central London?

 

[Athos]

Vintage Omega Seamaster

I agree; you just can't beat an Omega. I wear a 1953 30MM, and it keeps perfect time (as long as I remember to wind it every morning!). My dad has an Omega, too, and my Great Uncle had a Seamaster.

 

[Bob_the_lost]

Thanks to this thread, I just bought one of these:

http://www.skagen.co.uk/index.php?S...oryID=34&PHPSESSID=u6lo0cfa7pdp1mquhp23qktj22

off ebay for 70 quid. Bit of an impulse purchase but it feels goood

Now that i like.

 

[Poi E]

I agree; you just can't beat an Omega..

I dunno. Got some old Seikos from the 1950s and they go like troopers.

 

[Gingerman]

http://www.skywatches.com.sg/seiko_military/SNK809K2.htm
Got meself one of these,had a gorgeous 1970s Omega seamaster a few years back,some fucker stole it from me though

 

[Hocus Eye.]

I had a Seiko Kinetic with a green leather strap. Yes it also had a glass window on the back through which you could see the recharging mechanism. It stopped working after a few years and when I went to get it repaired they quoted me £50. I went out and spent £50 on a new watch. It is a Pulsar with a blue face and blue nylon 'nato' strap. It works and is accurate. The same model is still on sale. One day I might get my Seiko fixed.

I would have though a hippy would not wear a watch at all but just drift through life with no sense of the passage of time.

 

[Firky]

I have one like this

But I really want one of these

Sturmanskie SS-18 has a case made from Titanium recovered from de-commissioned Russian SS-18 "Satan" Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles! The Cyrillic inscription around the outer edge of the case reads "Made from the Soviet Rocket SS-18". The emblem on the dial is that of the Russian bomber squadrons. This watch is number 340 of 500 made in this particular style

 

[Chairman Meow]

That binary watch is quite the spoddiest thing I have ever seen.

 

[Xanadu]

I ended up buying this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diesel-Gent...543015?ie=UTF8&s=watch&qid=1192948723&sr=1-48

 

[Geri]

But I really want one of these

Sturmanskie SS-18 has a case made from Titanium recovered from de-commissioned Russian SS-18 "Satan" Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles! The Cyrillic inscription around the outer edge of the case reads "Made from the Soviet Rocket SS-18". The emblem on the dial is that of the Russian bomber squadrons. This watch is number 340 of 500 made in this particular style

Ooh, that is lovely! Butchers has a Russian watch but it's like a pocket watch, not a wristwatch.

 

[Athos]

I dunno. Got some old Seikos from the 1950s and they go like troopers.

Seikos are good, but...

"The 30mm would mark the history of watchmaking for a quarter of a century, from 1939 to 1963. In chronometer testing, it continued to make its mark until 1967, the last year of the competitions at which, thanks to its incredible precision, it reigned supreme practically since its launch! Its performance made the 30mm the most precise wristwatch calibre ever tested at Neuchâtel, Geneva and Kew Teddington (the only competition where it would beat all the records time and again in 1940, 1946 and 1949)."

 

[Poi E]

Looks like they were inspired by the Hublot Big Bang

Watches for a man's man.

 

[editor]

My blokey check list for a watch:

1. Black face
2. Analogue design with luminous hands/numbers
3. Waterproof to a depth that I'll never come remotely close to exploring
4. Dials. Lots of them, that I'll probably never use
5. Self winding/light powered -I got really fed up shelling out £25 every time to get my watch resealed
6. A loud alarm, easily set via an analogue dial
7. Rotating bezel with minutes marked

My current watch comes close, but it's fiddly as fuck to set the alarm, it's not loud enough and I really don't like the LCD display for the date.

 

[editor]

This one hasn't got the specs I want (and the price -eek!) but it's sure a beaut!

Cosmonaut watch, £1,062
http://www.creativewatch.co.uk/fortis-official-cosmonauts-chronograph.html

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

I wear a citizen similar to this.

They make good watches.

 

[Gingerman]

http://www.70s-watches.com/
Some lovely mad watches here
http://www.theretroworld.com/
More

 

[Stanley Edwards]

I love vintage watches. I would marry someone for life if they found me one on these in mint condition:

Could quite easily become an obsession for me. Retro watches are excellent. All the glam and sophistication of the pre-digital/mass production era.

Quite happy with my Seiko Helicopter classic, but could quite easily spend a lottery win on a big collection.

 

[Detroit City]

I would definitely wear this one... very nice.

Quite happy with my Seiko Helicopter classic, but could quite easily spend a lottery win on a big collection.

 

[Stanley Edwards]

70's, 80's and 90's Seiko's are all lovely to my mind. They've lost the plot a bit recently mind. I still have an everyday £70 90's Seiko that's as cool as fuck.

 

[Mr_Nice]

Come to Daddy

 

[fogbat]

MEIN!

I particularly like the way the numbers follow around the edge of the face and are upside-down at the bottom.

 

[BlackSpecs]

I've got this one :

hours of fun ! he will love you (even more) for it !!!!

 

[jbob]

Nice offerings from Stan & fogbat.

 

[moonsi til]

Im now bidding on a Seilko Kinetic one on ebay. I think its good to have a watch even if you don't wear it everyday.

 

[Poi E]

Im now bidding on a Seilko Kinetic one on ebay. I think its good to have a watch even if you don't wear it everyday.

Better to have 20

But servicing gets expensive.

 

[LDR]

I got completed pissed one night about a month or so ago where I couldn't remember the night.

I lost my phone, £200 and worse of all my Father's watch which he had been given as his 21st birthday present back in the sixties. My Good Lady Wife had it serviced for my birthday last year and it was worth a fuck lot of cash.

I was really miserable and down about it.

However, a couple of weeks ago I saw exactly the same make and model on eBay. I picked it up for about £20. The watch is actually worth considerably more without even taking into account the sentimental value for me.

I am one very lucky and happy man.

Here is a picture of it.

 

[Poi E]

Japanese brand "Orient" do quite an amazing range of watches. Some of obvious knock-offs of Rolex, but there are some crazy styles and colours in there. I have a few and they are better made than the Seiko's I have:

http://www.puritime.com/cart.php?c=30&m=product_list

I want this one next. Only a mother could love it

 

[Ron Merlin]

Mine's a Russian watch, but only a cheapo Slava self-winding(from russianwatches.co.uk). This one here is nicely understated, I reckon: