Trying a new watch

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Picked this up off another forum and thought I'd show it off a little.; 7 months old so warranty transferred. I've worn Seiko Quartz Chronographs for years and this is my first mechanical watch since the 1970's.

It's an Islander ( A microbrand from Long Island Watch ), their latest model called the Northport. Miyota 9015 movement, 200M water resist. The strap and ends are solid milled stainless including the clasp so no stampings, screw down crown, it hacks (stops when stem pulled out so it can be synchronized ), Not to big like some divers, about the same dis as my chrono but a little thicker. About the only thing I don't like about it is the date window, at 6:00 instead of 3:00, is small and my old eyes don't see the date as well in bad light.
 

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Handsome watch. I agree about the date window. To me it seems a bit anachronistic. Is it tritium lamped?
 
I enjoy mechanical watches and use them exclusively.

This is one of my work watches. Built in 1887, key wind and key set. Accurate to +/- 2 minutes a week.

I have earlier and later ones.

Kevin
 

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Nice looking watch. I gave up on wearing watches some years ago. My work is rough on them, and I've destroyed too many both cheap and somewhat more expensive over the years - no high end Rolexes or Omegas and the like, however.
 
sceva said:
Picked this up off another forum and thought I'd show it off a little.; 7 months old so warranty transferred. I've worn Seiko Quartz Chronographs for years and this is my first mechanical watch since the 1970's.

It's an Islander ( A microbrand from Long Island Watch ), their latest model called the Northport. Miyota 9015 movement, 200M water resist. The strap and ends are solid milled stainless including the clasp so no stampings, screw down crown, it hacks (stops when stem pulled out so it can be synchronized ), Not to big like some divers, about the same dis as my chrono but a little thicker. About the only thing I don't like about it is the date window, at 6:00 instead of 3:00, is small and my old eyes don't see the date as well in bad light.
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Marc over at Affordable Watches You'''ll Wear | Island Watch is a really good guy! I've dealt with him a few times on purchases and inquiries and he's always available. On his website you'll find tons of watches at generally competitive prices but be sure to check out his line of "custom" watches incuding Seiko brand as well as the in house Islander. He's local here on Long Island and you can deal with him and the site in total confidence.
 
I like mechanical watches . I have an old Ball Watch Co railroad watch that belonged to my dad. I also have Steyer mechanical. But mostly I wear INVICTA watches. When my son was a teenager I couldn't get him to wear a watch. The Air Force changed that. Now he has several. This is his latest purchase. Got it from a dealer in Dallas after waiting 8 months for it. It's pretty conservative and low key. I told him that's the least "Blingy" $8000 watch I've ever seen. Lol.
 

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Nice watch!

I like mechanical watches and have several, including an old Rolex of my father's and some nice American railroad pocket watches. But I really like the convenience, accuracy and cost of Citizen's Eco-Drive watches. They are powered by light, any kind of light, and are guaranteed accurate to within 15 seconds a month. (Many/most are considerably better than that. The one shown below, after one month, is 5 seconds fast.)

I've had a couple for ten or 15 years now which are still going strong with zero maintenance. This is my third, a recent acquisition, water resistant to 100 meters — which sure ain't happening in my case. Stainless steel. I dunno what the gold color is, but reviews say it is very durable.

List is about $300 and I got it discounted to $180 off Amazon:



That's refracted light on the crystal there.
 
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Twenty-five plus years ago my wife bought me an Omega Seamaster Professional watch. I was shocked to find out what it's worth now, but I still wear it everyday.
 
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I have a few both mechanical and quartz. The Omega Seamaster is quartz and I kinda like not having to reset it all the time.
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I appreciate a good time piece, my working life revolved around time points and for twenty seven years I wore a number of watches. I transferred into building maintenance and didn't truly need to wear a watch because the building had them on the wall or the truck I was driving had one and the two way radio's we carried also had clocks. I got away from wearing a watch at work, after retiring I used to wear a watch if we were going out but a couple years ago we got cell phones and the need for a watch now is non existent. I must confess that I do appreciate a quality time piece and still own a few but never find myself wearing one and to a degree I don't miss it. I've always had a fairly uncanny ability to be within 30 minutes to an hour of knowing what time it was by the sun or as my wife says "Dog Brain".
 
Nice looking watch..... never heard of the Company .........


Been wearing a Seiko Automatic Dive Watch "007" model since about 1989 as my EDW

Also have a Seiko solar dive watch with a NATO band..... on the weekends!
 
My Mom and Dad gave me a gold (color) Longines for an 18th birthday
present. I was in the Air Force (Alaska) at the time. That was 70 years
ago, my 88th is Feb. 11th. I still have it and it still runs. It is self winding
so I have to wear it to keep it wound, but I don't. I have an el-cheepo watch
on my table next to my Lazy Boy Recliner. Got it at Walmart several years
ago, and it keeps perfect time. Have to put a new battery in it from time
to time. I also have a real old Elgin, that I had even before the Longines,
so I don't know how old it is, but quite old. It doesn't work, but I may take
it to be fixed sometime.
 
sceva said:
Picked this up off another forum and thought I'd show it off a little.; 7 months old so warranty transferred. I've worn Seiko Quartz Chronographs for years and this is my first mechanical watch since the 1970's.

It's an Islander ( A microbrand from Long Island Watch ), their latest model called the Northport. Miyota 9015 movement, 200M water resist. The strap and ends are solid milled stainless including the clasp so no stampings, screw down crown, it hacks (stops when stem pulled out so it can be synchronized ), Not to big like some divers, about the same dis as my chrono but a little thicker. About the only thing I don't like about it is the date window, at 6:00 instead of 3:00, is small and my old eyes don't see the date as well in bad light.
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Have always had a thing for the Seiko brand. Nice watch, congrats.
 
BAM-BAM said:
Nice looking watch..... never heard of the Company .........


Been wearing a Seiko Automatic Dive Watch "007" model since about 1989 as my EDW

Also have a Seiko solar dive watch with a NATO band..... on the weekends!
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The Seiko SKX007 etc has been around a long while but was sadly discontinues a few years ago. They were / are a popular watch to mod with a lot of different dials, hands, bezels etc to allow a user to modify the watch to their liking.

Long Island watch has been around a while selling many brands of watches and also parts to mod and repair them. Islander is their in house brand and their various models combine many of the popular Seiko modifications into a one stop watch. The Islanders will also take Seiko SKX parts if you want to modify them more. Most of their watches actually use the tried and true Seiko NH35, HH36, NH38 movements as they are available and affordable. The Northport like i have uses the premium Miyata 9015 Hi beat movement which has no plastic parts like a Seiko and has 28,800 beats per hour (8 ticks per second) vs the 21,600 BPH (6 ticks per second) of the Seikos. The Miyata movment also costs more though. Both have a smoothly moving second hand but the Miyota is smoother; gone are the days of individual ticks per second in good quality mechanicals. Quartx watches still usually have 1 tick per second I believe the Stainless bracelets are sourced from the same place that supplies Strapcode (Premium watch bracelet supplier). They cost more than the light bracelets Seiko uses but they are solid stainless including the ends with a milled / machines clasp instead of the folded sheet stainless used in cheaper bracelets. And no; I have no association with Long Island watch. This is my first one; I liked the look and size so I did some research before I bought it.
 
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