The Watch Thread
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Kurusu, I love that one for fancy dress. A real beauty! Can you explain a bit about it?
SFC Rick
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I'll play, a vintage 1977 Submariner in White that is my daily wear for years. Best to stay armed when in public. The value just is crazy and getting more crazy each day.
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Better photo without the revolver.
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It's true that Rolex prices are crazy and at a level such that only the truly wealthy should consider one. I know a man who just paid $9800 for a Submariner. He sold an older Rolex to defray much of that cost, though.
I sold mine awhile back after learning that it'd cost hundreds to just clean and lube.
It was replaced with a TAG-Heuer Sports 2000 and it should be back this week from service, and even that quartz TAG cost over $320 for repair after some water leaked in, probably because I trusted a non factory service to change the battery a few years ago. I think they must not have gotten a gasket back in it the right way.
It's due back this week and I think I'll just set it for the end of Daylight Savings Time. That saves setting it again in a week or so.
I sold mine awhile back after learning that it'd cost hundreds to just clean and lube.
It was replaced with a TAG-Heuer Sports 2000 and it should be back this week from service, and even that quartz TAG cost over $320 for repair after some water leaked in, probably because I trusted a non factory service to change the battery a few years ago. I think they must not have gotten a gasket back in it the right way.
It's due back this week and I think I'll just set it for the end of Daylight Savings Time. That saves setting it again in a week or so.
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Better photo without the revolver.
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I like the way your dial has stayed nice and white. Many old watches take on a yellowed look on the hands, etc. Have you changed the face?
Heuer charged me for new hands. At least, they should be nice and bright in the dark. But the original hands looked okay when I returned the watch for service. Maybe there was some internal corrosion?
This is also my daily wear Seiko 5, with a black band like Snubby's. I like this face better than the one Snubby carries. I'm hard on stuff like this, and the Seiko is a quality, rugged piece . . .
I had a Seiko 5 a few months ago (the small model) and like an idiot I got rid of it. I was very pleased with the accuracy of it despite what I read on the interwebz
For the cost of a Rolex "servicing" I can get a whole new Seiko 200m Divers Watch and solid stainless band........ and add 300 rds or more of 9mm hollowpoints to the stash 
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I'm on my second since 1989. The first was still going strong after 23 years but couldn't resist a Amazon deal on a new one. The old one is at the cabin.
........I'm on my second since 1989. The first was still going strong after 23 years but couldn't resist a Amazon deal on a new one. The old one is at the cabin.
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SFC Rick
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The dial is a service replacement one from Rolex about 20 years ago. However you might have noticed that recently Rolex dials with yellowed patina are all the current rage and fad. With current collectors spending stupid money for them. But what most don't know is that there is a growing technique that sellers can use to "age" the dials, using coffee to stain, or even baking the dials in ovens. I would never trust a watch that has been yellowed artificially just to scam another $10,000 added to the watch value.
Yes, there are certainly pitfalls to watch out for in the Vintage Rolex market. But where else does a Sub in White that sold for $475 in 1977 but is valued north of $10,000 today with some even pushing $20,000?
SFC Rick
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For the cost of a Rolex "servicing" I can get a whole new Seiko 200m Divers Watch and solid stainless band........ and add 300 rds or more of 9mm hollowpoints to the stash
I'm on my second since 1989. The first was still going strong after 23 years but couldn't resist a Amazon deal on a new one. The old one is at the cabin.
Servicing can cost about $1000 which is about a ten year interval. I replaced my Rolex band for $1500 last year, but it could have been sent off to be restored for far less.
I spend far more on my gun collecting habits than on my Rolex. So what little I invest in my Rolex will pay for itself many times over.
DWalt
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I wear this one only on special occasions when my Patek Philippe Supercomplication isn't flashy enough.
HOUSTON RICK
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Nice watches. I am one of those folks who kill watches, wind up, battery, movement powered, nuclear reactor, it does not matter. Within a month, I can destroy any watch just by wearing it. I never wear a watch, but I have a cell phone.
The only thing that I wish Seiko would have done on this watch is add a Sapphire crystal to it instead of their “hardlex” crystal, but I know they are trying to keep cost down.
LOL...by having a Seiko Dive watch I know what time it is...... and.......... I've been able to spend even more on "my gun collecting habit"
On a more serious personal note....... I tend to draw lines where money spent meets the line where in my opinion one gets diminishing returns for the next dollar spent. I've just never been able to bring myself to spend "Rolex kind of money" on a watch......... my personal limit seems to be about $500. That said I did buy several PC guns in the 90s; and have never met a 39xx series 9mm or 3" 66 I didn't like!!!
I did buy a early Sieko Sport 100 Chronograph in 1984 for IIRC about $450 ($1,100 in today's dollars). Still have it as a dress watch.
SFC Rick
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LOL...by having a Seiko Dive watch I know what time it is...... and.......... I've been able to spend even more on "my gun collecting habit"
On a more serious personal note....... I tend to draw lines where money spent meets the line where in my opinion one gets diminishing returns for the next dollar spent. I've just never been able to bring myself to spend "Rolex kind of money" on a watch......... my personal limit seems to be about $500. That said I did buy several PC guns in the 90s; and have never met a 39xx series 9mm or 3" 66 I didn't like!!!
I did buy a early Sieko Sport 100 Chronograph in 1984 for IIRC about $450 ($1,100 in today's dollars). Still have it as a dress watch.
Seiko used to be my favorite, I have since given them to my sons. I even thought about a Seiko Dive watch replicating my Submariner....as a cheaper alternative, but decided against it.
For me I just couldn't see myself bumming around Penn's Woods on a 4-wheeler or using a chain saw in the back yard wearing a $10,000 Rolex....... so at most I'd wear it to work 5 days a week... so I'd still have to have a Seiko for Weekends.... which also meant that without a winding box the Rolex would be dead every Monday morning.
I think I posted already that my Son has my "extra" Seiko 007 divers watch........ on long term loan!
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steveno
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a couple of the watches shown look like one I bought around the Frankfurt train station. it probably cost a lot less and the best part was that it could take you back in time. it really did run backwards. I kind of wish I had kept it.
I won't say which watches look like the one I bought.
I won't say which watches look like the one I bought.
Not much to explain I guess. It's a gold plated Maurice Lacroix I bought in 1992/3? with an ETA Valjoux 7750 movement. Not very apparent in the picture but the small dials are mother of pearl.
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