I've seen these in the store and they're beautiful (especially the manual winding Luminor). Does anyone know if they're reliable? I'm surprised no one hear has posted anything about them. They're expensive, but no more so than several of the other watches mentioned.
Glad to see you guys like your Omega Seamasters after all this time. I will definitely check them out next time I want a new watch. |
Still wearing my auto-winding Omega Seamaster Pro Chronometer.. Love it! It's been over 8 years, and it has never left my wrist! |
Achilles, yes I do still enjoy the seamaster more than ever. It really has a classic look, with a well-designed clasp and face. It's truly a joy to wear. Of course, my Citizen titanium watch also has some of those desirable attributes, but is not nearly as substantial. Then again, on the price to performance ratio, the Citizen does quite well.
But the Omega is in another league. Kind of like Marsh vs Audio Research.
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I prefer well-made, self-winding diver's watches with robust crown protectors and replaceable rotational bezel's elevated above the crystal to prevent scratches. I prefer self-winding wrist watches because the back seals don't need to be re-broken over and over to replace batteries. In my experiences, the internals are often way better built than battery operated models. Some expensive battery powered watches have very cheap internal components.
These models stood up to my toughest tests over time and keep looking good. |
I like those Omega Seamasters, too. Do you still like yours, Sufentanil? |
Radio Shack Micronta Chronograph.
I bought this watch in HIGH SCHOOL.
It has a stainless steel case and band. Looks new,
This watch was ahead of its time then (multi-function, illuminated face, alarm, etc.), and still keeps great time now. It has out-lasted and out-performed many watches many times its price.
What a value! |
Interesting, I didn't know that. The store I was in recently didn't have it. They did have another I like, the Senator Navigator Auto. |
Brianmgrarcom,
If you can find Senator Chrono, go for it. The readers of Armbanduhren, a leading German watch magazine, voted the Senator Chronometer “Watch of the Year” in 2010. |
I love the GO watches Mert! I finally got to see them in person a week and a half ago and my opinion only went up. I'd love a Senator Navigator Chronograph. |
I do have a Glasshutte Original Sport Evolution(german) with Chrono. But I do have 2 Breitling and 1 Tag Heuer 1 Baume Mer. in reserve. Next purchase would be either Blancpain or Lange&Sohne if budget permits........ |
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Who was it who said: "I'm not into time man"? |
Bell & Ross BR03-92 and Baume et Mercier Capeland are my two good ones. I have a cool Casio Wave-ceptor too! I love watches. |
Corum $20 Double Eagle watch.
Patek Philippe 18K white gold art deco watch from the 50s. |
Timex triathlon, utilize the second timer, to see how far my friends are behind when we mtn bike, cheaply replaceable |
Stainless steel Omega Seamaster which I usually wear, a TAG Heuer Formula 1 with a red dial I wear to auto events in my 1966 Corvette, a stainless steel Mickey Mouse watch and several others cheapies that mostly sit in a drawer.. |
Rolex GMT, Sub, DJ, and an Omega Speedmaster Professional.
Not all at once... |
I have eight watches but wear none. Only at audio shows do I wear one. |
Largely because of information in this thread, I purchased a quartz Omega Seamaster about a month ago. (Man, Audiogon costs me so much money, and not just in audio gear!)
I got it in anticipation of going to a conference in Singapore and wanted something that looked professional.
I love it so far, and it seems like an absolute bargain compared to the watches that grace all the jewelry shops here in Singapore that cost more than I've ever spent on a car. Kind of like in the same way that we consider a used $3000 Audio Research LS-25 preamp to be a bargain.
Thanks guys.
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Best quartz watch is a Movado Elliptica round chronograph. Best automatic is a Baume & Mercier Hampton City with steel bracelet. |
Isochronism,
Thanks for the informative rundown. I had no idea that there had been so many. |
Heres the 007 watch rundown: Dr No; Rolex Submariner/Croc... Goldfinger: Rolex Submariner/nylon... Thunderball; Breitling Top Time/geiger counter... Never Say Never; Rolex Submariner/laser cutter... Live and Let Die/ Rolex Submariner/rotating bezel saw... Spy Who Loved Me/ Seiko... For Your Eyes Only; Seiko/radio transmitter... Octopussy; Seiko/direction finder+tv... Golden Eye; Omega Seamaster Professional/laser cutter+detonator... Tomorrow Never Dies; Omega Seamaster/detachable charge+grappling hook... The World Is Not Enough; Omega Seamaster/grappling hook... Die Another Day; Omega/detonator+laser... New Casino Royale; Omega |
Isochroism,
Sean Connery wore an Omega I believe. |
I just bought an Omega Seamaster (partly because of this thread), and I'm wearing it while listening to my system right now. Prior to that the most expensive watch I'd ever owned was a $200 titanium Citizen.
This website costs me way too much!
Michael |
Omega Seamaster GMT. I used to have a Breitling Navitimer Olympus, but I sold it to upgrade my kitchen countertops. |
Helson "Shark Diver"2000m W/R,fully luminous Orange dial & bezel with PVD coated SS case,Automatic Helium Release Valve,Miyota 9015 Automatic movement.I wish I could add pics here,the watch is UNREAL! |
1958 Rolex....looks great, keeps crappy time. |
Raymond Weil Freelancer - W/open heart silver/black dial
Stuhrling Original Imperial Tourbilon silver w/blue hands
Stuhrling Original Apocalypse Skeleton in rose gold and black
Nicolet Mechanist skeleton silver w/black aligator strap |
The Swiss may have holes in their cheese, but not in their watches! :) |
Luminox daily...rugged, reliable, highly legible, waterproof, reasonable $$$, Swiss quartz.
Breitling when I'm dressing up: rugged, reliable, highly legible (it's a "superocean"), waterproof (1000 meters,yes, 3 zeros, Meters,), slightly less reasonable $$$$ but still not bad, Swiss automatic.
I'm very happy with both. |
Invicta SAS, Christopher Ward Henley Automatic, Golana Diver, Tao International Automatic (Panerai homage), Rotary mechanical, Orient pocket watch. |
Bought a Damasko D37. Not a dress watch for sure but a great tool watch. Actually its dial has a creme cast to it in most light and with a reddish leather strap to contrast the grey bead blast case it can pass for a sports watch. It is highly legible in most all light situations and the eye sight impaired (read getting old!) who don't like to wear glasses all the time. The most accurate watch I own - so far I'm -5 seconds since I purchased it a couple of months ago. Simple and rugged. Wish my audio system worked as well! :-) |
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A favorite joke......When someone asks me the time....I reply (example): " it's ten after". They then ask, "ten after what"? I say, " well,.. the hour hand had broken off my watch and I hadnt gotten around to fixing it yet,...but its ten after something"! Sometimes they just give me a strange look.... |
must have landed on a new dodge that absorbed the fall. the old dodges of a more "robust" fabrication would have caused a bit more damage. 40 stories? wow. i would have fainted standing on the ledge. did he have a watch on his wrist? john cameron swaze would have made a timex add out of this one.....and it keeps on ticking!!! |
Yes Hotmailjbc, you are indeed a bit messed up, as are many of the other fine members here. Me..? I'm very fortunate as being still in denial of any human weaknesses'. You hammer here, throw there, watch over here....you are just plain unpredictable, good thing. Messed up?, good! Once we self realize our own human frailties, we are over the hurdle and can go on to any greatness!!! I suggest researching this News story yesterday, as of this writing: Manhatten, Actor, Tom Magill,suicide attempt. Jumped from 40th story, landed on Dodge automobile, broken leg. He is given a second chance, and I hope he does good! Im also working toward becoming imperfect one day!! |
as you can guess i,m a bit messed up. left and right handed but not ambidextrious. ??? so have to wear watch on right wrist or will trip over feet. throw left but hammer right so it's difficult to protect instruments and i,m not taking it off. ha. thanks for the info. always trying to learn. |
Do you wear your watch on your hammer hand? Either way, an automatic watch has a mainspring which is designed to slip back after full wind-up. That is why you can manually wind an automatic for ever, it never gets to the end of the mainspring. As to "overwinding" a manual wind will come to the end, and especially older versions say 1960 or earlier, which had blued-steel mainsprings, are more prone to breakage when slightly pushed further when at end. Or at least they will be force of the connection at either end, termed "un-hooked". As to your watch running a few hours fast, only one thing can cause this phenomenon. The hairspring or balance spring is in charge of fast or slow. It is a flat coiled or spiraled spring. Above and below it are the balance jewels which hold a small bit of oil. A very hard knock "can" dislodge oil out onto the spring, which while coiling and uncoiling can make to (or more) coils stick together hence shortening the "working" length. Shorter spring-quicker opening and closing. The coils on your watch happened to free themselves after running a while. Keep up the good "Exploring" :) |
i framed a house all day just pounding nail with a heavy framing hammer. all day. and my explorer went exploring.. for time in another universe. got overwound i guess and ran hours fast for a day. took it off for a few days and ran perfect forever after. am i the only person to be sliced open by the clasp on a rolex? it laid me open about an inch long slice on top of underhand thumb. when i was young thought i was tough and never wore gloves. ha. live and learn. |
I agree.......the Rolex was/is geared toward the sportsman-woman with an active lifestyle. Actually, I've had a couple of "older" costumers whose Rolex's would stop occasionally as they weren't active enough! The Rolex automatic modules are not the most efficient, but it is rare when someone moves that little. I've heard suggestion to use the next lighter mainspring...not recommended by Rolex. Anyway, 007 Sean Connery, never took his off....well maybe in the sheets.....that automatic would be spinnin' !! |
when a watch says EXPLORER 2 on it and is touted as a progeny of a watch that was used[with others] to climb mt everst i am going to see if it works. severe shocks to my body hurt too. ha. but really i.m a typical human/male that goes camping, motorcycling/works for living and i,m not gonna take my watch off if i need to do something normal like build a campfire. if it breaks oh well i can fix that. i,ve broken bones but that didn,t stop me either. babying all this jewlery/ audio gear is too much. i try to be gentle with my child. thanks,,i do try to take care of lps however/ thanks |
This reminds me of a costumer of mine who wore his Breitling to the Symphony, and while applauding a pieces ending...broke the balance staff! Apparantly this model had smaller pivots in an attempt to raise amplitute.
Rolex has always been known for their sports oriented models and do have a unique engineering, not to mention the Oyster case design. As to swinging a golf club, I recall Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer always sporting Rolex Presidents. As for chopping wood,...well I dont see them being worn in the Lumberjack contests. All kidding aside, I think that severe shocks to the movement resulting from chopping wood could displace the oil from the jewel sinks. I believe Rolex recommends 5-7 years for an overhaul. Rolex turns away any watches with any generic parts fitted or any previously unauthorized serviced watches. Rolex or Rolex Authorized Service only. |
i was an iron woker and wore it every day for ten years to see if it could take it,,, never a hitch except the clasp will slice you chopping wood or swing a golf club or hoisting sail at the regatte. what are you takinf=g about?, you got 18 years,, i know people that got 2 yrs ok? you think your experience defines every user? what did you do, wear yours to the opera to test its robust movement? i buy good stuff to use it. talk to a factory trained tech and see how often he recommends a tune up |
You really shouldn't be wearing your Rolex (or any other mechanical watch for that matter) while chopping wood. I know the Rolex movement is extremely robust but the incredible shock and impact of wood chopping is sure to but severe stress on the movement. Also, you really don't need to tune it up every 3 yrs, I waited 18 yrs to tune up my Oyster Perpetual Date and it keeps fantastic time. |
had rolex explorer two for 10 years. in i989 they cost around 1000 dollars, in 2010 they cost 5000. i sold it for more than i paid for it and it was heavily used to say the least. but the crystal is 600 plus i believe and tuneups every 3 years are very expensive. so best cheap cool watch is the sieko orange monster. can be found for 160 dollars. my current favorite is the hamilton khaki frogman. can be found for 600 dollars and uses a swiss movement installed in many 3 to 4 000 dollar watches.i really enjoy it and its not overly large as is the current industry style. so many watches so little time ha. interesting thing about the rolex is that it sliced me open chopping wood several times. anybody else have that happen? |
Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chrono |
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Aball, if a hifi stereo is considered jewelry, and an iPod is considered enough, I guess I might be a bit overdressed. Guilty as charged.
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Hey Mitch - some people I know consider hifi stereos to be jewelry since an iPod is enough! |
This seems like a silly question for an audiophile form, but I wear a gold Rolex day-date mode, IIRC it's called the president model. I wore a previous Rolex since I received it as a graduation gift in the late 50s. But that watch was lost in the late 80s in transit to Rolex. With insurance and a lot of extra cash, I bought my current Rolex. Rolex is the only watch I haven't broken, including Timex.
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When I did wear a watch, I wore Raymond Weil watches, beautiful timepieces. I owned several of the Weil watches. I haven't worn a watch in fifteen years. Wristwatches became redundant ever since i started carrying a cell phone. I gave all of my watches away. Today, watches are nothing more than jewelry in my opinion.
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