Very off the wagon now. Bought an Aerospace Evo that I saw on Facebook being offered at a tasty price. Ah well, here’s to 2025!
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Very off the wagon now. Bought an Aerospace Evo that I saw on Facebook being offered at a tasty price. Ah well, here’s to 2025!
Well, I gave in. Chris Ward Sealander GMT 36 arriving this morning. Been driven to distraction by Tudor customer service so bought myself something different to wear for a while whilst I wait to see...
My Tudor FXD went to the RSC for poor amplitude and being out of spec on timekeeping mid-February. Week and a half roughly to get told by the AD that it was sorted - but also RSC bluntly told AD they...
Currently still on the wagon apart from accepting something as part exchange in a sale, but having the itch whilst my FXD is in for warranty repairs (after two months no less). Trying to keep the...
I have seen stories of people being told that a paid for at full price watch service will not be performed unless the owner produces the OEM strap or bracelet for the watch. If they can’t or won’t, a...
Since it seems to happen to some bezels and not others, and the ones it does happen to appear to suddenly start losing a lot of markers, I presume there is some particular set of circumstances that...
I have semi-fallen off the wagon, I did sell a watch but as part of that took another as a very minor part-exchange. Plus the guy I bought it off was very generous and chucked in another as a...
From what I've heard about it, this is what happens. Anything that's a "hot" model and in short supply will be happily purchased far above RRP in other countries where conspicuous consumption is part...
Are they really only 3atm? I thought they were at least 5 or 10 given the market they’re pitched at! Or is it that in this case they say 3atm and actually mean it rather than for instance Swatch who...
Lists seem to be shortening all round, the way the people at my local branch of Goldsmiths talked about ze listz they have it seemed like they were going that way, and for brands other than Rolex...
Nobody’s specifically mentioned Sinn yet but since I happen to have spoken to them a while back and for future reference, Sinn’s UK agents are TWR Watch Repairs (https://www.twrwatchrepairs.co.uk). I...
When I registered way back in the day and then forgot to actually start posting it was still just a case of filling in the form and clicking the button but when I logged out and looked there was a...
I think they’ll probably struggle to get people to jump through those hoops for a just-revived brand (even with UG’s vintage prestige) unless they can really pull off the marketing coup of the decade...
Well there was that story of the guy who survived at sea by using his watch to signal to a ship, with the yellow Emergency you’d be even more visible :D
To my understanding, the Sistem51 is a disposable movement in that it is not designed to be serviced in any way, shape or form. If it's the same as the old ones, you can't even regulate it - it's set...
You’re probably safe here but you might catch a bit of flak if you say that in G-Shock enthusiast circles! Some of the designs are entirely out there, but some have a beauty in their simplicity and...
This is the rub for me - I actually quite like the feel of bioceramic, I have other Swatches that use it for the case - and I do like the spin they’ve put on the FF, but the asking price is fully...
It’s a busy dial but I think it really works!
And I thought the current Aerospace was a bit much at a shade over three grand for something where Breitling have a history of saying “oooh, no, can’t fix that, don’t have the modules”. Maybe...
And yet when was the last time they launched something genuinely new or different rather than just an evolution or different/LE colour way of an existing model? The only thing I can think of from the...
Next time someone accuses me of being a poser I shall cite this article and my obsessive tracking of my watches' timekeeping performance as evidence for the defence!
Are there new Aerospaces coming this year? Last I heard was when I went in to a Breitling boutique and was told it was discontinued and thought that maybe they’d gone the same way as Longines in...
I wonder if there is a motivation in that pushing up RRP that drags up used prices and people who have used pieces that have appreciated may be more likely to become repeat customers as an...
Presumably they’ve got their eyes on a bit of the Rolex pie, particularly with the now-decades-long 007 association. Not a good market to be trying to shift up in at the moment of course and there’s...
One of my earliest watch memories is seeing what I would later know to be a Breitling Emergency shown off on Blue Peter in the mid 90s as part of a feature on search and rescue tech - the presenter...