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dusk

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  2. Why I hate the $Dollar!

    in General Discussion

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    We'll let you have the $ as the world currency as long as you replace your zzzzz's with the correct ssssss's lol

     

    Boot/ trunk

    bonnet/ hood

    pavement/ sidewalk

    sweets/ candy

    spirits/ liquor

     

    Oh and the word 'f@nny' also means something waaay different over here in the land of fish'n'chips  :snorkel:

  5. Why I hate the $Dollar!

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Everything "seems" sooo cheap when living here in the UK. Today on xe.com $1 = £0.59p so it lulls you into a false sense of relaxation when hitting the buy button. I came here "looking for the best sub"  :bangin: as I'm sure more people than would willingly admit it did! I'm now lighter to the tune of circa £1,700.00 ($2,846.01) two months down the line and all of a sudden the $ doesn't seem such good value any more. 

     

    I've even taken delivery of a faux Gator display box today....  :huh:

     

    Who am i kidding? God bless the dollar!  :clap2:

     

    Happy weekends all,

     

    Peace

  6. Watch care for automatic movements?

    in General Discussion

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    Like Fraggle I like to keep my watches on a winder. My first was a cheap 4 watch winder off the bay. It does have multiple settings but is somewhat noisy. Bought a better 8 watch winder a couple of months ago with multiple settings for each wheel and is nice and quiet. I change watches at least daily so like to be able to just grab one without setting it. Also nice for display. Here is a crappy dark picture of it. I got this one on the bay too. Be happy to give you the source. It was reasonable and is pretty good. zu8ehu2a.jpg

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    Very nice! And your watch collection isn't too shabby either!

    I'm moving house very soon so I'll shoot you a pm when I have decided what I want to do. I have a crappy £12 display box on the way no so I'll hold fire for a bit...

  7. Watch care for automatic movements?

    in General Discussion

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    I've had winders for over a year now.

    The current one is a 12 watch winder which is full.

    If I only had a small winder the other watches not on it just wouldn't get worn as I consider it a pain to correct the day, date and time each morning as I rotate around them.

    So for me the choice is:-

    1 Have a winder and get the majority of watches serviced when they need it, and have all my (auto) watches keep the correct time and date.

    2 Have no or a small winder and have 25 watches sitting there never being worn as they all need setting.

    I feel the second choice is daft, why bother buying those watches? They won't get used. Buy a decent winder and enjoy ALL my watches :)

    I can see this point of view too, it's kind of a nice idea to just grab a watch as the mood takes you. In addition if the watches are on display visitors and guests can marvel at the sweeping second hands all floating round in unison, lol

    I can only find 4 watch winder displays did you get your 12 watch winder mate?

  9. Watch care for automatic movements?

    in General Discussion

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    Would you rather have...

    1... a seven year old watch that has been worn about two years total and flopping around on a winder the other five and needing service for sure?

    2...or a watch worn two years total out of seven and parked the rest of the time with immediate service not really an issue?

    Both at the same price.

     

    I would always go for watch number 2.

    Yes very true mate. I've ordered an aligator skin display box, (not real gator obviously)

  13. Watch care for automatic movements?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I've got mixed feelings about winders. At one time I had three 4 watch winders and kept almost all of my watches on winders. They are handy for non quickset watches (older vintage) that require winding the hands forward 2 revolutions per day to get the date correct. Maybe complications that are a PITA to reset after running down for a few weeks. Other than that, I really can't see the advantage to keeping one wound. I'm down to one working winder, and it has 4 watches being wound, the other 25 or so are in watch boxes and my wrist.

    I believe that what you read is pretty controversial, the oils used today are synthetic, and while I have no watchmaking knowledge, from all I've read and heard, the new oils are very stable and don't break down like the old natural oils did. That's not to say that oils last forever, because they don't, but they tend to be pretty stable for quite a few years.

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    Thanks for this useful info. Funnily enough I read the oil thing in the website that I linked which is interesting as they sell watch winders. Hmmmmmmm

    I agree with what you say though, these things take 20 seconds to set anyway

  14. Watch care for automatic movements?

    in General Discussion

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    I just read that kinetic watches can seize up if allowed to die as the lubricants may harden and congeal. Do automatic watches benefit from being constantly ticking or does it not matter? I'm keeping all of my reps going at the moment and it's like spinning plates. I have a mixture of movements now. Been looking at watch winder displays...

    http://watch-winder.co.uk/four-quad-watch-winders.html

    Any advice here fellas?

    Dusk

  18. Who's going to notice, really?

    in The Rolex Area

    Posted

    I think it's down to YOU mostly. If a middle aged bloke in a suit pulls up in a Bentley continental GT sporting a poor Rolex rep then you wouldn't question it. If on the other hand the Domino's pizza guy comes round in a clapped out Ford fiesta wearing a £7,000 Submariner you would call FAAAAAKE  :bangin:

  23. Impulse bought a PAM111I (Little Hero)

    in The Panerai Area

    Posted

    While I am not familiar with the "Little Hero" name, I can tell you that is an absolutely stunning piece!

    In fact, one of the best I've seen! Wear it well!

    Thanks buddy, I love this thing to bits. In fact i wore it out ahead of one of my submariners on Saturday and it was pulling a lot of glances :)

    It's a great thing and a 100% keeper. Little hero is a guy like bk or TC but for Pam's. I think he may have stopped now however.

    Best, dusk

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