smaths Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 I joined here several months ago because I wanted to buy my husband a seamaster for his 40th birthday and didn't think I could afford a gen one. To cut a long story short, I unexpectedly got some money and found I could stretch to a 2nd hand one, and so he was a very happy man on his birthday. It is beautiful! I adore watches and have enjoyed browsing through the forums and learning about all the gorgeous reps that are out there - it's opened a whole new world to me, I just had to get a top end watch for myself. Unfortunately I couldn't afford a second gen (yet)! The Omega reps for ladies seem to be pretty thin on the ground - I'm not very delicate, so a seamaster suits me a lot more than something "pretty". I also looked at the Tag Link (too cheap!) and the Cartier Santos (too dear!) then toyed with the idea of a 42mm PO but the strap on the 300M is so much nicer and a 42mm would be pretty ostentatious. Then I saw afew weeks back that there are new SMP ladies versions on some TDs sites. Could I find anything more about them here or anywhere else? Nada. I wasn't sure when I looked at the photos on the TD sites. Would it look good? Then I just couldn't help myself and pulled the trigger. The first watch I got QA pics for was pretty bad, it had a very obvious misalignment of the 12 o'clock markers. I'm no expert like some of you guys but I spotted it right away. I was a bit concerned that I'd made an expensive mistake. Then I got a second set of pics - much better! Not perfect, I'm sure, but I'm happy. I don't know the "tells" for this watch so don't burst my bubble too badly! At the end of the day its for wearing for fun, I love the loook of it so I don't mind if some things aren't quite right - I'd never pretend if asked that it was gen. As an added bonus the movement seems to be pretty good, it's a miyota one but seems very accurate so far! The strap was also very easy to resize, i had to take 4 links out I think, but it was done in under 10 minutes, the screws were easy even for a complete novice like me. So, here it is: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryaku Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Beautiful watch and it fits your wrist perfectly! AR is excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackflash Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Congrats looks good. Great write-up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenTLe Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Veeeery nice one! Is it the Miyota movement one? I was looking at it for my lady too, but since I know how she cares for this object (last watch was lost in the Atlantic ocean because she forgot to take it out...) I decided to go for a gen Citizen Eco drive chrono, that also coste me less and probably it's stronger than a mechanical one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G0rdy Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Lovely watch. Wear it in good health. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernow Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Great looking watch. Looks just right for you. Which TD did you use for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smaths Posted August 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 It was from Andrew @ Trusty and it is the one with the Miyota movement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenTLe Posted September 1, 2014 Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 It was from Andrew @ Trusty and it is the one with the Miyota movement Excellent choice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronoluvvv Posted September 1, 2014 Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 nice pick-up ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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