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Thanks. Yes, that would certainly work... Maybe the solution is to wait a couple of weeks and see if the crud falls out on its own - if not, off to the mender's. The pusher has a lot of "springiness" - i.e. when it's in the stuck position, I can feel it springing in and out just fine, only it won't pop out all the way. It's as if a gremlin is stopping the thing from popping back to the start position.
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Hello Gents Hope everyone's well. Not posted for a bit, so first of all apologies for that - had so much else going on that watches have taken something of a back seat. Anyway, my Speedie has developed a sticky pusher (the start/stop one). Anyone got a fix for this, or an idea what may cause it? If I put my nail in the gap between the pusher and the case I can use it, so this may imply either that a bit of crud (toast crumb / pube / half a stag beetle or whatever) has got in there or the sleeve has just "got sticky". I guess the worst case scenario is that the spring has gone and needs rep
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Women's Watches On The Forum
squareleg replied to Always"watching"'s topic in Watch Discussion Forum
Friend of mine wears - and has done so for years - her late Dad's Explorer (I'm not an expert but I believe it's an early one). Looks great on her. I believe these are 36mm, which I'd say is probably - well, sensibly - about the maximum for a ladies watch. Also, women's watches are great value second-hand because there's much less of a market for them - it seems where watches are concerned they prefer new. -
Steinhart Ocean Vintage Military (Ovm)
squareleg replied to PC-Magician's topic in Watch Discussion Forum
Would look fab on a red sharkskin strap. :whistle: -
Been Away For A While, Looking For Big Diver Sub £400?
squareleg replied to sconie's topic in Watch Discussion Forum
What about a s/h Stowa Seatime? If I won the lottery, that would be my beater: simply beautiful - and chunky, but also elegant, in a dress up or down sort of way. -
If you're under 40 then probably both. Over 40 and you'll need all the help you can get, hence centre. That's... CENTRE I'll have me cocoa now, thanks. No seriously - I remember reading Thomas Hardy one night… the night before my 40th birthday (the 1912? Wessex Edition, so large-ish print). Put the book down, went to sleep. Next morning I couldn't read a line without a magnifying glass. It was that sudden. Terrifying. :eek:
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"Should we have a strap thread"? Yes, please. Great idea. :thumbsup:
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Pffft! All that money… and mercedes hands. Ugh! :D .
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Buzz Aldrin`s speedy :astro: :lol: Definitely the coolest watch on the planet :tongue2: . The second coolest - Neil`s has to be No.1 :astro: B) Not true Neil's didn't land on the moon, Buzz's did Good point, I`d forgotten about that :rolleyes: Well, you know… I was going to comment on that but figured I must have missed something! :lol:
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Buzz Aldrin`s speedy :astro: :lol: Hear hear. What I love about this story is that there must be someone out there wearing it without knowing its provenance. Probably changed hands many times by now - even perhaps through forums such as ours or TZ or whatever. If it had found its way into a private collection, I think we'd know about it by now. Would be impossible to keep it secret. Definitely the coolest watch on the planet - and would be my choice too :tongue2: . .
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Which Watch Brand Is The Coolest ?
squareleg replied to S2K Tuning's topic in Watch Discussion Forum
May I respectfully suggest that gold could never be considered cool? Gold can be many things… but cool ain't one of them. Bi-metal doubly so. B) Swatch is cool, I think, because it's so honest: cheap, cheerful, uncomplicated and fun. Says a lot about the wearer, I think - and in a good way. I don't own a Swatch but would like to. Hang on, I'm hi-jacking this thread into a WTB (unintentionally so)! :lol: . -
If You Had To Reduce This Collection Down…
squareleg replied to it'salivejim's topic in Watch Discussion Forum
There's another forum? :eek: . -
I used to quite like Roy… when he managed Liechtenstein or San Marino or whatever - no, wait… was it Switzerland? - and then dear old Fulham (who I used to support in League One days: me, the brother-in-law and the nephew all got in to the Riverside stand for £25 the lot of us). But I cannot take anyone seriously who wears that kind of watch. It's a pimp's watch... isn't it? It sort of diminishes the wearer - and not wholly due to its size, though that certainly could be part of it. It's so utterly silly. You may as well be in a crowd, naked, and wearing just an apron. It's a buffoo
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Which Watch Brand Is The Coolest ?
squareleg replied to S2K Tuning's topic in Watch Discussion Forum
Cool is a fashion thing. CAUTION: Breaking Bad semi-spoiler alert. Yo, Bitches. So, Jesse gave Walt a (Tag) Heuer Monaco for a present. As BB is the darned coolest programme on the planet just now, I suppose that makes the Monaco the darned coolest watch. Just my $0.02 (actually ½ gram of blue meth). Have an A1 day. :big_boss: -
Always very subjective, these threads, and always fun. For what it's worth - and in any of the price brackets quoted - my vote would always go for Seiko, especially anything with the ultra-reliable 7s26 (automatic) movement. But price is really NOT everything when buying a watch. Whatever your budget is, go for something which makes you feel good about yourself when wearing it.