Hello folks,
I'm new here, so I thought I'd start by posting images of my modest collection.
My oldest watch is the heavily battered but much loved Seiko quartz chrono, don't know the model number. I've had it about 20 years. It's been scraped on rocks, scraped on desks (I wear my watches on the inside of the wrist, a habit I picked up from my dad as a child) dropped, bashed, abused and neglected. And it just doesn't die - takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin' :biggrin: It's one reason I've developed a great respect for Seiko.
Not in the pictures, because I don't have it to hand, is another Seiko. It's a quartz titanium dress watch. Nothing special, but it's OK.
The dress watch in the photos is the Seiko SDGM003, and my shoddy photography does it a complete injustice. It really is gorgeous. I think the bracelet, though very well made, is too clunky and 'engineery' in appearance for a dress watch, but the case, the dial, the hands and the indices are beautiful and, at the price, actually quite astonishing.
My scariest (i.e most expensive) acquisition is the Sinn U1 SE. I visited the Sinn shop in Frankfurt, pretty much intent on buying the standard U1. Tried it on and liked it, but when I tried on the SE I was surprised to find I preferred it. Went away and mulled it over for a few months (this was a BIG purchase for me) and settled on the SE. I have to say, despite its bulk and its weight, I do love it. It's built like a tank, but the precision of the engineering is a thing of wonder to me. Downsides? It's not a strap monster. I've yet to find any shade of brown strap that doesn't look wrong on it. Black works well, as do dark NATOs. And I think it might work well on a cream coloured strap.
Anyway, that will do for now
I'm new here, so I thought I'd start by posting images of my modest collection.
My oldest watch is the heavily battered but much loved Seiko quartz chrono, don't know the model number. I've had it about 20 years. It's been scraped on rocks, scraped on desks (I wear my watches on the inside of the wrist, a habit I picked up from my dad as a child) dropped, bashed, abused and neglected. And it just doesn't die - takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin' :biggrin: It's one reason I've developed a great respect for Seiko.
Not in the pictures, because I don't have it to hand, is another Seiko. It's a quartz titanium dress watch. Nothing special, but it's OK.
The dress watch in the photos is the Seiko SDGM003, and my shoddy photography does it a complete injustice. It really is gorgeous. I think the bracelet, though very well made, is too clunky and 'engineery' in appearance for a dress watch, but the case, the dial, the hands and the indices are beautiful and, at the price, actually quite astonishing.
My scariest (i.e most expensive) acquisition is the Sinn U1 SE. I visited the Sinn shop in Frankfurt, pretty much intent on buying the standard U1. Tried it on and liked it, but when I tried on the SE I was surprised to find I preferred it. Went away and mulled it over for a few months (this was a BIG purchase for me) and settled on the SE. I have to say, despite its bulk and its weight, I do love it. It's built like a tank, but the precision of the engineering is a thing of wonder to me. Downsides? It's not a strap monster. I've yet to find any shade of brown strap that doesn't look wrong on it. Black works well, as do dark NATOs. And I think it might work well on a cream coloured strap.
Anyway, that will do for now