fergal - Member
It was bought in a little general store in Knoxville, Tennessee. Made by the first company to ever make wrist watches. Up till then people just carried pocket watches.
Given that Elizabeth 1st wore a wrist watch made by Robert Dudley in 1571, and various wris****ches were made from that time, I'm not sure your statement is entirely true!
Given that Elizabeth 1st wore a wrist watch made by Robert Dudley in 1571, and various wris****ches were made from that time, I'm not sure your statement is entirely true!
I think you might find there's a significant difference between wrist-watches custom-made for very wealthy people, and wrist-watches produced in large numbers for ordinary people for not much money, relatively speaking.
Which was the point I was trying to make earlier.
Delighted I'm still able to wear this on a daily basis, the first watch I bought with my own money, back when I wasn't earning much more than maybe £10-12 per week. That would be around 1972-ish.
Last one I saw for sale was listed around €8-900
Hmmm, now around €1150...
http://www.passionchrono.com/en/yema-vintage/5434-yema-rallygraf-super.html#idTab1
No, €2490! http://chronocentric.com/forums/chronotrader/index.cgi?md=read;id=58983; 😯
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My occasionally worn classic.
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Appx 1936, we believe. Worn by a French resistance hero in my wife's family. Means a lot to me that I'm lucky enough to wear it. I often wonder what the history of the scratches is, was it just an accident, or during some clandestine event. History.
Seems that Yema Rallygraf watches are not immune to iffy ones coming onto the market, just had a look at this one:
http://chronocentric.com/forums/chronotrader/index.cgi?md=read;id=60449;
and there are a few things wrong with it: the winder is wrong, the case back is wrong, and the tachymetre bezel is wrong.
The winder has a flat top, the case back has the words '100% WATERPROOF' in an arc around the top, 'ALL STEEL' around the bottom, and '10 ATMOSPHERES' across the centre, with the serial number underneath, mine being 133754.
Zooming in on the bezel shows it's been printed, there are radial rings, and incomplete black around the figures, an original is anodised.
I wouldn't be touching that one, that's for sure
Can you report it with your concerns?
My occasionally worn classic.
That is stunning.
I have an 80s Seiko.
Can I join in?
cynic-al - Member
I have an 80s Seiko.Can I join in?
Yeh go on fill your boots!
just bought... 🙂 to replace my 7 year old orange monster 🙂
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Oof!
Thanks, wrecker.
It's understated, and fairly small, so no one notices. I like that. It's manual, and has a tick that sounds alive rather than just mechanical. Add the history of the original owner and it is something very special. Don't think it's especially valuable in mere monetary terms, but it's priceless in terms of importance, both to my wife and I.
Interesting to read comments; each to their own I guess, and really just a case of the emperors new clothes for those buying these watches ... it's niche, and by comments on here, they seem to be loved or loathed in equal measures.
IMO they are a great way of fleecing people with too much money
Good deal on a nice Seiko Panda chrono here;
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seiko-SKS485P1/dp/B014ITEUGI/ref=sr_1_10?s=watch&ie=UTF8&qid=1482827688&sr=1-10
Quartz, but nowt wrong with quartz.
In fact there are plenty of nice Seiko on sale
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_in_-2_p_89_39?fst=as%3Aoff&rh=n%3A667357031%2Cp_89%3ASeiko&bbn=667357031&ie=UTF8&qid=1482827676&rnid=1632651031
i have been wanting to buy a new watch for some time now (my old watch is a timex atlantis 100 from about the late 90's i think) this one anyhoo [img] 
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well reading this amongst other watch threads on here got me looking at any deals on atm.
well i saw a nice deal at argos for one of these [img] http://argos.scene7.com/is/image/Argos/5326679_R_Z001A?fmt=pjpg&wid=1240&hei=1116 [/img] reduced from £150 to £80.
so am now the proud owner of one.
well chuffed 😀
I tried on a few Bell & Ross' the other day. Expensive for what you get, and their history isn't as interesting as many other brands, but they sure did feel quality and felt fantastic on the wrist.
Was hard not to buy on the spot.
Anything less than this . . . you might as well go home!
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i would, but it would only obscure the large necklace of my own face:
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G-Shock are better (Magneto Dog says so!)
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Magneto Dog says so!
It's true, I much prefer my G-Shock to my Seamaster. The black suits me much better and being Magnetodog I play havoc with the Automatic winder thingy
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Biological watch winders. I like it!!
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Magnetodog needs an Omega 8500 movement.....
http://www.watch-insider.com/reportages/omega-defeats-mechanical-watchs-enemy-no-1/
Hi-beat Grand Seiko anyone?
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This is my favourite but it is very expensive if you find one buy it.
The Seiko SUS Hi-Beat 4S15
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I like that racefaceec90; a bargain to boot!
Enjoy 🙂
thanks bearnecessities 😀
i hope you had a great xmas and new year btw sir .
mooman - Member
Interesting to read comments; each to their own I guess, and really just a case of the emperors new clothes for those buying these watches ... it's niche, and by comments on here, they seem to be loved or loathed in equal measures.
Bit like bikes really. Or cars. Or hi-fi's. Or computers. I could still be riding my BMX frm 30 years ago. Does the job eh?
Just thought I would bump this thread with a bit more fuel for the haters, and a bonus for you with this being a pilots watch with a UTC/GMT time zone display and the ability to change the time in one hour increments without the minute hand moving.
plus the date will also go back if midnight is passed if you were to fly back over the international date line.
I'm not a pilot and I do not regularly fly across multiple time zones and the date line. 😆
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Single cuffs?!
Also, too many hot washes 🙂
its an unironed shirt left at the GF’s that i grabbed this morning . and thats not an office but a studio where i’m usually wearing double denim or similar london media tosspot attire.
Mr Smith -
I'm not a pilot and I do not regularly fly across multiple time zones and the date line.
Are you Doctor Who?
Surely you should have taken the photo at 10:10 or 13:50, not 13:35?
😉
These are my twopenneth (not my pics BTW-I can't work out how to do that):
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The strap's a bit tired on the Sub, so it's on a black Zuludiver NATO strap for now.
I do cross many time zones and the duty watch is my Fenix 3
My other favourite is one of these:
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Mine's on a grey Luminox NATO Strap
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Interesting to read comments; each to their own I guess, and really just a case of the emperors new clothes for those buying these watches ... it's niche, and by comments on here, they seem to be loved or loathed in equal measures.IMO they are a great way of fleecing people with too much money
There are certainly watches around that cost a mind-buggering amount of money, and look like something you'd buy from a cheap tourist shop on Oxford Street, just look in some of the shops in Burlington Arcade in London. There are also expensive watches that are amazing examples of miniature engineering, and cost what they do because of the amount of time (ha!) that goes into the fine-tuning of the individual components and the assembly of same, in order to get the accuracy of time-keeping.
That is what makes them appealing and collectible, not the flashy bling external appearance of many watches that's designed to show off the great wealth and dearth of taste of the person wearing it. #wendyball
This is a display in Burlington Arcade: see the prices and weep!
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