Watches, watches, watches (caution: modem burner)

Feel free to post anything unrelated to wet shaving or men's grooming (I.e. cars, watches, pens, leather goods. You know, the finer things of life).
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Watches, watches, watches (caution: modem burner)

Post by roberev »

I should have focused on wetshaving supplies only. Pens and watches are much too taxing on the budget.

Photos of half my watch collection:

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Nice watches, and much more expensive than shaving collections.
We could call it WAD, Watch Acquisition Disorder, like in a wad of cash. :o
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You have some nice watches there. What is the price range of the Orient Star. I love watches too but they care to $$ to collect.

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Somehow "Cool - you have two Balls" looked odd when I typed it :lol:
Nice collection, I especially like those Yao Seikos.
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Very nice collection. I am not familiar with the Orient Star watches. Tell us more.
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What is the 0 - 40 gauge on those watches?
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Very nice indeed; glad i've only WSPAD specifically SBAD; collecting watches is even too rich for my blood, but i sure love to watch those beauties of Patek Philippe, Jaeger Lecoultre, Audemars Piguet, Paneray, Rolex, Breitling oh well, all Swiss handmade mechanical watches....

But these are some fine looking pieces as well...!

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McNutt wrote:What is the 0 - 40 gauge on those watches?
Power reserve indicator - 0 to 40 hours of ticking time left in the spring. An indication of how wound the watch is.
Not that I'm a watch geek.
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Dr P: I concur, that the Patek and the LeCoultre and even Ademars Piguet are very nice. Im not much into the Paneries, they just seem too clunky. I had a vintage Omega that I miss but it did not work and the seller took it back. Had an interesting face on it, pebbly. Got a half price sale locally on a Tag Heuer Monza.

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I'm not really a watch guy, but if some of these came in white gold, I'd have to sell my house and get a couple.
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Love the Doxa and Yao Seiko.

Nice collection you've got there.
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Thanks all. I think the black Ball Engineer is my favorite (it has tritium vial markers and hands, so it will glow for 25 years without me having to "charge" it under a light).

I think WAD is more appropriate than WIS (Watch Idiot Savant), the term coined by the watch forum guys.

Ichabod, I've had to stop myself on the watch forums from posting variations of the "2 Balls" theme. When I had three of those watches, I did allow myself once to post a message with the title: "I have 3 Balls."

In the one year that I've been suffering from WAD, the Orient Stars have become my hands-down favorite brand (I've owned 6). They are about the same quality as many $1000 to $1500 Swiss watches (and IMHO the $1500 to $2000 Grand Seikos), but cost only around $250 to $800, depending on the model. Orient Star is one of four tiers of watches made by Orient, Ltd. The base models are called Orient. Next comes Orient Star. Next up: Orient Star Royal ($1000 to $2,500). Finally, Royal Orient ($2000 and up). Orient makes all of their watches and movements in-house, unlike most other manufacturers. I believe that Seiko is the majority sharehold of Orient., but there is no cross-pollenation of parts or designs.

The best site to browse actual photos of the Orient Star line-up is:
http://www.watch-tanaka.com/
You may want to run it through babelfish.altavista.com to have it translated to English. If you ever see one you want to buy, contact either of the following gentlemen in Japan, who will acquire these watches on your behalf, if they don't already have them in stock themselves (they understand English and sell to U.S. customers regularly):
http://www.seiyajapan.com
http://www.higuchi-inc.com

My favorite forum to browse for more info on Japanese watches is:
Seiko/Citizen Watch forum (All Japanese brands welcomed), at
http://www.network54.com/Forum/78440/
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Post by rustyblade »

Watches are easily something I could collect. I love watches, but like many have already said, they are expensive. I have limited myself to just one nice watch, my Tag Heuer. You only need one good watch right?

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rustyblade wrote:Watches are easily something I could collect. I love watches, but like many have already said, they are expensive. I have limited myself to just one nice watch, my Tag Heuer. You only need one good watch right?

http://www.wristdreams.com/
Yeah right. I'd say two, at least - one for every day wear and one for more formal occasions (with a strap, and very little clutter like day/date etc.).
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Hmm, that looks like a Surefire L2 - you a flashaholic too?
I'm a budding LED lover, not up to SF yet, though.

Very nice watches, too - I love the Blue Seiko Automatic.

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jmw19psu wrote:Hmm, that looks like a Surefire L2 - you a flashaholic too?
I'm a budding LED lover, not up to SF yet, though.
Flashaholic? Yes...and no. Thankfully, I've only bought the one, and that's good enough for now. You're right...it is a Surefire L2 LumaMax. I love that it has a two-stage switch that lets me go from about 15 lumen to about 100 lumen with just some extra thumb-pressure. At night, the light actually hurts if it hits your eyes directly. When everyone else is carrying their big MagLites into fire scenes, I've got my little L2 that outshines them all.

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I've got an L2 also. A GREAT little light for those times when you have to pierce the darkest night (or search houses without power).

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My family lacked a good, powerful flashlight in the house until I bought one of these the other night.
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Does anyone know anything about the Zodiac watches? I've heard good things about them and the 'Bay has some. I'm interested in the Desert Hawk. It's not all that much money though and I'm just curious about the entire line. Thanks in advance.

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