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post #3466 of 6962
7/27/09 at 7:27pm
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Originally Posted by skyline889 View Post
Is that the $200 one from Amazon? It's a bit more than I can budget for a daily beater watch.
Keep your eyes open on the Watchuseek and Timezone sales corners, as well as eBay. You can get them on the south side of $150 if you look.
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post #3467 of 6962
7/27/09 at 7:33pm
You can find the SKX007 for around 130-140 off Ebay with Bing cashback.
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post #3468 of 6962
7/28/09 at 8:19am
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Originally Posted by skyline889 View Post
Is that the $200 one from Amazon? It's a bit more than I can budget for a daily beater watch.
I wasn't the one who made the original recommendation for the 007 but it's a good one. I've had one for several years as a beater and, except for swirlies on the bracelet, it still looks as good as new.

99watches on eBay is a very good Seiko dealer (no affiliation):

SEIKO MEN AUTOMATIC SCUBA DIVER,200M WR,NEW,SKX007K2 ss - eBay (item 390068502259 end time Aug-12-09 09:47:11 PDT)

but I wasn't aware of the price jump on the 007. They were around $130-140 the last time I paid any attention to them.
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post #3469 of 6962
7/28/09 at 5:48pm


Put a new band on my $16 Titan watch today, I think it looks pretty good.
A lot better than that ugly stock blue one.
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post #3470 of 6962
7/30/09 at 7:41pm
Even though it's advertising by Rolex, here are 5 nice videos showing the inner workings of expensive watches:

Official Rolex Website > Rolex Company > An Obsession with Perfection
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post #3471 of 6962
7/31/09 at 10:07am
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Originally Posted by immtbiker View Post
Even though it's advertising by Rolex, here are 5 nice videos showing the inner workings of expensive watches:
Anyone else notice in the first video that, when they set the hands, the hour and minute were at 12 but the seconds were around 45. That's not right
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post #3472 of 6962
7/31/09 at 10:22am
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Originally Posted by leftnose View Post
Anyone else notice in the first video that, when they set the hands, the hour and minute were at 12 but the seconds were around 45. That's not right
Yeah, I watched a watchmaker do that the other day. Drives me nuts to see someone do that. Why bother to set the watch if you're going to set it wrong??
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post #3473 of 6962
7/31/09 at 3:01pm
So the Seiko I ordered showed up with a damaged movement (would stop every few hours - the Chrono would still work but the clock would stop ticking, and wouldn't resume until you pulled out the crown and pushed it back in). I returned it, but no one has them in stock so I imagine I'll just get a refund and have to eventually wait. For now, my daily wearer is a fake Rolex Daytona (I'm not a huge fan of Rolexes OR fakes; I picked it up because I got it from someone on a forum for the cost of shipping) that I put a NATO strap on and which keeps shockingly good time for a generic Asian 21j movement.
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post #3474 of 6962
7/31/09 at 3:24pm
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Originally Posted by kwkarth View Post
Yeah, I watched a watchmaker do that the other day. Drives me nuts to see someone do that. Why bother to set the watch if you're going to set it wrong??
Maybe I'm misreading what you wrote but I'm not talking about setting the time on a running watch. The video shows the installation the hands in such a way that true 12:00 (or any other hour) could not be displayed.
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post #3475 of 6962
7/31/09 at 10:08pm
Since the hands probably cannot be set right on top of each other, maybe they do that knowing that the offset is exactly 45 seconds (just a theory).
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post #3476 of 6962
7/31/09 at 10:32pm
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Originally Posted by leftnose View Post
Maybe I'm misreading what you wrote but I'm not talking about setting the time on a running watch. The video shows the installation the hands in such a way that true 12:00 (or any other hour) could not be displayed.
I guess I'm confused now... (not unheard of...)

you said the hour and minute hands are aligned to 12:00, and the second hand, instead of also aligning to 12:00 as well, is lined up, pointing to 9:00.

Is that what you meant?

Maybe there is slack in the drivetrain of that movement, and the 15 seconds is the slack in the gears, and gets taken up when the movement is running?
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post #3477 of 6962
8/1/09 at 12:54am
this is headfi's bestest thread ever!
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post #3478 of 6962
8/1/09 at 9:18am
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Originally Posted by kwkarth View Post
you said the hour and minute hands are aligned to 12:00, and the second hand, instead of also aligning to 12:00 as well, is lined up, pointing to 9:00.

Is that what you meant?
Yes. It just isn't right.

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Maybe there is slack in the drivetrain of that movement, and the 15 seconds is the slack in the gears, and gets taken up when the movement is running?
I really doubt there's 15 seconds of lash in a Rolex movement. I doubt there's even 1 second worth.
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post #3479 of 6962
8/1/09 at 12:57pm
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Originally Posted by leftnose View Post
Yes. It just isn't right.



I really doubt there's 15 seconds of lash in a Rolex movement. I doubt there's even 1 second worth.
Nevermind, I finally get what you are talking about.
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post #3480 of 6962
8/1/09 at 1:36pm
Perhaps it was just for the video, you know how unrealistic Hollywood can be

Also, why is it, that whenever something of prestige is being portrayed, they alway use someone with a perfect English accent to do the voiceover?

Bloody well done!

*EDIT- Having "watched" (excuse the pun ) that particular portion of the video multiple tiles, it appears that the offset is about 12 seconds, and the 3 devices that pick them up and place them on the watch, seem to be aligned like that on purpose. There must be a reason.
3 cheers to whomever writes to Rolex about this and actually receives a response!
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