Watches - another passion of ours, it seems...post your pics! - Page 469

What a beautiful and diverse collection you have! I love it when collections are diverse such as yours, I think there is then more scope for enjoyment. The stand out piece,all are what I would term stand out by the way but this one more so for me, is the Breguet. Would I be right in thinking that is the hand painted enamel dial? I bet you get a huge amount of enjoyment out of them, congratulations.

Oh yes, looking at it close up I can see Enamel on the dial, outstanding!

Thanks for your kind words. Yes, watches are one of my passions along with music. The Breguet is a 5177 with an enamel dial as tou noticed. It also has a silicon escapement and pallet arm. It actually has one of their post-Lemania I house callibres 777Q. One of my fans as well.

such beautiful works of art.  

 

how does everyone keep their watches clean and so scratch free? i wear mine daily and its crystal is pretty scratched.

Scratch free is just down to being careful I think, Sapphire crystals help as they are very scratch resistant. If there are minor scratches. for the case I have found that something called Sunshine Polishing cloths are quite good, they are not as harsh as cape cod but seem to take care of minor swirls. Having said that I rarely use them anymore, I have got peace now that the swirls and marks are me adding character to my watch.

As for cleaning. Well, one of my friends gave me a bottle of Veraet spray that the watch forums are raving about but I must admit I notice no difference in shimmer or shine to my watch over my usual cleaning routing which is a small amount of mild hand soap and water on a wet cloth then a rinse and dry with another soft lint free cloth. It seems to give exactly the same results and saves spending $30 on the spray!
Edited by ianmedium - 8/13/12 at 9:00pm

Picked up my first digital watch. A Casio G-Shock DW5600bb-1. I told myself I would never own a G-shock, since my collection consists mostly of mechanical watches and I never liked the G's looks. I am really liking this model so far though. It's all black design and inverted dial gives it a bit of a stealth appearance. 

 

 

EDIT: You gotta give me some credit for posting a $50 watch after iim7V7IM7 incredible collection above. :D

Edited by Negakinu - 8/14/12 at 12:31am

I'm just here to say I don't like Negakinu anymore. He showed me the gorgeous Citizen Nighthawk and now I'm in love with it and I just have to order it.

Stay away from that man, he's not good for you (r wallet)

 

;-)

Love Gshocks and that one especially! Do yourself a favor and head over to the Gshock forum at Watchuseek.It was the first forum I ever joined and to this day still one of the best, their enthusiasm and friendliness is wonderful!

 

I have to agree about Citizen's quality being really good. 

 

About the hands: Have you checked the manual and made sure it does not have hand-aligning procedure?

 

My CB0030-56E has that option.

Already got almost 300 posts (and counting) under my belt @Watchuseek. :) Same username as Head-Fi. Awesome forum. A lot more polite than Head-Fi. ;)

 

i havent been on there in a long time because i cant afford another hobby.

 

I feel I've reached a point where I'm really satisfied with both my portable and desktop headphone rig. I no longer have the urge to upgrade. I have an ODAC on the way that's going to replace my others DACs and the Objective2 has replaced my other amps for a while now. The music just sounds really good to me lately. :) This means there's room for a different hobby. I've actually been selling a lot of my headphones lately! 

Edited by Negakinu - 8/14/12 at 7:47am

 

good to hear! im pretty happy also... too bad i was bit by the photography bug :(

That's why I spend time on http://www.pmwf.com. They tend to specialize in more affordable watches.

Calling occupants.. Sorry, could not resist, great forum name and love the group.
I agree PMWF is a great forum though I am not sure about calling ones self poor, not sure what that would do energetically. I reckon Thrifty Mans Watch Forum would be a better title!