Watch lovers?

bazzam111 · Post by **bazzam111** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:53 pm

Following this with great interest, not even going to bore you with my paltry collection but suffice to say feel a very strong urge for another watch coming on..............
I have a 'sub' and SWBO has a pearl faced oyster datejust, had them about 7 years and have been meaning to get them serviced.
Main stumbling block is who do I trust with them and how much is it going to cost me?????

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:00 pm

A Rolex AD and between £200 - £300, plus about 2 months wait.

bazzam111 · Post by **bazzam111** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:04 pm

Ouch! But I suppose thats the price you pay for having a decent watch, any recommendations on where or more importantly ones to avoid, BTW I am in Aberdeen

espritstu · Post by **espritstu** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:36 pm

a must have for the lotus owner the lotus type 1 watch

Neil72 · Post by **Neil72** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:33 pm

GregR wrote:about 2 months wait.

...........and the rest. 14 weeks mine was away for.

And it was sent back damaged so will have to be returned again for repair. Don't let that put you off though, it's well worth the money and your watch will come back in as new condition. £200-£250 isn't really that much to spend if you even it out over 5-7 yrs.

tonyg · Post by **tonyg** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:25 pm

bazzam111 wrote:Ouch! But I suppose thats the price you pay for having a decent watch, any recommendations on where or more importantly ones to avoid, BTW I am in Aberdeen

Put my Jaeger-Le-Coultre in to Jamieson and Carry in Aberdeen (Jaeger and Rolex dealers) - for a service,came back 3 months later - bill £350 including a new crown and strap and beautifully polished - well worth it - report etc was all in French so i reckon it went back to the factory in Switzerland for service.

~ ~ Cal ~ ~ · Post by **~ ~ Cal ~ ~** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:21 pm

God damn this a a lenghty thread !

Got an Omega Seamaster myself ( relatively dull I know but I love it for the functionality and rugged look).
Had it since 2001 and it's been serviced once. Great believer in treating a watch as a tool so it goes with me 24-7 inside engine bays, mountain bking etc etc.

I am hell-bent on keeping time so always sync it with UTC ( GPS satellite time), However, recently the old girl has been losing 2 mins a day which is most uncharacteristic. Time for a change me finks. Whenit behaved itself it only lost 2-3 seconds a month.

I guess now it a good time to buy a watch. Anyone know weher to get good deals ? I am Schipol with work quite often and duty free seems a winner on occasion.

Cheers
Cal

Modena Scotland · Post by **Modena Scotland** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:37 pm

OMG Cal, have you read the whole thread????

I am sure you can get your watch serviced. It will then be as good as new

~ ~ Cal ~ ~ · Post by **~ ~ Cal ~ ~** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:43 pm

Err...... I got to about 12 pages then jumped about after the casio v rolex debate style got started

A service for £140 does not seem like good value unless I intend to keep it for a few more years. Far more tempted to sell it & embark on a new time piece journey

Cal

p.s
what doe eash of these stand for ? i assume it's not a Mclaren SLR and that you don;t work on a Diver Support Vessel

CR - Wet track spec
SLR - Dry track spec
DSV - Special occassion spec
E - Restoration spec

Back on topic

Modena Scotland · Post by **Modena Scotland** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:16 pm

CR = Club racer is a limited edition Exige S made in 2007 (mine is Gulf colour)
SLR = Caterham Superlight R (very similar spec to R400)
DSV = Lamborghini Diablo SV
E= E type V12 open top

See you tomorrow

Mass

Jacobite · Post by **Jacobite** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:39 pm

I've got a Seiko Automatic from abour 12 years ago nothing flash ~just a bright yellow face

which sat in the drawer for years since it was gaining 20mins/day which I just had serviced by Seiko UK £106 which was away and back in 10 days and actually keeps better time than the Rolex Submariner which I bought in Sept although I much prefere it with a military strap

jason · Post by **jason** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:28 am

~ ~ Cal ~ ~ wrote:I am hell-bent on keeping time so always sync it with UTC ( GPS satellite time)

[pedant mode]
GPS and UTC times not the same (if you're fussed about seconds)

[/pedant mode]

...I'll return to lurking this thread

Scotty C · Post by **Scotty C** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:00 pm

I still havn't got myself a everyday watch. The power of Evo andvertising has led me to this

http://www.timepieces.co.uk/product_inf ... cts_id=102

Anyone heard anything abut EmaS?

PS I like rose gold and it would be a change from the normal silver of my other watches.

philthy · Post by **philthy** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:08 pm

Scotty C wrote:I still havn't got myself a everyday watch. The power of Evo andvertising has led me to this

http://www.timepieces.co.uk/product_inf ... cts_id=102

Anyone heard anything abut EmaS?

PS I like rose gold and it would be a change from the normal silver of my other watches.

Thats a nice watch, would be interested to see the quality of it in the flesh.

philthy · Post by **philthy** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:13 pm

Found some of thier older watches for sale and they look a bit like poor rolex copies -

http://www.watches.co.uk/watches/search/?grp=emas&g=1

Scottish Elises

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