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So this year I hit the big 40, been thinking about getting myself a nice watch to mark the occasion, I quite fancied an omega planet ocean, an IWC or a Rolex, I know next to nothing about watches apart from the fact they tell the time, so do we have any watch enthusiasts on here and what you got and why did you buy it.
 
Gareth said:
Ask Murph what he has :thup:





Just don't tell his missis he has it :mad:
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Or how much it cost!!!

Watches have never bothered me, got a couple of "nice" ones, (now when i say nice ones, they cost a few hundred quid, not the same nice as some of the watch whores who will be here soon!!)
 
Don't know if any one watched Karl Pilkington-The moaning of life. Funny when he was been shown some very expensive watches,his thoughts 'I just use my phone'
 
Pin-seeker said:
Don't know if any one watched Karl Pilkington-The moaning of life. Funny when he was been shown some very expensive watches,his thoughts 'I just use my phone'
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I seen that, in all honesty he can funny guy but a bit of a weirdo and telly fake now, I also remember Shaun Ryder saying "don't buy a Rolex, their time keeping is crap" lol.
 
I own the Omega Planet Ocean and also a Brietling Aerospace. Both are lovely watches and they will out last me. One thing to think of though is the cost of servicing, as the Brietling is a quartz it costs around £125 for a new battery as it has to go back to Switzerland. The Omega is automatic but again servicing is around £2-300 pounds and needs doing every 5 years so plan in your extra costs.
 
As Drawboy states above, be aware of battery and servicing costs. I have a Seamaster Pro and a replacement battery can cost in the region of £50-£70. Mine was a gift from my wife and is a treasured possession. Not sure I would have spent so much on myself TBH. The watch I use most is a 10 yr old diving watch that cost less than £50 and looks like it was built in a tank factory....
 
I wanted to get one when I turned 40 also but I ended up getting a great Citizen Eco Drive for a fraction of the cost - superb watches
 
What does a quartz mean?

That was one thing I was going to ask about was servicing, why on earth does it need to go back to Switzerland?? Also iv heard that Rolex take around 3 months to service it which IMO is utterly ridiculous.

What size of planet ocean is yours mate?
 
Every birthday and Christmas my Mrs waves watches in from of me online, in shops asking what I'd like as she really wants to buy me a quality watch. Each year I tell her really not to bother because they all tell the time and to me i'd be just as happy with a Casio £8 watch as I would a top brand one.

Don't get me wrong there are some seriously nice looking timepieces out there that I like the look of but watches aren't my thing. Stilll got a G Shock thats been to war and back, battered about a million times and still works so that will do for now until it dies.
 
Agree with some of the guys, I just don't get it, I got a Sekonda something or other from my last job I guess at most it was £50 seeing as the rule was everybody chipped in £5 for leaving presents and there weren't many people left when I got the old heave-ho, so far it's not given me cause to think I wish I had a £x000 watch!
 
I've got a stainless steel 1964 omega seamaster automatic, a 1964 omega gold plated dress watch (which my dad gave me after my solid gold 1964 omega was stolen, and uninsured), a seiko multi dial thingy i use for running (it has a stop watch), a green seiko kinetic I use for golf(automatic watches hate golf), a longines conquest automatic dress watch, and my latest acquisition, a Breitling super ocean heritage automatic, which was silly money (for me), but I love it.

Quartz watches need batteries, or need a method of generating electricity to charge a capacitor, like seiko kinetic, or citizen Eco drive.

Automatic watches use a counter weight to wind a spring, which keeps the watch wound.

Quartz is way more accurate than mechanical, but lacks character in my view.

If James bond really used an omega, he'd be late for every thing!
 
It is a bit like cars I suppose, you can get to the golf club in a Kia or you can get there in a Ferrari, both do the job but if you can afford a Ferrari then why not? No one buys a Swiss watch to tell the time on it is a luxury item. If you are going to buy one then get the one you want, take your time choosing. There are better marques than Rolex. Panneri, Patel Philippe, Hublot and Cartier amongst them but you will pay Mega bucks for some. If I had the choice for the money I can realistic ally go to it would be the Rolex Submariner.
 
murphthemog said:
I've got a stainless steel 1964 omega seamaster automatic, a 1964 omega gold plated dress watch (which my dad gave me after my solid gold 1964 omega was stolen, and uninsured), a seiko multi dial thingy i use for running (it has a stop watch), a green seiko kinetic I use for golf(automatic watches hate golf), a longines conquest automatic dress watch, and my latest acquisition, a Breitling super ocean heritage automatic, which was silly money (for me), but I love it.

Quartz watches need batteries, or need a method of generating electricity to charge a capacitor, like seiko kinetic, or citizen Eco drive.

Automatic watches use a counter weight to wind a spring, which keeps the watch wound.

Quartz is way more accurate than mechanical, but lacks character in my view.

If James bond really used an omega, he'd be late for every thing!
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Are you an octopus Murph?
 
The wife bought me a tag-heuer (aqua racer) for Christmas about 10 years ago . I don't know what it cost but she says it was more than the cost of my golf fees which she pays for my Xmas now a days
I was too scared to wear it for the 1st 6 months I case I scratched it
 
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