Snapping Twig, do you have any more pics of that Sinn? It’s GORGEOUS!!! I’ve been looking at Sinn’s chronograph divers lately. From everything I’ve read they seem to be sturdy, quality tool watches built to be worn and last a long time. That’s the model that’s filled with Argon gas to help avoid condensation and help with extreme temperatures right?

I’ve always been more drawn towards the more utilitarian mechanical watches than the fancy and beautiful luxury watches that don’t get don’t get knocked aroud much. Sinn seems to have found a good balance between watches that are beautiful but that can also take an absolute beating. I’m liking what I hear about Sinn in that regard.

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black dial [IMG]

Accurate to a couple of seconds per year and perpetual date?

https://www.citizenwatch.com/u...0-03E.html?cgid=mens





I’d change the strap to something stainless. But it has a day,date and is waterproof. I wore this model for years until it shit the bed and was unfixable..think I left it in the sun and it got fried.

Those Rolex’s are beautiful. But I just looked at some prices and 8k and up is too much for my blood

Tritium markers spoil you. Once you’ve experienced them it’s hard to get excited over SuperLuminova and the stuff Seiko uses.

Ball’s style is all over the map. Some watches are amazing while others showcase a rather questionable over the top aesthetic appearance.


This watch, in a 40mm case with tritium markers would be how I go back to only wearing one watch.

For me it is the Lemania 5100 movement (I have a handful of watches with this movement) and since I own two of these (1986 and 1989 vintage), my vote is for the Sinn 156 Military.

Dial closeup

Factory strap and deployant

The other with a custom BUND strap made from a distressed unserviceable flight jacket

That’s a great looking watch Bald1!

Do you know about the timeframe when Sinn started writing “made in Germany” across the bottom of the dial? I’ve noticed it on some Sinn watches and not on others. Is it model specific?

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Originally posted by bald1:
For me it is the Lemania 5100 movement (I have a handful of watches with this movement) and since I own two of these (1986 and 1989 vintage), my vote is for the Sinn 156 Military.

Dial closeup



Factory strap and deployant

The other with a custom BUND strap made from a distressed unserviceable flight jacket

I have wanted a Sinn or Fortis with the 5100 movement but always stopped short of purchase. The movement is out of production.

That is a nice Sinn!

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Originally posted by stickman428:
Do you know about the timeframe when Sinn started writing “made in Germany” across the bottom of the dial? I’ve noticed it on some Sinn watches and not on others. Is it model specific?

That's been discussed and debated for years with no definitive answer as to why some and not others are so marked coming from the Sinn factory.

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The movement is out of production.

True, the 5100 is out of production but ETA now makes the C01.211 movement which shares most all of the same parts save that it does not have a central minute counter. Regardless, getting a 5100 serviced today with replacement parts is not an impossible task by any stretch.

Sure Stickman.









Although it has AR on the dial, all Sinn use nitrogen these days.

I chose this one in part because the bezel is count UP. The 104 is a count DOWN as are most of the 103 series, but a few 103 are count UP.

Snapping Twig,

Another great classic Sinn.

Almost bought one back in the day too, but the 7750 put me off based on the "quirks" or behaviors I disliked with all my 7750 watches at the time (e.g. setting the time, etc.).

I agree!

Oddest thing, and all my Rolex did this too...

You have to have the seconds hand 7 seconds away from TDC when you set the minute hand precisely on the minute marker.

Takes @ 7 seconds for the wheels to get going and if you don't do this, the minute hand is behind the minute marker when the seconds hand hits TDC (12).

But I've been doing this since 82 when I got my 16800, so no big deal.

Just a peculiarity.

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Originally posted by f2:
black dial

Accurate to a couple of seconds per year and perpetual date?

Yes and yes. Thermocompensation.

That is a gorgeous watch snapping twig! I love that dial. For the longest time I kept myself from looking at Sinn watches. Their price tag was a bit of a turn off but as my watch knowledge grows I do find myself looking at Sinn more and more lately.

Thanks for posting up more pics. That is an amazing watch!

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Originally posted by bald1:

True, the 5100 is out of production but ETA now makes the C01.211 movement which shares most all of the same parts save that it does not have a central minute counter. Regardless, getting a 5100 serviced today with replacement parts is not an impossible task by any stretch.

The central minute counter was one of the reasons I liked the 5100. The central counter makes the chronograph minutes easily readable. Also the movement to known for its robust nature.

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That is a gorgeous watch snapping twig! I love that dial. For the longest time I kept myself from looking at Sinn watches. Their price tag was a bit of a turn off but as my watch knowledge grows I do find myself looking at Sinn more and more lately.

Thanks for posting up more pics. That is an amazing watch!

Sinn is the best bang for the buck in that class of watch. They've been getting more expensive in recent years, but they're still way below the prices of the same tier of Swiss makers. And Sinn has some cool proprietary technologies. They used to be far cheaper in Germany than what their only US distributor charges. But that delta has shrunk a lot in the last few years. If you go to Germany, I'd snatch on up. You get most of the VAT refunded at the airport. Pretty soon they won't be any cheaper in Germany than they are here.

Citizen ecodrive and GShock

For me, the ultimate watch would be an Apple Watch combined with the G-Shock solar. Never have to charge or replace the battery and rugged case with 300m water resistance, but the functionality of the Apple Watch. That would be perfect.

Some of the high end solar GPS smart watches out there now are quite surprising when you look at their different functions and capabilities as well as their eyebrow raising price tag. This is an area of watches that will only become more interesting as solar technology and batteries improve.


What is the ideal watch?

Again Hamilton comes incredibly close. Field watch style super easy to read dial, rotating bezel, 200m water resistance and a solid automatic 7750 chronograph movement....Perfect, well almost. I cannot fathom why Hamilton left off the day window. This is an early 2000’s Hamilton 3834. I can’t find much info on these online, they don’t seem to be all that common.

I think Hamilton made other 3 sub dial variants without the rotating bezel but with the day and date. I wonder if a watchmaker could swap in a day/date dial/movement sourced from another Hamilton chrono? I think as long as the dial size is the same and it is also a Valjoux 7750 movement it should swap right in. Correct?





I got lucky! One of the beads of rice bracelets off of one of my Geckota divers fits this watch brilliantly.

If you want exactness, an app on your phone that pings several time servers can't be beat.

For me, the ideal watch is something I have yet to own but may someday - a Rolex Skydweller. It has all the complications you listed.

But then again, if and when I do get it, where will i wear it to? I wear my Rolex Datejust to church as my "Sunday Best." It's ideal for travel but when I travel, I picked my GMT Certina as it's not going to warrant any attention.

I didn’t read all the comments but there is no such thing as The Perfect Watch”.

Like many here I have several watches from high end Rolex’s and a Piaget to every day Seiko beaters to highly accurate digital watches.

That’s what makes them so fascinating.