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r0gue,

If you would, I'd like your advice about pricing a used watch to sell. Email in my profile.

Thanks
 
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r0gue,

If you would, I'd like your advice about pricing a used watch to sell. Email in my profile.

Thanks


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I'm going to Paris for a few days in a few days. I'm gonna fondle as many watches as I can. Thank you Trump for sending the euro into the shitter.
 
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Yep! Euro is now worth $1.08 USD! Buy your stuff now!

Thank you Italy!

RMD




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I'm going to Paris for a few days in a few days. I'm gonna fondle as many watches as I can. Thank you Trump for sending the euro into the shitter.


And Brexit! Thanks, Great Britain.




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What's the consensus on Orient watches? If I'm correct, a brief bit of research indicates they're owned by Seiko, have Japanese movements, and are of decent value for the money.

I'd like to add a blue dial watch to my very modest collection, and this one in particular has caught my eye...a King Master:



Also looking at this one, though progressively less so than the King Master...less classic and retro than the above, a more modern, rugged look:



Usually I default to Seiko (love my Orange Monster and Sarb 017 Alpinist, and plan to pick up a SARB 033 in the next year or two), but for the blue dial watch I thought I'd try something different and Orient's watches continue to catch my eye when I browse on-line.
 
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I have had some Orient watches in the past. They were fine. I'm not crazy about their current styling, but I thought the band-for-the-buck factor was good.

Good Luck,

RMD




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Flipping through the Design issue of WatchTime last night and came across the new offering from Citizen.

I'm not a huge fan of the Eco-Drive line, but this one is fascinating at <3mm as a design challenge.

Wonder if David has gotten his hands on one as a dealer for the brand?




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More on the Citizen ultra thin watch is in the link. They are quartz watches.

The one shown is a carbide composite and is $6K. In steel, they will be $2.6K.

But the thinnest mechanical watch, a Piaget Altiplano 900P, at a whopping 3.65mm thick, is $26K, so the Citizen is a bargain.

https://www.hodinkee.com/artic...ne-mm-thick-movement




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Originally posted by at-home-daddy:
What's the consensus on Orient watches? If I'm correct, a brief bit of research indicates they're owned by Seiko, have Japanese movements, and are of decent value for the money.

I'd like to add a blue dial watch to my very modest collection, and this one in particular has caught my eye...a King Master:



Also looking at this one, though progressively less so than the King Master...less classic and retro than the above, a more modern, rugged look:



Usually I default to Seiko (love my Orange Monster and Sarb 017 Alpinist, and plan to pick up a SARB 033 in the next year or two), but for the blue dial watch I thought I'd try something different and Orient's watches continue to catch my eye when I browse on-line.


you might want to check out a Deep Blue as well:

http://www.deepbluewatches.com/
 
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You got me thinking about a blue-faced watch!




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batpot, thanks for the link. Nothing quite caught my eye, but some undeniably attractive watches there.

The more I think about and look at that above blue King Master, the closer I get to pulling the trigger on one. A little more research on it indicates it's a copy of an Orient watch from the '60s (with only a few minor modern changes, e.g. width of hands, font of numbers), hence that classic retro look that I find pretty appealing.
 
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Rats! I broke the leather band on my Hamilton.

Hamilton wants $140 for a new one, and something like $200 for the metal bracelet. Eek




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Rats! I broke the leather band on my Hamilton.

Hamilton wants $140 for a new one, and something like $200 for the metal bracelet. Eek


Watch Prince, Amazon. Too many places have watch straps available to pay those prices.

RMD




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http://www.crownandbuckle.com/

Many choices above.

For $140, you can get one custom made by a leatherworker. Don't pay that for a factory strap.




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I've also gotten NATOs from www.cheapestnatostraps.com and they have some nice looking leather straps, as well.



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get one custom made by a leatherworker.


For sure. I'm thinking of contacting our own sureshot45 about repairing/replacing this broken leather strap.

I'd still like to have the metal bracelet, though. I'm partial to metal for its durability -- doesn't absorb sweat, grime, lake water, etc. For me, it's tough to make a watch with a leather or fabric band my "everyday" watch.

Thank you for the references, though. I'm going to check those out shortly.




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Time for something new. The Heuer Carrera 1964 Re-Edition is a modern non-vintage (late 1990s) interpretation of the Carrera 2447D. This copper dial with Daytona rings version was added to the re-edition lineup toward the end of the run and at least one website claims it is “the rarest of the the re-issues”. So far, I like it, but the brown strap has to give way to a black Horween leather.





 
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Very nice, could post another picture or two?
 
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Time for something new. The Heuer Carrera 1964 Re-Edition is a modern non-vintage (late 1990s) interpretation of the Carrera 2447D. This copper dial with Daytona rings version was added to the re-edition lineup toward the end of the run and at least one website claims it is “the rarest of the the re-issues”. So far, I like it, but the brown strap has to give way to a black Horween leather.




WOW!

RMD




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Remember: After the first one, the rest are free.
 
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