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:-) No doubt about it, it's a stunner. Yet to see one in the flesh.
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I tend to mainly wear automatic watches that fit into the generic category of "steel sports watch" of a preferred 39mm-42mm case size. Usually on bracelet, but sometimes on a NATO or a calf strap. Also have a few dress watches and others that get worn less.

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As above. Without the NATO.
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downer wrote:As above. Without the NATO.
I think there is evidence somewhere on the forum of a watch, a NATO strap and your wrist in the same shot. :)
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nbg wrote:
downer wrote:As above. Without the NATO.
I think there is evidence somewhere on the forum of a watch, a NATO strap and your wrist in the same shot. :)
A moment of weakness - and a lesson learned. :D

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Mostly divers,took a while to get to this stage.tried a few dress watches,vintage,had a C11,C4 and a C7 but did not get any wrist time so they were sold to fund my grail. Don't know why but just love a diver but never been diving :lol:
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My collection of watches has become quite large and it is very varied. I have been collecting and wearing quartz watches as avidly as mechanical hand-wind and auto varieties, and my purchases include both new and pre-owned examples and range from the low end to the higher end of the quality/price range. My only limitation is price as I have to collect on a low income, and I have never purchased a watch - either pre-owned or new - for more than £250, with almost all my purchases being between 50P and £50. I am now moving more towards the mechanical end of watch collecting, which will enable me to lower the number of watches I collect in favour of a more selective approach. Because I research and write about watches as an important element of my watch interests, I have tended to buy more watches than many other collectors probably do, sometimes purely because they were of a brand I wanted to do research about.

With such a varied collection, I now have a pretty wide choice of watch styles and types to choose from when it comes to what I swear on my wrist. Sometimes, a quartz chrono fits the bill, or a mechanical three-hand dress watch. It depends on my mood and any particular purpose for wearing a particular type of watch. For example, when I was in hospital very recently, I wore a Limit quartz pilot-style watch that cost me a mere £12.95 from Argos. This watch is attractive, with a clear face, black-plated stainless steel case, metal Miyota movement and mineral glass crystal. Because it cost a small amount to buy, I didn't have to worry about it getting nicked while I was in hospital, and while I was in hospital, the watch proved its strength, as Limit watches often do in spite of their cheapness. The watch encountered water on a couple of occasions and fell onto a hard concrete floor face-down, all without damage.


My hospital choice - a Pilot-style Limit watch of surprisingly good quality considering its low price (pic from argos.scene7.com):
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The joy of watches is that there are so many different styles and types to choose from, and even if one is restricted income-wise, there are still a wide variety of interesting new and pre-owned watches available. Watch collecting is a fascinating occupation, and one upside is that a collector will never have to be bored by wearing the same watch for long periods of time.
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I wear Dive watches most the time and 41mm-43mm is my sweet spot, so there are plenty of 42mm dive watches out there for me! Ideally automatic, but i like to have a quartz too as a quick grab and go.


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I wear predominantly Christopher Ward watches. Mostly because I like them and under my circumstances, appropriate. If I was to pick a favorite style I would say a sport style in general.

My overall collection is very eclectic, but is dominated by CWL pieces.
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Divers for me although the wettest they get is an occasional dip in a swimming pool (max 2m depth...!!!) so the 100's of metres water resistance is somewhat over the top....but I love the style of the watch. Currently wearing my Steinhart OVM but it gets rotated with my Steinhart Ocean 500 and CW Trident C60 600
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nbg wrote:I tend to mainly wear automatic watches that fit into the generic category of "steel sports watch" of a preferred 39mm-42mm case size. Usually on bracelet, but sometimes on a NATO or a calf strap. Also have a few dress watches and others that get worn less.

Neil
^^^^^^what he said but 40mm upwards^^^^^^
I hardly ever have the need for something overly smart as I can wear shorts and flip flops to the office. I currently dig anything on a NATO especially my Speedy. I know I have a C9GMT as my dressy watch but I know think I can cover all bases with my 2 Omegas and my C60 Pro as a daily beater so it may be on the block soon.
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problem son wrote:My collection of watches has become quite large and it is very varied. I have been collecting and wearing quartz watches as avidly as mechanical hand-wind and auto varieties, and my purchases include both new and pre-owned examples and range from the low end to the higher end of the quality/price range. My only limitation is price as I have to collect on a low income, and I have never purchased a watch - either pre-owned or new - for more than £250, with almost all my purchases being between 50P and £50. I am now moving more towards the mechanical end of watch collecting, which will enable me to lower the number of watches I collect in favour of a more selective approach. Because I research and write about watches as an important element of my watch interests, I have tended to buy more watches than many other collectors probably do, sometimes purely because they were of a brand I wanted to do research about.

With such a varied collection, I now have a pretty wide choice of watch styles and types to choose from when it comes to what I swear on my wrist. Sometimes, a quartz chrono fits the bill, or a mechanical three-hand dress watch. It depends on my mood and any particular purpose for wearing a particular type of watch. For example, when I was in hospital very recently, I wore a Limit quartz pilot-style watch that cost me a mere £12.95 from Argos. This watch is attractive, with a clear face, black-plated stainless steel case, metal Miyota movement and mineral glass crystal. Because it cost a small amount to buy, I didn't have to worry about it getting nicked while I was in hospital, and while I was in hospital, the watch proved its strength, as Limit watches often do in spite of their cheapness. The watch encountered water on a couple of occasions and fell onto a hard concrete floor face-down, all without damage.


My hospital choice - a Pilot-style Limit watch of surprisingly good quality considering its low price (pic from argos.scene7.com):
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The joy of watches is that there are so many different styles and types to choose from, and even if one is restricted income-wise, there are still a wide variety of interesting new and pre-owned watches available. Watch collecting is a fascinating occupation, and one upside is that a collector will never have to be bored by wearing the same watch for long periods of time.
I was browsing through the window of F Hinds yesterday (it was either that or traipsing through endless tatt in 'Claire's' with my daighter) and couldn't believe the prices of Limit ..none were as low as what you paid though. They look remarkably well made for the price and have a lengthy history it would seem. Nice to see someone promoting the less expensive brands. There are certainly decent watches for all price ranges out there.
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I like mechanical watches, so much that I purged the remaining couple of quartz pieces from my collection a couple of years ago. I have a mixture of automatics and hand winders, although the automatic movements outnumber the handwind ones by a large margin. Divers dominate my collection, although a dress watch snuck in recently - the 2015 FLE.

Mixture of chronos and non-chronos with many day-dates and GMTs. I like complications. The day-date GMT still eludes me, and probably will until I save up enough for a Peter Roberts Grand Complication.

I have a mixture of leather straps and steel bracelets - tending to wear mostly leather straps for work as I'm at the keyboard all day and the clasp on a steel bracelet soon gets wrecked as it's constantly dragged across the desk.

I like Seiko 5s for beaters as they are cheap but reliabe. I also have an SKX007 on a steel bracelet which is a sort of all-rounder and gets worn most weekends.

I'm wearing my Seamaster 300M for a visit to Wales this week.
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Mechanical mainly; I do have a couple of C3's though that I am meaning to put up for sale.

I'm an IWC fan and have a silver dial Spitfire Chrono 42mm and a blue dial spitfire le petit prince chrono 43mm. Both of these watches get a lot or wrist time as they go with my gear and I just really like wearing them.

My Rolex Explorer 39mm also gets quite a lot of wear, but mainly in the summer time to save my leather straps on the IWC's. I prefer leather straps to metal bracelets these days, but this watch is very comfortable to wear and I love it.

I recently got the blue CWL Moon phase on a dark blue strap. I haven't worn it too much yet; I see it mainly as a watch for wearing in the evening when I tend to wear darker gear off I go out.

Also have a speed bird but that doesn't get much wear at all anymore since it was usurped by the Explorer. This will also go for sale soon. if anyone is interested in this one PM me, as I will move it on this year and I want it to go to a good home...

I will never be a one watch man like Scooter, but my collection will never grow again as I once let it. I like a smaller number of quality pieces these days. I think I will cap it at 6.

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I think 6 is a good number. It's something I aspire to.
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