I don't think you really need to celebrate or mark a particular birthday with something just because. I would just wait until something really does catch your eye, and then strike. It might even be a CW.

I think that looks fine.

I doubt you can adjust the bracelet and wear the watch, and then decide to send it back under the 60/60, anyway.

Yes, pressure testing with divers, replacing gaskets and so on adds time and expense. The chap I mentioned just takes the back off, and replaces the battery. I imagine if the gasket ring is perished he will change that, but a lot of what he does is change batteries on sekondas and so on for £3.95 a ...

I don't see what's difficult about a simple battery change, unless it includes some service work. £20 sounds quite dear to me. I actually use a chap who stands on my local market. He typically changes max £5.00 for batteries, and otherwise changes straps and so on. Rapid while you wait service, and ...

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That's plus 20% VAT in the UK, isn't it? Is £10k really a crazy low price? Or even £8.5k, if somehow there's no VAT involved?

There's a difference in my mind between coloration patina caused by UV damage, or the spider dial (which I think is dumb but to each their own), and the ombre applied on CW watches where it looks like scratches. Anyway, it's not a hill I'm here to die on but I am always disappointed when I see a co...

I think that's attractive. You could wear that without being a Mountie. The red highlights in this case don't imply an affiliation as strongly as some of the military editions.

I expected this watch to be transformative Andrew, I think the problem (such as it is) is really quite simple. The watch wasn't sufficiently expensive. Now, had you spent, let's say $10,000 on a new watch, it would have changed your like in so many ways. Or at least having spent that amount you wou...

So I’ve had the C63 for a few weeks now, and I absolutely love it. While it’s functioning perfectly well within spec and is everything I hoped it would be, there’s one thing I am concerned about. Um…my life seems to be relatively unchanged from before I had this watch?! I expected this watch to be ...

:) Haven’t had a holiday abroad since 2012. In fact, 2022 is the first year where we actually had two whole weeks away, rather than just one! Various things have contributed to this. * Wife not too fussed about hot places, so staycation is her preferred option. * kids school/college commitments not ...

I must have been lucky because I've never had a problem with workhorse movements like Sellita and Valjoux. Clean living, that's the thing.

@asqwerth. Maybe it wasn't an internal watch problem,. Maybe the crown was just unscrewing from the stem.

Happy Birthday Andrew


Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow lies the chalkface.

It's not just the movement anyway. It's swiss made, not just swiss movement. Maybe I'm a sucker for those 2 words, but I place a lot of credence in "swiss made", and with CW you're not even paying over the top. People often say that brands that ask £2500 or more for a SW200 or a 2824 are g...

Firstly it has the ridiculous double-screw system meaning you have to somehow hold a driver in one slot while supporting the bracelet and turning the other screw with another driver. There isn't a worse system IMO. Secondly, the screws are jammed in so tight that they won't come apart. Sorry but I ...