Tutima FX UTC
Weklund WOW! That’s a gorgeous watch!
Thanks. This beauty has served me well for many years. I own the non chrono mdl 631 FX Pilot as well.
Tutima makes a fantastic watch.
Well.
Over the last forever yrs. I’ve owned and worn two watches. First a Seiko Automatic Chronograph divers. Lasted me for around 26 yrs. then I hit with a hammer (accidently)
Got a little loose and rattly after that and very bad at timekeeping (Chuckle)
This one. a Citizen with solar panel face.
had for around 18 yrs. Since the solar came out.
Plus my first ever watch. an Omega Seamaster. Bought in Germany in Army back in 1961. My Dress watch.
Personally. I reckon a good quality “anything” is worth the extra cost.
I’ve always gone that way. and never but once. Had a bad deal.
Bought a new Holden wagon decades ago. Heap of s==t.
Convoy. Astrolux etc. ARE the obvoiously different items.
They give quality with sensible. NOT greedy pricing.
Thank you all.
To be fair you can get a dead-accurate and unbelievably reliable watch for very cheap now. G-shocks and other sub-$50 quartz watches for example. Anything above that price point is luxury or special use case just like with flashlights.
Also, those Tutimas are gorgeous. I’ve always loved the look of Sinns offerings but never really seen or heard of these before. Might have to look into these more even if they’re even farther out of my sane price range haha
Burning Playdogh.
Accuracy isn’t everything.
with a watch… it’s more the looks and feel on your wrist.
These feel and look “good”. The Seamaster especially.
I like Rolex too, nearly bought one when getting the Seamaster. But glad I didn’t.
The $400+ Citizen looks the same. feels the same.
and costs a fraction of.
That’s classed as my cheap watch. in relation to what it copied from hey.
($10 grand plus)
As long as YOU happy with your whatever it is. It’s The one for you.
Regardless of price.
My eldest G’Daughter is a shift manager on the mines over here…
on over $300k a yr.
She has worn a $24 plastic watch since I bought it for her 21st as a joke…
Beautiful! I love a well worn Submariner.
Thanks … It’s weird that something like a wrist watch can become a part of your identity. I would be very bummed to not have my ole Sub on my wrist to glance upon for the periodic time check. Like an old friend to me at this point. I have been collecting watches for some 40 years, buying. selling, trading but I will never part with my Sub.
Here’s mine a timex flyback chrono on one of my nato’s.
It’s quite a bit more beat up now (with a slightly lagging hour hand and some chips on the crystal) but I still love it enough to wear it everywhere.
Here’s my Seiko SNZG13J1. I’ve had it for years. It’s scuffed up and shows its age. but I really like it. I use a variety of Zulu straps, mostly from CheapestNatoStraps and should probably get some more.
I swim in it and wear it nearly all the time. There was one period where it stopped working after I spent an afternoon chopping wood and splitting logs. I wonder if the automatic mechanism didn’t like the pounding. The funny thing it that one day not too long after it stopped, it started working again. I still don’t baby it and years later it’s still running pretty accurately. I have to adjust it a minute here or there every week or so.
I’d like to save up for a Seiko Samurai. That’s a beautiful looking dive watch, as are a lot of the watches in this thread.
Yes, mechanical watches are sensitive to “violent” shocks in general. Or “shock-proof” to a certain extent 
aliexpress has nato straps as low as 40c
i have a 40c one and it is actually decent
they also have rubber dive straps for $2-3
wle
I’ve purchased a small handful of Zulu straps on Aliexpress. They are good quality, but thinner and more flexible than the other ones I’ve bought. They have a lot of colors and patterns so it’s a nice option and the prices are very good.
yeah i guess the ones i got, are also technically ‘zulu’and not ’nato’
they are thinner but that isn;t always bad
about the diver straps, most ebay diver watches i see over 10 years old, on ebay, look like they have some kind of generic chinese diver strap
wle
IDK if I’d trust the clasp and its springbar on a $0.40 strap. Honestly, I’d prefer to spend a bit more for better assurance my watch isn’t going to fall off my wrist. Even the ~$2.50 a piece CIVO straps on Amazon have had many reports of clasp failures.
idk - it is just a tongue and a hole, so to speak
i don’t see how anything can fail
the natos do not have spring bars, those would come with the watch, or you add your own, use strong ones if you like…
also i don;t plan to use the $.40 one for heavy duty
it was so cheap i just bought it in case i have something to sell that needs a strap
or if i just like the [odd] color it came in, for a particular watch i don;t even have yet…
wle
In the clasp that connects the two sides of the strap and determines tightness/fit there is usually a springbar, or at least a solid metal bar. If weak/thin/poorly made/etc. that piece can break, the clasp opens and the watch falls right off your wrist.
:+1: 
Yes, a plastic one.
Had a chuckle when I posted this. Every watch is within a second….but one outlier. So much for my “set them within seconds”. Lol
I don’t have an expensive watch as a daily wearer because I’m too obsessed with damaging it. So they lay hidden away….and why I bought them is plain vanity.
All my daily wearers. The cheapest is the center Citizen and that is my travel watch. Otherwise, in town, I just take whatever suits the star alignments from the 4 on the right.
Believe it or not, the dress watch on the far left is a Timex sub brand that is 15 years old and keeps about 10 seconds a year.
