Wrist watches. Post pics, if you EDC one!

So guess what, I went to a local watchmaker.

I told her the Seiko 5 would stop on my wrist so she took it started to wind it.
This watch doesn’t have handwinding I said, she smiled at me, Oh sure it does.
It was just empty, now it will work.

I also had a screw of the CK watch with me, she said she’d need the watch to order new screws.

When I came home I checked the Seiko in a quiet moment and realized that the rotor doesn’t swing as free as it should and that it makes a loud noise that it didn’t do when I got it. I tried it another time on my wrist but it stopped again.

So I’ve found a watchmaker who can’t/doesn’t want to use a calliper to check a screw and who winds a watch without a handwinding feature, not to mention who doesn’t realize the rotor is not ok.

Seems I haven’t found a watchmaker who’s doing their job by heart in Switzerland, yet, so I have to take the watch to Germany when I go to see my parents the next time.

I’ve got this one incoming. It’s rather big, so it won’t be my EDC watch. I’m hoping to mainly use it for exercise tracking duty.

That’s ridiculous, all but the very newest Seiko 5s all use 7S26 which has never had hacking or handwinding, incredible that a watchmaker wouldn’t be able to at least feel that the watch isn’t winding as the crown is turned.

Well I guess when a watch is not a $1,200 Rado or a somethousand Rolex or whatever then this watchmaker just doesn’t give a shi…lling.

I came there as the cheap customer who even wanted to make his own watch band, no business to make she thought.
So if I’ll ever go to buy a watch in a real world shop I know which one to avoid.

I feel like a pro. Ok, semi-professional as I followed these instructions:

I planned to replace the $5 movement on my $160-$200 Traser P5900 (I got it for $108 long ago).
The plastic case has no removable movement holder ring and I had no luck removing the unhardened scratch collector (read: bezel)
so I changed the coil and the metal parts from the Ronda 505 movement I’ve ordered.

Now it bugs me that on this El Cheapo movement the second hand jumps in sometimes small, sometimes big steps.
The horologic virus is growing stronger I assume, my watch budget sadly does not :wink:

not sure what you’re asking…

wle

Today’s wrist gear … Doxa 1200T

No question this time. I’m just proud a bit that following the video above I managed to repair my Traser Type 3.
Couldn’t remove the movement as a whole so I decided to change the coil, the screws and some plates from the new mov’t to the old one.

The watch is ticking but after having that Seiko 5 the watch face and the sub-optimal ticking of the second hand on the Traser makes me wanna buy another watch someday soon. I’ve had my coin virus, knife virus, now I have a smashed penny virus (to make stamps for leather embroidment) and maybe a slight watch virus.

But as always, I can accept just to buy things, first I have to repair them, later I start modifying.

New straps? Done! Anodizing the back of a Skagen to see if it’s titanium? Done! New watch face and crystal? Maybe some day :wink:

My recent acquisition is Heimdallr’s interpretation of the Citizen Promaster:

Mostly wearing an Apple Watch for the last two years which has displaced my former favourite, a Panerai 177.

Prior to that was an Omega PO XL and a 2254.

“Heimdallr ”SKX007”“:Steel Reviews: EDC pocket dump #5 (knives, tools, gears, gadgets, watches etc.) with full lumed dial:

Over the last 30 years I purchased an Omega Sea Master , then a Rado , A tissot Chronograph . a Panerai and a Concord Impresario .

Then I went completely of the rails and bought a Rolex Submariner in two tone gold and stainless . At that point I dropped out of watches for a quite a few years and returned to buy a couple of Eterna Kon Tiki’s , 3 Glycine watches , a couple of Deep Blue diver watches, and a Laco aviator watch ( I can’t swim and donl’t know how to fly )

I have a bunch of other inexpensive watches .

Since I retired about 15 years ago I have no need to wear a watch . I have 3 grown sons who think an Apple watch is a real watch and are not interested in fine time pieces.

Looking back I should have invested that money and bought a Timex.

I wouldn’t look at it totally like that. Just because your sons aren’t into them now, doesn’t mean they won’t be in the future.
I was never really big on watches, I’m kinda fond of them now, though nothing like what yours cost. I have 2 of my grandfathers watches, both pretty cheapies which i cherish - the painful thing is I know he once had an omega seamaster (my favourite watch) and I even found the box for it , sadly I have no idea where the watch went, nor did my grandmother, she didn’t even know he had one lol!
My point being, I wish I had it now as i expect your sons or grandsons or even their kids will in the future. I was lucky recently, well I don’t think lucky is entirely correct, but anyway my uncle recently died and passed me on to me my great grandfathers gold pocket watch - he has 2 adopted kids but wanted me to have it as i am the last ‘blood’ of our family name (apart from my kids) , as he put it. It was very emotional and he died a week or so later. I am delighted he gave me it to me, his kids having little to no interest in our family would have likely just sold it. But the value isn’t in it’s price…….to me at least.

I’ve gone the other way, Omega Seamasters mainly, then Panerai and now Apple watch. It was when I got serious about improving my health, losing weight and getting into running that an Apple watch made it’s way onto my wrist and I cannot be one of those guys who wear a wristwatch on both wrists. My fav and most worn mechanical watch, a Panerai 177 has sat a drawer for almost three years.

Stop it you guys! lol! those poor things deserve some light - crack them out!

love the full lume dial

not sure why it doesn;t catch on

it is actually cheaper than painting hands, just to have a sheet of glow stuff for the dial

i have a pulsar watch that does this, it is also solar

nice color in the day time too

WOW, didn’t know they made an SKX with the Fugu full lume dial, looks amazing. Or did you mod it?

It’s a stock version. I went for this dial design because it looks pretty nice even in daylight. By the way Heimdaller also released their “Promaster” divers with this full lumed dial.

My Trusty Helm Kamodo

Lol Horologic virus! Don’t exaggerate like that. You are still safe. It’s not serious until you buy an a electronic time-grapher for checking the amplitude/bph of mechanical watches. And don’t let anyone mention the watch pressure testing machine, or if they do, explain to them that it does not mean you are hooked, because it can also be used for pressure testing small flashlights too, so obviously its more of a general workshop tool.

You’ll be fine until you catch yourself sharpening tiny screwdrivers every few screws, or until the words centistokes or ligne have meaning to you.

And even then, I can stop anytime I like….

10 years ago, your phrase “Horologic virus ” would have been suggestive of a course of Tetracycline or two, maybe a lecture at most.

And everybody thinks flashlights, and knives are addicting…

And that Ronda movement… you know that you just won’t be happy with the haphazard ticking… you need to replace it, don’t worry about the stem/hands removal/replacement issue, you just need a few more cheap watches to practice on. Or, maybe you can live with it the way it is. No big deal, just because it is a little erratic, after all, its an old watch, and it’s not like anybody but you will notice. lolol