Watches

[Síota]

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I just ordered a Casio F-91W-1Y. €20 with free shipping. Will do till after Christmas sales.

Thinking more about it, I wonder how resistant higher end watches are to strong magnetic fields? I've fried so many bank cards at work it's not funny. Would hate to destroy a €500 watch.

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WTF do you do for work?

Sent you a PM.

[TastyBurrito]

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I just ordered a Casio F-91W-1Y. €20 with free shipping. Will do till after Christmas sales.

Thinking more about it, I wonder how resistant higher end watches are to strong magnetic fields? I've fried so many bank cards at work it's not funny. Would hate to destroy a €500 watch.

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WTF do you do for work?

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Sent you a PM.

Totes. Was just curious.

Hope you find a watch that fits your needs and won't get fried.

[Síota]

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I just ordered a Casio F-91W-1Y. €20 with free shipping. Will do till after Christmas sales.

Thinking more about it, I wonder how resistant higher end watches are to strong magnetic fields? I've fried so many bank cards at work it's not funny. Would hate to destroy a €500 watch.

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WTF do you do for work?

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Sent you a PM.

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Totes. Was just curious.

Hope you find a watch that fits your needs and won't get fried.

Cheers Pal. I'm loving the fact that CERN asked Rolex to make one.  But that is well above my pay grade. Gonna save some euros for the after Christmas sales..I'm tempted to test a few cheap watches in a magnetic field to see what happens. Slap pals watch nerds experiments.

[Willie]

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How much does watch repair for an automatic watch cost? Is it worth doing on a lower end watch? I’ve got this Seiko where the winding weight thing started not fully engaging with the spring and now the weight doesn’t always swing freely - something it clearly wrong with the engagement of the pieces.

I always liked the way this watch looked but it wasn’t the most accurate timekeeper and needed to be worn every day to keep running.

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great watch, the cream coloured version was my automatic. My watch maker adjusted mine for free, my guess is that the rotor just needs tightening. You can also get it regulated while the case back is open to make it more accurate. But yeah, it doesn’t have a hand winding option so you have to wear it everyday or give it the good ole “Seiko shuffle”

So after I wrote my post, I googled the model and “not winding” and apparently it’s a super common thing for this movement.

So, I bought a watch wrench from Harbor Freight (that was a complete piece of shit with way too much wiggle), opened the case, tightened the center screw on the weight, and BAM - it works!

[Ankle_Lift]

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I just ordered a Casio F-91W-1Y. €20 with free shipping. Will do till after Christmas sales.

Thinking more about it, I wonder how resistant higher end watches are to strong magnetic fields? I've fried so many bank cards at work it's not funny. Would hate to destroy a €500 watch.

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WTF do you do for work?

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Sent you a PM.

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Totes. Was just curious.

Hope you find a watch that fits your needs and won't get fried.

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Cheers Pal. I'm loving the fact that CERN asked Rolex to make one.  But that is well above my pay grade. Gonna save some euros for the after Christmas sales..I'm tempted to test a few cheap watches in a magnetic field to see what happens. Slap pals watch nerds experiments.

What is in a watch that gets wrecked from magnetic fields?
Just bends all the little metal stuff inside?

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

leather band looks so good

cheers, it's collareb, @pica and I were recommending them a few pages back!

I'm tempted to test a few cheap watches in a magnetic field to see what happens. Slap pals watch nerds experiments.

do it!

So, I bought a watch wrench from Harbor Freight (that was a complete piece of shit with way too much wiggle), opened the case, tightened the center screw on the weight, and BAM - it works!

pretty easy fix huh? I ended up taking mine to the watch maker anyway because I wanted it regulated and I wanted a sapphire crystal installed.

[Síota]

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I just ordered a Casio F-91W-1Y. €20 with free shipping. Will do till after Christmas sales.

Thinking more about it, I wonder how resistant higher end watches are to strong magnetic fields? I've fried so many bank cards at work it's not funny. Would hate to destroy a €500 watch.

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WTF do you do for work?

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Sent you a PM.

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Totes. Was just curious.

Hope you find a watch that fits your needs and won't get fried.

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Cheers Pal. I'm loving the fact that CERN asked Rolex to make one.  But that is well above my pay grade. Gonna save some euros for the after Christmas sales..I'm tempted to test a few cheap watches in a magnetic field to see what happens. Slap pals watch nerds experiments.

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What is in a watch that gets wrecked from magnetic fields?
Just bends all the little metal stuff inside?

I'll let you know mid December.

[tuesday]

Looked the effects of magnetism on a (mechanical) watch up, b/c thought it's an interesting question.

Mechanical:

A mechanical watch affected by magnetism remains magnetized even after removing it from the magnetic source. This may cause a gain or loss of time and influence its accuracy. So we recommend that you have it demagnetized in order to improve accuracy.

https://www.seikowatches.com/us-en/customerservice/faq/care-maintenance-5

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

Yeah, if someone sends you an automatic watch in the mail sometimes it can get magnetized in the post and it will mess with the accuracy, you can demagnetize them too fairly quickly but I think with bigger magnetic fields I think it can actually warp some of the finer parts… 

[Síota]

For €20 delivered with a battery can't go wrong. Nice size for my tiny wrist also.

[busey]

first time buyer, picked up this off stockx



apparently it's super hard to find but googling around it doesn't seem so lol
the reviews say it feels cheap but i've never owned a watch and don't know the difference. it works and stays on my wrist so that's a 10/10 from me

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

Damn! Both of you came through with some Casio heat!
@busey thats a very x2 classy choice!

[Joust Ostrich]

https://wornandwound.com/the-latest-seiko-5-sports-limited-edition-taps-into-japanese-skateboarding-culture/

Yuto has a colorway, or whatever you'd like to call it. 

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

https://wornandwound.com/the-latest-seiko-5-sports-limited-edition-taps-into-japanese-skateboarding-culture/

Yuto has a colorway, or whatever you'd like to call it. 

there was a Seiko 5 sponsored event in my hood last weekend and they had one of these on display. I was more interested in the turquoise diver in a Skx013 case…

But a nice watch if you’ve got the wrist to pull it off. I kinda feel like Yuto would already own a Rolex though so perhaps Grand Seiko would have been a a better sponsor for him?

[TastyBurrito]

Yuto needs to bring home another Olympic gold and he’ll get bumped up to Grand Seiko.

Like an olympic gold dial for him.

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

Yuto needs to bring home another Olympic gold and he’ll get bumped up to Grand Seiko.

Like an olympic gold dial for him.

let’s hope!

[TastyBurrito]

Are there any skateboarders with watch sponsorships outside Seiko and Casio/G-Shock?

I know Tag Heuer sponsor surfers such as Kai Lenny. 

[Síota]

Are there any skateboarders with watch sponsorships outside Seiko and Casio/G-Shock?

I know Tag Heuer sponsor surfers such as Kai Lenny.

Nixon?

[breezer]

Are there any skateboarders with watch sponsorships outside Seiko and Casio/G-Shock?

I know Tag Heuer sponsor surfers such as Kai Lenny.

&& on Swatch.
Curren on Nixon
Tudor are all over surfing and cycling.....

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

Are there any skateboarders with watch sponsorships outside Seiko and Casio/G-Shock?

I know Tag Heuer sponsor surfers such as Kai Lenny. 

Nora was on swatch no?
Japanese Rat (Kento Yoshioka) is on Seiko 5 too.
Sky brown on tag, some random guy whose name escapes me rides for brietling and was t curren caples recently hanging out at Panerai?
Surprised Tudor don’t pick Leticia up …
Tony Hawk on Citizen too

[Síota]

Edit. Nora, Zion,  Zach Miller and John Gardner are on Nixon according to the French Nixon site

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

Edit. Nora, Zion,  Zach Miller and John Gardner are on Nixon according to the French Nixon site

Nora is double dipping watch sponsors? Either that or swatch booted her…

[breezer]

buddy is asking about watches priced $300 - any recommends........he already has a diver & a field watch so I was suggesting a chronograph of some kind........I love my MoonSwatch, but what else is out there?  ( nothing too big )

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

buddy is asking about watches priced $300 - any recommends........he already has a diver & a field watch so I was suggesting a chronograph of some kind........I love my MoonSwatch, but what else is out there?  ( nothing too big )

orient bambino? Bulova moon watch (though it might be too big)? I wonder if you can get a quartz max bill for that sort of money…

[Andrefosho]

Any guess what watch Nuge is wearing in his Epicly Later'd episode?

[breezer]

Any guess what watch Nuge is wearing in his Epicly Later'd episode?

I noticed that - I zoomed in but it was too fuzzy to call it......could Nuge be a Datejust guy? 

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

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Any guess what watch Nuge is wearing in his Epicly Later'd episode?

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I noticed that - I zoomed in but it was too fuzzy to call it......could Nuge be a Datejust guy? 

looks like it, hard to get a good still of it, didn’t look like it had a fluted bezel but defs on a jubilee with the date magnifier. Abigail was also wearing something on a jubilee but looked more IWC than Rolex…
Best shot after stalking his insta also only brings up this:

[artskool]

I love the idea of Nuge skating in a Rolex, but hate the idea for 99% of other skaters doing the same. I feel like I only ever see asian immigrants and their kids wearing gold and steel watches. (I am one of them).

[TastyBurrito]

I love the idea of Nuge skating in a Rolex, but hate the idea for 99% of other skaters doing the same. I feel like I only ever see asian immigrants and their kids wearing gold and steel watches. (I am one of them).

LOL. I’m a child of asian immigrants and I’d rock a gold and steel as well 🤣

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

I had a gold/ silver Tag 1000, kinda hard to pull off for some people, but it really suits Nuge. Still hard to identify what it is; the two tone datejusts usually don’t have a black dial, or maybe it’s just some vintage oyster perpetual that you don’t see often …