scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
That's the one. Buy it.
Pardon me, but do you have the time?
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JHDK
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I pulled the trigger:
I didn't buy the extra band. I figure I'll give the one it comes on a few days worth of wear before I decide if I want to get the more traditional strap.
I think I got a good price. It has been on my wishlist for a few months and a couple weeks ago it dropped 22%. From all the Youtubes I watched on the thing I could only find 1 where someone paid less and that was only about $12 less.
I'm looking forward to Sunday. An Eagles win and my new watch would make it the perfect day.
I didn't buy the extra band. I figure I'll give the one it comes on a few days worth of wear before I decide if I want to get the more traditional strap.
I think I got a good price. It has been on my wishlist for a few months and a couple weeks ago it dropped 22%. From all the Youtubes I watched on the thing I could only find 1 where someone paid less and that was only about $12 less.
I'm looking forward to Sunday. An Eagles win and my new watch would make it the perfect day.
JHDK
Release Robin's Bra
I like my Orient:
I gave the stock band 4 days and didn't like the butterfly clasp so I got a normal replacement. I think it matches the watch well with the black leather and white stitching.
I didn't know how much I wanted hand winding and hacking until I got it. I love my Seiko Pepsi Diver and it's probably still my favorite but now I wish it had both those features.
The sun and moon complication is nice and while you can't really see it in my pics, the depth of the date window is really something.
I'm happy I added a dress watch to my collection.
I gave the stock band 4 days and didn't like the butterfly clasp so I got a normal replacement. I think it matches the watch well with the black leather and white stitching.
I didn't know how much I wanted hand winding and hacking until I got it. I love my Seiko Pepsi Diver and it's probably still my favorite but now I wish it had both those features.
The sun and moon complication is nice and while you can't really see it in my pics, the depth of the date window is really something.
I'm happy I added a dress watch to my collection.
scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
Very nice watch, and that's a good looking band.
JHDK
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Really, F me.
Seiko 5 Baby Ice Monster.
I may have to buy myself a birthday present. This is the nicest Seiko 5 I've seen yet. It has hand-winding and hacking, plus I like how it's not orange. The Orange Monster and Orange Baby Monster (and their spin-off models) get all the love. Gotta go against the grain.
This is the type of watch a...low-level manager...I mean boss, should wear.
I've lost my mind. I'm a full on WIS and it took less than a year to get there.
Seiko 5 Baby Ice Monster.
I may have to buy myself a birthday present. This is the nicest Seiko 5 I've seen yet. It has hand-winding and hacking, plus I like how it's not orange. The Orange Monster and Orange Baby Monster (and their spin-off models) get all the love. Gotta go against the grain.
This is the type of watch a...low-level manager...I mean boss, should wear.
I've lost my mind. I'm a full on WIS and it took less than a year to get there.
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scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
It's very nice. And you're exactly right - the orange monster has become ubiquitous amongst watchies. This is cool and different, although it doesn't have the pizzazz of the orange.Really, F me.
Seiko 5 Baby Ice Monster.
I may have to buy myself a birthday present. This is the nicest Seiko 5 I've seen yet. It has hand-winding and hacking, plus I like how it's not orange. The Orange Monster and Orange Baby Monster (and their spin-off models) get all the love. Gotta go against the grain.
This is the type of watch a...low-level manager...I mean boss, should wear.
I've lost my mind. I'm a full on WIS and it took less than a year to get there.
JHDK
Release Robin's Bra
Well, I guess I've been addicted to worse things in my life...
I paid about $40 more for the Monster to get it from Amazon instead of eBay. I trust Amazon $40 worth more than eBay so I'm not too upset about it. This thing has had some wild price changes in the week I've been watching it. It was $300+ on amazon at first and around $160 on eBay. Now it's $180 on eBay and you see the price I paid on Amazon. Whatever, I'm happy to get it.
I really like that band. It's the same one I have on my Pepsi Diver but blue. I'll give the bracelet a shot but I know I don't like them. The one I already have is great:
It feels great on both sides and I love the look, I think it's that type of leather that looks better as you beat it up a bit.
I would have liked the blue band to be a bit brighter but I think (hope) that a two tone blue, dark band on bright face will look good. I guess I'll see soon enough. I looked into a bunch of bands. I was thinking of going with silicone but decided to go with what I know I'll like.
I paid about $40 more for the Monster to get it from Amazon instead of eBay. I trust Amazon $40 worth more than eBay so I'm not too upset about it. This thing has had some wild price changes in the week I've been watching it. It was $300+ on amazon at first and around $160 on eBay. Now it's $180 on eBay and you see the price I paid on Amazon. Whatever, I'm happy to get it.
I really like that band. It's the same one I have on my Pepsi Diver but blue. I'll give the bracelet a shot but I know I don't like them. The one I already have is great:
It feels great on both sides and I love the look, I think it's that type of leather that looks better as you beat it up a bit.
I would have liked the blue band to be a bit brighter but I think (hope) that a two tone blue, dark band on bright face will look good. I guess I'll see soon enough. I looked into a bunch of bands. I was thinking of going with silicone but decided to go with what I know I'll like.
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scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
That blue leather band should look good with that watch, although I'd probably have gone with a rubber strap, like this on one of my favorite looking watches.
scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
On one of our Caribbean trips (I think Turks), we went into the jewelry store with the guards standing outside, and a salesman put one of these on my wrist (I think the yellow/gray/black version). It's not one of the blingy Breitlings, but there's just something about the understated look, combined with the assuredness of the tank-like build quality, that drives me to want to sell all of my other watches, and just buy this. But even while basking in the glow of pretending to be a well-to-do jet-setter, the $3,000 price tag was just too self-indulgent.
A couple of years later, though, I did buy the Hamilton Pilot watch (post 276), at a jewelry store in Grand Cayman. But that was $750.
JHDK
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I'm loving my (Baby) Ice Monster:
Gotta say, at first I was a little disappointed. There are some flaws, the biggest I knew about going in...and that is the bezel does not align perfectly with the 12 and 6 o'clock. You can't see it in the pic because the bezel has a bit of play and it can be perfectly aligned if it's in-between clicks. But this was to be expected. It's a well known Seiko problem. I got lucky with my Pepsi and it aligns perfectly so I was hoping to get lucky again but didn't. Surprisingly though it's not driving me crazy. I know I'm making excuses but I feel it makes it my watch and I kinda like it now. Also, what I wasn't expecting, the bezel is way looser than my Pepsi but with some research I think that's how it's supposed to be so I'm cool with it now. And for the last bad point, the lume isn't as great as I expected. Once again, my Pepsi (that isn't a Seiko 5, aka the budget line) has better lume. I heard great things about the lume going in and the hour markers are much larger on this model so I figured it would be better but it's not. It's fine, but not as good as I was expecting.
Also, this is a gray market watch like all my watches and it's never been more evident. As you probably know that means it's a real watch but not sold by an authorized dealer so things can be a little off. This was sold to me as a SRP481K1 but K models don't use terrorist scribbles as the secondary language in the day wheel. So it's likely a J model but not the Japanese domestic J. I think it's cool though. My other Seikos all have English/Spanish day wheels so it's neat to have a English/Arabic wheel. The pic is showing Arabic now because, like with all models, from about 12-2 am it shows the secondary day language before it switches over to the language I set for the rest of the day.
On to the good, this thing is freaking cool. It's got some weight to it, wears kinda big but not huge, and has a nice wrist presence. The applied hour markers are really nice and same goes for the Seiko logo. I love how the day/date complication is framed. I also like how the watch is a nice mix of brushed and polished steel. There are 2 things that make a monster a monster and that's the gear looking bezel and the thick arrow hour hand. Both are awesome and I love them. Also, EACHE bands on Amazon did it again. The band feels great and the blue matches well. I love these bands and will stick with this brand from now on. The 5 models have an exhibition case-back and I like that. It's fun to see what's going on in there. The knurling on the crown is nice and easy to grip for winding and adjusting. It's winding and hacking and that's great! Overall I dig this watch a lot and can easily look past the flaws. I see what these Monsters are so popular.
Gotta say, at first I was a little disappointed. There are some flaws, the biggest I knew about going in...and that is the bezel does not align perfectly with the 12 and 6 o'clock. You can't see it in the pic because the bezel has a bit of play and it can be perfectly aligned if it's in-between clicks. But this was to be expected. It's a well known Seiko problem. I got lucky with my Pepsi and it aligns perfectly so I was hoping to get lucky again but didn't. Surprisingly though it's not driving me crazy. I know I'm making excuses but I feel it makes it my watch and I kinda like it now. Also, what I wasn't expecting, the bezel is way looser than my Pepsi but with some research I think that's how it's supposed to be so I'm cool with it now. And for the last bad point, the lume isn't as great as I expected. Once again, my Pepsi (that isn't a Seiko 5, aka the budget line) has better lume. I heard great things about the lume going in and the hour markers are much larger on this model so I figured it would be better but it's not. It's fine, but not as good as I was expecting.
Also, this is a gray market watch like all my watches and it's never been more evident. As you probably know that means it's a real watch but not sold by an authorized dealer so things can be a little off. This was sold to me as a SRP481K1 but K models don't use terrorist scribbles as the secondary language in the day wheel. So it's likely a J model but not the Japanese domestic J. I think it's cool though. My other Seikos all have English/Spanish day wheels so it's neat to have a English/Arabic wheel. The pic is showing Arabic now because, like with all models, from about 12-2 am it shows the secondary day language before it switches over to the language I set for the rest of the day.
On to the good, this thing is freaking cool. It's got some weight to it, wears kinda big but not huge, and has a nice wrist presence. The applied hour markers are really nice and same goes for the Seiko logo. I love how the day/date complication is framed. I also like how the watch is a nice mix of brushed and polished steel. There are 2 things that make a monster a monster and that's the gear looking bezel and the thick arrow hour hand. Both are awesome and I love them. Also, EACHE bands on Amazon did it again. The band feels great and the blue matches well. I love these bands and will stick with this brand from now on. The 5 models have an exhibition case-back and I like that. It's fun to see what's going on in there. The knurling on the crown is nice and easy to grip for winding and adjusting. It's winding and hacking and that's great! Overall I dig this watch a lot and can easily look past the flaws. I see what these Monsters are so popular.
JHDK
Release Robin's Bra
More watch talk!
So here is the state of the collection. It started in January, with some advice from Scotch, when I got the small Seiko 5 on the canvas strap. It ended (so far) with my new Monster. I have 4 Casios, 3 Seikos and an Orient...but Orient is owned by Seiko these days so I guess I have 4 Seikos. I am very happy with all but one. The Casio on the middle right was an impulse buy and it's doesn't wear well. My favorites would be the other two middle Casios plus the Pepsi and Monster Seikos.
It's been a fun year of watch collecting. Here's to keeping it going in 2019!
So here is the state of the collection. It started in January, with some advice from Scotch, when I got the small Seiko 5 on the canvas strap. It ended (so far) with my new Monster. I have 4 Casios, 3 Seikos and an Orient...but Orient is owned by Seiko these days so I guess I have 4 Seikos. I am very happy with all but one. The Casio on the middle right was an impulse buy and it's doesn't wear well. My favorites would be the other two middle Casios plus the Pepsi and Monster Seikos.
It's been a fun year of watch collecting. Here's to keeping it going in 2019!
JHDK
Release Robin's Bra
Even more watch talk!
Ok, I need some help here. I have decided to get one of these two watches next:
Amazon product ASIN B07D8NTCXV
or:
Amazon product ASIN B00EYSOSE8
Now the first one is the Full Metal Square, just on a silicon strap. I really dig the squares these days and I don't like the metal bracelets so this is perfect. Also, it is the best Square currently available. The features and look is so cool.
On the other hand, that second watch is the Super Bowl watch. It's the Rangeman that Doug Pederson currently wears and wore when he won the Super Bowl with my Eagles. It has a carbon fiber insert strap and is sweet in the all black.
So which one would you pick? And I don't need any dumb jokes about how I should get something else. Of these two, which one would you get?
Ok, I need some help here. I have decided to get one of these two watches next:
Amazon product ASIN B07D8NTCXV
or:
Amazon product ASIN B00EYSOSE8
Now the first one is the Full Metal Square, just on a silicon strap. I really dig the squares these days and I don't like the metal bracelets so this is perfect. Also, it is the best Square currently available. The features and look is so cool.
On the other hand, that second watch is the Super Bowl watch. It's the Rangeman that Doug Pederson currently wears and wore when he won the Super Bowl with my Eagles. It has a carbon fiber insert strap and is sweet in the all black.
So which one would you pick? And I don't need any dumb jokes about how I should get something else. Of these two, which one would you get?
scotchandcigar
All I wanted was some steak
That's a nice collection. Having bought a range of watches, I can really tell the difference in the build quality, movement, and controls of my watches. The Tag Heuer is a tank, everything fits and aligns exactly, and by setting the time and date, you can feel that the movement is a precisely weighted machine. When the date changes, there's a pendulum-like clunk. And it'll run for almost 2 days after taking it off.
The Hamiltons are less substantial, a little more delicate. The Tissots have more resistance in their adjustment. And the Seikos are flimsy and cheap. There's no weight to the mechanism.
My Seiko dive watch is all wonky - the day and date rotate as I screw-in the crown.
You're on your own with the decision on the 2 Casios.
The Hamiltons are less substantial, a little more delicate. The Tissots have more resistance in their adjustment. And the Seikos are flimsy and cheap. There's no weight to the mechanism.
My Seiko dive watch is all wonky - the day and date rotate as I screw-in the crown.
You're on your own with the decision on the 2 Casios.
Aaron
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Didn't die, but the old clothes dryer met its end today.
The felt seal inside the drum was disappearing and needed to be replaced. I just didn't feel like going through the trouble (lazy) so we bought a new Whirlpool one.
The old one that lasted so long was Kenmore … for the record.