What's on your wrist?

[PCTNN]

I've got 2 watches:

- Rolex Datejust II
- Garmin Forerunner 735XT

[northernladuk]

“Big” birthday next and I’ve come to the sad decision that my vintage omega is no longer reliable enough to wear, I don’t wear a watch everyday so it’s only an occasion wear.

Toying with keeping with Omega or moving to a Breitling, not a fan of steel bands so am toying between these two.

Not a bloody clue what to pick there. I've looked at this like 10 times. Thinking of thr Breitling because of the blue face. I'd want a bitnof colour in my watch. Apart from that? Dunno. Tough one but two absolutely belting watches. I'm sure you'll love either.

[northernladuk]

Coincidence this thread popped up. I won a Rolex GMT Master II in an online raffle yesterday. I'm. Over the ******* moon. Still giddy about it. Just got to work out what to do with it now.

[WTFH]

There's another thread where I was looking at watches, but I prefer bracelet to fabric. My preference would be the Omega.

Try:
IconicWatches.co.uk
Chronohunter.co.uk
Chrono24.co.uk

[Antman]

I'd go with the Omega, my brother got a breitling with a load of complications and didn't take long before they started going pop.

[Paddy]

The Omega is hitting 70, was given to my grandfather on his wedding day.

Last time it went back to Switzerland for a service (five years ago) they struggled to find replacement parts, or people with the knowledge to work on older watches which is why it took 9 months to get back to me

I had mine serviced for a fixed price of £180 ( 50 yo caliber 321) with no problems; they fitted a ne main spring, new winder and new glass. Time is not too bad +/- 5 seconds per day, but when new it was about +/- 2 seconds a month.

Parts should still be available, you need to find a good watchmaker.

Advice for new watch.
There is no point in paying a lot of money for any make of watch that has a quartz movement or does not have divisions of less the one second. Watches that do only one second division have a cheap movement.

Omega is now owned by Swatch. Some Omega watches are overpriced and tacky.

Oris make very good automatic movements and are not pretentious.
As an Omega fan I must say the the Brietling knocks the spots off the new Omegas.

An interesting second watch for swimming and diving is the Vostok Amphibia (about £60+) have a google and read about its history.

[SimonMac]

What's on your wrist?

The Omega is hitting 70, was given to my grandfather on his wedding day.

Last time it went back to Switzerland for a service (five years ago) they struggled to find replacement parts, or people with the knowledge to work on older watches which is why it took 9 months to get back to me

[SimonMac]

“Big” birthday next and I’ve come to the sad decision that my vintage omega is no longer reliable enough to wear, I don’t wear a watch everyday so it’s only an occasion wear.

Toying with keeping with Omega or moving to a Breitling, not a fan of steel bands so am toying between these two.

[xoggoth]

Scratched old Casio I've had for umpteen years. Matches the rest of me.

[FarmerPalmer]

I rotate.

I normally wear either:

Timefactors Smiths Everest Automatic (25th wedding anniversary present from my wife)
Christopher Ward Trident 600 Automatic (birthday present to myself)

but sometimes wear:

Longines Presence 9ct quartz (21st birthday present from my wife)
Camy mechanical swiss (my grandads)

I originally bought myself a Timefactors Smiths Radio Room as well but my wife had it, so I bought myself the Chris Ward as a replacement.