Thread: What types of watches do you like?

I had the original Flightmaster Auto with that Mvmt. They actually cut some corners with the GS Chrono Mvmts. But either way they are still great watches.

The flightmaster is the 2nd from right on top.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I had the original Flightmaster Auto with that Mvmt. They actually cut some corners with the GS Chrono Mvmts. But either way they are still great watches.

The flightmaster is the 2nd from right on top.

Nice, and I notice a Grand Seiko in there, spectacular watch, finishing, movement, for all the work that goes into the GS, they are up there with Lange in their finishing.

What's the classic beside the GS on the right, looks like an older vintage date/day....one of my favourites, is that a vintage Seiko or the newer Presage?

Originally Posted by Phrank

Nice, and I notice a Grand Seiko in there, spectacular watch, finishing, movement, for all the work that goes into the GS, they are up there with Lange in their finishing.

What's the classic beside the GS on the right, looks like an older vintage date/day....one of my favourites, is that a vintage Seiko or the newer Presage?

The one next to the GS is a King Seiko one of the higher end models from the 70s.The first one on the upper left is a Marvel which is THE top of the line from the 60s and is a direct predecessor to the Grand Seiko. The one next to that is the famous 4s15 diver. The GS is the manual wind mvmt with the 9s54 mvmt (as I recall).

A point of fact, I don't have any of these watches anymore. Sold them all.

Growing up I had a manual timex then went thru the digital age along with some quartz watches but always wanted a fine watch and joked with the Mrs about getting a Rolex and the two times we went to Mexico I picked up a copy and jokingly called it my “ Rolexo” and the first one lasted several years and the second one keeps decent time only when wearing but to my surprise this past Xmas she treated me to a Rolex DJII and then I recently picked up a Tudor Heritage BB and I already had the Citizen Eco-Drive that is kinda like a quartz

Very nice.

I wouldn't keep the watches on a winder. You only hasten the day when service is required and an overhaul on the Rolex will probably run you close to a grand.

Winders are best for watches with lots of complications.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Very nice.

I wouldn't keep the watches on a winder. You only hasten the day when service is required and an overhaul on the Rolex will probably run you close to a grand.

Winders are best for watches with lots of complications.

Yes sir you are correct, I am just getting into automatics and as you said I am finding out that unless the watch has complications like perpetual calendar or similar you are best to leave off the winder so the winder you see my watches in is unplugged and I’m just using it until I find a nice wooden case to replace it with, I don’t want to prematurely put wear on the internals and currently I have a 3 week rotation so no sense in having it roll on the winder first 2 weeks when it only takes less than a minute to wind and set.

If you know anywhere where I can find a case that stores watches on top and a drawer on the bottom let me know as I have been looking

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

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A point of fact, I don't have any of these watches anymore. Sold them all.

So, do you have any watches left?

Originally Posted by Otto

So, do you have any watches left?

Are you kidding? Har har

I have around 40 Vintage Pocket Watches and around 20 modern wrist watches and a few vintage types like the old accutrons and some old Seiko Quartz Models and even a Nixie Watch.

Those Grand Seiko’s look very classy.
Never even heard of the line before.
Were some better than others?
Mechanical watches were/are still my favorites.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Those Grand Seiko’s look very classy.
Never even heard of the line before.
Were some better than others?
Mechanical watches were/are still my favorites.

They come in a variety of configurations from chronos and divers and standard types but they all share being assembled in a dedicated facility in Japan and are hand assembled and hand finished and are all top of the line comparable to just about anything the Swiss can make.

They come in Mechanical and Quartz versions. The Quartz versions run better than 10 sec. a year and are designed to run for around 40 years without service (excluding battery change of course).