Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms Watch Shock!

It's similar to the love of old cars in as much as it is the mechanical interface between man and machine. Watches I suppose are male bling and I admit to looking at the back more than the dial as I can admire the movement in all it's glory. A Quartz watch, whilst perfect at what it does, is just to soulless.
I remember watching a chap put together a Zenith at the QP show at the Saatchi Gallery the year before last and found it quite enthralling but then I am a bit weird!!!.

My everyday watch used to be an IWC pilot's watch bought in preference to a Navitimer as it was infinitely more 'readable' when speaking at conferences. That watch was within chronometer tolerances although it made no boasts to the fact. Of course that standard is basically rubbish compared to a decent quartz.

Last year I bought an Omega Seamaster 300m when they first came out just for the look of it. No it wasn't anything to do with the Bond association but because of horologist George Daniels. He came up with the genius 'co-axial' movement turned down by Rolex (and others). This watch is so accurate that I never have to re-set it except when BST ends/starts. i considered Rolex but they make over ,000,000 watches a year and can hardly be described as rare except for those watches designed to part folks with their cash. Omega is reckoned to make half that with IWC in the high tens of thousands.

Also last year I had my 21st birthday present manual Omega watch restored at a cost of over £500. This was somewhat different to the £31 it cost all those years ago (not saying how many). I've only worn it a couple of times since but the sentimental value (both parents now departed) made it worth it - that and the fact that they change handss ofr £500 plus in good nick).

I realise such things are a waste of one's hard-earned to many. However, thanks to medication, I have so little energy these days that I find the concept of a machine harvesting some of the little I have quite romantic even if it's only to power an automatic watch (is there a watch-winder for a 70 year-old bloke?).

Thanks for posting Roady - your posts are few and far between.

If Graham stopped posting now - I estimate it will take you 2300 years to catch him up.

That was her name, Blue Wave.

Do any of you know any good Dave Allen jokes?

What has that got to do with the price of fish?

I have a coaxial Seamaster too - bought for the same reason. Nice thing.

A watch winder for a 70 year old bloke, yes indeed, it's called an younger raver!! ( I leave the age to you good Sir )

Good grief, that is so true!!!