Watches - another OCD problem

[Anesthetist]

New legs for my Dornbluth 99.0 from Rios. Very nice and reasonably priced shell cordovan.

[tigerpac]

^Nice - love the finish on that movement as well.  Going to have to add a German to my watch lineup one of these days.

[dirtyselvedge]

Seikossssssssss

[Anesthetist]

6309s…..drool

[tigerpac]

Somebody likes his rubber(s) - great pic

[dirtyselvedge]

@anesthetist yessss. Pillows of love

@tigerpac I do I do I do love my rubbers

[Jii]

Today is the first anniversary for the Steelfish and me, and I can honestly say I've been super satisfied with it. Since there's been some talk about accuracy problems with B:s I've been keeping a log since new year's eve and have gotten +1s/day since that (worn pretty much every day). I hope it'll continue like that in the future since I guess this one's a keeper.

[tigerpac]

^which movement is that?

Like that dial a lot!

[Chris]

B-17, based on the ETA 2824, I believe.

[tigerpac]

Should be pretty accurate then - and chronometer cert at the very least notes IT CAN BE accurate

[dirtyselvedge]

@jii very nice breitling

[Chris]

Today was a first for me- a random guy actually asked me what watch I was wearing, and he wasn't just some clueless dude saying, "that's cool, what is it?"  He was wearing a Marathon C-SAR, so he knew a thing or two about watches.  He lost interest when he realized I wasn't wearing an IWC Big Pilot, just an ordinary Débaufré B-Uhr.  Still, an interesting occurrence.

[Graeme]

Jii, nice watch.

Mine's been losing an increasing amount of time this year. It started off at -10 seconds a day, and is now slipping by nearly a second an hour.

[veloaudio]

After a year of ownership I still love my Maratac mid-pilot.

One day I'll upgrade to a RGM 300 or one of his handmade movements like the 801A. If you haven't heard of RGM check him out:

http://www.rgmwatches.com/

[tigerpac]

I want to take a field trip out to RGM this summer.

[Jii]

Graeme, which calibre are you having problems with?

I like those Maratac pilots, been thinking about getting one since I saw Urbanwoodsmans one..

[Giles]

Both my Chronomats were great wrist candy but only gave an approximation of the correct time.  The one that did not leak (and is now only worth USD200 as scrap) is being sold as soon as I get it back from being made to work again…

[dirtyselvedge]

Mr G , what did you mean by leak.

[Giles]

Sea water got inside through the seal (stupid me, I thought waterproof meant waterproof).  The watch stopped working so I sent it off to be looked at, the movement is essentially one piece now.  GBP750 for a new movement, don't think I can be bothered…..

[dirtyselvedge]

@Giles:

Sea water got inside through the seal (stupid me, I thought waterproof meant waterproof).  The watch stopped working so I sent it off to be looked at, the movement is essentially one piece now.  GBP750 for a new movement, don't think I can be bothered…..

If yr watch crown was screwed tight, there shouldn't have been a reason for any water to have leaked into the watch.

Be sure to tell the breitling service centre on this.
A watch of such "calibre" should be waterproof and not water resistant hence a swim isnt and shouldn't be an issue.

Anyways 750gbp…ouch !