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Do you wear a watch?

HappyHighwayman said:
Sue the person who serviced it last.
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Yeah, that totally makes sense. Hire a lawyer and take him to small claims court.

Or equally as smart, buy this watch from me instead. I personally grantee the movement (Rolex does too).
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You don't only do not need a lawyer for small claims court, you're not allowed to bring one as far as I know.

If I had any evidence they performed the work I'd let the Jewell er who broke mine know he's incompetent and shouldn't service watches.
 
HappyHighwayman said:
..d let the Jewell er who broke mine know he's incompetent and shouldn't service watches.
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TheRobSJ said:
..Apparently the clown that replaced my battery last time ripped the caseback gasket. ..
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Yeah that happened to me, albeit on a simpler non-chrono (the blue watch that's similar to budmans). I think it was the guy in dtn / Tendernob SF who changed the batteries for about $7-10 back when! He broke the gasket.

Then , that little rubber thing probably degrades and breaks over time anyway. But when *I* changed the battery , I found it in two clean-cut pieces.

HappyHighwayman said:
Gents Omega #196.1522,
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Dang , I didn't know a "James Bond" could be a quartz.

Should I buy this one? ;) :D
 
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HappyHighwayman said:
If so, what kind do you wear?
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I have a couple nice ones:

Nomos tangomat with GMT function.

Breitling Navitimer

Next I'm seriously looking at a Rolex Submariner. Hopefully, this year.:p

The Nomos is a new brand to me, but it keeps super time. I could seriously get into Glashuette watches.:thumbup
 
HappyHighwayman said:
Sue the person who serviced it last.

For my cheaper Christopher Ward watch I made the mistake of having the battery changed by a cheapo local Jewelry repair guy. Came back with the Chrono hands all in the wrong places, and a busted gasket.
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Place went out of business couple years ago. I've got no choice but to just eat the loss.
 
Beauregard said:
Yeah, that totally makes sense. Hire a lawyer and take him to small claims court.

Or equally as smart, buy this watch from me instead. I personally grantee the movement (Rolex does too).
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Beau you've always got some nice Rollies up for sale, but I think the only Rolex I'd ever want is the Milgauss.
 
AbsolutEnduser said:
Dang , I didn't know a "James Bond" could be a quartz.

Should I buy this one? ;) :D
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Funny story behind it....they did make it in Men's Medium in Quartz, and it was my buddy's engagement gift from his then future father-in-law. Anyway they never got married and unlike a classy guy he didn't return it but rather sold it to me for $800.00 Canadian.

It's worth more than that now. I actually have strangely skinny wrists for such large hands.
 
HappyHighwayman said:
Funny story behind it....they did make it in Men's Medium in Quartz, and...
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That's a great (if funky) story and a good deal haha
HappyHighwayman said:
For my cheaper Christopher Ward watch I made the mistake of having the battery changed by a cheapo local Jewelry repair guy. Came back with the Chrono hands all in the wrong places, ...
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You know that Quartz ETA movements can adjust the hands right (RIGHT? :laughing)... pull the spindle and click the chrono buttons. Anyway JFYI

.. dang. Now everyone knows :)
 
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Everything has a clock on it so wearing a watch is just for vanity. Don't need one.
 
HappyHighwayman said:
For sure, it's man-jewelry for me. It's like having a tiny engine on your wrist.
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That actually sounds way cooler than a watch. I should make a 3D-printed mini-engine for your wrist. If ladies' eyes are drawn towards guys with nice watches, they'll have a hard time ignoring a guy with a small V8 on his wrist.
 
Mechanical watches are sort of like that except they are spring powered instead of petrol or diesel.

That's why I like the idea of a automatic or manual movement, but I simply cannot justify the money. 3 of mine are quartz, one Russian manual wind.
 
or just at all.


that's a badass watch though.
 
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