Skylark
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I was bequeathed a Longines and that had a history of short battery life. When I changed the battery, I cleaned the gold contacts with IPA on a cotton bud and it solved the issue.
Expensive watches on boats.
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SC35
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Indeed. Grandfather clocks are not usually found on boats.
Metalicmike
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The expensive watch is the one that doesn't keep an eye on the weather and lower the keel 
penberth3
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Same as so many things today, the problem is finding good quality. Batteries with a decent life and leak-proof!
Metalicmike
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Buy the guitar have it adjusted (Factories always set the strings too high) if it has a floating bridge get it adjusted so the bridge is actually floating and you will find its always in tune and opens up a few more techniques. I'm probably telling you what you already know but the shape of the neck, how it feels as you move your hand up and down the fretboard is the difference between the guitar you can or cannot put down.
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Sticky Fingers
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Not my experience at all.
Sticky Fingers
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Wrong thread?
Metalicmike
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Choice was between a Watch, a car and a guitar.
Sticky Fingers
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Buy them all…
Seven Spades
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I have a TAG for boat use it is indistructable. My best watches do not go to the boat.
Eddie White
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You'll find most premium end watch retailers are offering very good 0% finance deals often including very good built in insurance.
Sticky Fingers
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It'll still sink if/when it falls off your wrist though.
Sailfree
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I had an expensive watch that I never took on the boat.
I used a cheap watch on boat.
To protect the light tan ostrich leather strap (approx cost £170 !) from water staining when riding the motorcycle I put it in my reflective jacket pocket.
I lost the watch and claimed on.my house insurance. They offered a cash settlement ( far less than purchase price) or to replace it.
The value of an expensive watch is only realised if it is complete with papers and box it was purchased in
I took a cash settlement and as required, sent in the box and papers.
Insurance companies are not stupid so they want proof of ownership - photos or original receipt - and the presentation box and papers the watch was purchased with. I am sure the insurance company would list the watch as lost/stolen. Hence anyone who trys to fraudulently claim for an expensive watch end up with a watch worth very little.
I like expensive watches and still have a few but beware, now retired I have tried to sell them. The Patek Philip sold for far more than I paid even though it was some 16yrs old. But another make did not reach asking price. SWMBO bought a mint condition secondhand jeweled Cartier Tank watch at a fraction of the new price.
Advice - expensive watches are nice but look at new price and secondhand price to check whether they hold their value or devalue quickly.
Bit like cars look at depreciation, buy a classic and keep it and you may make a paper profit - watches are the same.
Last point - does ownership give you pleasure - then enjoy as you can't take it with you! !
I used a cheap watch on boat.
To protect the light tan ostrich leather strap (approx cost £170 !) from water staining when riding the motorcycle I put it in my reflective jacket pocket.
I lost the watch and claimed on.my house insurance. They offered a cash settlement ( far less than purchase price) or to replace it.
The value of an expensive watch is only realised if it is complete with papers and box it was purchased in
I took a cash settlement and as required, sent in the box and papers.
Insurance companies are not stupid so they want proof of ownership - photos or original receipt - and the presentation box and papers the watch was purchased with. I am sure the insurance company would list the watch as lost/stolen. Hence anyone who trys to fraudulently claim for an expensive watch end up with a watch worth very little.
I like expensive watches and still have a few but beware, now retired I have tried to sell them. The Patek Philip sold for far more than I paid even though it was some 16yrs old. But another make did not reach asking price. SWMBO bought a mint condition secondhand jeweled Cartier Tank watch at a fraction of the new price.
Advice - expensive watches are nice but look at new price and secondhand price to check whether they hold their value or devalue quickly.
Bit like cars look at depreciation, buy a classic and keep it and you may make a paper profit - watches are the same.
Last point - does ownership give you pleasure - then enjoy as you can't take it with you! !
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Sailfree
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What's IPA. Surely not the stuff I drink?
Stemar
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I'm sure there's a smartarse answer, but I didn't sleep well, and I'm a bit dozy, so I'll stick with the facts
Isopropyl alcohol. The stuff you used to use to clean the heads on your cassette player. Also found in little swabs for cleaning injection sites.
vyv_cox
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Isopropyl alcohol. Drink it if you like. I wouldn't.
ghostlymoron2
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I use long nose pliers to unscrew the back of my Seiko.
lustyd
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Those are generally more expensive. The watchmakers tool is really rather cheap.
penberth3
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"Cheap" watchmakers tools can do as much damage as long nose pliers, circlip pliers, dividers, or whatever!
lustyd
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Not seeing that at all. A worm screw with three short pins would be very hard to cause damage with. Mine was extremely cheap and I can’t imagine how they would be improved, the screws are tight and the pins well shaped with plenty of options.