Expensive watches on boats.

[RogerJolly]

Interesting this massively long thread on a boating forum is about watches.

Wonder if there's a really long thread on a watch forum about boats.

Saying 'it's not as bad as buying a Rolex' is great for justifying all sorts of expensive indulgences.

 

[wonkywinch]

Interesting this massively long thread on a boating forum is about watches.

Wonder if there's a really long thread on a watch forum about boats.

Off Sailing - Clothing advice needed!!!

Yachting / Sailing watch - recommendations ? (also - an opportunity for timefactors?)

 

[Fr J Hackett]

And why were they asked what they’d bought before?
Surely upon finding it was a gift to take away any half competent sales person would move to showing what’s in stock.

There is no stock in virtually all Rolex outlets and it's a common enough question in many outlets of "desirable" items. Go into a Ferrari showroom and say I will have that one, here's a suitcase of cash and see where it gets you, the same would be true of many similar items.

 

[lustyd]

Then it would seem that the shop doesn’t need to be there since all of the information is easily found online. Seems the shop just slows down the process to me, although I can well imagine some folk like to have a person there to make them feel special.

 

[SC35]

Ooo don't let them hear you say they're ETA movements. Might have been a few years ago but 'in house' now I believe.

The Tudor Black Bay watch I posted has an MT5602, which is in-house.
Original post updated to be clearer.
As I understand it, it's still a mix of ETA / Sellita / Valjoux / in-house, but they are shifting in the direction of having newer models using in-house movements.
I could be wrong.

Tudor is a good choice if you want a quality mechanical watch at a not-crazy price.

 

[Metalicmike]

Looking to make this thread even longer, I was looking at digital watches on Black Friday driven by my daughters comments about number of footsteps while we were out walking. I quickly woke up, I rarely wear a watch because I do not need a constant reminder of how fast my time is running out

 

[RogerJolly]

The Tudor Black Bay watch I posted has an MT5602, which is in-house.
Original post updated to be clearer.
As I understand it, it's still a mix of ETA / Sellita / Valjoux / in-house, but they are shifting in the direction of having newer models using in-house movements.
I could be wrong.

Tudor is a good choice if you want a quality mechanical watch at a not-crazy price.

Aye. Really tempted by Black Bay 58 - my birth year.