Just lost my watch over the side

[sailorman]

Citizen watch keeps perfect time, caught the canvas strap on the guard wire when tying a line. fortunatly we are in our berth approaching low water.
a very nice forumite is going diving for it tomorrow. fingers x.
the problem is i thing that 2 holes its too loose & 3 holes too tight, it was 2 holes that left enough to catch the wire

 

[photodog]

Your retired... Why be arsed with time?

 

[Bobc]

I hate it when that happens.

 

[sailorman]

Your retired... Why be arsed with time?

i need to know when its beeroclock :disgust:

 

[photodog]

Is it light out?
Are you awake?


Start drinking.

 

[mainsail1]

I added an extra hole on my watch strap at exactly the right place to fit my wrist with a small drill. It has made such a difference.

 

[Giblets]

i need to know when its beeroclock :disgust:

Surely after all those years of practice your body clock should have registered beeroclock into your system and a mechanical/electronic timepiece is superfluous!

 

[PhillM]

Another reason for having a mab without guard wires

 

[sailorman]

Hopefully Cmdr Crabb will be successful tomorrow, if so it will be a new strap.
the prob with the canvas strap was it had the holes punched & titanium ferrels inserted so adding another hole would have just frayed

 

[LadyInBed]

Was that in the Dog Watch?

 

[pmagowan]

I have stopped wearing a watch. Time is a lot less important than most people think.

 

[Sybarite]

Citizen watch keeps perfect time, caught the canvas strap on the guard wire when tying a line. fortunatly we are in our berth approaching low water.
a very nice forumite is going diving for it tomorrow. fingers x.
the problem is i thing that 2 holes its too loose & 3 holes too tight, it was 2 holes that left enough to catch the wire

That happened to me with a Rolex but luckily I caught it on the way down. It's since been given to son as a BD present.

 

[BrianH]

Somewhere between Whitby and Kettleness point, north of the harbour, lies my Girard-Perregaux, lost overboard in 1966 while sailing my Wayfarer one evening. The strap caught on something when tacking and the watch just flipped over the side. Being an automatic perhaps it is still working, rocked by the considerable tide there ...

Now, when I arrive aboard, the watch comes off and gets stowed somewhere secure - after setting the marine clock on the main bulkhead.

 

[Iain C]

OP, you need a NATO strap. Designed so you can pop a spring bar but not lose your watch. Funnily enough SWMBO nearly did the same at the weekend but it ended up caught under her sleeve.

I'm a bit of a watch geek, and generally never wear anything on the boat that I'd be upset about losing. So for most sailing trips ironically my Seamaster tends to be a Drawermaster and it's on with a Seiko or Casio!

Barnac1e...loosing a GP...not my thing, but ouch...

 

[BrianH]

OP, you need a NATO strap. Designed so you can pop a spring bar but not lose your watch. Funnily enough SWMBO nearly did the same at the weekend but it ended up caught under her sleeve.

I'm a bit of a watch geek, and generally never wear anything on the boat that I'd be upset about losing. So for most sailing trips ironically my Seamaster tends to be a Drawermaster and it's on with a Seiko or Casio!

Barnac1e...loosing a GP...not my thing, but ouch...

Perhaps more your "thing" - you may have been even more sympathetic had it been a later Speedmaster that my ex. gave me. Didn't get on with it (or her, come to think of it) - needed winding regularly and after going our separate ways, sold it.

Now retired I rarely wear a watch but when I do an automatic is out - I have a Casio that: (a) is solar powered so no winding or batteries to change ... and (b) is radio-controlled so no time adjustment twice a year for summertime changes. Function is all.

 

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Oddly, I never wear a watch apart from when I am on the boat.

 

[sailorman]

OP, you need a NATO strap. Designed so you can pop a spring bar but not lose your watch. Funnily enough SWMBO nearly did the same at the weekend but it ended up caught under her sleeve.

I'm a bit of a watch geek, and generally never wear anything on the boat that I'd be upset about losing. So for most sailing trips ironically my Seamaster tends to be a Drawermaster and it's on with a Seiko or Casio!

Barnac1e...loosing a GP...not my thing, but ouch...

It was a very nice clear face to read, Citizen eco drive & a bargain new from ebay just over £100 & about 1/2 price. Ok it was an older model or rather not current stock.

 

[Vara]

I've got one of those watches, probably the best watch in terms of function I've ever had, my proper mechanical watches now reside in bedside drawer only taken out on special occasions. Hope you find it.

 

[sailorman]

it was superb @ night, very clear & easy to see.
there is a bottle of malt awaiting its recovery by Cmdr Crabb ( aka Wingdiver )

 

[Sailfree]

Bremont have a Velcro strap that fits to both pin bars so if you pop one the other still holds a dangling watch.

Cheap velcro straps that go round both pin bars and pass under the watch may not be attractive but may save the watch if you catch the watch on something.