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Plus that subdial looks very lost on that dial - movement doesn't really fit the bigger case. Totally lovely otherwise.
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The cranks remind me a little of Middleburns. Definitely have a high-end 90s CNC vibe going on!
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That’s basically what the Spa Cycles super compact chain set is, so sure it would work https://www.spacycles.co.uk/m8b0s109p3383/SPA-CYCLES-Super-Compact-Chainset-with-Zicral-Rings
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What kind of mountain experience do you have? I scrambled and ran the Snowden horseshoe a while ago - fantastic short day out and will avoid most of the crowds so you can go your own speed. But it’s exposed and quite long - I did it while pretty fit and climbing a lot.
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Such a gorgeous bike - nice to see it on Radavist
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I love old cantis, I've got some antique ones coming in the post, don't know if I can make them work efficiently (I now have a massive steep hill on my commute).
I’ve never managed to get cantis working to the level that I’d like, so I have a disc up front on my all rounder bike with a canti on the back. That said, fitting some Kool Stop salmon pads made a big difference so they might be worth trying.
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Fair point. Lots of the watches I wanted to buy a few years ago are now totally out of reach, but no idea if that will keep going. So I agree that it’s best is to focus on buying what you enjoy. And definitely think modern Tudors won’t make good investments, even though I own one!
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I wouldn't recommend buying any Tudor as an investment that wasn't either an extremely good example of an MN snowflake sub, or one of the Only Watch piece uniques.
TBH I wouldn't buy any watch as an investment and I don't think many people would recommend doing so.
I agree with your overall point on watches as investments, but all the Tudor subs have seen big increases over the last five years or so, not just the MN snowflakes. Same for Big Blocks. Not sure that will continue given the economic situation we are in, but as for all vintage watches there is a limited supply, so if demand continues to stay strong then prices will only go one way.
Don't think all quartz movements require small hands - my CWC quartz diver has the same hands as the auto version (no counterweights either) and they're decently sized. Seems fine with the ETA quartz movement.
Seiko uses high torque movements in the 7C46 Tuna movements. The hands on my tunas are definitely pretty beefy so can see why they want extra torque there.
And there are some quartz movement with sweeping hands but the battery life goes way down. Of course if you want an auto that ticks once per second you need to pay big money!