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Mentally and physically exhausted, plus I didn't want to brake check the car I just over took, next time!

Omega were my sworn enemy for nearly 8 years, I'm trying my best to get into them now but stuff like this isn't helping.

Would fully rock a constellation though, quartz, one of the waterproof models, cant remember if it carries Seamaster on the dial.

If I really squint I can see good possibilities with that frame.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0tEfOjGbOPg

Basically, they were verrrry cool back in the day, Rolex actually made some of their cases years ago.

Then in more recent history they just made HUGE, ugly, weird looking, steam punky watches with bog standard ETA moments.

Within the last 5 years or so they have begun manufacture of their own in house design movements. Overhauled a few cases and realised that people want cool complications, classic displays and don't always want that to be in a 48mm case that looks like a clock.

I think they are heading the right direction, they're actually boasting about how light this steel is, and how comfortable the bracelet sits on the wrist. It's like they actually have a design team now, genuinely shocked.

Submariner watch out, 44 and 42mm versions available in 316L steel.

Amazing, I love that bracelet

http://ebay.us/cCsFS2

@TM buy this, different set of forks and a clean finishing kit and you have some ugly-rad HHSB potential

Parlee Z1 track bike, too big for me :'(

http://ebay.us/ht3od7

IWC x Fabian Cancellara (photos from IWC's insta)

100pts

ID on the bars?

Instant classic

Cheers!

This guy was my Seiko inspiration, his quartz collection is mental. @GEMEINAGENT on instagram, worth a look...

So on point, there's nearly nothing cooler, gota keep us posted on your hunt.

Before I made the decision to get the alarm I was holding out for a really nice King or Twin to appear on the bay, I just got too impatient, still happy though.

We need to drink too many beers together again at soon, that SE beers vs Peckham night still cracks me up!

Hnnnngggg

http://ebay.us/dhXqb3

Such patina

In Seiko we trust.

My SQ alarm quartz, I've done a cell and seals on it, this thing sits great on the wrist.

Rad

You'll most likely be safe with anything labeled as using Superluminova Lum technology, C3 is super bright and long lasting.

If you find a set of hands that you like I wouldn't hesitate to ask the seller how old are, Lum starts to loose it's brilliant glow after about 7 years, that's just normal and some people will keep hands laying around in a drawer for ages.

Stay clear of anything that is Tritium, it's a radioactive compound, that's then mixed with paste and applied to hands. All watch companies used to use that stuff before Lum was invented, these hands will be at least 15 to 20 years old because that's around the time it got banned in production.

When tritium started to get used on oyster case professional models, the designers obviously wanted as much visible tritium on the hands as possible so in R&D the original hour hands didn't have the lattice work, just the lum.

The difference being that these modern day professional models weren't dress watches any more, for the first time ever, people were going diving and and mountaineering and such whilst wearing their watches, the original tritium didn't get make it through testing so the hand was latticed.

The non professional models weren't really seeing much deep sea diving so the hands on the date just etc. did not require as much lum and therefore did not require any structural support.

Basically the Rolex Geneva PR dept. haven't come up with an official theory as such.

It's based around it's functionality to keep the tritium in place and the Mercedes symbol was reasonably aesthetically pleasing.

I've seen a very old prototype hour hand in which the tritium was only halved but at the time the watchmakers still were not happy with the security.

The tritium compound of old was not very good at staying put, it dried out pretty quickly, cracked, got dusty and fell out.

Thankfully lum technology has come a very long way in 40 years and we don't need to worry about surface area like the watchmakers had to back in the day.

The merc symbol isn't needed anymore but will remain as part of the heritage.

Still prefer something like the Tudor snowflake though.

LOL

Nope that's just you're typical RWC sports watch hour hand.

Nothing major behind the symbol accept for the fact that there is a large surface area of superlum and if the "Merc" symbol was absent from the hour hand the lum could easily fall out if the case or crown took a large enough impact.

Also the old school fixing agent deteriorated after time so as hands aged the overall stability would decrease anyway.

I used to see this problem frequently on old Tudor Sub "snowflake" hands. It can be corrected by application of a fixing lacquer to the underside of the hands during a service though before it's too late.

Nice one dude, I'll be investing.