Watch Porn Wednesday

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  • GoldthunderGoldthunder EnglandPosts: 11MI6 Agent

    Thanks guys. @The Red Kind - I'm glad you mentioned the strap on the Rolex because I was never sure I’d done the right thing by putting that on it. I like it myself but constantly wonder if there’s something better for it! 

    @emtiem - I love the slight chunkiness of the AT too! I know a lot of people don’t, but it makes it feel more like somewhere between a sports watch and a dress watch and I love that about it.

    "Seems terribly difficult... No it isn't, is it?"
  • UNCLE27UNCLE27 EnglandPosts: 1,114MI6 Agent
    edited August 2022

    Just picked this up. A great little watch from Zeno-Watch Basel. The Super Precision.

    38mm, Swiss auto NOS movement from the 70s, and a really cool retro vintage feel about it.

    An excellent alternative to the Smiths Everest or Tudor Ranger.

    Love it.

  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,292MI6 Agent

    Nice to get these back in collection.

    Minters.


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  • DCMDCM Posts: 121MI6 Agent

    Happy Watch Porn Wednesday. 😊


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  • The Red KindThe Red Kind EnglandPosts: 3,119MI6 Agent

    Brand new purchase @DCM? Nice😎

    "Any of the opposition around..?"
  • DCMDCM Posts: 121MI6 Agent

    @The Red Kind I actually bought it back in January, but haven't really started wearing it (a lot) until recently.

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  • emtiememtiem SurreyPosts: 5,686MI6 Agent

    That's really nice; I've not heard of that before. It made me think of the Smiths too but I might even prefer it. And they actually seem to let people buy it, which is an advantage! 😁

  • UNCLE27UNCLE27 EnglandPosts: 1,114MI6 Agent

    As it’s Wednesday…

    An interesting and informed Podcast debating ‘the best Bond watch’.

    Well worth viewing and with a very interesting discussion on the cost of Omega’s tie-in.


    https://youtu.be/LtVpCA8LTCo

  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,418Quartermasters

    Interesting how little attention is paid to the Submariners in that video. Pretty cool that the TLD Heuer gets quite a bit love though.

  • emtiememtiem SurreyPosts: 5,686MI6 Agent
    edited August 2022

    I know it's ancient news to many, but new to me thanks to imranbecks, and I thought others might not know it: the Skyfall Planet Ocean had a version especially made in titanium for the film. Pretty special indeed. And look how much it made at auction! 😁


    I wonder if that's partly why Mr Craig may have specced the NTTD in titanium.

  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,292MI6 Agent

    Yes some forum members have made the Titanium version using 2 diff PO models

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  • emtiememtiem SurreyPosts: 5,686MI6 Agent

    Oh wow that's very cool.

  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent

    arrived on Wednesday, so hope that this is on-topic


    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,292MI6 Agent

    Does it come in green? :)

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  • UNCLE27UNCLE27 EnglandPosts: 1,114MI6 Agent

    Interesting 😎

  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    edited August 2022
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • CommandantCommandant Posts: 1,367MI6 Agent

    Looks blue to me 😊

  • UNCLE27UNCLE27 EnglandPosts: 1,114MI6 Agent

    i changed the strap on my Steinhart Ocean Vintage Military…

    Amazing how just changing a strap can change the whole personality of a watch.


  • UNCLE27UNCLE27 EnglandPosts: 1,114MI6 Agent
  • Boothroyd89Boothroyd89 Posts: 64MI6 Agent
    edited October 2022

    Rather than making a new thread I'll just post in here instead: But on the subject of the Gruen used in Connery's tenure, how do we actually know it's the exact model that's being posted on various blogs and websites?


    All info I've found can be summed up to "after years of research it can be determined to be the Gruen caliber 510" and then with the watch listed in the picture below. With that said, if I'm allowed to be a bit critical: There are several variants of the 510, also I'm somewhat sceptical to how we got to that conclusion in the first place? As there is no clear view of the watch at all other than the rough shape of the case and color of the metal/dial.


  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,483MI6 Agent
    edited October 2022

    This has been discussed many times. With UHD now available for Connerys films it’s very doubtful it’s a Gruen. More likely a Smiths. Gruen was just a brand a member here picked out of the air and ran with it like a loon on numerous magazine articles that gained prominence. There is no evidence at all. And as it’s an obscure US brand not available over here, and Smiths being very prevalent within U.K. society at the time, odds are it was a Smiths deluxe. The odds of it being a Gruen are lower than Connery wearing bright yellow Y-fronts with brown piping during his entire Bond tenure. The exact make and model we will never know though. Watch that is, not Y-fronts.

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  • Boothroyd89Boothroyd89 Posts: 64MI6 Agent

    Finally an awnser that makes sense. I assumed one of two things: Either there was some behind the scenes photos where we can clearly see the watch, or what you just mentioned.

  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,483MI6 Agent

    Sadly there are no behind the scenes photos. There are some clearer images. But you can’t make out any dial detail at all. Loads of us have spent years, and I mean over a decade now, in getting to the bottom of the story. But the long and short of it, is that a Gruen being used makes absolutely no sense. It was chosen by an eager amateur American watch enthusiast years ago, he had never heard of Smiths and had/has no idea of the watch market within the U.K. Its like a Russian watch fan watching it and saying it was a Vostok.

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  • Boothroyd89Boothroyd89 Posts: 64MI6 Agent

    It's almost sad considering the second hand market. I've watched the Gruen somewhat regularly and the majority of them are listed as "James Bond 510 watch" (even though this apply to several different models, if you are to judge from c24/ebay) and from what I can tell, the 510 seen in the picture have gone from €250-€500, to borderline Seamaster 300 Quartz money.


    Sure it's a nice watch, but I can't see anything other than the "Bond-Branding" as the reason for the rapid increse in price, and to know it is all based on bad assumption?

  • 00730073 COPPosts: 977MI6 Agent

    Not only this, but the style of watch is nothing unusual, so it could be just about any widely available European make.

    I have always advocated the idea that it was a Zenith, and this has nothing to do with the fact that I own one. 😜 This is not mine, but similar.


    "I mean, she almost kills bond...with her ass."
    -Mr Arlington Beech
  • emtiememtiem SurreyPosts: 5,686MI6 Agent
    edited October 2022

    I might be wrong but he seems to be wearing a similar watch in the famous tailoring shots, not sure if it's the same one or if it's even possible to tell. It's not impossible that it may be a watch from overseas as he had worked on a Disney film in the US by that point, but as mentioned above, it's all just guesswork and better to go with what's more likely.



  • emtiememtiem SurreyPosts: 5,686MI6 Agent
    edited October 2022

    Not really the best thread for it probably, but I was just reading about Joe Caroff, the man who designed the 007 logo, and apparently for his 100th birthday last year Eon sent him a watch engraved '007', and I would imagine it's the one he's wearing here as it's rather recognisable!


    (He designed the West Side Story logo too of course)

  • urhashurhash USPosts: 983MI6 Agent

    I’ve yet to see a side by side photo of a Gruen next to a still or photo of Connery wearing the watch that actually demonstrates they are visibly similar.

  • The Red KindThe Red Kind EnglandPosts: 3,119MI6 Agent

    I don't know how many use the and have received Kristian's email regarding the NATO copyright issue. Sounds crazy and must be so frustrating.. for these small businesses😤

     Not sure how the big boys get round it? Eg OMEGA; https://www.omegawatches.com/en-gb/?search=nato

    Dear customer,

    First the good news:

    Our store is back and open again.

    As you may have noticed, Shopify suspended our store this week due to an alleged trademark infringement. So it turns out that some 'clever' chap has managed to trademark the word 'NATO' for watch and watchstrap related products. So a NATO strap in the USA can't be called a NATO Strap unless you have permission to use the name from the trademark owner. I know, right?

    The guy who owns the trademark is Ron E Sabo through his company International Watchman Inc and he has successfully defended his trademark for the last 20 years from lots of watchstrap makers and sellers in the USA and he has sued them and won.

    Good or bad and whether you agree with it or not, its pretty clear that we cannot trade in the USA unless we pay this guy.

    Also because the word NATO is in our domain name even though we are a UK company and the trademark is for the USA only, if we continue to trade under the name NATOSTRAPSTORE he can attempt to sue us and Shopify could close us down.

    So today we very sadly have to say goodbye to our U.S customers as we can no longer sell in the USA unless we pay Ron. E Sabo of Brunswick, Ohio money.

    Further to that we have had to change the name of the store and the domain to NOTOSTRAPSTORE.

    So we can continue to sell NATO straps in the UK and worldwide but not in the USA.

    Thanks for bearing with us during this very stressful time

    Kristian

    NOTOSTRAPSTORE.COM

    "Any of the opposition around..?"
  • k5211k5211 UKPosts: 164MI6 Agent

    Jeez why would anyone buy watch straps from this clown. 5 minutes of googling finds he has a criminal record for being a sex offender. The International Watchman website looks like its stuck in 1993 and his Facebook "shop" looks half assed. This guy deserves to go out of business with this ludicrous stunt.

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