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#1,021 ·
Robbie_roy said:
Nice lineup there! I was tempted to add the Seiko Prospex Speedtimer Solar to this thread too - since getting it, pretty much scratched any Speedie itch I had. Your blue / red version is underrated IMO.
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Cool to see these DS-2's too and love the 'bug juice green' description @tslewisz .
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Thanks! I have noticed that the Seiko, Ebay, and most online photos from retailers do not do justice to the black version. The all-black variant was my second choice for colors, and your photos -- as well as a few others in reviews -- look way more appealing than the stock photos. I seriously considered the all-black SSC819 partly because my real Speedmaster is not a classic Speedy. Eventually, I went with the 815 because it reminded me of my long-lost 6139 from the '70s.

Those Certinas are probably too big for me, but I've always liked them. I have a different Casio Bluetooth with a tachymeter bezel that has green highlights, and I'm quite fond of it.
 
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#1,028 ·
Here's a new to me entry:
Revue Thommen Aviator Chronograph automatic 17000.6137
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A bit pricey, seems to be €1700-€2000 new, and not much less second hand on a bracelet.
Sellita SW510a movement, a 7753 variant. It has a date, which is the only major draw back.

Case is closer to the FOIS Speedmaster variant, with no crown guards and straight lugs.

Revue Thommen is descended from the aircraft instrument maker, so nice heritage. Very impressive.
 
#1,029 ·
I just bought the Pagani 1701 (V2). It's my first Chinese watch, so I can't really compare it to the other homages, but overall it looks great and it took only about a week for delivery from a German warehouse. I love the case and dial, the silver hands are not that bad and the 24h sub-dial does not annoy me as much as I thought it would.

However, the bracelet pissed me off to no end. It took me about an hour to resize it as the pins wouldn't come out. After breaking a tool and a lot of stress, I did manage to resize it, but then couldn't put it back on the watch as the spring bars were bent and wouldn't fit in the lug holes properly. All I managed to do was to scratch the lugs a little bit. I bought new spring bars (too thick to fit the bracelet though) and put it on a Hirsch Bond NATO, which to me looks great (it comes with a Bond NATO in the box as well, but it's not that high quality). One other complaint - I barely managed to find the date change position on the crown, I was honestly thinking that the date change wasn't working.

For those interested, I saw there's a V3 now on AliX with white hands. This wasn't there last week when I looked. No EU warehouse yet, so I'm not that upset that I bought the silver hand version.
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#1,030 ·
Further to my posts at #957 and 958. Here are a few more cheaper offerings from the used market.
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Better suited to smaller wrists.
From left to right:
Seiko 7T32-7C60 - I measure the case diameter at 39.3mm on both of these.
Seiko 7T92-0DW0 - I measure the case diameter at 38.6mm excluding the crown guard and crown.
The 7T32's have a chromed "SEIKO" applied to the dial, which looks a bit nicer than the printed one on the 7T92.
Also, the sub-dials run vertically.

For sub-dials that run horizontally, I now have a GUESS U12505G1 to go with WIRED.
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I measure the case diameter on the GUESS at 42.5mm, which looks large on me.
The second hand on the dial is also NOT the chronograph hand, which makes it odd, to have the tachymetre bezel.
All of the above use quartz movements.
 
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Back again.
A delivery from China yesterday.
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These are usually listed as a 40mm sterile dial (made by Bliger) on our favourite auction site. :)

To start off with, these are NOT 40mm cases. The sellers must be measuring the bezel diameter.
I measure the case diameter, excluding the crown, at about 42.6mm.

The VK63 meca quartz is nice to have, especially at this price (currently about US$55). Screw in crown too.
I believe this differs from the Corgeut, as the pushers and crown are partially recessed in the case.
(See here with the protective blue tape still on the crown).
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The applied indices are chromed. The 2 pips at 12:00 and hands are "lumed".
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It would look nicer with a better strap/bracelet. The inserts that fill in the hole with the strap provided are a bit of a joke.
One fell off getting the watch out of its wrapping!
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#1,032 ·
Grant J said:
Back again.
A delivery from China yesterday.
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These are usually listed as a 40mm sterile dial (made by Bliger) on our favourite auction site. :)

To start off with, these are NOT 40mm cases. The sellers must be measuring the bezel diameter.
I measure the case diameter, excluding the crown, at about 42.6mm.

The VK63 meca quartz is nice to have, especially at this price (currently about US$55). Screw in crown too.
I believe this differs from the Corgeut, as the pushers and crown are partially recessed in the case.
(See here with the protective blue tape still on the crown).
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The applied indices are chromed. The 2 pips at 12:00 and hands are "lumed".
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It would look nicer with a better strap/bracelet. The inserts that fill in the hole with the strap provided are a bit of a joke.
One fell off getting the watch out of its wrapping!
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How is it four months on?
 
#1,033 ·
Stef@n said:
I own it and it is one of my favorite watches. It goes well with different leather straps.
Only downside from my point of view is not the name but the word AUTOMATIC in all capitals. That's not only looking weird because of the script font, it also is completely unnecessary on a quartz watch.
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2 questions:

1. I don't see 'AUTOMATIC' on the watch. Where is it?

2. I just ordered me a MAGENTA dial version. How is the lume?
I have never seen a photo of one; so, I expect it to not be so great.

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#1,034 ·
It was written below Oumashi where yours now says Chronometer (still weird, but at least some improvement):
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Concerning lume, it was as 'good' as the Pagani (i.e. next to nothing). But you still can hope they also improved this ...

BTW I sold mine and replaced it with the Pagani Speedmaster. Main reason was the Miyota OS20 they used then. It came with a ticking chrono second hand instead of the sweeping one of the Seiko VKxx. From looks alone I even liked the Oumashi a bit more than the Pagani (even with the weird writing).
 
#1,037 ·
Not a Speedmaster professional, but the Speedmaster Heritage 57.

San Martin now have the SM57, which is not throwaway cheap at over ÂŁ300 including VAT. For some reason they put a closed case back on it. It has the ST19 inside, so why on earth not a display case back?
 
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