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- cannonball19782
- Not compared to the one's Mr. Floyd is posting ;-)formed
- pinkfloyd2
- I like these.monospaced
- I want the one on the right, but it's about 10k for that.pinkfloyd
- pinkfloyd3
- I love the Carrera (or some of them), but that's a lot of $$ for Tagformed
- Heuer, before Tag bought thempinkfloyd
- That Longines is nicecannonball1978
- ohhh vintage heuer nice!ArchitectofFate
- pinkfloyd0
- Nice...sands tat, sans leather bracelet, sans fake worn jeans ;-)formed
- I like the patinaspinkfloyd
- knees say manual labor, hands say not a single day in his life. so what is this guy getting into to wear out his knees like that lolterry_cloth
- no kidding, i took a screenshot of this watch as well, haha.showpony
- nocomply0
I've got a watch question for you gurus out there.
I've got a Victorinox Swiss Army watch like in the photo below, but I'm currently running a NATO band.
It's not an amazingly extravagant watch, but it's the most expensive one that I've ever owned. And more importantly, it was a wedding gift from my wife so there's some sentimental value attached.
The watch is leaking a tiny bit of water when I submerge it. Just enough to show a bit of condensation underneath the glass.
I've taken it to a jeweler I trust and had them dry it out and replace the gasket, but the same thing happened again after I wore it when I gave my kid a bath.
I pulled out the stem and let it sit and the water seemed to evaporate... or go elsewhere within the body of the watch. And I haven't touched it since then.
A watch that I can dunk underwater isn't going to fit my day-to-day lifestyle, but I don't want to give up on this thing.
Any ideas? Is it possible or even worth it to fix? Or do I just need to settle for this one being my "can't get it wet" watch?
- Did the water leak start happening when a battery was changed? Is the gasket from the original manufacturer? If the watch is labeled water resistent, then itpinkfloyd
- Your watch needs to be pressure tested. I don't know, I had the same problem happen to me when they changed the batteries.pinkfloyd
- Make sure it's a good watch guy. My Tag has leaked some and they try to get me to spend, but I just avoid water with it. Do you need to get it wet?formed
- I'd try another jeweler but make sure they know what they are doing. If that doesn't work, just don't get it wet.formed
- Thanks guys. Jeweler did pressure test the watch. Said it failed but that it should be ok for being inches underwater. Guessing gasket is not from manufacturer.nocomply
- Can't confirm if the problem was always there. Didn't take it underwater until I changed the band to a non-leather one...nocomply
- Which I didn't do until I had changed the battery at least once.nocomply
- Watch is rated water resistant to 100Mnocomply
- Changing the batteries and bending / denting the old gasket did my one watch inpinkfloyd
- ^and that's why I've always paid the ridiculous charges for a good jeweler to do itformed
- I have a similar one.pango
- pinkfloyd0
- Numbers feel too big.monospaced
- Aka not that low key or well designed with type. IMOmonospaced
- I like the ones you recently posted before this more for design and subtlety.monospaced
- The vintage watches are pretty coolpinkfloyd
- I like it, but the cost of IWC for a common design seems a little steep, imho. What's it cost?formed
- About 2,800 in the used market. My sister said the same thing.pinkfloyd
- cannonball19780
I think this is going to be my next watch.
Digital watch that runs on an automatic movement. No quartz/battery.
- pinkfloyd0
- Gotta be fakeformed
- I think it was real, another rich tourist in nyc.pinkfloyd
- 11.5K for that? Looks like something you'd buy Kohls.fooler
- Maybe, but why uniqlo? Isn't that cheap stuff? If it was Nordstroms I'd say real, but if you are casually wearing a $15k watch you can probably afford niceformed
- Uniqlo is cheap but it sits along fifth ave with lots of different stores (High end to other end). I thinking they just stopped in.pinkfloyd
- http://photos.wikima…pinkfloyd
- yeah, maybe, NY is strangeformed
- i have a friend who has golden royal oak and he totally shops at uniqlo. nyc, man... love it.showpony
- pinkfloyd0
Watches 101
- or get a timex and stop pretending that being a fashion diva is in any way manlyterry_cloth
- lolpinkfloyd
- uh okaymonospaced