Weird Watch Man

recently a pal's white gold bezel blancpain was hospitalised. can understand that to him it's too precious to wear the patek annual calendar daily. but what about the rolex sea deweller? again for special occasion only?  he wears the qtz tag heuer sport instead. thought he's against qtz watches!

he felt he's conned into buying that used blancpain at an auction. from day one its accuracy sucks! then twice magnetism problems. under warranty it's solved without paying a cent.

one day, unintentionally he put the watch above a speaker. the watch stopped shortly. the blancpain technical agent told him it's magnetized. the repair cost was 1k. he offered $500 claiming that the watch had lots of problems since day 1. the agent rejected.
 
now the watch is with a repair shop awaits spare part. it'll cost him $650. no one knows when it can be discharged.

he's many other watches mainly qtz & many watch stories too. a gold eberhard chronograph watch with a pusher came off! no spare part. a gold rolex with 3rd party gold bracelet. serviced and damaged by non rolex agent! he felt no face to wear the rolex 6694.

paid school fees to learn about watches he said.

Rolex Submariner Seiko

seiko a pioneer brand that swept the swiss watch industry some 5 decades ago proved that japanese watch just like her electrical/electronic items, & cars is of very high standard. common to hear japanese benz, bmw...

now this seiko dive watch except the price looks the same as rolex submariner or even sea deweller, especially from a distance! her water resistant level is quite good at 100m. 

some other brands do make ' rolex ' but this's the best. moreover it's a seiko, automatic & not quartz movement. not fake watch.

one unlikely to swim or dive with a rolex but will certainly do with this fast selling seiko.  

this's my 2nd seiko watch. the other one is the 130th anniversary special edition, world time. both are love at first sight.


14/7/15, 10.30am.

 

Gucci For Sale

1000 pcs worldwide. Gucci Limited Edition Chronograph Automatic. 40 x 14mm. Original Black Alligator Leather Strap & Buckle. Box & Certificate. Mint Condition. $2288. Interested Party please email to mastercheong@gmail.com.

Rado & Love

RADO, one of the big names of the old days is still around. i hardly know malaysian singer Issac Dang. he impressed me not of his singing or look but his mention in an interview that he still keeps the more than 40 years old Rado watch his dad gave him when he moved to Taiwan. according to him the watch was out of order already but he still keeps it for it reminds him that time is precious. guess love too!

Premier Kinetic Energy

Amazing & Interesting: Save time on Battery Changing & Winding, indicate time till 2100, Perpetual! Another innovation by the Japanese Giant, SEIKO. Just like self-winding mechanical watch, it uses movement of the user's hand. Well, It goes a step further by converting human kinetic energy into electrical energy to work the watch Without a Battery! Macho looking with Rose Gold, trust is Tone, for the Markers & Crown. Stainless steel case & bracelet. Rather shallow at 100m water resistant. Will give it a serious look.

Ball

Many professional & business owner friends of mine who're in their 30s have a love for Ball watch. Such prompted me to take another look at this American brand that emphasised very strongly on its Accuracy.

Mr Webb C. Ball, USA Railway Officer, founded this brand in 1891, with the importance of railway accuracy in mind. Is it totally American made or with certain parts imported from elsewhere?

1 of its latest collections, Engineer Hydrocarbon Airborne, is impressive! 42 mm width, 13.85 mm in thickness, is good size, compare to another brand's 18mm thickness! It has Ceramic lunminous unidirectional rotating bezel, 5000Gs Shock Resistance, 4800A/m Anti-Magnetic, Micro Gas Lights, 120m Water Proof, & Automatic Chronometer Certified. Hi-Tech isn't?

 

Retirement Watch

Casually, Retire means no need to work any longer. Time to enjoy. Locally, the official retirement age is at the average of 60. 

A watch's job is to tell time. When a watch is to retire depends on the owner? It may be depending on its condition rather. Look at those show dog, race horse, artist, beauty queen etc.

Often the owner put the watch aside (retire) not coz it isn't working any more but he found a newer or nicer piece. Patek's philosophy is to pass the watch on to the next generation. Hmmm!

I've an interesting issue now: in an earlier blog A Teacher's GP, I disclosed that I bought a almost 70 years old GP for dedication to my former teacher. certainly the online oversea seller conned & cheated me! Although the seller offered full refund provided I ship the watch back, I rejected it! What if the tricky he claims he didn't receive it. Just take it as a lesson learn for online purchase!

On his advt it said Working, 1940s, Gold-Filled, & Refurnished Dial. it took a long 5 weeks to reach me. At the first winding, there's kind of Emptiness. It worked for a day only. I put is aside for a few days coz I wore other watches. When I tried to wind it again, only the hour & minute hands moved but not the second hand! It's not functioning! Contacted the seller, he remarked that if it could work for a day, it should be easy to fix!

Checked with local GP's agent. She told me vintage watch will be sent to Swiss for overhaul. It'll take a few months & cost $2000! Can't afford! A young but reliable repairman refused to even just Service it. Claiming that it's In-House Movement. An old hand took on the job by servicing it but he gave no warranty & no accuracy assured!

Now the watch can be wound but when i wear it, there's a slowness of 15 mins or so! Interestingly if it's just put there, it works well! But when it reaches 6 or 6.30, it'll stop! Now I'm wearing it, & it's about 30 mins slow! Any advice?

The old hand said the watch has many very worn out parts & rust! He blamed it that those previous owners didn't maintain it! Hmmm. Just like humans, when you get old, very old, some illness come along.

All other vintage watches of mine are working well. 

My feeling for this GP is that, it 's work for a few decades already including survived WW II. Shouldn't it be retired? Should I still find some repairmen to get it fixed? Unlikely I'll sell it for parts. Uncertainty! Any advice? (A friend rushed his 90 something years old bed-ridden dad to A & E for he got breathing problem. The doctor said you want us to try our best or just leave it as it's)!



Happy Watching. 11/10/13, 6.15pm. (GP 5.25pm)!