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Nice dial etc on that IWC, which model is it?

Blimey, Tel - what a productivity rate! Someone put mentos in your diet coke?! 😂😊😊

Quìte pleased/amused with how spot on the watches/precision rifles thing has turned out to be. It seems as though many have come out of the woodwork as watch enthusiasts! So; discuss or match:

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Asked him a similar question a while back - he doesn't hold spares or work on them; what comes from his mnfr is how it stays. I think his black everest is jinxed - this is the 4th iteration, none has looked 100%. On the other hand, the one you pictured has a quasi-cult following - a modern watch you can actually sell immediately for more than you pay for it (small runs, limited sales windows).

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Ah. Just seen a photo of the new 'corrected' hour hand. Ummmm🤔🤔 Think I'm seeing the original problem solved, and replaced with a new one - 'balance' seems off, but now relative widths(?)

I think it's rather niche. Nice if you like it, but...

How different was your design - existing with logo, or totally bespoke?

They did a lovely 38mm reissue of their dirty dozen greenlander a while back: I think their current reissues have wandered back towards 'wearing my dad's watch' sizing. 40mm on this is bigger than 'proper' Rolexes - and their best field-look is 43mm: Don't get the dinner-plate sizing. I think it's an Asian/Arab market thing. Other thoughts - I never understand 13-24 on a watch face. Crowds it, reduces legibility and very Timex camping watch to my eye!😂 E.g., this Hamilton... so close, then ruined! Look how much better it looks with the visual noise removed! 😂 Time for my morning gin.....🤣

😂 What on the dial? The balance (or imbalance) of white writing at the top and black writing below? I've been put off them by the undersized hour hand - something that may have just been corrected, but it's hard to tell, the website is wildly out of date, and the forum seems to be a bit of a suck-up sycophant-fest!😂 Yup, looked at Ward and Bremont - the 37mm solo looks 'fieldy' - but I think they're at that weird watch mid price point that makes them money down the drain.

Your earlier suggestion was perfect! 😊 ..Yes, modern! But trying to work out quite what I think about it; which is rather what prompted me to start this thread. Been issued a few CWCs 'back when'; but remember ruining one just taking a shower. Iconic, but a lowest-bidder watch. Last got issued a Pulsar when I didn't fancy wearing a posh watch in Iraq; later, gave it to a pal. The new Precista is 95%. Waaay better than a CWC - and waterproof to 100m! - The lume is amazing... but my (not very) OCD brain struggles with sword hands that haven't been filled to capacity with lume - why the flippin 'eck would someone decide to do that?! [I've reached typing capacity - currently examining the optimum ratio of Angostura bitters reqd to make the perfect Horse's Neck!]

How do you find the Everest? I find the Hillary-link quite appealing!

You stand to make a tidy sum 😊 Best of luck! 😊😊

Anyone playing with field watch microbrands? Read something the other day saying that the top-end watch industry in Hong Kong is the new Switzerland:

Yup, they have their place, but they're not 'field watches'.

I bought a Suunto GPS watch recently - got an awesome price on it - but when it turned up, although nice and light, it was almost bigger than my head - onbthe wrist, it looked like the wrist altimeter my Red Devil action man had when I was a kid! 😂

Tim, That Citizen looks about spot on. Beautifully legible. Stunning Seiko/Citizen Lume, even titanium....but they're massive: 44mm. And ..love the railmaster, it's an Omega 1016.... but it's got 'railmaster' written on it 😂😊

Definitely, it's like flared trousers. One day, people will look at old photos and wonder why they were wearing watches that made them look like an 8 year old wearing their father's watch 😂

Well, that prompted me to google RESCO! Now I 'get' the trident!! Great back story. Love the legibility on the Patriot line - I obsess about legibility! ... but all too big! 😊 ... original field watches were 34 or 36mm - I think Bond's first Rolex was 38mm - I think 36mm is the field watch sweetspot, with 38 getting towards maximum.

Matt, thanks, not looking for purchase ideas, wondering how others with the field watch 'itch' have solved it 😊😊

The watch on the left is a lovely vintage style diver, but - to me- the antithesis of simple - a really busy dial with white lines everywhere. Superb 'toolwatch', but not what I think of as a 'field watch'; this is more what I would visualise as 'field' - a US brand- simple and small:

Waaaay too massive! 😂😊 (They're doing some very nice 'heritage reissue' versions though!)

Yup. They do a nice 40mm titanium version. https://www.iwc.com/gb/en/watch-collections/pilot-watches/iw327006-pilot_s-watch-mark-xviii-heritage.html But.... field watch showstopper: Only 60m water resistance - would have to be a brave man to wear it swimming.

Back to this 'tool' vs 'field'. This is my toolwatch. Really carefully thought out: Fat hands and Lume - so that I can see it! Titanium - it weighs nothing. Only 11mm thick - less obtrusive. Worn 24/7 even for the training for, and completion of three Devizes-Westminster races - which must be about the biggest beasting a mechanical watch can get! 😂 I only take it off if using a hammer or powertools. That said; to my mind, it's not a 'field watch' - although it aces legibility, it's not midsize and utilitarian Does that make sense to anyone other than me?!😂