Cocks on clocks (Part the Second)

Is that for the sticker on the dial?

Sticker? you lost me.

I am presuming it is a sticker with a picture of a tourbillon

No, its a tourbillon.

Has it got a little electric motor powering it?

Assume it’s powered by the finest chinesium

The very finest.

That planetary orbit astronomical dial… Can’t put a price on art like that.

Oh I can. £180.00.

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Two pence of which was spent on the dial, those indices and hands… Fck me it looks like a carnival prize watch. Fair play for investing Ā£179 more than I would have.

It’s just a crap photo. The dial is actually pretty nice. Horrific design, but pretty well executed.

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As long as you don’t wank with your left hand it might last for a while.

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You might be right, there is some crap out there, but (reluctantly playing devil’s-advocate) more probably not: a good deal of the Chinese stuff is remarkably well made, movement and all.

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I now have another couple of Chinese watches I’d like to buy due to this post sending me searching :laughing:

Thanks a lot.

Caveat emptor and all that but I just consider them a bit of fun.

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Yeah, they are way down a very long list of things requiring money anyway.

Bloke was flashing one of these at pub quiz last night and its the first time since I sold all my watches that I’ve been tempted by another watch.

Resisted the temptation to ask if I could try it on :grimacing:

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The ceramic one is nice - tho’ the PVD bezel is annoying.

Annoying as in hard to read, or as in likely to scratch and wear more than a steel one?

All the rest of it is ceramic, but the bit you’re most likely to ding is stainless steel with a glorified paint finish. It’s routine practice in the industry, partly because if you hit a thin-ish bit of ceramic it’ll crack right through, so, this being the case - use a carbon composite, not steel!

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