Cocks on clocks (Part the Sekonda)

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I like the reverso, but agree it must be proper @dom - which ones appeal most that we can or cannot afford :face_with_open_eyes_and_hand_over_mouth:?

On waiting list for blue one . .

Very nice, Is that the 36mm?

41 mm

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Me too :laughing:

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The GMT Reverso is rather cool

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I had the original duo-face when going to grands prix all over the world, having both where I was and home time zones on each side was great when away.
I have no use for that function now but it is still a nice light good looking watch to wear.

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There was a Squadra Worldtime too;

It’s fucking enormous so sold in teeny amounts. Needless to say I’d love one.

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In 1991 I bought one of these:

…because I was about to start commuting to London and needed to make sure I got my train. It cost about £40 and was amazing - 37mm, so easy to wear, super-legible, perfectly accurate, loooong battery life, so light you didn’t know it was there, scuffs just disappeared, and the lume was insane - so bright and long-lasting that I could just-about find my way around inside a narrow cave system in Southern Spain (guided tour, proper lights present too!), despite having been in there an hour at that point (much younger eyes + absolute darkness helped no doubt). Anyway, I loved it. It survived until 2011, when the mechanism died; it subsequently vanished. :slightly_frowning_face:

That model is no longer made, but it turns out one of its sister models is still in production:

…and in all but one way (SS not Ti) it’s better - day-date, crown protector lugs, 100m depth rating, simpler strap-lugs, and screw-in case-back rather than interference-fit. Still 37mm, still great lume, still super-legible. It’s even comfy on a NATO - 18mm seems to be the ideal size for these.

And £23 including delivery for a mint example off ebay. It’s a total schoolboy/Walt watch, not big, not clever, not remotely cool, and I love it.

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Had a black faced one for work. As you say, not remotely cool, but decent.

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My youngest Grandson bought himself first watch a Seconda Watch £29.99 with his holiday money ..after a short while one of the chrome strap pins fell off and he somehow lost another part which connected the strap to the watch …Seconda said the strap isn’t covered by it’s guarantee .the pin is a size only for their watches ..my daughter bought him another one only for the same thing to happen ..Does anyone know or has any of the parts or can put me in touch with a supplier..I’ve loaded photos as well

The lugs on both of those look perfectly normal Ricky, so easiest thing to do is pop into a local independent jeweller and have them replace the steel bracelets (which are often unique to individual watch models and rendered useless without the end links), and have them fit a new strap in leather/rubber/fabric according to nipper’s preference - 2 minute job.

Finding replacement bracelets could cost more than the watches themselves.

Try Timpsons

Daughter has tried to get a new strap in metal was quoted £30 to replace ..grandson doesn’t like any other type so it’s stalemate at moment..I know it’s not a Rolex or any other high end but to him it is ..not sure if he knows the difference but one thing he has learned is not to buy a Seconda again

You can buy sekonda bracelet pins on ebay or amazon, just measure the pin and search on amazon/ebay.

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Currently topping the Lust List:

I bought my first Damasko chrono for £900 seven-or-so years ago - not a trivial sum by any means, but good value, and I still have it.

These are somewhere north of £5,500! :open_mouth:

Admittedly the clever, in-house (ish) coaxial chrono plus GMT movement is damn nice and pretty much unobtainable elsewhere unless you go quartz or ‘haute-horlogerie’ (and add another “0”), plus Damasko’s signature hardened steel casework is compelling, so there’s some value in it for sure.

But 'mirin from a distance these days!

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