beautiful beautiful seiko. love the styling on that one.

Thank you.

very nice watch, congrats

Just got the Tag Carrera Day/Date from an AD for $3k (MSRP $3900). Tell me what you think! My first nice watch.

What made you decide go to with a TAG?

Of all the TAG's I think I like the Carrera the best. Good choice. Now the real question, do you know how to use a tachymetre?

It was between this and the Longines Admiral and I liked the tag better.

Pic of Admiral


http://shop.us.longines.com/longines...l36674567.html

Answer to knowing how to use tacymetre....clearly not but it looks nice lol

If you can enlighten me, please do though. Trying to learn as much as possible (probably would have been served to do that before i bought the watch)

Start the second hand at the start of a mile, stop it at end of mile, read your average speed in mph.

Guess it would work for a kilometer and kph also.

For those of you who like ultra thin watches, an alternative to the JLC master ultra thin is the Piaget Altiplano





lovely little gold micro rotor.

Not sure if it's founded, but I'd worry about the longevity of the very thin movements.

I'm sure a lot of this you already know but just in case, the movement in your watch is a top grade ETA/Valjoux 7750 with a fairly heavily decorated rotor.

In terms of use, just always remember to stop your chrono with the top button before resetting it with the bottom button.

congrats and wear it in good health.

To Clarify, The Chrono is what? The display next to 9 o clock, or the standard second hand? Also, the Chrono does what exactly, a stop watch right? Sorry for the terrible questions

yes, the chrono refers to the chronograph, or the stopwatch portion of your watch.

The subdial next to 9'oclock is the standard second hand or running second hand. It is always running if the watch has power. When you press the top button (the one with the red band), the central second hand ie the chronograph second hand will start running, each 60 seconds that the central second hand elapses, the chronograph minute subdial (the one near 12 o'clock) will move by 1. The subdial near 6o'clock is the chronograph hour hand.

Anyways, my point is that after you start your stopwatch with the top button, make sure you stop it with the top button before you reset it with the bottom button. (the reset button will put the central seconds hand, the 6oclock subdial hand, and the 12oclock subdial hand all back to 0).

Also try to not have your chronograph running if you aren't using the chronograph function. Like don't run around all day with the chronograph running.

Thanks amoeba. I guess this is a pretty amateur thing to say, but it seems kind backwards that the main second hand is on the small subdial next to the 9 while the main 2nd hand on the dial is part of the stopwatch feature. This is standard for these watches right?

I guess that just goes along with having an expensive watch, i.e. why would anyone want a 3k automatic when you can get a 20 dollar timex that uses quartz movement and keeps better time. It's definitely not for efficiency thats for sure. But I am very happy with my purchase so thats all that matters.

Its not backwards at all. Its by design. You only need the running seconds to see if the watch is running or not but you need to read the chrono seconds accurately for whatever you are timing, hence why it is on the bigger central seconds.

Do we also talk about cheap watches itt? Cause I just got one of these babies. Classic, $13.95 and totally legit. IT'S WATER RESISTANT GUYS.

amoeba, what is the longest you would let your chronograph running?

Ok im just back from the store, omegas didnt impress me at all. Fwiw 42 looked small on my wrist, 45 was much better, i have like 7.1 wrists. But i fell in love with IWC Aquatimer chrono, god that thing looks so stunning in person, and the size fits me perfect. Too bad the price will kill my roll :<

well I never need to time anything more than 30 minutes but just for kicks I would not allow my chronograph to run more than whatever the highest measurable hour mark is, which on most mechanical chronos would be 6 or 12 hours (assuming they have an hour chrono subdial).

I have a Russian chronograph that only has a minute subdial and no hour chrono subdial that I don't let run more than 30 minutes.

If I owned a similar chronograph as the Russian one (poljot 3133) ie something with a Seagull ST-19 or a Valjoux 7733 movement, I would also probably not ever run the chrono for more than 30 minutes either.

Aquatimer is a great watch. In that pricerange I would probably cross shop with the JLC Master Compressor, which also has a chrono version.

The divers MC starts at like 7k for GMT on rubber no?

very nice watch! i want one

the master compressor chronos are around 7k too though it seems its not nearly as water resistant as the regular master compressor, only 100m.

Thanks.

Here is the link...

http://www.seiyajapan.com/product/S-...tail-Time.html

been following the grassroot movement of the brand bernhardt. seems like the watchmaker has a following for his quality timepieces at very affordable prices. i wanted a 42mm piece but picked up this 40mm anchor. it's his take on the milgauss i guess.

comes with a SS band also


the 42mm corsair with a swiss ETA movement

I've seen a lot of happy owners of the Binnacle Anchor. definitely a lot of watch for the money. Actually thats probably true of all of the Bernhardt watches.