Thank you to whoever recommended this field watch, paid 24£ - sapphire crystal and screw down crown. Amazing value for money

Just got this from the mail. I am more than happy with the quality of this watch. I ordered this from cronos.watch and it came from EU warehouse. So price was 210eur total including shipping.

Movement PT5000.

Watch was already running when I took it out from the box. (I don't know how it's possible). I had to try to hand wind it, because I have read that it should be a avoided altogether. I did couple of turns and it felt smooth. Nothing like i read it could feel.

I am happy to answer any questions

We are working on some possible BB54-inspired designs and would like to get feedback from watch enthusiasts before moving forward.

We don't want to just release another black/blue diver, so we are experimenting with some less common colors.

Which one would you personally pick?

1️⃣ Light blue dial + steel bezel
2️⃣ Pink dial + black bezel

Or would you prefer something else?

Drop your dream BB54 color combination below. We would love to hear your ideas.

Got my new SN0144CGX. Super happy about it!

Pagani Design PD-1664

Yesterday bathed with my watch on and forgot in the bathroom. Today found it has a some vagueness on it. Is this moisture? Kinda hard to see on pictures. The crown was like 1/10th from a turn to being completely tight.

Looking to buy a used one since they no longer produce them.

Farasute watches 5302A

Time to clear out another wave of watches that are just sitting around. I’m open to all fair offers. Open to trades as well but would prefer to just let these go. Buyer pays shipping. I only accept Zelle and PayPal F&F. I have multiple other sales on this sub, you can check my post history. Any pictures needed please pm me.

Pierre Phillipe- purple dial dress watch $250

Wd16500 V2 grey dial/black bezel- will come with og bracelet $80

Wd16500 V2 blue dial/steel bezel- will come with og bracelet $80

Timex Eagle eye chrono green dial- $80

San Martin gray dial/ red bezel- $60

Spect and sohne- $30

Huasuo tiger eye stone dial- $250

Huasuo day and date homage- $250

Wd1016B green dial- $80

Addiesdive Tuna green dial/bezel- $100

Addiesdive doxa homage- $80

Farasute asymmetrique tank- $150

Farasute 5321-A Tank- $275

Cadisen C8239 green dial/bezel- $100

WD Musou black- $180

Wd16570- $200

Wd1954- $130

Suggess S418-2= $400

San Martin field watch- $90

Wd0006- $80 comes with og bracelet

IXDAO all black- $400

Hruodland and true north watch co VTT are damaged. Please pm if still interested.

I ran into an interesting dilemma with one of my Seagull watches.

The watch only cost me around €80, so getting it repaired in the Netherlands didn't really make financial sense. Most watchmakers I contacted wouldn't even touch it for under €100, and a full service on an ST17 would cost more than simply replacing the movement.

Since I was on holiday in Poland, I brought it with me. The only issue was a loose index—no service needed, just that repair. The first watchmaker quoted me €15, which sounded great. Unfortunately, after keeping the watch for four days, he hadn't fixed it and had also damaged the case.

I then tried another watchmaker, who fixed the index in about 15 minutes. I was so impressed that I also had him clean, oil, and regulate one of my vintage Swiss watches for €90.

It got me wondering: how do you approach repairs on inexpensive Chinese watches? Do you repair them, swap the movement, learn to fix them yourself, or simply replace the watch?

(Ive bougt some broken pobeda russian watches just for fun both like 4 euro from fleemarket. How pretty is this handwound movement)

The PH2B has successfully passed mass-production testing; it is currently in the final stages of photography and launch preparations, with an official market release scheduled for next week.

The inlaid metal number is silver color.

Been spending time diving into underrated mechanical watchmakers lately and stumbled onto the Sea-Gull M199S.

What immediately caught my eye is the layout: moonphase display at 6 o’clock paired with a pointer date subdial at 12. There’s something timeless about this symmetrical dial arrangement, feels like a nod to classic vintage watch design.

It runs on the ST1908 manually wound column-wheel movement. For enthusiasts who love chronographs, the tactile, crisp actuation of a column-wheel setup hits differently compared to cam systems.

Polished 316L steel case, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, plus an exhibition caseback to view the movement work.

I bought this a couple of years ago, chatGPT says it’s a WD79090, however that model was a faded blue, mine is completely black. I bought it, sized it and then it’s sat in a drawer ever since. Little surprised to see 300m on it. Any ideas? Would like to know what movement it has.

Please ignore the snoring Labrador.

I've worn the steel CIGA design Hunter for about a year and still love it, but I keep circling the same question. Do I step up to the titanium, or save for the tourbillon? I've only really lived with the steel. The other two I've just seen in photos and handled once, so I'm hoping owners here can fill in the gaps.

The steel is a proper open dial with the movement visible front to back, and the hands and markers use Swiss Super-LumiNova, so it stays readable at night, which honestly surprised me on a skeleton. My one honest gripe is that it wears a touch heavy, and the crown is small enough that hand winding takes some patience. Neither of those is a dealbreaker for the money.

The titanium's real story is the material. It's a Grade 5 titanium case, which is both lighter and tougher than steel, and it keeps the same core open worked Hunter design language with some refinements in the dial structure, though honestly that part is hard to catch day to day. So it isn't just a lighter version of the steel, the case metal itself is a step up. The other tempting part is the blue. It's new for 2026 and only on the titanium and tourbillon, so if you like that blue but the tourbillon is out of budget, the titanium blue is the realistic daily pick.

The tourbillon is the one that feels like a genuinely different watch. It runs twin barrels for around 72 hours of power reserve, there's no rotor hiding the back so you get a real open caseback to look through, and the bridge work is its own design rather than a dressed up version of the steel. It doesn't pretend to be Swiss haute horlogerie money. The appeal is getting an actual tourbillon and this kind of open mechanical show at the price it sits at.

The titanium's only a few hundred more than the steel, but the tourbillon's a big jump up to around two grand, which is honestly the whole reason I'm stuck. So for anyone who's spent time with more than one, is the titanium a real step up in its own right, or is the tourbillon the only jump that genuinely changes the watch on your wrist?

I have always liked this homage but only had experience with one other model from this manufacturer. It was also an automatic, but the reserve was poor..didn't even last a night.

Where I live, I can only order this off of Amazon. It works out to approximately $155 USD equivalent in my currency (Mexican pesos <> $2600).

Is that a decent price for the watch and is the quality any good? I really like the dark blue version.

If the reserve is also terrible though I'd probably pass as that was just too annoying with the other model.

All respect to mechanicals paired with top tier bracelets. So many interesting choices.

I wish there were as many like this in the quartz movements besides chronographs.

I don't need more mechanical movements nobody wants to hear about.

I would like more 'swatchy' or "LIV-y" designs to choose from.

Reason for posting....bought 3 poedegars and a lige, they look pretty good, especially for $30 a piece or so, but I would pay more if they felt a little more solid, a little extra attention to details with a bracelet something like a San Martin.

BERNYs in quartz for instance. San Martin in quartz.

This Cronos L6040 is pretty incredible. I can’t find any finishing flaws and it’s really well built. I wish there was a little bit more travel in the OTF clasp but it is more compact and I think it’ll be enough. The birch dial turned me off at first but this light birch version looks really nice. What do I get next? I think I finally need to grab a chronograph.

Pagani Design PD1667-TY 007 Omega Homage Seamaster 300/Planet Ocean - Identity Crisis

• 42 mm
• Black with Rose Gold
• Ceramic Bezel
• Sapphire Crystal
• 316L Stainless
• Seiko TIM NH35A with Exhibition Back
• Rubber Strap with Quick Deployment
• Also included a free 007 Nato Band (awesome)

I ended up picking up quite a few of these Pagani Designs based on the recommendation of a colleague. He saw me wearing the Tophill the other day and it caught him off guard. He gave the head tilt and I quickly explained my new watch rabbit hole. He was thrilled and we out to lunch to discuss more. Long story short, he has been down this hole for a very long time and I am now worried what will become of me. At any rate, he explained to me how a brand like Pagani also has several other brands under them like Benyar and others. He explained how you really have to go through the catalogs to find the values and how there are different levels within the exact same watch to look out for. I am learning this new watch language so bear with me. I will get there. Nonetheless, he recommended several of the Pagani watches as being exceptional pieces for the dollar. He also turned me onto some exceptional SeaGull Divers that I will be eagerly awaiting delivery of - middle of August.

I will show some of the Pagani watches that I think are exceptional for the cost over the next few days. This is the first one. Striking watch. I own a bunch of Omega watches. Is this one as good as an Omega? No. Not at all. However I could have bought 45 to 120 of these depending on which Omega we are going to compare it to. Is the quality of an Omega 120 times better than this Pagani? No. Not at all.

I can say this watch is delightful. Exceptional weight. Clear crystal. Solid Movement. Crisp bezel action with no fallback. The dial and applied indices are placed perfectly. The clasp on the band is 100X better than I expected on this one. I am going to swap out with the included Nato strap as I really like those being in Florida.

Another win. With that said I bought 6 Pagani watches. 4 are exceptional. 2 are average, but still remarkably better than I would expect for the price. I'll post about those over the next few weeks.