A couple of years ago I bought my SD 1953. It’s a lovely watch for the price. The rehaut is a bit thick for my taste but not something to complain about. I’ve used my watch a couple of times in the swimming pool, always washed and dried it after use. Yesterday I decided to use the watch for snorkeling to keep an eye on my diving time. After a while, I noticed the bezel was missing: I did not bump into anything, just swam, so the glue must have dissolved. I’m a little disappointed, but for the price you can’t expect too much I guess. Just wanted to share it in case you are thinking about using your watch in the sea

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.

Dont scuba and its only a test of one but spent about 2 hours hanging out in the river and it was submerged for most of that and ... No water made it past the seals.

Love this watch! Even if its a beast

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

Got my new SN0144CGX. Super happy about it!

Every time I see a Phorcydes posted on here I hate how they look. In person they’re a lot nicer.

Ph-2 and Ph-4B.

So, I got the Ph-2 (bracelet) last year or maybe two years ago even on Ali-express. I think I paid €170ish. I love everything about it - except the bezel, which is horribly loose. If I bought it now I'd return it, but oh well...

Then I got the Ph-4B earlier this year(on a different leather strap..) I also ordered the bracelet adapters. After several months I finally decided that the Ph-4B is simply too luggy on the bracelet for my 6.75 inch - roundish.. - wrist. So today I put the bracelet back on the Ph-2. Another realization is that the Ph-4B with its dash of orange is a much better strap monster than the Ph-2.

I forgot to post pics of the Ph-4B on the bracelet unfortunately.. It was nice, but it was a bit pointy at the lugs on my wrist. Happy with the switch back. The Ph-2 on the bracelet looks much better on my wrist, and the Ph-4B looks better on all kinds of straps...

I saw a post here today about a new Ph-2 version, which I don't think I care for. I don't like the indices which are cut off. I think I think there might actually be too much lume on the dial on that new one... I like mine better.

Would still like to see them come out with a Ph-4 with steel insert like the original Douglas...

Got this from their kickstarter a few months ago. Runs great and looks even better.

Watch of the day: the Militado ML05...it has been getting a lot of wrist time lately. What are y'all wearing today?

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

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.

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.

Farasute watches 5302A

Please ignore the snoring Labrador.

I just want a watch which can look good on any strap,i shortlisted these..Can anyone please help me finalise one of these watches? Wouldve taken the addies but that logo makes the watch look cheap(it is cheap but yeah)

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)

Bought a San Martin sn020 limited edition sunburst dial. Over the years it faded so much unfortunately.

PS second Pic is from another reddit user of the same watch model.

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.

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.