McMWTK: Watches

[mekon]

I thought it was a gemstone that was mined?

So did I.

...I can feel Lefty hitting me upside the head from Africa.

[Professor Redfern]

Sapphires are mined, what is everyone jibber jabering about?


They are also man made but I would hope you might get a Naturally made one for 1.6 mill.

[Barfridge]

Yes, sapphire is Aluminium Oxide (Al2O3), the non-gemstone version is called Corundum. The gemstone versions are sapphire (except if it's red it gets called ruby).

It can be either naturally mined or man made.
I used to be a gem collector, and have samples of both

[Spock]

Yes, sapphire is Aluminium Oxide (Al2O3), the non-gemstone version is called Corundum. The gemstone versions are sapphire (except if it's red it gets called ruby).

It can be either naturally mined or man made.
I used to be a gem collector, and have samples of both

You are a man of many hidden talents Barfy.

[likefry]

It would be man made though wouldn't it.

Don't Rolex's use synthetic or man made sapphire?

[Spock]

It would be man made though wouldn't it.

Don't Rolex's use synthetic or man made sapphire?

I suspect it would be quite a task to find millions of completely clear, perfect lumps of sapphire to use in watch faces every year.

[Professor Redfern]

Dont worry barfridge your secret gem collection is safe with me.

Jem Intro - YouTube

[pucara]

just a little info for you guys:

Corundum is the main family which includes sapphires and rubies (in other words brother and sister)

Sapphires: Appareance transparent to opaque, Green, yellow, orange, pink, purple, violet, brown, black, grey and colorless. Phenomena, Color change, asterism (Star type and Barfi has one of them!).
Identification: Optic character , Double Refractive, Uniaxial Negative, Refractive index 1.762 to 1.77, dispersion 0.018

Cause of colour:

Green- Iron or Iron and titanium Yellow (stable) Iron - Orange iron, and traces of chromiun in the padparadscha. Purple varying traces and combinations of Iron, titanium and chromiun. Pink Chromiun and possibly titanium. Blue - Iron and titanium. Specific gravity 4.00

Chemical composition AL2O3

Not wanted to lecture, but I'm a gemmologist and passionate about gems. If you want to know more about them, just shoot a pm.

cheers Alex.

[Shortfuse]

Finally arrived. I have been waiting for this for a while.

Our very own Expeditionary Superhero, Officer Down, put me onto Suunto as the ducks nuts in outdoor watches. This Suunto Core tells me when a storm is coming, barometer reading and trend, logs my skydives, tells me the temp, depth, date, time, compass bearing, stopwatch, etc etc.

It is a big face, but easy to use all features, and there is a reference to the readings on the hidden running features on any face for quick reference. Fully customisable buttons, menus etc.

[Davey]

I'm a bit of a watch whore. Got me a Longines Grand Clasique

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a fairly old Tissot T-Touch

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and an older Citizen Blue Angels thingybob watch..

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funny enough I only wear a watch on special occasions, and then, generally the longines.

[agrid]

The perfect watch should have; a white face, Roman numerals (despite IIII not being a Roman numeral), gold and make a ticking noise.

I found such a watch a few years ago and came this, ][, close to owning it, I even got a quote and then a property deal turned ugly.

Just wait my precious, I am still coming for you.

[vivere]

I like white faces, not a big fan of roman numerals though... Doesn't look so good on more modern styles..

My current wrist hog:





*IF* I had far more money than sense I'd be getting myself one of these...

[Kloun]

...despite IIII not being a Roman numeral...

Surely that's not a genuine rolex and just some Asian imitation???

[agrid]

Probably is, its close enough though, I couldn't find the genuine pic on my computer.

[Kloun]

Nope, it's real... Checked on the rolex site ahahaha...

In other news, I seem to like breitling watches best... This would probably be my pic

[agrid]

Nope, it's real... Checked on the rolex site ahahaha...

In other news, I seem to like breitling watches best... This would probably be my pic

The Rolex Datejust 14021 is definitely real, I checked one out. They seem a very popular one to fake so there a many pictures of fake ones around.

[Kloun]

This is from the rolex site... They seem to use "IIII" instead of "IV"... There are discussions about it:
Precision Timepieces: Rolex Roman IV, or rather IIII

[agrid]

The IIII balances the face if I recall. I think all watches and clocks do it just as they carefully arrange the hands. Thatd a pretty watch too. The Datejust was going yo cost about ten grand a few years ago.

[Kloun]

Yea, I have just realised that the watches I like aren't the cheapest haha... Some cheap good looking no name brands on eBay though... Not sure how long they would last though... But I could replace one every year for 40 years and still pay less for the new breitling AND I can afford to change my mind on what I like every year

[TRX]

Present from the wife this morning
Tag Heuer Carrera Calibre 1887