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Looks super sharp. That strap is the bees knees.
Lovely strap. What’s the brand?
As the title says, I dropped my Pilot Pioneer from about waist height onto asphalt and dinged the crystal real good at 3 o’clock. I don’t really mind that because I think bruises match the military aesthetic anyway, but I was worried about the movement. I’ve been tracking it for the last few days and it is coming in at +3s/day. I’ve heard people brag about the accuracy on their Hamiltons but mine never really achieved anything better than just inside spec (+/- 12-15s per day). I guess all it took was a force to knock it into COSC standards.
Pictured here on a whiskey shell cordovan strap which I think is a terrific combo.
Was going to specifically ask about the strap, looks fantastic. Where’d you get it from? It fits the Hamilton aesthetic perfectly.
Don’t you mean METAS since it’s still cased up? :p
I accidentally magnetized my watch and now it runs +2 seconds from -12 second per day haha
That’s a relatively time-efficient method of getting into COSC spec lol.
What do you call this style of case? Turtle? Cushion?
I believe cushion works, maybe even tonneau
What do you call this style of case? Turtle? Cushion?
That’s funny I had a similar experience with an ETA 7001 I own. Was running +-4, then +30 (not magnetized), banged it and now +5-10. Should I bang it again? michael Scott TWSS
I dropped my Seiko on the tile and it stayed within Seiko spec at +25/d.
What a fantastic model from Hamilton! Looks great in blue with the brown strap 👏
Does that mean it’s accurate to within a second, twice a day?
Shhh! That’s exactly how Rolex, Omega, etc. regulate their watches. It’s the industry’s dirty little secret.
Cool! But COSC is more than just sec/day. Unless people are testing their watches in all of the conditions that COSC does, the term shouldn’t be used. You have an accurate watch now, which is great by itself!
It could also work as a torniquet in case you chop your arm off.
I like my watches snug
And here I’m going to out my other obsession by pointing out the cocoa brown leather interior in a late model Porsche nearly matching the watch strap.