At $13 new from AliExpress, that’s one of their more expensive models…
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1·10 months agoPrevious big thread from last month after Nico’s video mentioned the same subject:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Watches/comments/17j37u5/fp_journe_what_happened/
The Whoop bracelet and the Oura ring are popular alternatives.
G-Shock square, the best:
https://gshock.casio.com/us/products/type/square-face-digital-watches/
(from $40 to $4,000)
No they’re not bad, imho.
First, the MoonSwatch basically uses the same ETA G10 quartz movement as the one used in the Tissot PRX quartz, Certina DS, etc.
People complain that the MoonSwatch movement isn’t “repairable” but again it’s exactly the same with the Tissot and no one complained about that. And I mean, they’re like $30 to replace.
Plus, durability issues with the watch is likely overblown. They literally sold ~ 1 million units in under a year, so of course some will have defects.
Typically with quartz movement if you have a “lemon” it will die in a few months. The MoonSwatch comes with a 2 year warranty, so I wouldn’t be overly concerned.
Yes people are paying a premium for “the hype”. Then again, that’s nothing new with watches (looking at you, Rolex).
If you like one, go for it.
10/10 great looking watch!
If it’s real (can’t tell from the picture) it’s a Ulysse Nardin Maxi Marine Diver Chronograph.
Example in yellow gold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NHK9Qmb1Kk
Well the Bremont MB-I, MB-II and MB-III lines are designed & tested to survive violent ejections from fighter jets, at around 20Gs. (The MB stands for Martin-Baker, the maker of ejection seats).
Scroll down here to the MB series:
https://us.bremont.com/collections/altitude
They start from just under $5000 retail.
This watch is not an Eberhard. See my post for a longer explanation.
Contrary to some other posts, I believe this watch is not an Eberhard, but it’s also not exactly a “fake”.
Rather, there were two different companies with the same name:
- Eberhard & Co., a respected Swiss brand that’s for historical reasons is popular in Italy (and was later bought by an Italian businessman)
- Eberhard, which was a jewelry retailer in Milan, Italy
Eberhard, Milan sold jewelry and also watches from well-known makers such as Patek Phillipe and Jaeger LeCoultre. Later they began selling “private label” Swiss-made watches under their own brand, labeled “Eberhard Milan” and “Chronometre Eberhard”.
At one point this led to confusion in the market and maybe even a lawsuit between the two companies.
Your watch appears to be a Eberhard Milan private labelled watch, probably from the 1920s or 1930s.
You need to tell the wife. It’s not breaking the promise at all. You kept your promise until his death.
If you keep the watches, you’d literally be stealing from his wife.
My advice is never to buy watches based on specs. Controversially for this forum: not even accuracy specs.
55hr vs 72hr reserves. 100m vs. 200m water resistance. 21,600 vph vs 28,800 vph. +2s vs. +20s per day accuracy.
None of them mean anything in isolation. Don’t get me wrong… know these specifications, but they’re all just one factor among many, and mostly determined by marketing needs.
You’ll see people literally posting stuff like, “I wont consider that watch because it’s only water rated to 100m” when in reality the watch will never even get near a swimming pool.
Buy watches because you like them as a whole, not because of a particular spec.
My advice is never to buy watches based on specs. Controversially for this forum: not even accuracy specs.
55hr vs 72hr reserves. 100m vs. 200m water resistance. 21,600 vph vs 28,800 vph. +2s vs. +20s per day accuracy.
None of them mean anything in isolation. Don’t get me wrong… know these specifications, but they’re all just one factor among many, and mostly determined by marketing needs.
Buy watches because you like them as a whole, not because of a particular spec.
Nah, the resemblance is only superficial, on a static picture. On the Moser the moon “phase” is just a simple round flap that covers image. On the C1 moonphase the moon actually moves across the dial.
And looking more closely at the dial, the Christopher Ward looks 10x better than the Moser, for 1/10th of the price:
Seiko make FAR more than the basic Seiko 5 watches
And many basic Seiko 5 watches are quite good.
Seiko – sounds like psycho. For one, 10/10 i’d slash you with a katana then feed you to a turtle like a tuna on an ashtray.
For swimming, I wonder if I’ll always use this or actually get a dive watch. Someone I know recommended a Seiko 007. Those are discontinued, right?
It’s fine for swimming. You’ll probably want a different watch for more active activities (like surfing or actual scuba diving).
The Seiko SKX 007 is indeed discontinued. There’s the Seiko 5 line but for actual diving you’ll probably want to look at the Seiko Prospex series.
They have a bewildering selection of different models, with nicknames like the turtle, sumo, samurai, monster, etc. (those are all sub-$1000) – many having a variety of different color options – plus many other higher end Prospex models (some are $5000+).
that’s just blatant misinformation, and clearly this dealer has some ulterior motive for talking trash on zenith. zenith is a part of LVMH and their customer support all run on the same system - regardless of whether you have a tag heuer, hublot, zenith, etc. you will be issued an AFS number.
Yes and no.
Zenith shares the same system with other LVMH brands but that means ziltch as far as actual service and parts availability.
Zenith forums on WUS etc. are filled with complaints about poor Zenith customer support.
I think you mean the SLGH013? It looks stunning, congrats!!