Expect variations on a theme, rather than a medley of surprisesOriginally Posted by Spooky
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Expect variations on a theme, rather than a medley of surprises
There is nothing wrong with a theme. A man should know what he likes.Expect variations on a theme, rather than a medley of surprises
Just remembered one thing I love about this movement: central seconds manual that fits in a sub-40mm case
Day 3 - the f72 2013 ST5 project watch
Ah my browser just ate all my text. I take the editorial hint and here's the short version:
Saw two of these at the February London g2g. Resolved to get one. Learnt that the wheeling-dealing manufacturing team had had enough leftover parts to make a handful more watches, without LE numbers etc. $200 plus postage.
Watch is designed to show off vintage Seagull ST5 movements:
Case 39mm, low profile very comfortable. The dial is totally enchanting in a way that my photographs have never once managed to capture. The indices and hands aren't quite so enthralling, seem a bit cheap. In street lighting at night the time is completely illegible, as the sunburst captures the light far better than the hands.
Despite the style, its been a daily wearer for me: comfortable, reasonable accuracy from one day to the next. The Beijing at exactly the same price is, imo, much better value for money - in that watch the quality seems to be everywhere you look (almost) whereas here there are two stars in the show (the dial and the movement) with everything else being an adequate supporting feature. No flaws, but no sense of *expense* Despite buying another blue dial watch recently - one thinner and lighter than this - this still gets plenty of wristtime
Last edited by Der Amf; Nov 22, 2014 at 12:32 PM.
Very nice sir. Keep them coming.
Today I'm wearing my other blue dial: a mid-70s Sekonda, made iirc by Poljot, with a Poljot 2209 movement. Although similar in appearance it much smaller: the case is 35mm wide, and just 8mm thick. And a lot of that is the domed crystal! I love how light it is on the wrist. Despite the dimensions, it has plenty of visual presence thanks to the its-all-dial design
While I've had the f72 ST5 since March, this I've only had since September, when OhDark30 offered to sell it to me quite out of the blue: I had been lustful for it for a while
Visit to hospital for some routine screening tests so a nice clean rubber watch is just the thing.
I was surprised when I joined forum life not to see more swatches. Not that I was expecting effervescent enthusiasm for the whole range, but with a choice of hundreds, finding the one for you I hadn't imagined would be impossible....
But maybe the inevitability of plastic in most areas of people's lives means that they enjoy being able to say of their watches: into this realm, plastic will not enter!
Anyway, here's mine. Sunburst dial, stick indices, domed crystal, absolutely my kind of thing
Plagiarist
.....'sall I'm saying........
I considered bleaching my wrist hair in homage
Day 6 - my second Soviet dress watch, a Wostok 2209. A got this a few months ago when OhDark30 was having one of her reduction programmes: I submitted a list of her sunburst cuties and this was the one that was available. The blue Sekonda was also on the list but I had to wait a little longer for that one
The case is 34mm, and the watch is, like the Sekonda, very light. It got a lot of wear in the heat of summer! Lack of minute markers means I don't like to wear it as a daily wearer when out and about on a tight schedule scuttling about the place, but on lazy days when I've got time to appreciate its charm.....
OhDark30's excellent choice of strap!
For me, 34mm isn't too small
Wostok on the left, Sekonda on the right. Not quite as dainty as the Sekonda/Poljot, but its pretty close
I was told recently that the Wostok 2209 movement is an entirely different movement from the Poljot/Luch 2209, though they are both 22mm in diameter.
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