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BruceS · 3 November 2006, 11:29 PM

Being WIS, we all like a lot of the higher end stuff, but I've learned that watches don't have to be expensive for me to enjoy them. One of my favourite lines of watches now are the ones Eddie Platts turns out under the Precista brand. Most are now made entirely by Fricker in Germany.

I bought a PRS-14 awhile back. It's designed to MoD dive watch specs, but with improvements like anti magnetic shielding (which makes it about 3mm thicker than the original. The PRS-14 is kind of a hommage to the original Omega Seamaster 300, which is one of my favourite dive watches of all time. Keeping true to the time, it comes with a domed acrylic crystal (Eddie even throws in a spare crystal and a tube of Polywatch). I've scratched mine a bit, but not enough to bother me enough to polish it.

The PRS-14 comes with a combo brushed and polished finish. I didn't like the polish so I sent it off to Bry for bead blasting (along with two other watches). I like it much better now! The engine is a bog standard ETA 2824-2, so it's an OK timekeeper. Mine's settled to around 9 sec per day. Compare that to the 1-2 sec per day from my Explorer (and most every other Rolex I've owned for that matter).

Anyway, I really enjoy this watch. I love the classic look. Today, it's on a nice Di-Modell leather strap, but I often wear it on a NATO or Rhino strap. I've ordered a blasted Watchadoo "lumpy" bracelet for it too.

Tough to beat for £345. Next week will be my go with a PRS-18Q as part of the European pass around club. We all chipped in £10 to buy the watch and at the end, one of us will win it. Good cheap fun!
Cheers,
Bruce

Otis · 3 November 2006, 11:33 PM

Nice one there Bruce. You can't argue with that as a sold, reliable watch. And it does remind me of the old SM300, so you can't get much of a better looks pedigree!
Blasted finish looks good too, how does it hold up over time?

BruceS · 3 November 2006, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Otis

Nice one there Bruce. You can't argue with that as a sold, reliable watch. And it does remind me of the old SM300, so you can't get much of a better looks pedigree!
Blasted finish looks good too, how does it hold up over time?

I can't really say how well the finish holds up 'cause I've not had it that long. My Sinn 142 is blasted and I've had it a couple of years. It's ok I guess, but I've not worn it that much to be honest. Problem is, once it's scratched you really have to blast it again, but then the scratches don't show as much to start with.

I just don't like big blingy watches anymore. Makes me feel self conscious around here. The polish on my Explorer doesn't bother me 'cause it's so small, plus the bracelet is brushed. Had my Breitling SO and Seiko BM blasted at the same time. Since sold the Breitling though

Cheers,
Bruce

Otis · 3 November 2006, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by BruceS

I can't really say how well the finish holds up 'cause I've not had it that long. My Sinn 142 is blasted and I've had it a couple of years. It's ok I guess, but I've not worn it that much to be honest. Problem is, once it's scratched you really have to blast it again, but then the scratches don't show as much to start with.

I just don't like big blingy watches anymore. Makes me feel self conscious around here. The polish on my Explorer doesn't bother me 'cause it's so small, plus the bracelet is brushed. Had my Breitling SO and Seiko BM blasted at the same time. Since sold the Breitling though

Cheers,
Bruce

The BM would look great blasted I'd think.
I can imagine that they would fit a little better in cornwall than an SS daytona

Says a lot about the people, though, too

BruceS · 3 November 2006, 11:51 PM

It looks pretty good IMO Otis!

Here are the three after they came home

Notice on the BM how he took the black fill off the bezel numbers (with my approval). Makes it look entirely different. I saw of pic of another one he did where he filled the bezel numbers with Superluminova. Now that was cool

You're right about the people Otis. You don't see a lot of blingy bling down here, and there are people with a LOT of money, although the majority are much more poor than the rest of England. But, when you consider that a lot of the money is with farmers, you understand why bling just isn't down here.

Cheers,
Bruce

Otis · 4 November 2006, 12:00 AM

I was just thinking that there's something different about the BM, and I like it!
Very stealth.

Yeah, in the little travelling that I've done, the farmers were the most friendly, welcoming people of them all.
Friends of my parents bought an old farmhouse in rural france, renovated it and live there with several dogs, horses and an old parrot named Boris. Their neighbours were so open to us foreigners, it really blew me away.

BruceS · 4 November 2006, 12:09 AM

When I was a kid and we lived in El Paso Texas, I used to hang out on a horse farm/ranch. The guy who owned it drove an old beat up pick up and was a typical cowboy. You would never know how rich he was, except for his wife, always dressed up and driving a big ol Caddy

The wealthiest people I've ever known were the least likely to show it, and most have been farmers/ranchers.

padi56 · 4 November 2006, 01:13 AM

Could not agree more Bruce old Eddie from Timefactors has made some quite remakable good value watches for the money.And with a bit of regulation that ETA could easily match the Explorer, in the time keeping department

JJ Irani · 4 November 2006, 03:17 AM

Nice rugged looking watch, Bruce!!! I'm glad you're enjoying it!!

BruceS · 4 November 2006, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by JJ Irani

Nice rugged looking watch, Bruce!!! I'm glad you're enjoying it!!

Thanks JJ!

mailman · 4 November 2006, 08:14 PM

Very nice watch Bruce. It does remind me of a SM 300, but probably at a fraction of the cost

I also like what you did with the monster. It gives it a totally different look. I would love to see a pic of the one woth the luminous numbers on the bezel. I love my monster

BruceS · 4 November 2006, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by mailman

Very nice watch Bruce. It does remind me of a SM 300, but probably at a fraction of the cost

I also like what you did with the monster. It gives it a totally different look. I would love to see a pic of the one woth the luminous numbers on the bezel. I love my monster

Thank Paulie. I'll see if I can find the pic Bry posted over on TZ-UK.
Cheers,
Bruce

BruceS · 4 November 2006, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by padi56

Could not agree more Bruce old Eddie from Timefactors has made some quite remakable good value watches for the money.And with a bit of regulation that ETA could easily match the Explorer, in the time keeping department

Have you seen the prices of pre owned Dreadnoughts lately? Man they're through the roof!

padi56 · 4 November 2006, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by BruceS

Have you seen the prices of pre owned Dreadnoughts lately? Man they're through the roof!

Like this one Bruce, one very well spec watch, and when bought for very little money,and no its not for sale.

BruceS · 4 November 2006, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by padi56

Like this one Bruce, one very well spec watch, and when bought for very little money,and no its not for sale.

Yeah that's a cool watch alright! I don't think they were much more than the PRS-14 when new, but being a limited edition, they've become a real cult watch. They seem to have at least doubled, if not tripled in value. Sure wish I had bought one!
Cheers,
Bruce

padi56 · 4 November 2006, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BruceS

Yeah that's a cool watch alright! I don't think they were much more than the PRS-14 when new, but being a limited edition, they've become a real cult watch. They seem to have at least doubled, if not tripled in value. Sure wish I had bought one!
Cheers,
Bruce

Dreadnought was £400 when introduced
The highest I have ever heard of one changing hands was very close to £2000,but thats was a bit back.Same as the 6263/5 Daytona's at this time late 70s early 80s cost then around £700-£800.Rolex could not give them away everyone wanted auto,now mint 6263/5 are selling for up to £20000.

astcell · 5 November 2006, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by BruceS

Have you seen the prices of pre owned Dreadnoughts lately? Man they're through the roof!

Do you have a lead on one?

BruceS · 5 November 2006, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by astcell

Do you have a lead on one?

Not particularly. They've been showing up on WUS and TZ-UK sales forums. Padi had the going prices right. They're getting damn expensive!

astcell · 5 November 2006, 02:02 AM

I do not know those forums (I only go here!). Can you send me a link if you happen across one?

BruceS · 5 November 2006, 02:09 AM

Sure: watchuseek.com and timefactors.com. On Timefactors, just click on forum and that'll put you in there. Then you can puruse the sales forums at your leisure.
Cheers,
Bruce

BruceS · 5 November 2006, 02:17 AM

Damn!! This is the last one to come up on TZ-UK. The guy was asking 1800 euros for it. That's about $2286! Don't know if he sold it or not.
Cheers,
Bruce

astcell · 5 November 2006, 02:24 AM

That's $1000 less than the one on ebay.

BruceS · 5 November 2006, 02:26 AM

Woops I forgot the link
http://www.tz-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22207

astcell · 5 November 2006, 02:59 AM

Well I found five for sale so far...not as hard to get as I thought. I guess I can get all of them and start a demand and make big bucks -- that would be illegal if these were stocks!

But they are not.

BruceS · 5 November 2006, 03:20 AM

LOL go for it!

astcell · 5 November 2006, 03:28 AM

I was also debating buying a lot of fake Rolexes in real boxes and mailing them to JJ's co-workers as an anonymous Christmas gift... nah, better not.

JJ Irani · 5 November 2006, 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by astcell

I was also debating buying a lot of fake Rolexes in real boxes and mailing them to JJ's co-workers as an anonymous Christmas gift... nah, better not.

Hey Robert,

Don't you have anything better to do....like some household chores on a Saturday afternoon?

astcell · 5 November 2006, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by JJ Irani

Hey Robert,

Don't you have anything better to do....like some household chores on a Saturday afternoon?

It's 8:30pm here and my house is 11 time zones away. I'm trying to buy a Dreadnought so my day will have some productivity in it.

JJ Irani · 5 November 2006, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by astcell

It's 8:30pm here and my house is 11 time zones away. I'm trying to buy a Dreadnought so my day will have some productivity in it.

Hey, I just realised you're in Qatar.....so why don't you look out for that TT Blue Sub, pal? You may get a fantastic price considering everything in the Middle East is tax free!!

JJ

BruceS · 5 November 2006, 03:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astcell

I was also debating buying a lot of fake Rolexes in real boxes and mailing them to JJ's co-workers as an anonymous Christmas gift... nah, better not.

3 November 2006, 11:29 PM	#1
BruceS "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Sir Daft Location: Cornwall, UK Watch: Too many Posts: 2,464	One I really enjoy........ Being WIS, we all like a lot of the higher end stuff, but I've learned that watches don't have to be expensive for me to enjoy them. One of my favourite lines of watches now are the ones Eddie Platts turns out under the Precista brand. Most are now made entirely by Fricker in Germany. I bought a PRS-14 awhile back. It's designed to MoD dive watch specs, but with improvements like anti magnetic shielding (which makes it about 3mm thicker than the original. The PRS-14 is kind of a hommage to the original Omega Seamaster 300, which is one of my favourite dive watches of all time. Keeping true to the time, it comes with a domed acrylic crystal (Eddie even throws in a spare crystal and a tube of Polywatch). I've scratched mine a bit, but not enough to bother me enough to polish it. The PRS-14 comes with a combo brushed and polished finish. I didn't like the polish so I sent it off to Bry for bead blasting (along with two other watches). I like it much better now! The engine is a bog standard ETA 2824-2, so it's an OK timekeeper. Mine's settled to around 9 sec per day. Compare that to the 1-2 sec per day from my Explorer (and most every other Rolex I've owned for that matter). Anyway, I really enjoy this watch. I love the classic look. Today, it's on a nice Di-Modell leather strap, but I often wear it on a NATO or Rhino strap. I've ordered a blasted Watchadoo "lumpy" bracelet for it too. Tough to beat for £345. Next week will be my go with a PRS-18Q as part of the European pass around club. We all chipped in £10 to buy the watch and at the end, one of us will win it. Good cheap fun! Cheers, Bruce

3 November 2006, 11:33 PM	#2
Otis "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2006 Real Name: Urs Location: QLD AU Watch: Omega x 2 Posts: 2,046	Nice one there Bruce. You can't argue with that as a sold, reliable watch. And it does remind me of the old SM300, so you can't get much of a better looks pedigree! Blasted finish looks good too, how does it hold up over time? __________________ Rock the Casbah!

4 November 2006, 12:00 AM	#6
Otis "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2006 Real Name: Urs Location: QLD AU Watch: Omega x 2 Posts: 2,046	I was just thinking that there's something different about the BM, and I like it! Very stealth. Yeah, in the little travelling that I've done, the farmers were the most friendly, welcoming people of them all. Friends of my parents bought an old farmhouse in rural france, renovated it and live there with several dogs, horses and an old parrot named Boris. Their neighbours were so open to us foreigners, it really blew me away. __________________ Rock the Casbah!

4 November 2006, 01:13 AM	#8
padi56 "TRF" Life Patron Join Date: Jun 2005 Real Name: Peter Location: Llanfairpwllgwyng Watch: ing you. Posts: 53,062	Could not agree more Bruce old Eddie from Timefactors has made some quite remakable good value watches for the money.And with a bit of regulation that ETA could easily match the Explorer, in the time keeping department __________________ ICom Pro3 All posts are my own opinion and my opinion only. "The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power to tell just when the hands will stop. Now is the only time you actually own the time, Place no faith in time, for the clock may soon be still for ever." Good Judgement comes from experience,experience comes from Bad Judgement,.Buy quality, cry once; buy cheap, cry again and again. www.mc0yad.club Second in command CEO and left handed watch winder

4 November 2006, 03:17 AM	#9
JJ Irani Fondly Remembered Join Date: May 2005 Real Name: JJ Location: Auckland, NZ Watch: ALL SOLD!! Posts: 74,319	Nice rugged looking watch, Bruce!!! I'm glad you're enjoying it!! __________________ Words fail me in expressing my utmost thanks to ALL of you for this wonderful support during my hour of need!! I firmly believe that my time on planet earth is NOT yet up!! I shall fight this to the very end.......and WIN!!

3 November 2006, 11:51 PM	#5
BruceS "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Sir Daft Location: Cornwall, UK Watch: Too many Posts: 2,464	It looks pretty good IMO Otis! Here are the three after they came home Notice on the BM how he took the black fill off the bezel numbers (with my approval). Makes it look entirely different. I saw of pic of another one he did where he filled the bezel numbers with Superluminova. Now that was cool You're right about the people Otis. You don't see a lot of blingy bling down here, and there are people with a LOT of money, although the majority are much more poor than the rest of England. But, when you consider that a lot of the money is with farmers, you understand why bling just isn't down here. Cheers, Bruce

4 November 2006, 12:09 AM	#7
BruceS "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Sir Daft Location: Cornwall, UK Watch: Too many Posts: 2,464	When I was a kid and we lived in El Paso Texas, I used to hang out on a horse farm/ranch. The guy who owned it drove an old beat up pick up and was a typical cowboy. You would never know how rich he was, except for his wife, always dressed up and driving a big ol Caddy The wealthiest people I've ever known were the least likely to show it, and most have been farmers/ranchers.

4 November 2006, 08:14 PM	#11
mailman TRF Moderator & SubLV41 2024 Patron Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: . Watch: 126610LN Posts: 35,510	Very nice watch Bruce. It does remind me of a SM 300, but probably at a fraction of the cost I also like what you did with the monster. It gives it a totally different look. I would love to see a pic of the one woth the luminous numbers on the bezel. I love my monster __________________ JJ

5 November 2006, 02:02 AM	#19
astcell "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Real Name: Robert Location: Angelus Oaks, CA Watch: 116713 Posts: 6,828	I do not know those forums (I only go here!). Can you send me a link if you happen across one?

5 November 2006, 02:09 AM	#20
BruceS "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Sir Daft Location: Cornwall, UK Watch: Too many Posts: 2,464	Sure: watchuseek.com and timefactors.com. On Timefactors, just click on forum and that'll put you in there. Then you can puruse the sales forums at your leisure. Cheers, Bruce

5 November 2006, 02:17 AM	#21
BruceS "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Sir Daft Location: Cornwall, UK Watch: Too many Posts: 2,464	Damn!! This is the last one to come up on TZ-UK. The guy was asking 1800 euros for it. That's about $2286! Don't know if he sold it or not. Cheers, Bruce

5 November 2006, 02:24 AM	#22
astcell "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Real Name: Robert Location: Angelus Oaks, CA Watch: 116713 Posts: 6,828	That's $1000 less than the one on ebay.

5 November 2006, 02:26 AM	#23
BruceS "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Sir Daft Location: Cornwall, UK Watch: Too many Posts: 2,464	Woops I forgot the link http://www.tz-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22207

5 November 2006, 02:59 AM	#24
astcell "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Real Name: Robert Location: Angelus Oaks, CA Watch: 116713 Posts: 6,828	Well I found five for sale so far...not as hard to get as I thought. I guess I can get all of them and start a demand and make big bucks -- that would be illegal if these were stocks! But they are not.

5 November 2006, 03:20 AM	#25
BruceS "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Real Name: Sir Daft Location: Cornwall, UK Watch: Too many Posts: 2,464	LOL go for it!

5 November 2006, 03:28 AM	#26
astcell "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Real Name: Robert Location: Angelus Oaks, CA Watch: 116713 Posts: 6,828	I was also debating buying a lot of fake Rolexes in real boxes and mailing them to JJ's co-workers as an anonymous Christmas gift... nah, better not.

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