Watchlords

I just got this in trade from a local watch friend and I must say I am very impressed with this 8L35 driven watch. It's the 55th Anniversary Prospex.

The watch has a lovely blue dial and light blue second hand, complete with a box sapphire crystal and adds a nice vintage feel to the watch.

the lume is standard Seiko brightness and at 39.5mm the watch is the perfect size for me.

Love the 8L35. What did you trade it for?

That is indeed a nice watch. Lucky man to have a fine watch friend.

jason_recliner wrote: ↑

March 24th 2022, 9:32pm

Love the 8L35. What did you trade it for?

It is great, I traded my Speedmaster pro 3861 for this, a Doxa Sub 300 COSC, a Casio titanium Trantrixxi model and an Arctic Marathon SAR, he also threw in a leather watch roll and extra straps, over 10 grand worth of stuff so I came out ahead. he is suffering watch burnout and wanted one grail watch rather than a few watches. He lives quite close to me as well.

We both suffer anxiety and he has just had another kid and borrowed money for renovations. He wants to reduce his collection and I am figuring out what I want to do, but I now have more time to enjoy the hobby.

I will share my new acquisitions over the next few days. Now that I have retired I don't have a huge watch budget so a good trade works for me.

koimaster wrote: ↑

March 24th 2022, 11:16pm

That is indeed a nice watch. Lucky man to have a fine watch friend.

Thanks so much. Its cased in something that Seiko calls ever bright steel, which I believe is 904L steel so this is more like a Rolex than ever.

Many a Watch God raise their ale filled gourds in salute to your fine a$$ pick up...they all give it 2 spears up!!..

Love the vintage vibe it has.

Thunder1 wrote: ↑

March 25th 2022, 5:06am

Many a Watch God raise their ale filled gourds in salute to your fine a$$ pick up...they all give it 2 spears up!!..

I will also raise my ale filled gourd to thank the watch gods. Me thanks thou for thy comments.

codguy wrote: ↑

March 25th 2022, 5:36am

Love the vintage vibe it has.

Thanks that it has, I feel like Robert Shaw in the Deep.

Pete, did you get the new MR-G square in that trade?

That's a nice one, Petey. It gives me a boner.

Nice haul!

That's a keeper fer sure! We both operate a camera about the same too...

Nice catch.

jason_recliner wrote: ↑

March 25th 2022, 6:50pm

Pete, did you get the new MR-G square in that trade?

Close Toby, the Casio G-Shock GMW-5000TR-9 TranTixxi is a hardened polished titanium finish with multi-coloured titanium case and bracelet links.

Its close to the MRG, but a limited edition with sapphire crystal.

conjurer wrote: ↑

March 25th 2022, 7:08pm

That's a nice one, Petey. It gives me a boner.

Thanks John

Racer-X wrote: ↑

March 25th 2022, 10:18pm

Nice haul!

Thank you, I'm very happy

Bigjimzlll wrote: ↑

March 25th 2022, 11:01pm

That's a keeper fer sure! We both operate a camera about the same too...

Thanks, you think the iPhone would take better pics, must be my shaky hands

3Flushes wrote: ↑

March 26th 2022, 2:51am

Nice catch.

Thank you

Pete26 wrote: ↑

March 26th 2022, 6:05pm

Bigjimzlll wrote: ↑

March 25th 2022, 11:01pm

That's a keeper fer sure! We both operate a camera about the same too...

Thanks, you think the iPhone would take better pics, must be my shaky hands

Don’t worry about your pictures, mine suck so bad. The harder I try the worse they look.
Good negotiations with that haul.

svaglic wrote: ↑

March 26th 2022, 6:19pm

Pete26 wrote: ↑

March 26th 2022, 6:05pm

Bigjimzlll wrote: ↑

March 25th 2022, 11:01pm

That's a keeper fer sure! We both operate a camera about the same too...

Thanks, you think the iPhone would take better pics, must be my shaky hands

Don’t worry about your pictures, mine suck so bad. The harder I try the worse they look.
Good negotiations with that haul.

Thank you, that makes me feel better.

Pete26 wrote: ↑

March 26th 2022, 6:02pm

jason_recliner wrote: ↑

March 25th 2022, 6:50pm

Pete, did you get the new MR-G square in that trade?

Close Toby, the Casio G-Shock GMW-5000TR-9 TranTixxi is a hardened polished titanium finish with multi-coloured titanium case and bracelet links.

Its close to the MRG, but a limited edition with sapphire crystal.

Oh! Gosh, that is a bold bracelet!

jason_recliner wrote: ↑

March 26th 2022, 9:07pm

Pete26 wrote: ↑

March 26th 2022, 6:02pm

jason_recliner wrote: ↑

March 25th 2022, 6:50pm

Pete, did you get the new MR-G square in that trade?

Close Toby, the Casio G-Shock GMW-5000TR-9 TranTixxi is a hardened polished titanium finish with multi-coloured titanium case and bracelet links.

Its close to the MRG, but a limited edition with sapphire crystal.

Oh! Gosh, that is a bold bracelet!

Its definitely bling

Congratulations on your retirement! This stage of your collecting is entering a different phase? “It beats workin’!”

That seems like a great trade between two conscientious enthusiasts. Really, as you know, you want whatever is in your send-off to be going to a good custodian. Rather than a damn flipper.

On that Seiko - DAMN! Love the blue. And the waffle band completes the vintage vibe…. While that glow of the sapphire hints of more modern engineering.

In be-wheeled terms: it looks like a {Nissan JDM} ‘Skyline’, while powered by ‘GTR’ hardware!

Nuvolari APPROVES!

Pete26 wrote: ↑

March 26th 2022, 6:02pm

Pete, God loves Titanium Square Gs ------- and favors those that wear them.

It is true. I heard those spoken words in the middle of the night about three weeks ago.