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Time for a part V, since the part IV has hit >500 pages, with 10,050 posts made to be exact... And going back to the basic: Let this thread be for all things related to watches, except advertisement! There is no better time to start this new thread, since BASELWORLD 2019 will be officially opened today and last till 26 March 2019. Rolex GMT-Master II Ref. 126719 BLRO With Meteorite Dial In White Gold Sea-Dweller In Two-Tone 'Rolesor' Steel And Yellow Gold Ref. 126603 GMT-Master II Ref. 126710 BLNR Tudor Black Bay Chronograph Steel & Gold Ref. 79363N Black Bay P01 Ref. M70150-0001

This. This watch dial is the reason I started on this particular watch build... It all began when I came across someone's build that utilised the same dial - prior to this, I did not even know of the existence of a Walter Wolf Racing branded watch or dial. If you don't have any idea who or what Walter Wolf Racing is, here's an excerpt from Wikipedia: "Walter Wolf Racing was a Formula One constructor active from 1977 to 1979, which won the first race the team entered. It was owned and run by Canadian Walter Wolf. The team was based in Reading, UK but raced with the Canadian licence." Okay, to be honest, I don't really know much about the team either, all I knew was that its colours look great, I've seen F1 cars with its livery online, and that there was an RG400 Walter Wolf by Suzuki. Eitherway, I decided that this would make for the perfect piece to work around to create a motorsports-inspired driving watch! As you can see, the dial that I've gotten came from this Citizen watch, which was part of a special release of Walter Wolf Racing co-branded line of watches. And for some reason, the dial was available on eBay, and although it costs quite a pretty penny, I decided to go for it! While I could have went with a typical NH36 movement, this was a plain dial build without any date, hence the NH36 movement with a date complication would have resulted in a 'ghost position' for the quickset date adjustment. To circumvent this issue, and for that fancy black plating, I opted for the skeletonised NH72A, and on top of that, I ordered some blued screws to dress the movement up a little (the watch's gonna have a display caseback!) As the dial is of a smaller diameter than standard Seiko ones, I had to make it work somehow, and fill the gap on the outside. To achieve that, I decided to get a minute track meant for skeleton dial builds, and to combine it with the Citizen Walter Wolf Racing dial. For the hands, I wanted something that would fit the instrument panel of a race car, and hence the simple red second hand that is inspired by racing tachometers. The completed "heart" of the watch! With the intention of it as a driving watch, I opted for a simple slim case. And by now you should have noticed the weird orientation of the dial, and the crown. You see, without a date window, I have the freedom to play around with the clocking of the dial (and the entire movement essentially). I've chose to have the crown on the left side so that it doesn't dig into my wrist (I'll be wearing the watch on my left hand), as for the dial position... Pictured here is a driving watch from Vacheron Constantin, very expensive stuff, but hey, that isn't the point. Now, looking at this image, you can probably already understand the reason for the dial's position - it is so that the face remains upright when you are holding a steering wheel, or when you are riding a bike. So there we have it! A 1 of 1 motorsport inspired driving watch that I built myself! Here's a shot of the display caseback, showing off the movement in its full glory - Zhi Xuan

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As everyone knows, Singapore and Malaysia are currently experiencing a prolonged dry spell. While everyone is talking about saving water, the heat, the brown grass and the Malaysians are worrying about water rationing, I feel that everyone needs to be reminded of the dangers we will face once it does rain. Most of us will remember that the roads are most slippery when it just begins to rain as the accumulated oils/grease/grime that has settled into the asphalt will start to get dislodged and start to rise up to the surface. After 10-15 minutes of rain this tends to get washed off, especially in heavy rain. At some junctions that see a lot of heavy vehicle traffic, you might even see a rainbow sheen of oil on the road surface when it starts to rain (or if some truck has a leaky diesel tank/fuel line/hydraulic lines/grease boots/etc etc). Although this is not new information, we are used to dealing with roads that are "flushed" on a regular basis (sometimes daily) due to our tropical weather. When we finally do get rain, please keep in mind that you will be driving on roads that will not have been "flushed" for weeks. As such we can expect a lot more accumulated oil being released and more slippery roads, possibly for a longer time as well. As such I would like to remind all road users (drivers/motorcyclists/cyclists) to be extra careful if you are on the roads when we finally do get some rain. If possible it might be wiser to stop for awhile because all the fancy tires, traction control systems, awd, abs, etc etc are not going to help you if you hit a big patch of oil. Hopefully we get rain soon and that the first rainfall will be a prolonged and heavy one over the entire island to give our roads a good flushing.

Hi I need to repair my watch and looking for professional in Clementi and Jurong East area. Anyone to recommend? Ronald

Guys. . . Wanna tempted to buy this watches and still can make up my decision. wanna check with anyone here own this watch? And wanna gather some feedbacks before committing. Some picture i got it from Hodinkee. What do you guys think? (:

https://mothership.sg/2020/07/g-shock-imm-closing/ The G-Shock store at IMM mall in Jurong will be closing down. According to staff in charge of the IMM outlet, selected items are on sale at up to 50 per cent off. A further 10 per cent discount will be applied for customers who purchase two sale items, and the discount is increased to 20 per cent for those who purchase three or more sale items. CASIO G-Shock announced on its Facebook page that the last day of operations for its IMM store would be on August 4, Saturday. The announcement directed customers to visit its other store in Jurong, located at Jem. Here's the announcement: time for me to get a new watch since mine broke

OK, this is not just about any luxury watch, but a rare one which has unique features not found in any similar product. All watch lover / collector / critic, let me have you thought. Jacob & Co. Launch New Bugatti Chiron Tourbillon, Sporting a 16-Cylinder Engine Jacob & Co. have just debuted a new watch that actually adds some horsepower to your wrist. The new Bugatti Chiron Tourbillon features a 16-cylinder “engine” that actually turns, prompting the 16 pistons to move up and down just like an engine. It even has two turbochargers that rest on either side of the engine block spin when the engine is running. The entire movement of this watch consists of 578 components, making it an incredibly complicated watch. Although, you really didn’t need to know that in order to figure out this is a complex piece of art. It actually took Jacob & Co. just about a full year to develop this watch and its complex movement. Check out the video below form Jacob & Co. where you can learn all about the watch. This is a watch that any Bugatti Chiron owner should add to their collection.

Unfortunately, my house no cable TV. Wondering where I can sneak out to watch tomorrow's match?

just a facebook post i saw and thought itl be good to share here for those with elderly parents n never knew abt this function cos i dont. i dont have an apple watch too becos im using android. it might be useful for those with elderly parents. track their location?? setup the hard fall detection. now my question is the watch is badly damaged on the face hence it can detect a hard fall but when if the person falls and hit the head without damaging the watch can it still detect? this is still an interesting device to have. always thought it was way too overpriced. there are some cheap smart watches in the market but mayb not withthe same capabilities as the apple watch apple fall detection If Apple Watch Series 4 or later detects a hard fall while you're wearing your watch, it taps you on the wrist, sounds an alarm, and displays an alert. You can choose to contact emergency services or dismiss the alert by pressing the Digital Crown, tapping Close in the upper-left corner, or tapping "I'm OK." If your Apple Watch detects that you're moving, it waits for you to respond to the alert and won't automatically call emergency services. If your watch detects that you have been immobile for about a minute, it will make the call automatically. After the call ends, your watch sends a message to your emergency contacts with your location letting them know that your watch detected a hard fall and dialed emergency services. Your watch gets your emergency contacts from your Medical ID. Some countries and regions have multiple emergency service numbers. For these countries, Apple Watch will call the number associated with ambulance services. What happens if your Apple Watch detects that you're immobile If your Apple Watch detects that you're immobile for about a minute, it begins a 30-second countdown, while tapping you on the wrist and sounding an alert. The alert gets louder, so that you or someone nearby can hear it. If you don't want to call emergency services, tap Cancel. When the countdown ends, your Apple Watch automatically contacts emergency services. When the call connects, your Apple Watch plays an audio message that informs emergency services that your Apple Watch detected a hard fall and then it shares your current location as latitude and longitude coordinates. The first time the message plays, the audio is at full volume, but then the volume is reduced so that you, or someone nearby, can talk to the responder. The message continues to play until you tap Stop Recorded Message or the call ends. Turn fall detection on or off Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, then tap the My Watch tab. Tap Emergency SOS. Turn Fall Detection on or off. If you've entered your age when you set up your Apple Watch or in the Health app and you're age 65 and over, this feature automatically turns on. Apple Watch cannot detect all falls. The more physically active you are, the more likely you are to trigger fall detection due to high impact activity that can appear to be a fall. Set up your Medical ID and add emergency contacts Open Settings on your iPhone, then tap Health > Medical ID. Tap Edit. Enter your date of birth and other health information. To add an emergency contact, tap the add button under emergency contacts. Tap a contact, then add their relationship. To remove an emergency contact, tap the remove button next to the contact, then tap Delete. To make your Medical ID available from the Lock screen, turn on Show When Locked. In an emergency, this gives information to people who want to help. Tap Done. You can't set emergency services as an emergency contact. other advantages of having an apple watch - fitness tracker - easier to find iphone, tap a button and get a "ping" sound even if your phone set to silent - customise list of things to notify you about. Phone set to new mail notifications. Watch customise to new mail from people on my VIP list-your wife, family). So if your phone makes noise and you're not not very busy you can take a look. but if your watch bings, you have to look even if you are busy. - you dont have to constantly be carrying your phone. keep inside bag dont need take out. noisy environment dont need worry cannot hear cos your watch will tap you. - great to take on runs. dont need to bring phone - a lot of info on such small face. can see weather temp, date, time and notifications - great for quick at a glance notifications. esp while in a meeting

2018 was marked by sequels which helped keep the movie industry in the black. Without them, things will be more bleak? What will you watch? For me, I have lined up: - Avengers Infinity War II - Captain Marvel There will be more, but I like the big blockbusters when I visit the cinemas... How about you?

How do you guys watch football singapore? In UK got many subscribers but here in sg everything is so hard due to expensive prices Anybody know how to watch? Apart from subscribing to Singtel's expensive packages at like 60+ dollars a month watching only like 1 or 2 times per week, anyone got better Lobang? Saw eleven sports pass but only got FA cup and serie A no app and Laliga The problem is singtel holds rights for epl, starhub has beinsport for Laliga How?

My laptop has a mini display port and a USB port. My TV has three HDMI ports all in use and a few USB 2 and a USB 3 port. Any way I can watch stuff from my laptop on my Smart TV? My missus wants to watch a Chinese TV series - The story of Yanxi Palace - which she can get on the laptop but would be better watched on the Smart TV.

For sharing pics of chio atheletes at the London Orlimpigs Sad to say I have yet to spot any chio atheletes till now . Watched the gymnasts, divers and ping pongers but nothing good so far.

Today, I learnt that it is imperative we check the battery that is sold to us when we have the battery of our precious watches replaced. Out of convenience, Wifey had the battery for her Omega watch changed less than six months ago at White Sands SC, which cost her $25. Over the weekend, the watch died on her. Our first thought was that an inferior battery was used. But our main worry was that the malfunction could be due to faulty mechanism. To allay our worries, we brought it to a watch shop in Loyang Point. I trust the proprietor because my Tag Heuer's battery was replaced by him more than a year ago and the watch is still working fine. It was at the shop I learnt something disturbing. The guy removed the battery and showed me that it had leaked, staining part of the internal component. He said he would try his best to remove the leakage from the watch, hoping that the acid had not corroded the mechanism. Much to our relief, he was able to get the watch working again with a new battery. Phew! It seemed that the watch shop at White Sands is not the only unethical shop. I learnt from him that some watch shops in Tampines Central charge customers for a premium battery when the actual battery is of Japan origin, which typically cost only $5. Some are even more unscrupulous, to the extent of using those made in China. I wonder how prevalent is this practice in Singapore. So, it pays to be cynical sometimes. Where our watches are concerned, we should inspect the battery before it is inserted into our beloved watches.

Hey MCF members, MyCarForum (MCF) and Breitling are inviting 30 MCF members to a night of fun-filled activities and to experience Breitling watches. The event will be held on Thursday, 23th April 2015, at the Breitling boutique store from 7.00pm till late. Highlights of the event: - An opportunity to hear from Breitling watchmaker about the exquisite watchmaking of Breitling Watch. - Q&A with Breitling watchmaker - ask the guru any watch questions that you may have. - Receive a Breitling goodie bag worth more than $40! - Receive MCF Cash card worth $20! ($10 value in the card) Brief itinerary of the event: 7:00pm 7:30pm: Registration starts 7:30pm - 7:35pm: Opening of event, short presentation (From MCF team) 7:35pm - 7:40pm: Breitling brands talk 7:40pm - 8:00pm: Breitling watchmaker sharing the experience and the exquisite workmanship of Breitling watches. 8:30pm - Lucky Draw and Group photos Requirements: - Must be a MCF Member - Have passion about watches Register your interest by 18 April 2015. Successful registrants will be notified by email/PM Registration Fee: $15 per pax MCF Hangout with Breitling Appreciate the intrinsic beauty of watch craftsmanship as MCF Hangout holds its first watch workshop with Breitling. Learn about the art of precision timekeeping as the watchmaker guides you through the technologies behind Swiss watchmaking and takes you through a aviation-inspired journey with the Cockpit B50 a watch that represents the ultimate pilots instrument. Also, be charmed by the charismatic mechanical movements of Breitlings first in-house developed engine. In fact, the marque is one of the last remaining independent Swiss watchmakers that still produces its own mechanical chronograph movement. The established watchmaker also offers a whole range of mechanical chronograph movements entirely developed and produced in-house. Join us at the upcoming MCF Hangout with Breitling held at the Breitling Boutique Singapore. Slots are limited and RSVP is a must for this very exclusive event. *Registration of Interest - We will select 30 members to go for the event, make sure all your details in your personal profile are correct. We will use the contact information there. - Once you have submitted the details, in 7 working days we will PM/email you if you're selected or not for the event - If you're selected, you're required to pay the registration fee, else the slot will be given to the next person - We will not refund if there's no show

Hi Bro, Thinking of buying either Rolex (Explorer II) or Panerai (Basic manual Winding). Which one is better or re-sale value if next time want to sell it. Please comments. Thanks

Ok Now who is gonna take the leap For me, it is a no brainer. I believe it would be coupled sometime with BP monitoring and that would be good considering my condition. Other things are analytics of my tennis game/progress etc. Maybe not immediately, but as and when the system stabilises and matures! http://youtu.be/ktujsc4ZUTo

would like to hear review and feedback on GPS running watch for brudders whom are using here. Garmin, suunto, polar, nike etc? for myself mainly is for running to use it as a personal pacer to see my min/km and distance I am looking at Suunto Ambit 2S but not in SG yet, dunno when will arrive thus want to keep an open mind at others brand

Any recommendation for servicing a vintage 60s omega watch?

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Saw this promotion at west mall today. The watch is a Kenneth Cole brand watch with chronograph function. 8 Years membership only for $138. Anyone feels its a good deal to join just to get the free watch?

Hi all i was searching for good deal for the MRG 770BD. Its a cheaper alternative to the MRG G1000. This is the watch on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8i9Wh8_O1A And it also looks like this in other ebay adverts. But i came across this ebay ad and really wonder if its the same watch, or whether its some cheap replica being passed on as a authentic MRG: http://www.ebay.com.sg/itm/331608525535?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT This ebay "MRG" looks hideous and nothing like the versions on youtube or on other ebay ads and pics. Is it just me or do the other bros here also feel the same way? Thanks for your comments. And pls also let me have your recommendations on this watch and where i can get a local source for purchase? thanks

New rule wef 14 April '13, overlimit fee of $40 will be imposed if the total o/s balance exceeds the credit limit at any time. Saw this in the "Specially for you" page which people normally don't read/pay attention to.

Hi anyone got tickets to this coming weekend Star awards 2016 part one? Where do people get them? I can't find any info on the web, it would be awesome if you guys have spare tickets lying around. I don't mind paying a token sum of $50 and collect at your convenience! :) Or are there any official channels to get the tickets from?