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Cloaca
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Apr 29, 2018
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Cloaca
1906
Apr 29, 2018
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Daisy_CutterI'm 90 percent serious. I do want a true beater, a watch that I feel no inhibitions about beating up. Of course I could just buy a no brand quartz watch for $10. But when I think of that I realize that I want a stylish, cool beater. When I start to think more about it, I realize that I would not want to wreak or damage my cool beater, so it would not serve its purpose. Also it gets me into idiotic situations like watching auction sites for nicely scratched watches, and seeing them get bid up to $50 or more.
Buying an inexpensive but not that inexpensive watch and then, before even using it, deliberating scratching it up would give me my cool beater while at the same time inoculating me against any second thoughts about really wearing it hard and bashing it around. And the process of distressing the watch would be creative and fun.
I'm looking right now at the Jomashop site. An Invicta Mako Pro Diver Automatic 40 mm Rolexy homage is only $84.99, plus shipping. Mineral glass, usually a deal breaker, but that is better for what I'm thinking. And automatic, so even if water got in it, it would probably run for a year or so before it seized up.
Now all I need to do is price a rock tumbler: Only $50, up to about $220, on Amazon. Hmmm.
I think I would start with larger rocks instead of sand or grit. I don't want to smooth the watch down, I want to scratch it up. But the right mixtures and times would have to be worked out empirically. I'm thinking that I should probably tumble the watch case and the bracelet separately. And maybe I should tape up the crystal and only expose that after the case is almost to where I want it.
I just thought of a possible problem: Putting an automatic watch in a rock tumbler for a day would be like putting it on a winder for 100 years. The movement would likely be destroyed.
Buying an inexpensive but not that inexpensive watch and then, before even using it, deliberating scratching it up would give me my cool beater while at the same time inoculating me against any second thoughts about really wearing it hard and bashing it around. And the process of distressing the watch would be creative and fun.
I'm looking right now at the Jomashop site. An Invicta Mako Pro Diver Automatic 40 mm Rolexy homage is only $84.99, plus shipping. Mineral glass, usually a deal breaker, but that is better for what I'm thinking. And automatic, so even if water got in it, it would probably run for a year or so before it seized up.
Now all I need to do is price a rock tumbler: Only $50, up to about $220, on Amazon. Hmmm.
I think I would start with larger rocks instead of sand or grit. I don't want to smooth the watch down, I want to scratch it up. But the right mixtures and times would have to be worked out empirically. I'm thinking that I should probably tumble the watch case and the bracelet separately. And maybe I should tape up the crystal and only expose that after the case is almost to where I want it.
I just thought of a possible problem: Putting an automatic watch in a rock tumbler for a day would be like putting it on a winder for 100 years. The movement would likely be destroyed.
Daisy_Cutter
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Apr 30, 2018
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CloacaOK I see where you're coming from. Here are a few thoughts:
- I'm not sure a rock tumbler would work out so well even if you taped up the crystal, because it seems like there'd be a good chance the crystal would crack or shatter. Maybe sandblasting might work better?
- I don't think any mechanical watch can be a true, no-inhibitions beater. All it takes is a good strike against concrete or rock and that's it for the crystal and/or movement. My ultimate beater is a G-Shock Rangeman. I have my eyes on the new GPS G-Shocks.
- If it must be a mechanical, what about a Seiko 5? They're cheap, and the 7s26 movement is known to be robust.
- The other approach is to get something that's built to be really tough and scratch-resistant. I've been wearing a Damasko DC66si with Damest coating for 2 years and it's gotten its fair share of knocks against hard surfaces and corners. Only damage so far is light scratching of the external AR coating, but otherwise not a mark. This applies to the coated buckle too.
- I'm not sure a rock tumbler would work out so well even if you taped up the crystal, because it seems like there'd be a good chance the crystal would crack or shatter. Maybe sandblasting might work better?
- I don't think any mechanical watch can be a true, no-inhibitions beater. All it takes is a good strike against concrete or rock and that's it for the crystal and/or movement. My ultimate beater is a G-Shock Rangeman. I have my eyes on the new GPS G-Shocks.
- If it must be a mechanical, what about a Seiko 5? They're cheap, and the 7s26 movement is known to be robust.
- The other approach is to get something that's built to be really tough and scratch-resistant. I've been wearing a Damasko DC66si with Damest coating for 2 years and it's gotten its fair share of knocks against hard surfaces and corners. Only damage so far is light scratching of the external AR coating, but otherwise not a mark. This applies to the coated buckle too.
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This could be the next bit thing in the watch world after bronze and brass force patinas!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkpdCrp-zMw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOT375x8t4E
This is going too far:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8sxwK2pJI4