Random musings and general banter.

[PhædrusR]

ONLY WATCHES COSTING THOUSANDS OF POUNDS HAVE DAY WINDOWS LIKE THIS DUCHUMP…Yes, Waltina, of course…

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Yes, very expensive ones only:

GENOA TIME V2 Japanese Movement White Dial Gold Plated 3ATM WR Watch with Stainless Steel Strap - 7801845 - TJC

GENOA TIME V2 Japanese Movement White Dial Gold Plated 3ATM WR Watch with Stainless Steel Strap - 7801845 - TJC

www.tjc.co.uk

The full width day display one at £19.99 is out of stock:

GENOA TIME Day Date 3ATM WR Blue Dial Watch - 7714941 - TJC

GENOA TIME Day Date 3ATM WR Blue Dial Watch - 7714941 - TJC

www.tjc.co.uk

 

[Hammy60]

BTW The Trenton watches tonight are just more Chinese watches from a regurgitated brand name, brought to us by Zeon Ltd, wholesaler & retailer of clocks and watches who are part of Herald Holdings Hong Kong.

 

[Duke of Cheese]

I doubt they’ve sold a box, let alone a watch this hour.

You are welcome to shop at the Duchump website, she helpfully informs us. You know…the one where all the watches are sold out.

 

[Professor Branestawm]

ONLY WATCHES COSTING THOUSANDS OF POUNDS HAVE DAY WINDOWS LIKE THIS DUCHUMP…Yes, Waltina, of course…

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Spot on, Duke.

Tissot were selling one of their automatic T-Classics with the ETA 2836-2 mechanism (basically a 2824-2 with a day window as well as date) for £475 a couple of years ago at WoS and Goldsmiths. Hamilton have similar variants as well.
It really, really annoys me when IW make claims like this that they either know to be untrue or even just lies, because they could very easily find out the truth with just the tiniest research.
My T-Classic is below.
Hammy and I also have some Visodates that are day-date, but with the day abbreviated and at the three-o’clock position. They retail for about £600 or so.
IW must know all of this, yet are prepared to tell their customers that Swiss mechanisms like this cost thousands.
Whilst as Duke shows us, you can get them - not Swiss made - for just above a hundred.
It’s maddening!

Incidentally, duke, that Timex face is a beautiful colour. Do you own it, or is it a stock photo?

 

[Hammy60]

ONLY WATCHES COSTING THOUSANDS OF POUNDS HAVE DAY WINDOWS LIKE THIS DUCHUMP…Yes, Waltina, of course…

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Of course she'll argue that they're quartz watches and not automatic, but even then you can find ETA Day/Date equivalent movement in Tissot, Hamilton & Certina watches, all below a thousand, My Hamilton Kahki King cost me £395.
Now you can find the ETA 2834 and Sellita SW240 (Audace) movement in watches costing over a thousand, both Montblanc & Muhle Glashutte RRPing approx £2500 (which is below Duchamp's RRP) have movements using the SW 240 as a base, although they've been modified/customised as against Duchamp which is just a standard SW240 slapped straight into a case.

Oops Prof beat me too it.

 

[Duke of Cheese]

He’s had 50 emails today from customers… [email protected]

 

[Duke of Cheese]

Spot on, Duke.

Tissot were selling one of their automatic T-Classics with the ETA 2836-2 mechanism (basically a 2824-2 with a day window as well as date) for £475 a couple of years ago at WoS and Goldsmiths. Hamilton have similar variants as well.
It really, really annoys me when IW make claims like this that they either know to be untrue or even just lies, because they could very easily find out the truth with just the tiniest research.
My T-Classic is below.
Hammy and I also have some Visodates that are day-date, but with the day abbreviated and at the three-o’clock position. They retail for about £600 or so.
IW must know all of this, yet are prepared to tell their customers that Swiss mechanisms like this cost thousands.
Whilst as Duke shows us, you can get them - not Swiss made - for just above a hundred.
It’s maddening!

Incidentally, duke, that Timex face is a beautiful colour. Do you own it, or is it a stock photo?

Online retail photo, Professor..

 

[Professor Branestawm]

Oops Prof beat me too it.

Now that doesn’t happen often!

 

[Duke of Cheese]

Oh it’s that really expensive £10 quid make-up. Looks like a sample of something you got free, stuck to the front cover of Bunty…

He really stopped the banter clock in about 1982. So many caricature throwbacks of the very worst type on this channel. Nah…this tart I dated wiv a millionaire movver…I brung her a box of Milk Tray and a jeroboam of Asti, and I said…’Ere yar, Tart, nah get your thrupenny bits ahrt…

Mother-in-Law gags now…God help us…

 

[Jazzydrury]

No kiddies yet, and dad bought loads of sweets, ooh well more tor me

 

[galesgal57]

How on earth does this channel survive? Same old dross day after day, batteries, magnifying glasses, blankets. Karaoke machine later, it's about time they brought some different products to air. Even the Christmas tree looks crappy compared to TJC's.

 

[PhædrusR]

Of course she'll argue that they're quartz watches and not automatic, but even then you can find ETA Day/Date equivalent movement in Tissot, Hamilton & Certina watches, all below a thousand, My Hamilton Kahki King cost me £395.
Now you can find the ETA 2834 and Sellita SW240 (Audace) movement in watches costing over a thousand, both Montblanc & Muhle Glashutte RRPing approx £2500 (which is below Duchamp's RRP) have movements using the SW 240 as a base, although they've been modified/customised as against Duchamp which is just a standard SW240 slapped straight into a case.

Oops Prof beat me too it.

Cheapest new automatic day/date non-swiss I could find:

Pagani Design PD-1752 Day-Date 36MM 100M Waterproof Seagull ST16 Automatic Mechanical Watch Sapphire Crystal AR Coating luminous Business Watch

Brand Name: Pagani Design Watch Model Number: Pagani Design PD-1752 Style: Fashion & Casual Watch, Business Watch Feature: Water Resistant Feature: Week Display Feature: Diver Feature: Complete Calendar Feature: Shock Resistant Feature: Auto Date Feature: Luminous Water Resistance Depth: 10Bar...

www.paganidesignwatch.com

P.S. @Hammy60 @Professor Branestawm
Watch repair advice please: I bought a very cheap (under £15) chinese automatic movement watch from TJC. The winding rotor doesn't move freely, it's not loose, and only moves or drops down if I shake it. Is this faulty, or as expected, does it need loosening inside the case?
The crown manual winding and spring are fine. Is it fixable or should I put up with it. Not worth returning, tbh.

 

[Scraping the barrel]

I see ‘Trevor from the Cotswolds ‘ has texted Mike (yet again)…has he teamed up with Muriel?

Not a direct comparison

 

[PhædrusR]

How on earth does this channel survive? Same old dross day after day, batteries, magnifying glasses, blankets. Karaoke machine later, it's about time they brought some different products to air. Even the Christmas tree looks crappy compared to TJC's.

I wonder if IW3 is yet profitable or TJC is supporting it until it breaks even, gets a consumer and customer base, reliable sales and becomes profitable, if not already.

Having said that I was watching things like candles sell out within minutes, so possibly it survives on "pile 'em high and sell it cheap' strategy. (Attributed to John Cohen, Tesco founder apparently).

Although IW not that cheap so taking an increased profit margin too.

The TV overheads must be prohibitive but the web site sells too without needing TV channel.

 

[Scraping the barrel]

Good God Mike,that ego of yours is so..dunno..irritating?

I have heard that NASA have plans to land a man on Mikes ego

 

[Herring]

Oh it’s that really expensive £10 quid make-up. Looks like a sample of something you got free, stuck to the front cover of Bunty…

He really stopped the banter clock in about 1982. So many caricature throwbacks of the very worst type on this channel. Nah…this tart I dated wiv a millionaire movver…I brung her a box of Milk Tray and a jeroboam of Asti, and I said…’Ere yar, Tart, nah get your thrupenny bits ahrt…

Mother-in-Law gags now…God help us…

His routine often reminds of that British 1970s film series where that young chap gets a jobs and finds himself inundated with attention from ladies young and old…

Mike of the Masons stars in …Confessions of a Selly Telly Presenter

 

[Scraping the barrel]

I wonder if IW3 is yet profitable or TJC is supporting it until it breaks even, gets a consumer and customer base, reliable sales and becomes profitable, if not already.

Having said that I was watching things like candles sell out within minutes, so possibly it survives on "pile 'em high and sell it cheap' strategy. (Attributed to John Cohen, Tesco founder apparently).

Although IW not that cheap so taking an increased profit margin too.

The TV overheads must be prohibitive but the web site sells too without needing TV channel.

Well, they must be selling to somebody?
I mean,when he says people are flooding in…..12,13,14,15 of you in already ( out of an adult population of 40 million) who am I to question sales figures?

 

[Battiola73]

I see that well known brand Deawoo is back on. They can’t even be arsed to change the graphics since the last time it was on. The box it comes in looks like it’s seen better days much the same as the presenter. Oh effing hell he’s “singing” now. I need a G&T.

 

[PhædrusR]

His routine often reminds of that British 1970s film series where that young chap gets a jobs and finds himself inundated with attention from ladies young and old…

Mike of the Masons stars in …Confessions of a Selly Telly Presenter

Ahhh yes, Robin Askwith, Confessions of a Window Cleaner, etc.

Robin Askwith - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[PhædrusR]

@Sazza Geez, these repeated half-screen Shein ads on the site, that you can't close and have to wait 30secs to disappear are a bit annoying!
But willing to tolerate if they're helping fund the site?