Your biggest disappointment so far?

[jimmerjammer]

[ Seiko SNM007.

[/quote] very nice indeed :) craig

[andrew]

In hindsight I'd say that the V7750 movement may just not be the type of movement to take real beatings. But then, a watch sold as being ISO/Tüv etc. certified for shockresistance and waterresistance etc., and toted as a military issue watch for Bundeswehr helicopter pilots (it is clearly based on the Bund Heuer) maybe should never have been sold with a V7750 inside. Maybe they should have stuck with the 156 based on a Lemania 5100...

I wouldn't condemn millions of movements produced since 1974 as unfit for purpose on the basis of one experience. (Also I don't think the 7750 was designed with military use in mind, whatever Sinn's "marketing" department thinks.)

It was probably a Friday watch. The Germans are as perfectly capable of cocking up relatively simple mass-production engineering as anybody else.

[J.Wayne]

Your biggest disappointment so far?

A certain "Swiss" brand that will go unnamed.


J.

[Denizen]

why be coy? :?

i think everyone here understands that one bad watch does not/should not reflect on any brand in its entirety...

Your biggest disappointment so far?

A certain "Swiss" brand that will go unnamed.


J.

[J.Wayne]

That was a half-assed attempt at humor. Not even a friggin' smiley :?
Just ignore it.

Feeling like poop and need to lie down for a bit.
be back later...


J.

[Seamaster73]

That was a half-assed attempt at humor. Not even a friggin' smiley :?

I got it. :lol:

[ewan.w]

Biggest disappointment for me were a couple of supposedly New Old Stock Seiko chronos I bought off Ebay maybe 10 years ago. Eddie and I still laugh about it when the subject comes up and we still use the vendor's name to describe anything that's not quite as described! In short, they were bodged together pieces of cr*p!!

Eddie kindly took them off my hands as they were driving me nuts.

Biggest wow factors on opening the box of a newly arrived watch were a NIB plastic Sea Dweller back in 1980 odd and the PRS-53. On opening the PRS I simply thought, 'perfect'.

Cheers

Ewan

[JCJM]

That was a half-assed attempt at humor. Not even a friggin' smiley :?

I got it. :lol:

Oh no, not this s**t again :shock: :lol:

[Karl]

That was a half-assed attempt at humor. Not even a friggin' smiley :?

I got it. :lol:

Oh no, not this s**t again :shock: :lol:

:roll: :wink: the pic of the chap with the tie round his head always made me smile :D

karl

[S.L]

Your biggest disappointment so far?

Tissot Seastar 1000. It's cheap for a reason.

Biggest positive surprises would include most Seikos I've had the pleasure to experience.
Great bang for the buck.

/Stefan

[Seamaster73]

That was a half-assed attempt at humor. Not even a friggin' smiley :?

I got it. :lol:

Oh no, not this s**t again :shock: :lol:

:roll: :wink: the pic of the chap with the tie round his head always made me smile :D l

"Chap"? That's their Vice President in charge of manufacturing! :lol:

[Karl]

Thats the one :thumbright: :lol: :lol: :lol: exellent.

karl

[sparmar1]

Biggest disappointment was probably a UTS Chrono...nice and big and chunky and a little too agricultural for my refined taste :lol: :wink:

Mmmm....I was very impressed with the new ceramic GMT, Ebel BTR Chrono, Seiko SBDX001, SBDX005, and probably a few others that I can't remember!

Sanjay :)