beanerds, Author at RK Watch Service

You know you have to many watches when ,,,,,,

Well , Sunday morning here and I was going through a box I found sitting in the back of my cabinet and pulled this watch out , I forgot I even owned it , it was stopped .

Thinking it’s battery had died I pulled the back off to replace the battery and WOAW !!! this is a hand wind,, forgot completely about it .

She is a Red Star that is well made in all ways , nice movement .

Dial…

You know you have to many watches when ,,,,,,

4W’s White , wavy dial , Watchdives , Willard

Morning all on the 2nd May ,

Its Willard day , have a good one all from Australia .

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Pilot watch day .

Going through my watch cabinet this morning and decided that this long weekend ( ANZAC day ) will be pilot watches weekend .
left to right .
Addiesdive in stainless steel , NH35
Mysterious Code in Titanium , NH35
Tandorio in Brass , NH35
San Martin i…

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Probably the last bargain before tariffs .

This was waiting for me when I got home from work yesterday , A Tandorio no name dial , Grand Seiko GMT homage in titanium .
72 grms .

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Raymond Weil today .

Decided to pull out my sweet Raymond Weil ‘ Freelander ‘ chronograph for the weekend , its a very nice watch in all ways .
Look at these numbers !!! , basically perfect . It has the Valjoux 7755 chronograph movement inside .

A shot of the said movement , well done .

And the wrist shot out in the sun . It looks big on wrist but its only the photo as the watch is 41mm in diameter , I like this watch in every way …

Raymond Weil today .

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Time for rotation.

I grabbed this bad boy off Drop .com when they still did watches about 6 years ago .
Pulled it out this morning for it’s turn in the sun , it’s a big boy but very well made and solid at 226 gms.
200m diver with nice bezel action .

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The dial is very nice with a wave pattern carved into it and wicked sunburst effect that works well and the blue is intense ! , cyclops that actually works well .

And of course the Seiko…

Time for rotation.

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A Good one .

My one and only Ali Express buy this sale time , A Seestern 600T in dark blue .
It’s 40mm in dia and 12mm thick .

Lume is impressive , even the date wheel is Lumed , it lasts all night after a charge .
This is just a photo taken inside after being out in the sun .

And the caseback , its really really cool .

And finally the price , $187 aud delivered , arrived in 6 days to me…

A Good one .

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My Seiko no name homage SKX013 on Strapcode jubilee , it keeps excellent time using the Seiko NH36 movement .

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10 years difference in Lume

Was outside this afternoon doing a few jobs around the house in the beautiful weather we have here at the moment , WA Australia .
Anyway as the sun went down I packed up my tools and was wearing 2 watches all afternoon and in the dimness of the shed I noticed the Lume on both was looking good .
No charge up’s just as worn .
1st my 2004 Seiko ‘ Baby TUNA ‘ on my right wrist , love this watch .

2nd my 2024 Citizen ‘ Blue Orca ‘ on my left wrist , a…

10 years difference in Lume

Dive watches

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