Seiko Mans Automatic Wristwatch

All: Please use caution when inviting your friends to WTF
Greetings,As wonderful as it is to have so many new faces and friends here on WTF, I urge you all to use caution and discretion when inviting your friends to join us here on WTF. It's come to my attention that certain individuals may have already been banned from other watch fora, and I certainly don't want to see that happen to anyone else. In particular, I recommend not using the "private messaging" system of another fora to invite your friends. Many fora don't take kindly to their PM system being used to promote other watch discussion sites, and "private" messaging systems aren't all that private - site administrators can read them. Of course, what you do with your own email system is your business. :D Of course, I can't guarantee that simply publically participating on this site won't be grounds for your dismissal on certain other sites. Some sites are more arbitrary than others in how they handle these sorts of things. To all of you who have been so active in promoting W

Watch Compliments
I am 54 years old and since the age of 12 or 13 I have owned multiple watches.The older I got the more varied and high(er) end my watches got.I like to think that I have a relatively diverse collection.But in all this time I believe that I have gotten less than 3 actual "compliments" and perhaps a shade more "comments" on any watch.Maybe it's because my watches are boring,or I wear long sleeves in the winter and beaters in the warmer "short sleeve" months, or I an generally unapproachable.So I ask the membership who have recieved these compliments-what was said??My daughter in law said of my Hammie Khaki Aviation-"Wow that's a big watch"In an AD a guy saw my Sinn U1 and said "That looks like a good watch,what kind is it?"Are these compliments or comments??Maybe it has to do with ones work environment as the majority of people I deal with are not WIS types.

Got my Speedy back from service
s223.photobucket/albums/d...t=CIMG1114.jpgShe's as good as new....

Aqua Terra cal.8500 & new Silicon Balance Spring
Does anyone know if the recent production of AT's with the cal. 8500 are equipped with the new silicon balance spring? A local major AD told me the one she was selling had it, but another major distributor told me they are not out yet. Upon examining the balance wheel/spring through the exhibition back, I noted the balance wheel was black, but how can one tell for sure it's the silicon spring? Any help would be appreciated.

Right in time for Christmas! Vintage Omega Seamaster
Needs an overhaul, but I like it. Every time I pull out the crown to try setting the time, the second hand goes crazy and haywire. Quite dusty and gunky:Movement is rough:This is the part that keeps spinning when I set the time, I don't think that's normal.