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Seamaster - mid size

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Had my Seamaster for 4/5 years now and am really enjoying it's company!
Love the Lume, the super high contrast face which is not affected by the domed crystal and the actual timekeeping is superb.
It's always gained since I've had it but it's still a totally regular 5 seconds in a fortnight, couldn't wish for better, amazing.

Alan
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After checking my dictionary as to what a fortnight is 😀 .....how did you end of choosing the midsize vs full size?
 
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After checking my dictionary as to what a fortnight is 😀 .....how did you end of choosing the midsize vs full size?

I love how in English we often use biweek for fortnight, but then when the term biweekly comes up half of everybody seems to think it means "twice weekly" instead of "every two weeks..."

Anyway, back to mid size watches...
 
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then when the term biweekly comes up half of everybody seems to think it means "twice weekly" instead of "every two weeks..."
Not as bad as bimonthly - is that twice a month or every two months??

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And don't get me started on flammable vs. inflammable.


Anyway, back to mid size watches...
 
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Not as bad as bimonthly - is that twice a month or every two months??

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And don't get me started on flammable vs. inflammable.


Anyway, back to mid size watches...

Well, technically the prefix "bi" means doubled or "twice" and not "two" (that's di). It doesn't really solve much in terms of explanation, except that the ly makes the entire word before the ly an adjective.

So, it's a biweek (a doubled week) becoming an adjective, biweek•ly, not weekly becoming bi•weekly (doubled weekly).

You COULD say bi-weekly to technically differentiate between the meanings, since a hyphen can be used with a prefix if the adjective applies to the noun first , but this is improper in the rules of English, because the prefix bi isn't supposed to be hyphenated.

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Again, clearing up nothing, and making it even worse I have seen articles written for GAAP reference that use "bi-weekly" to mean every two weeks.😗

English--- I guess it's great that you can use it so creatively!

Regarding that amazing term of bimonthly, at least we have the term semi-monthly to kinda clear that up...
 
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ErichPryde ErichPryde
Well, technically the prefix "bi" means doubled or "twice" and not "two" (that's di). It doesn't really solve much in terms of explanation, except that the ly makes the entire word before the ly an adjective.

So, it's a biweek (a doubled week) becoming an adjective, biweek•ly, not weekly becoming bi•weekly (doubled weekly).

You COULD say bi-weekly to technically differentiate between the meanings, since a hyphen can be used with a prefix if the adjective applies to the noun first , but this is improper in the rules of English, because the prefix bi isn't supposed to be hyphenated.

😵‍💫

Again, clearing up nothing, and making it even worse I have seen articles written for GAAP reference that use "bi-weekly" to mean every two weeks.😗

English--- I guess it's great that you can use it so creatively!

Regarding that amazing term of bimonthly, at least we have the term semi-monthly to kinda clear that up...
And then you have biannual and biennial just to add to the mix
 
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And then you have biannual and biennial just to add to the mix


Yep.

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Now I’m really confused. I asked my kids what Fortnite meant. They showed me this:
 
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I like to measure velocity in furlongs per fortnight.

Works great for volcano lava flows.
 
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I say chaps we are seriously getting into technicalities here!
Basically, my watch has gained 5 seconds in 2 weeks (a British fortnight) or 14 days (for the rest of the World)
Which I thought was pretty good, exceeding it's chronograph specification by some margin.
I chose the mid sized model as I decided it would fit my frame better although in hindsight I may have chosen the 42mm version.

Alan
 
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I say chaps ....
I chose the mid sized model as I decided it would fit my frame better although in hindsight I may have chosen the 42mm version.

Alan
I thought British was "I say, old chap" 😀 !

Anyway.....

I remember looking at 3 watches around 1996: midsize Seamaster 300m, full size Seamaster 300m, and a TagHeuer 6000.

The interesting part is at the time, they were all similarly priced, but these days, the full size Seamaster would be far have the most value on the used market.

So in the past few years, I've come to think that if you are not sure about a couple watches, go with the most classic watch, in the full size.
 
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Wait Doesn't mid size imply that there's a small size too? 😵‍💫
 
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Wait Doesn't mid size imply that there's a small size too? 😵‍💫
You're right. Back in the 1990s, these watches did indeed come in 3 case sizes: 41mm, 36mm and 28mm. The ladies 28mm had a quartz movement. I don't know when Omega stopped making the 28mm SMP.
 
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You're right. Back in the 1990s, these watches did indeed come in 3 case sizes: 41mm, 36mm and 28mm. The ladies 28mm had a quartz movement. I don't know when Omega stopped making the 28mm SMP.
If I remember correctly the 28mm was still on the Omega website around 2010.
 
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