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Post by Humph on Sept 20, 2019 14:53:27 GMT
I notice fewer people seem to be wearing watches now. I guess it's because they have the time on their phones.
I've always liked wearing a watch, and don't feel quite fully dressed without one. I wore the same one for about 35 years, an old Tag. My son had always coveted it, so on a whim, I gave it to him a couple of years ago when he'd done well in his A levels.
He now wears it every day so it's gone to a good home. Didn't have the stomach to spend all that much on a replacement, but I spotted a stainless steel Seiko automatic I liked in Hong Kong airport duty free after I'd given the old watch away, so I bought that and it's doing what it needs to do just fine. Like most automatics, it's not wonderful at keeping time and has to be corrected by a minute or two about once a week.
The only other one I wear even slightly regularly, is an old black plastic Casio G-Shock digital. Mainly for when I'm on the bike. Solar powered so never needed a battery and it is kept 100% accurate by a radio signal.
I do have some others, some really old ones actually ( my maternal grandfather was a watchmaker )
One favourite is my dad's old automatic/mechanical Timex from the fifties, Dundee made and still works. But I never seem to wear it. Probably should just for the sake of it sometimes.
I've often thought that really the only watch I need is the old Casio, but my wife tells me it's ugly and I haven't the strength to argue over something that really doesn't matter.
Do do you still wear a watch, have a favourite, or have one with a story attached, or covet a particular model?
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Post by Alanović on Sept 20, 2019 15:05:13 GMT
Well the only watch I have which I treasure is my Dad's old Citizen watch, which he bought in Singapore when he was sent on a business to Australia by his firm (Mars the sweetie firm - he was part of a 2 man delegation from the factory floor, helping set up a new production facility there). He'd never had anything swish or of "value" before, and wanted to treat himself on this auspicious occasion of a glamorous trip - he was out there for several months. It is quite scratched, and the strap has lost its ability to clasp, so I don't wear it. I don't know much about watches but this is the kind which winds itself - if you shake it the hands start moving.
I haven't got the heart to replace any parts - he actually died wearing it the day he was knocked off his motorbike. I was most relieved to see it still there after the drawer it lives in was ransacked during a burglary last year. Sadly my parents' engagement ring which my mother had gifted to my wife when we announced our engagement got taken.
Other than that, I've got a £10 stainless tell Casio digital and a £20 Sekonda analogue watch with fabric strap. There's flash.
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Post by Humph on Sept 20, 2019 15:07:23 GMT
A jeweller could fix up your dad's watch for you if you wanted, new strap, polish the glass etc. Might be a nice thing to do.
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Post by Rob on Sept 20, 2019 16:28:07 GMT
I've had a few watches over recent years - a few fake Rolex, a nice chunky Seikonda and a smart watch. I am probably one of the few that likes an Android smart watch. I don't mess around much with different faces etc. It will never look like a real watch face.
As for one of the fake Rolex.... I went back to the same shop years later to look at watches. They were surprised to find I still had the fake Rolex and it was working. :-)
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Post by Humph on Sept 20, 2019 16:53:11 GMT
Must have been a particularly robust cockroach inside it ! 😉
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Post by WDB on Sept 20, 2019 17:44:23 GMT
I like watches too but I don't have many. My favourite - and only expensive one - is the Eberhard Traversetolo Vitre that MrsB1 gave me for my 40th birthday. There's something exactly right about it. It's 43mm across, which is on the right scale for me, and it requires winding by hand, which pleases me. I'll treat it to a new strap soon. My other pet like is Milanese mesh straps. I have one on a blue-dialled solar-powered Citizen, but for the full Sixties yacht-life vibe, I rather fancy one of these: www.breitling.com/gb-en/watches/superocean-heritage/b20-automatic-46/AB2020161C1A1/And I've got another Citizen, one of their radio-controlled models, which I wear on my travels because it's so easy to adjust between time zones. Not a thing of beauty but it does the job.
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Post by Rob on Sept 20, 2019 17:51:51 GMT
Must have been a particularly robust cockroach inside it ! 😉 Yes because it was still running two years later which was when we went back to where I'd purchased it. But sadly the battery/cockroach expired and the back couldn't be removed.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2019 21:26:27 GMT
We have a bit of a watch fetish in our house so I have quite a few. Current day to day favourite is a bi-metal Breitling Chronomat.
I can't remember who coined the phrase but I'm a firm believer in "The only piece of jewellery a man needs is a good watch".
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Post by tyrednexited on Sept 20, 2019 21:30:34 GMT
I can't remember who coined the phrase but I'm a firm believer in "The only piece of jewellery a man needs is a good watch". ....I think it was Prince Albert........
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2019 21:22:20 GMT
My daily is a Seiko stainless steel quartz. Green face, luminous real numbers, luminous hands, second hand and date. Bought it for traveling when the availability of light is uncertain. Completely reliable other than needing a new seal and a couple of batteries over the years.
I have several other watches which are worn less regularly including an Oris automatic and a Skagen.
However what I have but cannot wear is a Bulova Accutron spaceview. One of the first in the country and using a tuning fork rather than a quartz. However it stopped working properly when it's last owner, my grandfather, died. Despite being serviced and worked on over the years it has never been reliable. It is the one thing I have that I really wish I could use as it was intended.
I seen to rely on a watch less often, using the car or computer clock, digital clocks on the oven, microwave or kitchen wall.
However I cannot go out without one on and of course on the hills it is vital.
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