Wristwatches, watches and watch-like gadgets

[Virtual Blue]

I would be lying if I said no, but rarely.
I don't think those things are beautiful anyway.
I find futuristic looking red led digital watches from the 80s much more pleasing aesthetically.
All those analogue metal watches with rotating bezels and multiple dials just scream rich yachtsman wanker or James Bond wannabe

Dude, not everyone who likes diver/ mil-subs are Jeremy Clarksons or tossers who want to be James Bond! (I for one, would love to get the Seamaster but the thing that's stopping me is the whole 007 association!!).

 

[editor]

I used to buy cheap watches and found myself breaking them all. Seeing as I tend to bash my watches all over the place, investing in a decent tough watch has proved a decent investment.

 

[Orang Utan]

My Casio F-91W does me fine:

Excellent for making bombs too

 

[editor]

My Casio F-91W does me fine:

Excellent for making bombs too

I've had quite a few Casios. Broken them all. LCD displays are shit anyway.

 

[Orang Utan]

Klutz! I like the retro display. Shit light though.

 

[Virtual Blue]

My Casio F-91W does me fine:

Excellent for making bombs too

I think I had that watch when I was 8.
I can't wear the same watch that I wore 30 years ago.

 

[editor]

Klutz! I like the retro display. Shit light though.

It's all about the late-night glowing watch face for me. Can't be arsed pushing fiddly buttons just to find the time.

 

[Orang Utan]

I think I had that watch when I was 8.
I can't wear the same watch that I wore 30 years ago.

That's the reason I bought mine! I didn't bother with watches til I started working in a school and got fed up of incessent questions about my phone from kids

 

[ViolentPanda]

I used to buy cheap watches and found myself breaking them all. Seeing as I tend to bash my watches all over the place, investing in a decent tough watch has proved a decent investment.

I wouldn't personally pay more than £100-!50 for a watch, but given the amount of hardship my watches go through in terms of knocks, I usually get value for money and a watch that lasts me 3-5 years before it succumbs to its wounds. That's £20-30 a year, or 50-60p a week, a decent price as far as I'm concerned, and I don't have to hoik my phone out of my pocket to see what the time is!

 

[ViolentPanda]

Klutz! I like the retro display. Shit light though.

Real retro would be the 1970s red LED display digital watches. They were massive!

 

[Virtual Blue]

most people who spend £1K more on watches buy them 2nd hand and flip them every 6-12 months.
i bought the Longines for £800 (only 2 months old) which is great cos in stores, it's about £1400.
if i was to sell it, I'd do it for £800-£900.
so, it won't cost me a penny to wear a cool watch.

(only cost if i do decide to keep the fuckin' thing - which I am tempted to do. Seriously, serious serious, it's one of the best watched I held in this price range).

 

[editor]

I wouldn't personally pay more than £100-!50 for a watch, but given the amount of hardship my watches go through in terms of knocks, I usually get value for money and a watch that lasts me 3-5 years before it succumbs to its wounds. That's £20-30 a year, or 50-60p a week, a decent price as far as I'm concerned, and I don't have to hoik my phone out of my pocket to see what the time is!

I got around 8 years out of my £180 watch - I'm now trying to decide whether it's worth sending it off for repair or not.

 

[Virtual Blue]

maybe too boring for alot of the 'modernist' tastes but i do have a thing for the Stowa deck watches.
i think it's absolutely beautiful in design, simplistic and clean.

 

[editor]

I see no glow, so it's a no-no.

 

[Virtual Blue]

I see no glow, so it's a no-no.

true, there's no lume.
it's a remake of an old school dress watch that were tucked under a waistcoat pocket - as seen here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mj2y/features/deck-watch (i believe the introduction of lume in old watches were introduced to divers only)

yeah...i do like lume...but as a day/ formal watch, it could be okay...just.
still think it's damn sexy.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

 

[Virtual Blue]

(i don't get how that says 12:06AM)

 

[Virtual Blue]

OMG, I saw someone wearing this yesterday.
It was disgusting...vile.

 

[ViolentPanda]

OMG, I saw someone wearing this yesterday.
It was disgusting...vile.

Might as well wear one of Flava Flav's neck clocks!

 

[Epona]

I think every last one of us would like a device that is on our wrist that we could say 'Beam me up, Scotty', or for fans of British sci-fi, 'Teleport'.

People a few decades back envisaged the future with wristwatch type devices that could do all sorts of shit (I doubt they envisaged trying to sum up your day in 140 characters on any device regardless of whether it was a mainframe that took up the space of a football field, or a microscopic subdermal implant, but you get the point) and I think wrist devices have a certain appeal for that reason. It's so often been the case in TV/movie fiction, that it doesn't seem like an unusual concept. And we all secretly want one.

 

[Virtual Blue]

i was at a wedding on saturday and came to the realisation that i totally hate blingy in-yer-face watches, in particular sub divers that attempt to mimic the real thing (Rolex Submariners).

i dunno what it is but there's something incredibly tacky about suits/ smart clothes and huge chunks of metal (even if it's an expensive watch (as an example) like Roy Hodgeson's).

i'm going to sell all my watches except the Legend Diver and use the money for an Omega Aqua Terra.
it's quiet and pretty and not screaming 'look at me, mug me you cunt.'

 

[ViolentPanda]

I think every last one of us would like a device that is on our wrist that we could say 'Beam me up, Scotty', or for fans of British sci-fi, 'Teleport'.

People a few decades back envisaged the future with wristwatch type devices that could do all sorts of shit (I doubt they envisaged trying to sum up your day in 140 characters on any device regardless of whether it was a mainframe that took up the space of a football field, or a microscopic subdermal implant, but you get the point) and I think wrist devices have a certain appeal for that reason. It's so often been the case in TV/movie fiction, that it doesn't seem like an unusual concept. And we all secretly want one.

A minimalist watch/communicator type set-up would be cool, or perhaps a wrist device that incorporated a watch and a stun-only phaser.

 

[ViolentPanda]

i was at a wedding on saturday and came to the realisation that i totally hate blingy in-yer-face watches, in particular sub divers that attempt to mimic the real thing (Rolex Submariners).

i dunno what it is but there's something incredibly tacky about suits/ smart clothes and huge chunks of metal (even if it's an expensive watch (as an example) like Roy Hodgeson's).

i'm going to sell all my watches except the Legend Diver and use the money for an Omega Aqua Terra.
it's quiet and pretty and not screaming 'look at me, mug me you cunt.'

I don't "get" big chunky diver watches for any sort of everyday wear. Possibly I'm just old-fashioned, but I prefer a plain CWC general service or similar (and I wish I still had my issue one), if you absolutely have to wear a utility watch. To me, t'other stuff smacks of conspicuous consumption rather than practicality

 

[Virtual Blue]

here it is...my 2nd hand Omega Aqua Terra 8500. Picked it up yesterday.
It's only two years old - and an absolute stunner. Perfect. Not too flashy. Understated.
Now I'm gonna put a whole lot of watches on the bay...

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Apparently some people want a watch that looks like this. Weirdos...

 

[ringo]

I went without a watch for a decade at least, then I got this one...cheap, tough, and comfortable.

I bought one of those in the 90's, wore it for about 10 years, it was the only one I ever had which I couldn't break doing archaeology/skating/drinking. Still got it somewhere.

Had this for the last few, lovely watch for the price, and I gather from a collector mate it's held its value as it was the first model or something:

 

[ExtraRefined]

Me like....

I really want a proper worldtime like this. There's so few good ones.

 

[Virtual Blue]

Whenever I look at a Ball watch, I think of Hamilton.
Dunno why...

Have 6 watches on sale on EBay.
2 of which I want to keep

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I have the Casio F91-W that OU posted above (as I've mentioned a few times) and it is a boss watch, but the light _is_ crap. I think I might buy another digital, but one which you can actually see in the dark.

I use the timer really frequently on it for cooking - I like dial watches but they can't compete there.

 

[ExtraRefined]

There's loads of analogue watches with chronographs, and quartz ones needn't be that expensive. The advantage of analogues is of course that they show elapsed time and real time at once.