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Wrist Watch
pwillie
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Anyone here wear a wrist watch? What kind etc...looking for something new...I have a Rolodex , and Seiko, I need one that's waterproof and shock resistant...as well as stainless and numerical numbers(Dial Face) any suggestions..?
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Look at the Michael Kors Mens MK8569. It should meet your requirements.
I do have a very nice Seiko Georgia Tech watch that my Mom gave me for graduation... It does not get worn much.
100% mechanical and works in zero gravity.
They were cheap when they first starting exporting them, but like the VOMZ rifle scopes, the word about the quality got around PDQ.
Battery powered, I adjust the time twice a year when the time change occurs. Keeps perfect time.
It's about as thick as a nickel and currently has a slim ostrich leather band...
I (well before the cancer and chemo and such) wore it to weddings and funerals and special events...
I have a few lesser watches one that's decent but most are cheap.
The cell phone with its omnipresence kind of hurt a big section of the watch market.
I always wanted to get a good pocket watch...
Longine has a good reputation and has been around forever
Worth looking at their entry level pieces
Mike
I just got one of these and it's lightweight and has tridium hands so even at deer camp at 5 am you can read it. I got a NATO band and it's the cats pjs
the subject came up at a meeting I was in several years ago one fellow who liked to have pricier watches had just bought one
and was showing the group and comment the cost ( i really do not remember what $$ amount he said ) one other fellow ask what time do you have, he called out the time the fellow asking held up his watch and stated--Timex $22.00 at Walmart and it has the same time [:0][:0]
quote:Originally posted by retroxler58
I wear an inexpensive TIMEX Indiglo WR30M just like this one.
Battery powered, I adjust the time twice a year when the time change occurs. Keeps perfect time.
I wear an inexpensive TIMEX Indiglo WR30M just like this one.
Battery powered, I adjust the time twice a year when the time change occurs. Keeps perfect time.
That's the same watch I wear. I changed out the band to a Speidel because I kept breaking the cheap ones they come with. Keeps great time.
I still have a rolodex, it sits on my desk in the basement. Most of the people in it are dead or no longer at the number I have for them...
I do have a very nice Seiko Georgia Tech watch that my Mom gave me for graduation... It does not get worn much.
[;)]
I still have a rolodex, it sits on my desk in the basement. Most of the people in it are dead or no longer at the number I have for them...
I do have a very nice Seiko Georgia Tech watch that my Mom gave me for graduation... It does not get worn much.
Ahhhh you caught that huh!....just funning...Your right about the dead folks......I have some numbers 40 years old...what do you think?...LOL! I like Seiko,and Rolex Oyster...mine stays in the safe,my son wants me to will it to him...
(got my dad's old Elgin for that)
I have several good watches but never wear them anymore.
My favorite used to be my Swiss Army watch that I got by saving Marlboro coupons! It sits in my dresser drawer in need of a new battery.
I have a Rolex that was a gift from my wife's Sicilian cousin. Big Tony. Not sure if it is real or not but keep it out of respect (and fear) for her Family. [:)]
Look into a Swiss Army Watch. Perfect for everyday beat up and waterproof to 330 meters i think. Thats a little bit further than i can go. lol
If you buy it and do not like it i will buy if from you. I am that confident.
https://www.macys.com/shop/product/victorinox-swiss-army-mens-original-black-nylon-strap-watch-39mm-249088?ID=1760176&pla_country=US&CAGPSPN=pla&CAWELAID=120156340001317217&CAAGID=410
You can find better prices somewhere else.
I have noticed many of the millennials do not wear watches anymore. Ask them for the time and they pull out their E device.
Bought it through SMKW once upon a time if I remember correctly.
Working in warehouses for a long time - you tend to destroy watches by accident or circumstance so I stopped wearing them as a precaution witch broke the habit...
I did have a string of watches with no wrist bands but instead carabiner clips - I would clip to a belt loop
They were all pretty cheap though and all died or got destroyed or lost I think
If I had the means I guess I would spend some money and go longine again...
And maybe a decent pocket watch - probably a vintage one with a silver case - maybe in the $100-$300 range if a nice one could be acquired
Casey / locust fork has auctioned off a few good examples that ended in that price range I think
No longine fans or appreciators or cognoscenti on the forum???
Remember when the cross style silver case ink pens with pocket clips came out with the digital clock display LCD on them???
And I am told that the calculator watches from the late 70's and early 80's are now collectable and sought after
Had some swatch watch variants in highschool
Rolex might be neat if bought used and vintage and in nice shape and a cheaper entry level model found at a low budget price
Mike
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-VcGWRoz_o
Since then, I've gone through Seikos, Timex, and a variety of other inexpensive wrist and pocket watches. About the only time I wear any at all now is when I'm fishing (time seems to get away from me when fishing) or dress events.
FCD, I have an Indiglo where only the Indiglo function works. Maybe we could put your and mine together and get one working and one dead one!
I have noticed many of the millennials do not wear watches anymore. Ask them for the time and they pull out their E device.
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One of the greatest gifts I can think of would be the gift of one whole week without cell phones or mobile devices! No advance warning, just shut the infernal things off...every last one of them, then step back and watch the absolute meltdown. Millennials would be the the first to completely lose it. They'd be out in the streets rioting within hours, they simply cannot exist without these devices (which makes me want to vomit!). No access to Fail-Book, Instagram...Tweets...OH...MY...GAWD, the sky is definitely falling, and falling fast!
Off-topic, I know, but one can dream, right?
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But my every day is a Seiko Scuba watch.
Have had it on daily for the last 20 years only replace the battery twice, and no loss time at all.
Thy call it the Tuna Can. 1.75 across and Weighs in at 7 ounces.
When I get home, I?ll swap for a solar Casio I bought for under $20 on Amazon.
G Shock. Comes in tons of different varieties and colors. I have a Flat Dark Earth one and get lots of compliments on it. Not as pretty as a Rolex, Tag Heuer or Breitling but also doesn?t cost $5000.
WoW: bought a Rolex Oyster with stainless steel case, gold bezel stainless band with gold links for $250, new in 1966/7. Should have bought two, or maybe six.
Would have been a better investment than any of the cars I bought, dollar per dollar.
Buy the "cheapest" electronic watch walmart makes, plastic wrist band, BIG numbers/date. Less than 20 bucks. Buy a new watch every year, cost $200 for ten years. Might only cost $100 if I'd put new batteries in them but batteries aren't free.
Want a face with big numbers,, for sure, not digital? Got to pay a little more at Walmart. But you get a real leather band with Indiglo dial light. Can testify the indiglo lighting is the best I've found. Still to expensive $29.95 on sale includes three dollar discount.
https://www.amazon.com/Timex-T56371-Ironman-Triathlon-Digital/dp/B0002291TW
Fits all your criteria too.[:)]
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Pretty much only wear a titanium Eco-Drive. Switch to a gold colored one when I put on a suit or sport coat.
Could never see value in spending more than $ 100.00 for a watch.
Brad Steele