What kind of watch do you wear?

[carbonmotion]

I find that some people like their watches as a personal statement, while others perfer it as a practical time peice. What kind of watch(s) do you wear?

I love this timepeice....

School (My time peice from day to day):
http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~jzhuang/Files/schooltimepiece.jpg

Formal (Model UN, Weddings, Formals, Mock Trial, Dates):
https://commerce76.datapipe.com/skagen/data/productimages/233LSS_M.JPG

[iGav]

I've got a G-Shock.. (2 actually) I like chunky watches... :D

I buy a new one everytime the battery runs out, as it's only marginally more expensive than getting Casio to replace it and all the seals etc etc... :eek: :p

[WinterMute]

I have a RADO Ceramica Multifunction.

My dad left me a Rolex Oyster perpetual, but it just looked like a fake on me, so I sold it and got the RADO for me an a nice Gucci for the wife...

I've also got a Fossil Architect in stainless steel and an old Tag Huer, both of which get worn in places where it ain't politic to wear very expensive watches... ;)

[RBMaraman]

I have a titanium Swiss Army watch that I bought when I was in Zurich, Switzerland in October.

[Capt Underpants]

I wear a fossil "blue" watch. Up until now, I just wore cheap plastic ones, which did their job, but looked lacking. Its my first metal watch, so I'm proud, lol...

edit: I would post a picture, but Im supposed to be off the computer for a week, so I gotta go!

[Daveman Deluxe]

I have a mechanical movement Majestron pocketwatch. Seventeen jewels.

[thejazzman10]

I don't usually wear a watch, but when i do, i wear an adiddas one (i used to have a RARE watch, but it got stolen :eek: :(

[gwuMACaddict]

i tried to start a watch collectors thread a while back... nice to see someone else making a related effort...

i collect swiss and german mechanicals... right now i am wearing a blancpain, but usually i wear a concord impressario chronograph or a breitling chronomat, i beat the ***** out of that breitling and it always comes back for more... :D

[howard]

i like small slim light watches... i'm a guy so not so small... currently i have a dark dark brown swatch, i love it.

i wish i could design my own watch though.....it would be much different than current ones...

[markjones05]

Swiss Army alliance... soooooo sexy

[neut]

i've got a cheap 'explorer' timex that is hanging off my backpack... i don't wear a watch.


peace.

[poopyhead]

This is what I used to wear
until it suddenly stopped working a month ago

http://www.seikousa.com/Product.aspx?productId=146

[bousozoku]

I have a number of watches, but this is the one I've been wearing for the last year or so: a Pulsar Spoon.

[King Cobra]

I used to wear a Champion watch for years...but there were a couple of "problems"... The face of the watch got scratched so easily....

And then, one day, the buttons got loose, and the watch turned itself off. I couldn't get it back on. So it was sent to Champion with a $22 fee for fixing (even with the unexpired warranty...and that watch cost $45 w/o sale prices!). When I did get it back (only two months later), I went to put it back on my wrist, and the strap came loose. The needle-thick fingernail-long pinchable metal "rod" that held the strap to the center of the watch came out. I struggled for 90 minutes trying to get the motherf***er back in its place, and couldn't. AND...Champion didn't fix the original problem completely! About 25% the time I pushed a button on the watch, the watch turned off for a second, reset itself to Jan. 1 at midnight, then turned back on again with all my settings erased!

I'm never getting another Champion watch again. http://www.thetechpub.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/new_snipersmilie.gif http://www.thetechpub.com/phpBB2/images/smiles/new_snipersmilie.gif


So now I wear a Timex, but I don't like the faint tan color near the outside of the face.

[KC9AIC]

I wear an old Casio watch held together with duct tape. About the only good thing about it is that it is both analogue and digital (has an LCD embedded in the watch face).

[wdlove]

I wear a Seiko, that has the day and date on the face. Have worn it for over 15 years. No problems, just battery changes.

[hugemullens]

I have a pretty beat up Fossil i paid $80 for 4 years ago. Its still going strong tho. I've always wanted to get a nice watch, just keep finding other things to spend money on.

[yoman]

just keeps going and going.

[iJon]

seiko kinetic, i love it and will never need a battery.

iJon

[bbarnhart]

I had a huge G-Shock and after many years it acted like it needed a new battery. Got the battery replaced and it stopped working about a month later. Took it back to where I got the battery replaced and they said the watch had died, so I'm watch free. I'd like another G-Shock, but can't find one with all the features I want. I really like the countdown timer.

[scem0]

I wore a rolex for a while, but the band broke.

This thread makes me want to get a new watch. But I am kind of picky in this regard. (1) I hate a black face or band, (2) I don't want analog only (3) I don't want a digital watch that looks bad, or has a square face, and (4) I want the digital part of the watch to display the time.

It is kind of hard to find all this in one watch. A 'anadigi' watch is a good solution, but I have only found 2 I really like:

http://a666.g.akamaitech.net/7/666/175/2004021902/cache1.jcpenney.com/images/regular/0900631b8088ff56R.jpg Armitron Analog & Digital watch

http://www.princetonwatches.com/images/watches/PK2003.jpg Pulsar Analog/Digital Chronograph

So, any suggestions or opinions?

scem0

[3rdpath]

i'm a watch fanatic, so bear with me here...

during the day i usually wear either a blue dialed stainless rolex with a jubilee band or a steel and gold rolex with oyster band and thunderbird rotating bezel. for the rare times i dress up in the evening, i wear a cartier tank...if i wear it during the day i'll break it. only took me 3 crystals to figure that out. :rolleyes: my favorite "fun" watch is my 1972 pulsar P2 LED watch-just like james bond wore in " live and let die". it's very sleek..and hey, it lights up so i can see it at night. i wear an timex indiglo 1440 sports watch when doing any athletic stuff...it's actually pretty cool looking and was only $15.00.

[skytown205]

i like watches...this one's kind of big but i like it.

[Nermal]

I've got a G-Shock

Same.

I buy a new one everytime the battery runs out, as it's only marginally more expensive than getting Casio to replace it and all the seals etc etc... :eek: :p

My battery hasn't run out yet :)

[DreaminDirector]

I love my new watch. It's a Duke from Nixon.

[Savage Henry]

A Storm graces my wrist: a kind of mix of contemporary elegance and a distinct burst of style.

I go through waves of wanting to replace it, but I don't think I will for a long time yet.

[encro]

Sony-Ericsson T610 (Yep, I realise you said watch. I'm avoiding the doubleup)

When I go out for something more formal I have a Pierre Cardin watch though.

[The_Dood]

Mine was a Valentine's Day present - Gucci 1500. Simple and sexy.


http://www.watchesplanet.com/Product/GUCCI/21535.jpg

[takao]

swatch skin chrono from 2001 collection
http://www.shop4brand.com/store/media/swatch_suyk100g.l.gif
looks like this but the buttons are lighter grey: perhaps from a different model
was present so i don't know exactly

[iGav]

My battery hasn't run out yet :)

my first G-Shock battery lasted from '97 to '00, then I went to the G-Shock factory (it's actually just a shop) in Carnaby Street to get the battery replaced, and they came back with a comedy quote, it needed to be sent off, the battery replaced and then resealed, so I decided to buy a new one instead... and this battery is coming into it's 4th year now... ;)

Already got my eye on a replacement G-Shock though.... :D

[jrober]

My current watch is an Eterna Airforce, very nice, Eternamatic(R) self winding so no battery problems.

[Geetar]

A Jaeger-LeCoultre steel Reverso for the last 2 years. It's a single-face auto (that's what Jaeger excel at....the company, unlike a lot of Swiss makers, builds its own movements) and it's pretty accurate. I've still got my previous watch- an Omega Seamaster, the "James Bond" watch. Boy, did that watch take a beating. The strap-pins need replacing, but the Omega wasn't as accurate as the Jaeger; it would probably benefit from regulating (again....).

The maintenance on these watches makes them a pita, but I love them. I've never liked quartz movements, even though they're more accurate.

[atari1356]

I like watches, but I hate wearing them... most are too big and I just can't get used to having something around my wrist all the time.

Of course, I'm sitting in front of the computer for most of the day, so I can just look at the clock on it. ;)

[gwuMACaddict]

[QUOTE=Geetar]A Jaeger-LeCoultre steel Reverso for the last 2 years. It's a single-face auto (that's what Jaeger excel at....the company, unlike a lot of Swiss makers, builds its own movements)QUOTE]

excellent choice :D i have a reverso memory that i wear once in a while... jaeger also makes movements for a few of the more renowned companies like breguet and audemars, though those compnaies are working to ween themselves off of jaeger's base movements

[rainman::|:|]

i wear the Contemporary Apple Watch, the old one with a blue rim and multicolor logo. i'm a definite watch-collector in the making, i'm fascenated by them... but don't have the money or time to do that at this point. I do love mechanical watches, especially the naked watches they're producing now. Simply beautiful. I'll add that i refuse to use a digital watch or clock, because i think it's an oversimplification and i feel insulted every time i look at one... plus they're so damn ugly. i have about a dozen clocks at home because i just love the way everything comes together in certain designs...

paul

[Nermal]

my first G-Shock battery lasted from '97 to '00, then I went to the G-Shock factory (it's actually just a shop) in Carnaby Street to get the battery replaced, and they came back with a comedy quote, it needed to be sent off, the battery replaced and then resealed, so I decided to buy a new one instead... and this battery is coming into it's 4th year now... ;)

Already got my eye on a replacement G-Shock though.... :D

By the time this one runs out, they will probably have perfected solar ones that last forever (might have them already). In that case, I'll replace this one when it runs out then I won't have to worry about it again :)

[CmdrLaForge]

I like mechanical watches. One of them see below, but also really modern watches. But the speedmaster is my favorite watch of all.

[CmdrLaForge]

i wear the Contemporary Apple Watch, the old one with a blue rim and multicolor logo. i'm a definite watch-collector in the making, i'm fascenated by them...
paul

Can you post a picture ? That would be great.

[jeremy.king]

Engraved Colibri 3 dial pocket watch from my wife.

[brhmac]

:)

[krimson]

i dont usually wear watches, but when im snowboarding, i wear a Timex Expedition, fancy night out ill wear my Tag, and when im out on the town or playing at a gig, i wear a G-Shock BPM.

otherwise my phone is my watch. :)

[Nermal]

Here's mine.

[Nermal]

Just as a followup to my previous post...

By the time this one runs out, they will probably have perfected solar ones that last forever (might have them already). In that case, I'll replace this one when it runs out then I won't have to worry about it again :)

I took a look at Casio's site, they do have them already. They're called Tough Solar and it says that you "never have to replace the battery, ever". But they still have a trick up their sleeve! Apparently the date function "only" works up to 2039. So if you're reasonably young like me, you still can't buy a watch that will last you the rest of your life.

[kiwi_the_iwik]

Mine's a Seiko Duo Diver's 150m -

Digital display window, and analogue face with moving bezel.

I've had it since 1985, and it's beautiful.


I saw Arnie wearing one in "Raw Deal" years ago when he was posing in front of his mirror, gun in hand

(NO - not THAT kind of gun - a REAL one...)

:rolleyes:

[Blackstealth]

Tissot titanium chronograph/multifunction. Very understated, very light and, going by the Tissots that the rest of the family wears, should outlast me. I got it about 6 months ago to replace a Tag Heuer which was a bit too in-yer-face.

[tutubibi]

Mechanical self-winding watches for me.

Tissot PR 50 Automatic for everyday.

http://www.tissot.ch/cgi-bin/cgi2.exe?idprod=T34148352&idfam=1264&idcol=4&famindex=0&SECT=PROD_PRODUCT

I also have Omega Speedmaster Reduced, used only for special occasions.

http://www.omegawatches.com/omega/co_watch?ID=1293&line=117&gen=G&sublineID=369

[MorganX]

I have a RADO Ceramica Multifunction.

My dad left me a Rolex Oyster perpetual, but it just looked like a fake on me, so I sold it and got the RADO for me an a nice Gucci for the wife...

I've also got a Fossil Architect in stainless steel and an old Tag Huer, both of which get worn in places where it ain't politic to wear very expensive watches... ;)

I want one. Sweet.

[kiwi_the_iwik]

Originally posted by Wintermute
My dad left me a Rolex Oyster perpetual, but it just looked like a fake on me, so I sold it and got the RADO for me an a nice Gucci for the wife...

My dad gave my brother a Stainless Steel Rolex Oyster Perpetual for his 21st birthday 17 years ago - For MY 21st, I got a crap gold chain, which wasn't even $30 (NZ)...

I felt a bit cheated at the time, but now I don't REALLY care anymore. Dad's currently got a gold Rolex - it's an ugly yellow gold colour, and I prefer WHITE gold. So when he finally kicks the bucket (sad though as it may be...), I'll probably get it. Then, I'll sell it in favour of the one I like...

...unless, of course, my dumbass brother gets to it first. He's such a possessive gold-digger. If he does, then good luck to him. I'm also a firm believer in Karma - and he'll get HIS in the end....

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

:)

[ibookin']

I wear a Fossil Blue that I bought for $40 on sale. I wanted a Tag Heuer like my dad's, but didn't want to spend the money.

[isus]

seiko kinetic... yum

[G5orbust]

Nixon Super Rover

http://www.cleanlinesurf.com/shop/images/Nixon-Watches/it528sm_blk.jpg

[shadowfax]

i just use the clock feature on my iPod as my watch... it's usually with me.

[frankzeg]

NITEK C- which with its Titanium case will probably stop a bullet if I could position it properly and quickly enough! The log function reminds me that I should stop working and head back to somewhere exotic and GO DIVING.
z

[candan9019]

The nike I use for snowboarding and hiking and the casio I use the rest of the time.

[djbahdow01]

I have a Citizen Titanium Eco-Drive. Great watch, and i never have to change the battery. Also i can never tell i have it on as the titanium is so much lighter than the Stainless steel. That is until i look at it.

[MrMacMan]

A seiko.

Metal, Roman Numerals on face, dark face.

[Nermal]

I have a Citizen Titanium Eco-Drive. Great watch, and i never have to change the battery. Also i can never tell i have it on as the titanium is so much lighter than the Stainless steel. That is until i look at it.

I can't feel my heavy one anymore because I've had it on for so long. So the weight doesn't really matter.

[kiwi_the_iwik]

I know mine's finally coming to the end of its lifespan - back in 1998 I had to FIGHT Seiko tooth-and-nail to get new o-rings manufactured for it, as it was not supported any longer. However, they were finally cool about it, and Seiko Japan had sourced some, and freighted them out to Sydney free of charge. And the total cost of repair? $50 (AUD). Great service....

The biggest problem is that every time the battery needs replacing, then the seals have to be broken. I was lucky that Seiko UK had some replacement o-rings when I had it done LAST time (around a year ago), but it cost me like £100 just to get it up to spec.! That's the equivalent of $300 (AUD) for the SAME SERVICE!

So - I'm looking at a kinetic-style watch, or even a nice Tag-Heuer. Ultimately though, it'll have to be a diver's watch.

But, then again, there's Dad's Rolex Oyster Perpetual to look forward to...

:rolleyes:

[JamesDPS]

I wear a specially engineered miniature sundial. I like the "classic" look.

(okay fine... a Tag Heuer automatic, silver on silver)

[iMeowbot]

I'm still wearing one of these (http://www.squiggly.com/swatch/p/product/i/741/code/GW400/name/Big%20Eclipse). I've had several other, really nice watches over those 17 years, but is the only one that refused to fall apart or die. Only on its third battery too, if I'm remembering right.

[Nermal]

I got my first watch in 1996, it's still chugging along on its first battery (at least it was last time I looked, it's gathering dust somewhere). It's got no backlight so I suppose that helps.

[LimeiBook86]

My watch doubles as a sweet TV or Cable remote control. :D

[neut]

i've had my timex for over 10 yrs now... whenever i break it i take it back to Shopko where they just give me a brand new one. :D

one time i didn't have the watch (band broke at a concert... Tool, if are were wondering) nor did i have a receipt and they still gave me a new watch at like 65% off.

hey, it works.


peace.

[jefhatfield]

i went window shopping again for watches and i found a new one i like...but many of the models are over my limit of 500 bucks

they are swiss made watches for the burberry clothing line...famous for raincoats and overcoats...most models look good as a casual watch but they are elegant enough to be dressy like the movado watches, which cost a little more

but for everyday watches, i like the sub 500 dollar market of seiko titaniums, the blue angels watch (by seiko or casio or somebody like that in the 300-500 dollar range), and the hamilton military style watches

for a tight budget under 200 (and often under 100), there are the swiss army watches and the fossil watches which look very durable

i like tag heuer and though they look very durable, most models are out of my general price range

if money were no object, i would more likely go towards a breitling instead of a rolex which can cost 2x to 10x more in the case at macy's or local jewelry store near me...but if the rolex was low key, that would be cool...i don't go for 18kt gold watches covered with diamonds and no matter how many diamonds there are and how much gold they use, they have a cheesy look to them ;)

[actripxl]

Most of my watches are Citizen Eco-drive's but since I've started swimming everyday I pretty much wear my adidas sports watch.

[thecow]

The one I have is a swatch that my grandmother gave to me for my birthday. I picked it out in a store in switzerland. I like it a lot.
http://prostore.com/swatch/kleine/hypnotic.jpg

[jimsowden]

My pod? iWatch mini :cool:

[kylos]

Timex Expedition with digi compass. Most expensive watch ever purchased. $50. :) I don't like metal or rubber bands. The leather is quite comfortable. Nothing fancy or flashy, but wears well for most occasions.

[slowtreme]

Nike Triax V10 so I know my heart rate when cycling
http://niketown.nike.com/img/prod/SM0018/SM0018_001_CAT-4.JPG

[jaw04005]

I wear a fossil "blue" watch. Up until now, I just wore cheap plastic ones, which did their job, but looked lacking. Its my first metal watch, so I'm proud, lol...

edit: I would post a picture, but Im supposed to be off the computer for a week, so I gotta go!

I also wear a Fossil Blue Style watch, although mine is Red :)

[Nermal]

My watch doubles as a sweet TV or Cable remote control. :D

That's just crazy. My watch has a phone book function that I've never used, as well as a day counter (how many days it has been since X/Y/Z), 5 alarms (I've used a total of 3), stopwatch, and dual time (also never used, but could be useful if I ever go overseas again*).

It's like a cellphone really, they come with all sorts of features that you don't need :)

*I got this watch well after I last went overseas. Indonesia, if you care.

[GroundLoop]

I love my Omega DeVille Coaxial Power Reserve. Got it for Christmas.

http://www.omegawatches.com/omega/co_watch?ID=20961&line=118&gen=G&sublineID=385

Hickman

[bluemonkey]

I used to wear a Seiko Kinetic, but now I have a Fossil Blue Stainless.

The Seiko was great, and it was the first one they made, but something broke inside (part of the Kinetic apparatus), and it'll be quite costly to fix it. I may do so someday because it was a gift from my dad, but so was the new Fossil.

-Jason

[SiliconAddict]

I have a pocket watch that I got for my birthday a few years ago. it’s the fake kind that is battery powered. At some point I want to get an honest to god old school pocket watch.

[wPod]

I like mechanical watches. One of them see below, but also really modern watches. But the speedmaster is my favorite watch of all.

awsome choice!!! speedmaster is my personal favorite. it was the first watch worn on the moon!!! unfortunatly i do not have the money to get one :-/

i normally wear a stocker & yale watch (the original version that luminox now sells) (see picture)
but right now i am wearing a timex since my stocker & yale is in the shop because the stem decided to come out for no reason.