I'd like a watch...

[rdowns]

Okay, so someone in Japan pulls out their cell phone to tell time rather than looking at a wristwatch. Is that the basis of your claim?

I keep my phone in my pocket. Much easier to look at my wrist than to pull out my phone and press a button to see the time. I don't know (or care) what someone does in Japan.

How about someone in NY?

I stopped wearing a watch about 2 years ago. I still have several but only wear if I have to put a suit on.

 

[Rt&Dzine]

Okay, so someone in Japan pulls out their cell phone to tell time rather than looking at a wristwatch. Is that the basis of your claim?

I keep my phone in my pocket. Much easier to look at my wrist than to pull out my phone and press a button to see the time. I don't know (or care) what someone does in Japan.

Do you take things that literally or are you messing with me? This is exhausting.

 

[Abstract]

This . . .

This means you couldn't think of your own example, no?

And clamshell phones were so yesterday. Actually, they were never as popular in the US as they were in Asia. In Japan, the market is hugely dominated by clamshells, most of which would have the time displayed on the outside wihot needing to press a button to wake the phone.

Watches are still the better way to tell time. It's irrelevant to the conversation, but there you go.

 

[Tomorrow]

Do you take things that literally or are you messing with me? This is exhausting.

Your statement doesn't speak to whether a watch is still fashionable. You simply pointed out that some people use their phone to tell time rather than a watch.

By your logic, I could claim that cell phones are "so yesterday" because some people make phone calls via Skype.

How about someone in NY?

I stopped wearing a watch about 2 years ago. I still have several but only wear if I have to put a suit on.

Yes, but you didn't use your personal preference to claim that "wrist watches are so yesterday." In fact, you even acknowledge that you wear one from time to time.

 

[jemeinc]

Do you take things that literally or are you messing with me? This is exhausting.

Well, if it's exhausting you have yourself to thank for that.. If you feel that way, hey, cool, it's your opinion and you're entitled to it.. But you gotta admit you did do your best to make it sound like you had some ground breaking news as to why watches where "so yesterday"..LOL.. That's why people where pressing you to share the inside scoop- which turned out to be nothing really.. But hey, it's all good- in your opinion watches are obsolete.. No-one would be riding you so hard if you didn't infer something a little deeper than cell phones have the time so therefore watches are a waste..

Anyway, enough of that.. I like a little arm candy and have certainly enjoyed listening to everyones opinions on the subject of which type of bracelet is better.. I personally like them all and have a few leather, metal, and recently just got my first titanium bracelet watch.. I like, and wear them all.. I guess my day to day watch is my Swiss Army Victorinox that my wife and kids got me for Christmas a couple of years ago.. It was more than the OP wanted to spend but if you did consider scraping up a bit more I don't think you'd be disappointed.. My wife and kids originally had a Tagg Huer picked out for me that was actually more expensive.. It was a beautiful watch.. At the last minute we actually backed out of purchasing that in favor of the Swiss Army.. The Tag would have been great but I would have been buying it because it was a tag- not because I loved it.. I loved the swiss army.. I'm probably the only guy to turn down a Tag Huer in favor of a Swiss Army but I'm glad I did..

I think that there's a lot worse things as a young man that you could be spending your money on.. For men watches are a nice piece of jewelery and you should feel fine about spending a few bucks on a nice watch collection for yourself over the years.. A good quality watch will last you many, many years.. If you can, splurge on yourself a little..

 

[sysiphus]

Anyway, enough of that.. I like a little arm candy and have certainly enjoyed listening to everyones opinions on the subject of which type of bracelet is better.. I personally like them all and have a few leather, metal, and recently just got my first titanium bracelet watch.. I like, and wear them all.. I guess my day to day watch is my Swiss Army Victorinox that my wife and kids got me for Christmas a couple of years ago.. It was more than the OP wanted to spend but if you did consider scraping up a bit more I don't think you'd be disappointed.. My wife and kids originally had a Tagg Huer picked out for me that was actually more expensive.. It was a beautiful watch.. At the last minute we actually backed out of purchasing that in favor of the Swiss Army.. The Tag would have been great but I would have been buying it because it was a tag- not because I loved it.. I loved the swiss army.. I'm probably the only guy to turn down a Tag Huer in favor of a Swiss Army but I'm glad I did..

I think that there's a lot worse things as a young man that you could be spending your money on.. For men watches are a nice piece of jewelery and you should feel fine about spending a few bucks on a nice watch collection for yourself over the years.. A good quality watch will last you many, many years.. If you can, splurge on yourself a little..

I've had a couple TAG-Heuers, and while they were nice, I did end up feeling like I was paying too much for the brand. They use the same ETA movements as most 2-500ish dollar watches, but cost far more.
Right now, I'm wearing a rather simple Wenger quartz dive watch...rugged, battery lasts for about 6 years, and can be dressed up with a suit. With that said, I wouldn't mind getting a Seiko Spirit or so for dressier occasions.

 

[DoNoHarm]

What exactly are you trying to say about those of us who wear Fossil watches?

I quit wearing my $200 Citizen five years ago in favor of a Fossil. It looks nicer and feels better on my wrist. And it was only $70.

Is "dressing like a bum" about how much you spend? Because in my mind, the Fossil I own looks nicer than the Citizen.

Actually this citizen I just got cost only $80.

As for all the talk about whether or not watches/clamshells are so yesterday, I think what we can all agree on is that a watch (or lack of) is a reflection of one's personality. Just like some people like clean watches without gazillions of gadgets, some people might want to take it a step further and have no watch. When the person said "watches are so yesterday" he's not stating a fact, it's his take, and that's correct relative for him.

 

[Tomorrow]

...I think what we can all agree on is that a watch (or lack of) is a reflection of one's personality. Just like some people like clean watches without gazillions of gadgets, some people might want to take it a step further and have no watch. When the person said "watches are so yesterday" he's not stating a fact, it's his take, and that's correct relative for him.

I completely agree with your statement. As far as I'm concerned, it's like wearing any other kind of jewelry; either you like wearing it, or you don't. I was just asking him to back up his statement, since it came across to me as sweeping and general enough to present itself as fact.

 

[dmr727]

I completely agree with your statement. As far as I'm concerned, it's like wearing any other kind of jewelry; either you like wearing it, or you don't.

Exactly. To me, it's essentially a fashion accessory that also happens to be a convenient way to tell the time. The fact that I might have another device on my person that does the same thing is irrelevant.

 

[sysiphus]

Exactly. To me, it's essentially a fashion accessory that also happens to be a convenient way to tell the time. The fact that I might have another device on my person that does the same thing is irrelevant.

I'd mostly agree. However, it's much easier to discreetly check the time (in class, a meeting, etc) on a watch than to pull out a phone.

 

[dmr727]

I'd mostly agree. However, it's much easier to discreetly check the time (in class, a meeting, etc) on a watch than to pull out a phone.

That's very true!

 

[DoNoHarm]

What is up with the GIGANTIC watch fad these days? While looking for my watch, I found so few watches with a 37-40mm diameter. It seems that all the watches are 40-50-60mm thick.

While it may be easier to look at your wrist to tell the time, when your watch weighs more than an iphone, you gotta ask whether it's worth all the effort to have this huge metal block on your wrist....

 

[yojitani]

I just wanted to say that I really appreciate this thread. I'm looking for a nice watch right now too but everything I'd found was kind of ugly. Lots of nice ideas here. I hate wearing watches and I react badly to leather or plastic straps so I'd nearly given up hope since most of the nice watches have non-metal straps.

 

[sysiphus]

What is up with the GIGANTIC watch fad these days? While looking for my watch, I found so few watches with a 37-40mm diameter. It seems that all the watches are 40-50-60mm thick.

While it may be easier to look at your wrist to tell the time, when your watch weighs more than an iphone, you gotta ask whether it's worth all the effort to have this huge metal block on your wrist....

Yeah, it is rather disappointing how the typical full-size men's watch has grown so much. Even Rolex is starting to give in and expand their line beyond the 34mm diameter they've stuck on for years

 

[Abstract]

I'm more concerned about the thickness of a watch than the diameter.

I wear collared dress shirts to work, and I wear long-sleeve collared shirts casually as well. If my watch can't fit under my shirt sleeve, I couldn't wear it, and I wouldn't buy it.

That leaves out most chronographs, particularly automatics. I have a quartz chronograph, but I like the look of some chronographs, and yet if I were to splurge and spend $2000 on a watch (that's really splurging for me), it wouldn't be a chronograph.

 

[DoNoHarm]

I'm more concerned about the thickness of a watch than the diameter.

I wear collared dress shirts to work, and I wear long-sleeve collared shirts casually as well. If my watch can't fit under my shirt sleeve, I couldn't wear it, and I wouldn't buy it.

That leaves out most chronographs, particularly automatics. I have a quartz chronograph, but I like the look of some chronographs, and yet if I were to splurge and spend $2000 on a watch (that's really splurging for me), it wouldn't be a chronograph.

A look at amazon.com reveals that their best selling watch is the Invicta subaqua watch, on sale from $2,000 to $400 (it must be a going out of business sale, just like the rug store down the street). The thickness is an incredible 19mm. That's 3mm less than the palmrest on the Macbook Pro I'm typing on right now. Incredible. At 50mm wide, its more of a wrist clock than a wrist watch.

Taken from amazon.com:

Watch Information
Brand Name: Invicta
Model number: INVICTA-6043
Part Number: INVICTA-6043
Dial window material type: flame-fusion
Clasp: Buckle
Case material: black-ion-plated-stainless-steel
Case diameter: 50 millimeters
Case Thickness: 19 millimeters

 

[sjinsjca]

Be a Jedi

Casio's PAW1300T-7V titanium multifunction chronometer is awesome, and unlike their other multifunction sport watches it fits under a shirtsleeve. It's very rugged, suitable for watersports to 100m, and has a solar-charged battery. It does world timezones, has a barometric altimeter, sets itself by the international atomic time standards so it's always accurate to within milliseconds, and even has a built-in compass. And it's gorgeous. I've had mine a year and it has held up beautifully.

Amazon link

 

[anti_]

Abstract, one last thing, how "Water-Resistant" was your calculator really?

 

[King Mook Mook]

Here's my watch: http://store.metmuseum.org/New/Color-Spectrum-Watch/invt/spectrumwatch. It's nice and stylish. I got it for christmas and have been wearing it ever since. It's extremely comfortable, and is very high quality. Also do not take much stock in the images on the site; in person the watch looks much better.

It's claim to fame is how the colour spectrum part of the watch changes colour. It also fits in quite well with my sig. It is quite subtle, but it is really the icing on the cake for this watch as I would love it even if it didn't change colour.

For an example of how it changes colour and how it really looks are attached!

King Mook Mook

P.S. Pictures modelled with my beautiful arm
P.P.S. Sorry for the bad pictures; They are taken from my iPhone. (My arm also looks better in real life ).

 

[satcomer]

How about a Zulu watch?

 

[sysiphus]

A look at amazon.com reveals that their best selling watch is the Invicta subaqua watch, on sale from $2,000 to $400 (it must be a going out of business sale, just like the rug store down the street). The thickness is an incredible 19mm. That's 3mm less than the palmrest on the Macbook Pro I'm typing on right now. Incredible. At 50mm wide, its more of a wrist clock than a wrist watch.

Taken from amazon.com:

Watch Information
Brand Name: Invicta
Model number: INVICTA-6043
Part Number: INVICTA-6043
Dial window material type: flame-fusion
Clasp: Buckle
Case material: black-ion-plated-stainless-steel
Case diameter: 50 millimeters
Case Thickness: 19 millimeters

As an FYI, you'll never pay "list" price for an Invicta. They claim high list prices with perpetual discounts to try to enhance the perceived value of what they're selling...not shocking, since with a couple exceptions, everything they make is total crap, with little or no QC. You get what you pay for--and if you want a decent-quality inexpensive substitute for a flashy Swiss watch, your money's much better spent on a Seiko or the like.

 

[DoNoHarm]

Here's my watch: http://store.metmuseum.org/New/Color-Spectrum-Watch/invt/spectrumwatch. It's nice and stylish. I got it for christmas and have been wearing it ever since. It's extremely comfortable, and is very high quality. Also do not take much stock in the images on the site; in person the watch looks much better.

It's claim to fame is how the colour spectrum part of the watch changes colour. It also fits in quite well with my sig. It is quite subtle, but it is really the icing on the cake for this watch as I would love it even if it didn't change colour.

For an example of how it changes colour and how it really looks are attached!

King Mook Mook

P.S. Pictures modelled with my beautiful arm
P.P.S. Sorry for the bad pictures; They are taken from my iPhone. (My arm also looks better in real life ).

that's pretty cool. does the colorful part simply rotate with the seconds or is there some randomness to the color gradient?

 

[DoNoHarm]

Casio's PAW1300T-7V titanium multifunction chronometer is awesome, and unlike their other multifunction sport watches it fits under a shirtsleeve. It's very rugged, suitable for watersports to 100m, and has a solar-charged battery. It does world timezones, has a barometric altimeter, sets itself by the international atomic time standards so it's always accurate to within milliseconds, and even has a built-in compass. And it's gorgeous. I've had mine a year and it has held up beautifully.

Amazon link

wow, that's pretty small for a watch with so many functions.

 

[King Mook Mook]

that's pretty cool. does the colorful part simply rotate with the seconds or is there some randomness to the color gradient?

I'm pretty sure there's a pattern/cycle to it. However the cycle take about 5 min to complete and it changes subtly, so it's not like red->green straight away, it goes through all the colour in between. It's hard to explain, and frankly I don't exactly know how it works, but it looks really cool and stylish in person.
If you want to see it change, just reply and I'll post a video.
King Mook Mook

 

[Abstract]

Abstract, one last thing, how "Water-Resistant" was your calculator really?

There's no way to test that without actually mucking up my watch, is there?


According to Casio, I know it's waterproof to a reasonable level, but I've never really gotten it wet.