Any Watch Freaks?

[Street Glider]

These days, it's becoming more and more common for people to rely on their cell phone when they want to know what time it is. While I could certainly do that, as well, I appreciate a finely designed and manufactured time piece. The only unfortunate part is that, owning over 40 automatic and manual wind wrist watches, I absolutely dread daylight savings time. That said, I don't always set the time and date them all, simply because many of them are watches I rarely wear.

My current daily wear piece is a Breitling Colt 43:



Anyone else?

[zymurgy]

I am proud of the fact that at 50 years of age, I have never wasted my money strapping a clock to my body

I also have not set an alarm in decades - I'll wake up when I wake up

[Street Glider]

I am proud of the fact that at 50 years of age, I have never wasted my money strapping a clock to my body

Ahhh, I don't see it as a waste of money. I enjoy them; the craftsmanship of many are truly works of art...

I also have not set an alarm in decades - I'll wake up when I wake up

Always working the night shift, or does your internal clock always wake you up in time for whatever you need to be awake for?

[Celticguy]

I do appreciate finely engineered and designed watches but its a hobby I have not chosen to afford.

I get by with my Samsung smartwatch.

[Street Glider]

I do appreciate finely engineered and designed watches but its a hobby I have not chosen to afford.

I get by with my Samsung smartwatch.

It can get a bit spendy.

I bought my first "nice" watch, a stainless Rolex DateJust, at a shopping mall jewelry store in Charleston, SC in 1986. I think it cost $1,100. I was only an E-5 in the Navy at the time, but my wife insisted. I ended up selling it some years later so I could buy a guitar and an amplifier, which were later sold because I insisted on having a new car stereo. Talk about diminishing returns. That model watch, from that year, now sells in the $6,000 range.

My next nice watch was an Oris Williams F1. Most people are unfamiliar with the brand, but they're wonderful pieces. I bought it for $1,100 back in 2005, and I still wear it:

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After that, I became a bit enamored with watches: Rolex, Panerai, IWC, Breitling, Ulysses Nardin, Omega among others. Thankfully I was doing very, very well professionally and could afford to acquire them. But it wasn't all "high end" stuff. I found a company called Deep Blue. They made exclusively dive watches. They used Seiko automatic movements, and were a ridiculous value. A nice, high quality tool watch for not a lot of money. I bought my first one used, and paid only $200 for it.

My first new one was $350:

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Nine times out of ten I'll be wearing one of those when out on the boat or when diving...

[Matt Dillon]

These days, it's becoming more and more common for people to rely on their cell phone when they want to know what time it is. While I could certainly do that, as well, I appreciate a finely designed and manufactured time piece. The only unfortunate part is that, owning over 40 automatic and manual wind wrist watches, I absolutely dread daylight savings time. That said, I don't always set the time and date them all, simply because many of them are watches I rarely wear.

My current daily wear piece is a Breitling Colt 43:



Anyone else?

Not me. Last watch I had, a relative bought for me, so I wore it to work the next day. I get about 60 feet up in the air and the wristband pops. Watch falls all the way to the ground; Last time I wore it.

I scooped up the mess at the end of the day and put it in a drawer where it still is. That was around 2004.

[AProudLefty]

My problem with it is that it creates tan lines. That was the reason why I had those watches that hang off your belt or whatever.

[Street Glider]

Not me. Last watch I had, a relative bought for me, so I wore it to work the next day. I get about 60 feet up in the air and the wristband pops. Watch falls all the way to the ground; Last time I wore it.

I scooped up the mess at the end of the day and put it in a drawer where it still is. That was around 2004.

What was (is) it?

At this point, I feel naked without a watch on...

[zymurgy]

Always working the night shift, or does your internal clock always wake you up in time for whatever you need to be awake for?

no - I just have flex time days in I/T - and never schedule early meetings

[Celticguy]

It can get a bit spendy.

I bought my first "nice" watch, a stainless Rolex DateJust, at a shopping mall jewelry store in Charleston, SC in 1986. I think it cost $1,100. I was only an E-5 in the Navy at the time, but my wife insisted. I ended up selling it some years later so I could buy a guitar and an amplifier, which were later sold because I insisted on having a new car stereo. Talk about diminishing returns. That model watch, from that year, now sells in the $6,000 range.

My next nice watch was an Oris Williams F1. Most people are unfamiliar with the brand, but they're wonderful pieces. I bought it for $1,100 back in 2005, and I still wear it:

6565241029_933a02d844_o.jpg


After that, I became a bit enamored with watches: Rolex, Panerai, IWC, Breitling, Ulysses Nardin, Omega among others. Thankfully I was doing very, very well professionally and could afford to acquire them. But it wasn't all "high end" stuff. I found a company called Deep Blue. They made exclusively dive watches. They used Seiko automatic movements, and were a ridiculous value. A nice, high quality tool watch for not a lot of money. I bought my first one used, and paid only $200 for it.

My first new one was $350:

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Nine times out of ten I'll be wearing one of those when out on the boat or when diving...

my brother came back from Vietnam with an Omega which I thought was the coolest thing I'd seen.
it only occurred to me MUCH later that it MIGHT have been a knock off. But he's still wearing it so looks like its the real deal ! Dont know the model, wasnt super complex but distinguished looking.

[anonymoose]

I am proud of the fact that at 50 years of age, I have never wasted my money strapping a clock to my body

I sleep, shower, swim, everything while wearing. Never take it off. It’s a solar powered Citizen. Change to my Garmin Fenix 3 in winter until we get to Hawaii in January.
No light up here.

[Matt Dillon]

What was (is) it?

At this point, I feel naked without a watch on...

Nothing worthwhile for sure.

"Geneva"?

[RB 60]

I sleep, shower, swim, everything while wearing. Never take it off. It’s a solar powered Citizen. Change to my Garmin Fenix 3 in winter until we get to Hawaii in January.
No light up here.

I have a solar powered Citizen watch myself. My other dress watch is a Bulova. Both are extremely accurate.

[T. A. Gardner]

I am probably the only one here who carries a pocket watch. A Belair half-hunter with matching pin knife and I have my wedding ring as a watch fob. That is a long-standing thing with me. I go "dead front" and wear no jewelry because these are potential shock and injury hazards in an industrial environment.



I have an older Andre Rivelle 17 jewel half-hunter (for those who don't know, a half-hunter has a hunting scene on the cover and a plain back, versus a hunter with a scene on both) but it needs service and it's getting really hard to find anyone who does that any more.

[Street Glider]

A nice pocket watch just exudes class...