Speaking of mechanical watches, my pocket watch.
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Count me in. Got the Seiko black and orange monster models. Right now looking at the new Seiko model SRPA-21 PADI diver with turtle case. Better movement and also auto with wind. Many dive watches from the past selling for good money on E-Bay.
2ffat
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I'm hard on watches, too. That's why I buy the cheapest Timex and Casio. They seem to last longer than the expensive ones and I don't cuss when I break them.
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"One watch I would like to own is the Movado Museum watch"
In the 1980s I had a Seiko which very closely resembled the Movado Museum watch, and from any distance, anyone seeing it would assume it was one. It lasted about 10 years, not worth the cost of having it fixed when it gave out. Back in the 1970s I wore a Seiko Auto 5 (a mechanical auto-wind) I bought for peanuts when I was working in Colombia. A good watch, but after 7-8 years it got so it wouldn't run reliably, and again, at least to me, it didn't seem to be worth the cost of getting it cleaned, which was more than I paid for it new. It went into the junk drawer until I sold it on eBay a few years back.
In the 1980s I had a Seiko which very closely resembled the Movado Museum watch, and from any distance, anyone seeing it would assume it was one. It lasted about 10 years, not worth the cost of having it fixed when it gave out. Back in the 1970s I wore a Seiko Auto 5 (a mechanical auto-wind) I bought for peanuts when I was working in Colombia. A good watch, but after 7-8 years it got so it wouldn't run reliably, and again, at least to me, it didn't seem to be worth the cost of getting it cleaned, which was more than I paid for it new. It went into the junk drawer until I sold it on eBay a few years back.
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I only have 4 watches. My favorite is a Movado Moon Phase. I have a Raymond Weil that is pretty much my every day watch, a Jubilee self winder that Mrs gave me on our wedding day in 1976, and one off brand that I can't remember buy we really liked the metal band. None of them have numbers on them for the hours.
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Seiko automatic Dive watches for everyday wear for me since 1989. I'm on my second, first one still runs but looking a little worse for 25 years of wear.....first one cost me about $200 in a local jewelry store ...... current one about $250 online (Amazon) 3 years ago.
Also have a Seiko Solar chronograph Divers Watch with Nato band I'm fond of................
Also have a Seiko Solar chronograph Divers Watch with Nato band I'm fond of................
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Heck yeah I like watches. Co-workers used to ask me why, when cell phones are so prevalent. But, I don't have a smart phone, and I noticed they would always ask me what time it was the few seconds a day they weren't glued to theirs. 
This Casio G-shock is 20+ years old, I still wear it when shooting, kayaking, or working outside.
Before I retired, I used these two manual wind Chinese watches. Both of them have sapphire crystal faces and backs. Over the years I have come to prefer arabic numerals and no date:
My sporty casual watch is a Glycine sub:
I guess I don't have pictures of the two I were most often these days since I retired. A Casio Pathfinder (I think they changed that to Pro-Trek) PAW 2000, because I'm lazy. Solar battery, syncs via radio wave with the atomic clock each night, always ready to go when I wear it once a week. For the rare social occasion, a Grand Seiko Spring Drive. Somebody is always willing to argue (and I am not), but most watch people consider it the first really new movement since the quartz watch.
A Week On The Wrist: The Grand Seiko Spring Drive Snowflake SBGA211
I have a couple of others, but I'm getting embarrassed by how much stuff I have.
This Casio G-shock is 20+ years old, I still wear it when shooting, kayaking, or working outside.
Before I retired, I used these two manual wind Chinese watches. Both of them have sapphire crystal faces and backs. Over the years I have come to prefer arabic numerals and no date:
My sporty casual watch is a Glycine sub:
I guess I don't have pictures of the two I were most often these days since I retired. A Casio Pathfinder (I think they changed that to Pro-Trek) PAW 2000, because I'm lazy. Solar battery, syncs via radio wave with the atomic clock each night, always ready to go when I wear it once a week. For the rare social occasion, a Grand Seiko Spring Drive. Somebody is always willing to argue (and I am not
), but most watch people consider it the first really new movement since the quartz watch.A Week On The Wrist: The Grand Seiko Spring Drive Snowflake SBGA211
I have a couple of others, but I'm getting embarrassed by how much stuff I have.
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"Takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'!"
Timex Ironman Triathlon—well over 10 years old I think. The hunks gnawed out of the bezel are from my cats chewing on it when I am petting them in my lap. I never take it off. All our cats like to gnaw on it on my wrist for some reason.
A lot of the lettering is worn off, and the night illumination no longer works, but I think I have gotten my $20 something bucks out of it.
Timex Ironman Triathlon—well over 10 years old I think. The hunks gnawed out of the bezel are from my cats chewing on it when I am petting them in my lap. I never take it off. All our cats like to gnaw on it on my wrist for some reason.
A lot of the lettering is worn off, and the night illumination no longer works, but I think I have gotten my $20 something bucks out of it.
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I have not worn a watch since I got a cell phone. I have large hands and wrists, mechanical bands hardly ever have enough extra inserts to let them fit with any slack at all. Most straps either tore when I worked in them or my sweat was salty enough they wouldn't last 18 months. By then the crystals were scratched enough they were tough to read. I also needed to be precise about time when dealing with work reports as well as needing a second hand or stop watch to calculate flows.
I tried one last week after 9 months of retirement and it only lasted 3 hours. Call me less than full dressed or what ever but they are not for me.
I tried one last week after 9 months of retirement and it only lasted 3 hours. Call me less than full dressed or what ever but they are not for me.
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I like watches, but I've never been able to afford a really nice watch. A Hamilton automatic field watch is on my want list. I don't know if they still offer it, but West Coast Time was offering a frankenwatch automatic a few years ago that pretty much met all my needs/wants in a watch. Couldn't afford it, though.
I do have a Luminox watch. It's not one of their diver watches, though. It's more like a military field watch. Stopped working. At first I thought the battery needed changing. As it turned out, I guess it got bumped one time too many and the hands started rubbing together, keeping it from running properly. I had a local repair shop I trust fix it, but it happened again. I probably should've sent it back, but I decided to just get another watch. I'm not interested in getting another Luminox. From what I've seen, customer satisfaction seems to be a bit mixed on the brand.
My current watch is a Casio G-Shock. I like it because I don't have to worry about it getting dinged up and I can change the battery myself. I got an adapter so I could use a nylon NATO-style wrist band (I don't like resin bands). I also have a Timex Expedition analog with a leather band that I like, but it's been dinged up a bit. I haven't worn it much since getting the G-Shock.
I do. Never served in the military, though.
I do have a Luminox watch. It's not one of their diver watches, though. It's more like a military field watch. Stopped working. At first I thought the battery needed changing. As it turned out, I guess it got bumped one time too many and the hands started rubbing together, keeping it from running properly. I had a local repair shop I trust fix it, but it happened again. I probably should've sent it back, but I decided to just get another watch. I'm not interested in getting another Luminox. From what I've seen, customer satisfaction seems to be a bit mixed on the brand.
My current watch is a Casio G-Shock. I like it because I don't have to worry about it getting dinged up and I can change the battery myself. I got an adapter so I could use a nylon NATO-style wrist band (I don't like resin bands). I also have a Timex Expedition analog with a leather band that I like, but it's been dinged up a bit. I haven't worn it much since getting the G-Shock.
I do. Never served in the military, though.
The cost to tune up the Rolex is more then the 3 other watches cost!
And the Citizen watches keep better time and never need batteries and
get up dated from WWV.
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I have the opposite problem. I have relatively small wrists, and most of the larger men's diver watches (watch face bigger than 36-38mm or so) I've tried on looked like a novelty item on me because they were so big.
My 2 old mechanical Heuer are from before Tag came along. And I do wear them.
Safe Queens are not my forte, not even in firearms.
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My 2 old mechanical Heuer are from before Tag came along. And I do wear them.
Safe Quees are not my forte, not even in firearms.
I think mine's a pre Tag auto chronograph. I'll try to get a pic later.
Luminox is the best!
I've had My Luminox so long that the tubes are starting to fade(13 years). The bezel and case are scratched up some, but the face looks like the day I bought it. I found a place in Hong Kong that will replace the tritium tubes, but they want $200 to do it and have a healthy disclaimer that if they mess it up, it's not their fault. It's still readable in a dark room after my eyes are dark adjusted, and that's the only time I need the illumination. I can't read the date any longer without my glasses, so I don't even bother changing it at the first of the month.
I've had My Luminox so long that the tubes are starting to fade(13 years). The bezel and case are scratched up some, but the face looks like the day I bought it. I found a place in Hong Kong that will replace the tritium tubes, but they want $200 to do it and have a healthy disclaimer that if they mess it up, it's not their fault. It's still readable in a dark room after my eyes are dark adjusted, and that's the only time I need the illumination. I can't read the date any longer without my glasses, so I don't even bother changing it at the first of the month.
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Here's another one. I don't know why I do it, been doing it forever.
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VaTom: my Dad was career AF (33 years) and I remember pilots wearing their watches on the underside of their wrists. It was so they could tell the time without taking their hands off the yoke (steering wheel), especially in combat.
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