My Watch Just Died

[R. G. Amos]

Get a Rolex.

 

[retiredbadge8091]

By God, you may find yourself without a cell phone one day but if you have a good watch on your wrist you'll still know the time.

I vote for a Casio Pathfinder. I have one I can't wear out. Solar powered, time adjusted by the atomic clock in Fort Collins, Co. It also has a compass, barometer and altimeter.

Pay the money and put one on your wrist too. You won't regret it.

 

[harleyvato]

Since I've retired I have gone from three watches to only two. My casual "beater" watch is a citizen eco drive that has served me for much longer than its projected life expectancy, the Jewelers told me it should take a solar charge for about 5 years or so, it's been almost 15 and still going strong. My other watch is a Rolex presidential date just with jubilee bracelet and diamond dial.i suspect this watch will go to one of my sons and then grandsons someday. Maintenance is expensive but well worth it to me. Yes I carry a cell phone but don't use the clock on it very often.i don't feel dressed if I'm not wearing a watch either.

 

[Maddog 521]

I haven't worn a watch since I retired. I don't really need it. I just paid a little over 3 bills for my annual subscription for my daily newspaper. I do need that.

 

[stem]

I have a few nice watches,(self winders) and the one that is on my wrist is a Seiko 5.

 

[bglz42]

Love my Seiko 5's. Will still be running when I am dead and gone!

 

[Gamecock]

Took my Casio Pathfinder to a jewelry store the other day. They said they could clean it up for $60, but no guarantee it would work any better. We agreed: repair is by replacement.

Ordered my 4th from Amazon this week.

 

[Donn]

My hitch in the Army and career at the phone company were the reason I wore a watch. Both jobs were predicated on time. Cell phones didn't come around till the tail end of my career. It's a habit I've never broken. Despite being retired, still wear a watch every day. Carry a pocket knife too. Can't slice an apple with a cell phone.

 

[retiredbadge8091]

My hitch in the Army and career at the phone company were the reason I wore a watch. Both jobs were predicated on time. Cell phones didn't come around till the tail end of my career. It's a habit I've never broken. Despite being retired, still wear a watch every day. Carry a pocket knife too. Can't slice an apple with a cell phone.

Pack a lighter or matches too and you can sit by a fire while you eat that apple... I can't function without my wallet, watch, pocket knife and a lighter.

 

[kozmic]

Unless I'm using a chainsaw or something similar, I have a wristwatch on and have since I was a young teen. I check the time countless times every day. I still have the first automatic watch my parents got me for Christmas back in 1973. It's a Seiko.

I just bought my son an Automatic Raymond Weil and myself a Quartz Movado. I like a less expensive quartz watch for daily romping and especially for golf. I've seen exploded automatic watches from hitting a golf ball! Both of my kids have GPS, multi-function watches for daily use. I much prefer a nice, attractive classic watch.

Snubby, two of the big online watch outlets; Ashford and Joma have Cyber sales still going on. I got 2 great deals at Ashford this week. You might want to check them out. I've bought from both and never had an issue. Free shipping going on now as well.

As a side note...I have 2 watches ready for pick up (my son's Tag F1 chrono and my wife's Tag) at the jeweler's getting new batteries, new seals and testing. That's a $75 hit for each. Automatics can be expensive to repair, especially if they go back to the mother ship in Switzerland, but quartz watches will nickel and dime the bejeebers out of you too.
Good luck!

 

[ditrina]

Pssssttttt Hey buddy wanna buy a watch????

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I have several watches including a Gold Rolex President.
But I carry a iPhone and don't wear a watch.
I am a recovering Type A, and I would tend to check my watch to ensure that I am on schedule,
even when I don't have a schedule.
Retired guys don't need watches!

 

[walkinghorse]

Well, it is on time twice a day!
With your workouts, your leatherwork............OK your house repairs , your time on the trails, grilling, enjoying your wife's cooking, etc. I do not see why you are worried about the time. Get up when its light, do all the things you do that require daylight, and then do the things remaining with lamps, headlights, flashlights, torches, afterall it is W. Va. , etc.
And if there is any remaining time, I am positive your wife will advise you what to do and what the deadline is!
Modern man complicates their lives!

"A country where everyone is in a hurry, but no one is on time!" *

*Attributed as an Indian saying, but no specific reference as to whom.

 

[loknload]

For the most part I know longer wear a watch, but when I do I have several Seikos, great watches. Those I consider my dress watches.
When I'm just out and about last year I bought a nice Bulova, works well.
Very similar to this...

 

[stargazin]

I like my Lumi. I love the tritium markers on it. I would love to find a auto winder with tritium markers Sapphire crystal and at least 100 meter water resistance.


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[JSR III]

What, nobody wears a S&W watch?

 

[zonker5]

......I like a less expensive quartz watch for daily romping and especially for golf. I've seen exploded automatic watches from hitting a golf ball!

If you are hitting the ball with your watch, you may want to have a Pro check your swing!

 

[03hemi]

Love my Sportura Seiko.

 

[yeti]

I am a big fan of the Citizen Eco-Drive Atomics. The lazy man's watch. Solar powered, reasonably durable*, and they fully update themselves (even for DST). No setting, winding, batteries, etc. Just wear it! And it is always correct. What's not to like?

* Not pushing my luck, I take them off for handgunning and league shooting.

 

[TOM BECKWITH]

Have worn a watch since 1958 - appointments, meetings, etc. Have has cheaper digital for 15 years. Presently a Casio Solar 10bar Wave Captor with day, date - auto time check, light and bells and whistles I never use. About $40 3 years ago. Never have to reset due to time check with govt. satellite. But I prefer tools over jewels.

 

[Krell1]

You guys are all rich. I haven't had a wrist watch in over 30 years. I don't care. Before I retired, if I needed to be somewhere, there were people telling me. I had a clock on my desk, another in the jeep, and one in my bedroom. These days I don't go on other peoples times. My wife's near by and telling me what to do, and when to do it. I have no penalty for being late, but I'm always on time, usually a little early. Unlike the slaves who rush all over, being tied to the time.

I eat when I'm hungry. I sleep when I feel like it. I get up late, and don't care. I take naps without regard to the time.

All the way to post 23 before someone finally said it! When I retired so did my wrist watch. I don't care what time it it, what day it is, and I rely on my body to tell me when it's nap time. That's not to say I don't have a watch. I bought one to take on cruise vacations only to make sure I get back on board and they don't leave me behind. But then again, being left behind on say, Aruba, wouldn't be that bad.

 

[Snapping Twig]

I've always appreciated a fine mechanical watch. I realize it's jewelry for men.

That said, my #1 choice for a daily wear do everything beat the snot out of it watch is Rolex.

I've worn one since 1982. Through thick and thin, good times and bad it has kept excellent time, took the beatings I gave it (them) and looked good while doing it.

Construction, automotive work, tech service in field with large machinery, these things shrug it off.

Seiko is hard to beat for what it is. I have some of those too.

These days, IMO, Sinn is hard to beat for value, looks and quality.

The heck with time on a cell phone! A quick glance at the wrist and you got the time.

The way some feel about offing their wristwatch is the way I feel about cell phones. Can't wait to toss it.

 

[MCorps0311]

My son gave me a Guess watch a few years ago,it's never giving me one problem yet.

 

[H Richard]

I also feel naked without a watch on. I've only had 4 watches in my 75 years. As a youth I had a Timex that lasted until I was in the military, and with some poker winnings bought an Omega Seamaster which lasted for about the next 15 years. I then bought a used Rolex Datejust Jubilee for $200 which I wore for about 30 years, and when it needed about $1000 in work to bring it back up to speed my jeweler traded a new Tag Heuer diver with the 18K bezel even up for it. So my expense for watches has been $270 over my lifetime. I figure the Tag will last as long as I do.

 

[pcolapaddler]

Have both watch (Fitbit) and cell/smartphone. Without my glasses, I can't read the watch.

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[SW MP15]

I LOVE My Citizens Watches

I absolutely LOVE LOVE my Citizens Watches! I bought mine about 3 years ago and wifey has hers about 8-9 years. Mine is a Big Ole Yellow Gold with diamonds and wifeys is white gold with diamonds. Ours are the ECO Drive that is basically solar or light powered. I also have a Pain in butt Rolex and don't know why I've kept it, I guess because I bought it years ago and it's been with me a long time. And I had to buy a rocking machine to keep the damn thing going, because I very seldom wear it! It's cool, but I LOVE LOVE my Citizens ECO Drive. I bought my Citizens because my wifeys never gave her a minutes problem and she wears it everyday!

I would buy the most basic Citizens ECO drive watch on the planet!

 

[ACORN]

Watches are obsolete unless you consider them a decoration.

With a cell phone in your pocket why do you need a time piece on your wrist.

Anyone read newspapers anymore?

Yep! And 1911s are just a passing fad.

 

[Bullet Bob]

And why would I have a cell phone in my pocket? Then people could bother me.

I don't see them much in people's pocket though, they're usually in the hand. What a waste of an advanced evolutionary appendage.

I was watching Nightly Business Report this week and they had a segment questioning why productivity has been stagnant or decreasing since 2005. The answers proposed didn't come up with the obvious (to me) reason, people stealing from their employers on smart phones. By stealing I mean using paid time for personal stuff.

It's the same as automobile accidents. Cars are safer than ever, but accidents are up. In this case it is obvious to everybody that smart phones are the cause, but nobody wants to do anything about it because nobody loves their devices more than the people in charge of making those decisions.

What was this thread about? Wrist watches? love 'em.

 

[shouldazagged]

The analog timex expedition. It lights up when the crown is depressed, which can be done by just bending the wrist.Sometimes, I can't dig a phone out of my pocket and light up my location. And I don't want a watch that glows all the time. They're not expensive....

I've used those for at least thirty years. Just bought another one--the one I had had for several years still worked perfectly, but I accidentally knocked off the crown and couldn't adjust if when we changed from daylight time. I still have that one as a spare come spring.

I have a cell phone of the flip persuasion; but I've worn a watch since I graduated from high school in 1955, and just prefer to have one today. So sue me.

 

[joebiker]

I consider a cell phone more of an essential you can't call 911 from a stand alone wrist watch. Can't get weather alerts or gps directions.