Any ‘Watch’ People Here?

[Fishmanic]

I also have a 40 year old Seiko Lasalle ultra-thin watch with mesh band. It us so light and thin you hardly know you're wearing it.

 

[evanb]

I love watches. Just shame I cant afford a decent one (maybe coz I waste my money on animals). At the moment I have a Xiaomi amazfit bip which is the swear word (smart watch). It's a very reliable watch and is fully waterproof, it's got an incredible battery life as well. It lasts about 3 weeks on one single charge. In general I hate smart watches, the reason I got it is because I do a lot of practical work and I can't afford to damage or smash a decent watch.
Here's a pic of the little gem

my other watch is a Tommy Hilfiger.
not the best watch but i like the look of it. Unfortunately a marker fell off so needs mending.
heres a pic of it.

 

[mcordelia]

@Fishmanic my dad has that same Seiko watch as his dress watch I've seen him wear it like 4x during my life, it's really funny because my dad is so not a watch person, so it looks so incredibly out of place when he puts it on haha

 

[Fishmanic]

I dont wear mine any longer. The ecodrive is my everyday watch.

 

[Jamesthecat]

I wear a vintage Polo Club one - not sure if its worth much (if anyone knows then shout ) i like it though

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[evanb]

I wear a vintage Polo Club one - not sure if its worth much (if anyone knows then shout ) i like it thoughView attachment 122881I

Nice little watch but unfortunately they drop in value. Personally I don't care about how much a watch is worth. It's what it looks and feels like at the end of the day.
A lot of expensive watches look terrible!

 

[ClownLurch]

I also have a 40 year old Seiko Lasalle ultra-thin watch with gold colored mesh band. It us so light and thin you hardly know your wearing it.
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I’m after an ultra thin watch myself. Too many bulky ones around at the moment. You’ve gotta swim against the tide.

 

[FishGuest5123]

I wear a Fossill daily but I actually have a Rolex with a diamond string on the face and a diamond bezel. It’s on a two tone band. I’ll get my hubbie to get it out of the safe later so I can take a pic. My hubbie bought it for me. I’ve had it quite a while and wear it very little any longer. Use to wear it daily until I retired. Now I’m afraid I’ll get hit over the head if I wear it out. We keep them (hubby has one too) in a box winder that rotates back and forth to Wind them and keep them running.

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[raylove]

Why do you have to be a guy to be into watches?

For me, it's Citizen Eco Drive all the way. I have always been a watch person, but invariably, what always used to happen was that the battery would die, I'd forget to get it replaced, I'd wear a watch that didn't tell time on my wrist for a month, and then I'd be lost in life for the next month after I took my watch off with the intention of getting the battery replaced, and then it would take me a month to adjust back to life with a watch after I got it replaced. All-in-all a three month process caused from a dead watch battery. Maybe if I was more organized in that aspect of life watch batteries would have worked better, but alas.

I got my husband the Citizen Eco Drive CA0260-52H: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006D0UAA6/?tag=ff0d01-20 almost 10 years ago now.

He reciprocated and got me this one:
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sorry terrible picture I know. And yeeeeessss, the only downside of that watch is that it has the built-in day tracker, like the battery problem I never adjust it aaaand as a result it thinks we are on the 22nd of god knows what month. I wanted these features without the day tracker, but that combination wasn't available

And then we got my mom a citizen eco drive when her old watch broke two years ago as well.

Sure, they're not the most expensive of watches, but I think citizen is a great company and the eco-drive feature has been really critical for me. I just took my watch off to take a picture of it, and realized that was probably the first time in months that I've taken it off. Once I get my fish tank set up I probably should start taking it off when I put my hand in there to avoid putting gunk from the watch band into the tank.... I also think the titanium makes a huge difference; we love to go backpacking (taken a small hiatus from that while our son is young) but weight actually factored into my watch decision too, because it turns out that a titanium watch weighs almost half of what a "regular" watch weighs. So I really don't even notice my watch is on.

Anyway, that's my two cents on the topic

Yeah, eco drive for me too!
I carry a phone but never use it for the time as it's much easier to simply glance at my wrist.
Funny story - in my job I had to date things all day long and every time I would glance at my watch for the date, even though I knew what the date was, and even though it was also on the computer screen in front of me - it was just habit. Occasionally I would forget to wear my watch and the whole day I would still keep looking at my wrist for the date, so on such days I would have to write the date on my wrist to avoid annoying myself!

 

[Fishmanic]

Are there any apple watch wearers out there?

 

[FishGuest5123]

My kids and grandkids all wear them.

 

[Fishmanic]

I wear a Fossill daily but I actually have a Rolex with a diamond string on the face and a diamond bezel. It’s on a two tone band. I’ll get my hubbie to get it out of the safe later so I can take a pic. My hubbie bought it for me. I’ve had it quite a while and wear it very little any longer. Use to wear it daily until I retired. Now I’m afraid I’ll get hit over the head if I wear it out. We keep them (hubby has one too) in a box that rotates back and forth to Wind them and keep them running.

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That's major BLING right there!!

 

[mcordelia]

That's major BLING right there!!

@Deanasue now that is a Rolex

 

[FishGuest5123]

@Deanasue now that is a Rolex

Just tells time like any other watch. I was very appreciative of the gift but wouldn’t have bought it myself. (Shhh!)

 

[trash.binh91]

I wear a Fossill daily but I actually have a Rolex with a diamond string on the face and a diamond bezel. It’s on a two tone band. I’ll get my hubbie to get it out of the safe later so I can take a pic. My hubbie bought it for me. I’ve had it quite a while and wear it very little any longer. Use to wear it daily until I retired. Now I’m afraid I’ll get hit over the head if I wear it out. We keep them (hubby has one too) in a box winder that rotates back and forth to Wind them and keep them running.

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Big fan of the rolex!

Not a watch person, but I do have an interest for luxury goods so this caught my eye ! If I were to buy a watch, I'd wait until my finances could agree with me buying a Rolex or such . I do know for one that Rolex watches are seen as an investment, but personally those aren't my favorite lol.

Possibly if I were to look for a watch for personal everyday use, maybe the Hermes Apple Watch? Not such a staggering price, something I could save up for (though the second-hand market does have watches such as Rolexes for a lower price).