"Holiday Watches" - What do you do?

[Pesty]

Glosphil said:

On holiday I just wear the same watch as every other day. In fact I wear it (my only watch) in any circumstances where I want to wear a watch. But then it is a 12 year old Pulsar quartz that cost me £55. I'm waiting for it to cease working so that I can buy a new watch. Might then go crazy and spend nearer £100 .

1 watch?

does not compute.

[HereBeMonsters]

When I was best man for my best mate's wedding last year he bought me a massive hipflask, and a matching 3 watch case. Best present ever...

If I need more, I have a couple of other carry cases. Most I've ever taken on holiday was 14, but I came back with 16. Stoopid tax-free Caribbean islands...

[F355spider]

18ct Yellow Gold Rolly Sub all the time.

That many fakes in the holiday shops everyone assumes i'm not worth mugging, i fear for the guys wearing Timex!

[Podie]

F355spider said:

18ct Yellow Gold Rolly Sub all the time.

That many fakes in the holiday shops everyone assumes i'm not worth mugging, i fear for the guys wearing Timex!

[hollydog]

I bought a seiko orange monster last year just to wear on holiday but haven't stopped wearing it .

[CardShark]

I'm on holiday at the moment, a week or so in Scotland, and have my Sinn, Rado and Longines with me. Been up here for 4 days and only worn the Sinn so far. Had it been a beach holiday I may have taken my G as well.

[outnumbered]

Seiko 5

[Caruso]

I take my Casio H101 Marlin plus one that's flavour of the week.

[CommanderJameson]

Analogue G-Shock for days, Visodate for evenings (if it's posh-ish).

[Miguel Alvarez]

Last holiday I took the Exp 2 and a G Shock. The G Shock got more attention.

[chris.mapey]

Orange faced Monster on Stainless Steel bracelet.

Ideal holiday watch - wear it any wear, beach, restaurant etc.

Not worth a fortune so no need to panic about it etc...

[The GMan]

Take both my Sub and Orange PO when going on holiday. It's the only time they get to see the sea and used properly.

I see it as a bit of a treat for them as the deepest they usually go in the UK is in the bath.

[marcosgt]

The GMan said:

Take both my Sub and Orange PO when going on holiday. It's the only time they get to see the sea and used properly.

I see it as a bit of a treat for them as the deepest they usually go in the UK is in the bath.

On holiday, I just took my Citizen Diver's watch.

Perfect for diving and swimming, I barely took it off for 10 days.

Depends where you are of course, if you've a £500+ watch on in certain areas, you might as well wear a sign like the girls at the Olympic opening ceremony had saying "Mug Me"!

M.

[ApexJimi]

Depends, last holiday I was in Barcelona and just took a G-shock. I wanted to avoid sticking out too much as a tourist, given the reputation Barclona has.

CardShark said:

I'm on holiday at the moment, a week or so in Scotland, and have my Sinn, Rado and Longines with me. Been up here for 4 days and only worn the Sinn so far. Had it been a beach holiday I may have taken my G as well.

O/T - whereabouts?

[Glosphil]

Pesty said:

Glosphil said:

On holiday I just wear the same watch as every other day. In fact I wear it (my only watch) in any circumstances where I want to wear a watch. But then it is a 12 year old Pulsar quartz that cost me £55. I'm waiting for it to cease working so that I can buy a new watch. Might then go crazy and spend nearer £100 .

1 watch?

does not compute.

Well I do also have an early 1970s gold Omega De Ville quartz but that hasn't worked for years. Seems it will cost at least £150 for a repair.

[mikeveal]

Glosphil said:

On holiday I just wear the same watch as every other day. In fact I wear it (my only watch) in any circumstances where I want to wear a watch. But then it is a 12 year old Pulsar quartz that cost me £55. I'm waiting for it to cease working so that I can buy a new watch. Might then go crazy and spend nearer £100 .

You're new to the watches section aren't you?

[Tanguero]

WTF is a "holiday" ? ;-)

[Podie]

Tanguero said:

WTF is a "holiday" ? ;-)

It means using the BlackBerry outside of the UK.

[LooneyTunes]

CardShark said:

I'm on holiday at the moment, a week or so in Scotland, and have my Sinn, Rado and Longines with me. Been up here for 4 days and only worn the Sinn so far. Had it been a beach holiday I may have taken my G as well.

...but it's reassuring to know you've got the option of more. I think last time I went on holiday I took 5 watches with me, business trip I'll usually take 1 to 3 depending on how salubrious it is where I'm going.

[nurburgring1]

hollydog said:

I bought a seiko orange monster last year just to wear on holiday but haven't stopped wearing it .

Same here.