How many different watches do you wear on a normal day?
Discussion
Lotobear said:
..and here's me thinking that all watches do exactly the same job![confused](/inc/images/confused.gif)
They don't though.![confused](/inc/images/confused.gif)
Some have built in stop watches, some tell you the time in different times zones, some are too thick to wear under a shirt cuff, some are too delicate to wear daily
Overall though - they are all jewellery. If I had as many watches as my wife has ear rings or necklaces, I could wear a different one twice a day everyday of the year.
blueg33 said:
Work day with a suit - Seiko Pressage
Work day casual - Seiko GMT or Seamaster
Penguin suit fancy dinner - 18ct gold very slim vintage manual wind Tissot
Working in the garden - a cheapo Alpha PO homage that I bought to see if i really wanted an orange bezel PO (I didn't)
Summer meal in a pub garden, maybe my black Panerai Luminor
Holiday - Tissot PRS200 as it can swim deeper than me, is reliable, accurate, comfortable, not too thick etc. Or Seiko GMT for obvious reasons
Workday with a suit ! Work day casual - Seiko GMT or Seamaster
Penguin suit fancy dinner - 18ct gold very slim vintage manual wind Tissot
Working in the garden - a cheapo Alpha PO homage that I bought to see if i really wanted an orange bezel PO (I didn't)
Summer meal in a pub garden, maybe my black Panerai Luminor
Holiday - Tissot PRS200 as it can swim deeper than me, is reliable, accurate, comfortable, not too thick etc. Or Seiko GMT for obvious reasons
I have been in business for 30 years or more in the beginning everybody was wearing suits . Now the scruffy Bast@@ds just wear jeans
jeremyh1 said:
blueg33 said:
Work day with a suit - Seiko Pressage
Work day casual - Seiko GMT or Seamaster
Penguin suit fancy dinner - 18ct gold very slim vintage manual wind Tissot
Working in the garden - a cheapo Alpha PO homage that I bought to see if i really wanted an orange bezel PO (I didn't)
Summer meal in a pub garden, maybe my black Panerai Luminor
Holiday - Tissot PRS200 as it can swim deeper than me, is reliable, accurate, comfortable, not too thick etc. Or Seiko GMT for obvious reasons
Workday with a suit ! Work day casual - Seiko GMT or Seamaster
Penguin suit fancy dinner - 18ct gold very slim vintage manual wind Tissot
Working in the garden - a cheapo Alpha PO homage that I bought to see if i really wanted an orange bezel PO (I didn't)
Summer meal in a pub garden, maybe my black Panerai Luminor
Holiday - Tissot PRS200 as it can swim deeper than me, is reliable, accurate, comfortable, not too thick etc. Or Seiko GMT for obvious reasons
I have been in business for 30 years or more in the beginning everybody was wearing suits . Now the scruffy Bast@@ds just wear jeans
Sniff.... have a collection next to me on some shelves, but currently only wear an Apple Watch. Recovering from a pretty serious motorcycle accident a year ago and need the damn thing to remind me to take a cocktail of drugs during the day as well as making sure that I track my movement and make sure I am moving around during the working day.
I look forward to the day that I can vary it each day and maybe swapping during the day to confuse people...
![hehe](/inc/images/hehe.gif)
I look forward to the day that I can vary it each day and maybe swapping during the day to confuse people...
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blueg33 said:
Lotobear said:
..and here's me thinking that all watches do exactly the same job![confused](/inc/images/confused.gif)
They don't though.![confused](/inc/images/confused.gif)
Some have built in stop watches, some tell you the time in different times zones, some are too thick to wear under a shirt cuff, some are too delicate to wear daily
Overall though - they are all jewellery. If I had as many watches as my wife has ear rings or necklaces, I could wear a different one twice a day everyday of the year.
![wink](/inc/images/wink.gif)
Sporky said:
okgo said:
After all a phone does everything that any watch can do.
Exceptvtell you how wound the spring in your watch is. Power reserve indicator for the win. Wristwatches replaced by a phone you have to take out of your pocket to tell the time :-)
Lotobear said:
blueg33 said:
Lotobear said:
..and here's me thinking that all watches do exactly the same job![confused](/inc/images/confused.gif)
They don't though.![confused](/inc/images/confused.gif)
Some have built in stop watches, some tell you the time in different times zones, some are too thick to wear under a shirt cuff, some are too delicate to wear daily
Overall though - they are all jewellery. If I had as many watches as my wife has ear rings or necklaces, I could wear a different one twice a day everyday of the year.
![wink](/inc/images/wink.gif)
Lotobear said:
blueg33 said:
Lotobear said:
..and here's me thinking that all watches do exactly the same job![confused](/inc/images/confused.gif)
They don't though.![confused](/inc/images/confused.gif)
Some have built in stop watches, some tell you the time in different times zones, some are too thick to wear under a shirt cuff, some are too delicate to wear daily
Overall though - they are all jewellery. If I had as many watches as my wife has ear rings or necklaces, I could wear a different one twice a day everyday of the year.
![wink](/inc/images/wink.gif)
Its jewellery because a £10 watch can do much of the stuff at £20k chrono can do but the latter will look better. A mechanical watch is also a marvel of engineering and in many cases craftsmanship. Its nice to own things that re well made
blueg33 said:
Lotobear said:
..and here's me thinking that all watches do exactly the same job![confused](/inc/images/confused.gif)
They don't though.![confused](/inc/images/confused.gif)
Some have built in stop watches, some tell you the time in different times zones, some are too thick to wear under a shirt cuff, some are too delicate to wear daily
Overall though - they are all jewellery. If I had as many watches as my wife has ear rings or necklaces, I could wear a different one twice a day everyday of the year.
You wouldn't want to wear a something delicate, or something worth £10k, £15k, or whatever, whilst doing DIY or tinkering with a car, and bashing/scratching the living s
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Vice versa, you wouldn't want to wear a scratched to bits £20 Casio digital with a suit to a formal engagement.
InitialDave said:
I only put one of my watches on if I'm going out somewhere socially and I remember to, so I guess my watches worn per day averages somewhere around 0.1!
I'm the opposite. I hate not having a watch on. Far easier to glance at my wrist and check the time rather than pull my phone out of my pocket each time. I feel like I'm missing something if I'm not wearing my watch ![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
I’ve got 8 watches + 1 issued.
Tudor Pelagos LHD:- Bought as a treat to myself when I received my aircrew brevet.
Tag carrera - wife bought for me as a wedding present
Citizen eco drive - my everyday smart watch
Hugo Boss - only bright coloured watch I own. Don’t wear very often.
G-shock - wore this when flying as it’s all rubber and lasts forever as it’s solar powered.
Apple Watch series 2 - My everyday in the office watch.
Military issued aviator watch - not technically mine. Haven’t seen it for years it’s in a kit bag somewhere. I will probably have to pay for it when I demob as it’s on my kit record
30 year Sentry E3-D Airborne Technician - in a display case and will never be used or worn.
47 Sqn Hercules C130 watch - presented to me when I left the Sqn to go down the aircrew route.
The most I ever wear in a day is two. One in the office /at work. Then in the evening if I go out the Citizen / Tag.
The Tudor very rarely gets worn. I’m always nervous of someone wanting it. I was eyed up in a bar wearing it once by a couple of scrotes. Came over asking questions. Told them it was a Thailand fake, I don’t do designer clothes / shoes etc, it’s the only expensive thing I wear so I think they lost interest but I still ended up ordering a cab and bolting straight out the front door in the cab and gone. Shame it’s a nice watch.
When I demob, I might treat myself to another nice one.
Patek Phillpe
Hublot
Rolex submariner (yacht-master (maybe))
Omega soeedmaster
Tudor Pelagos LHD:- Bought as a treat to myself when I received my aircrew brevet.
Tag carrera - wife bought for me as a wedding present
Citizen eco drive - my everyday smart watch
Hugo Boss - only bright coloured watch I own. Don’t wear very often.
G-shock - wore this when flying as it’s all rubber and lasts forever as it’s solar powered.
Apple Watch series 2 - My everyday in the office watch.
Military issued aviator watch - not technically mine. Haven’t seen it for years it’s in a kit bag somewhere. I will probably have to pay for it when I demob as it’s on my kit record
30 year Sentry E3-D Airborne Technician - in a display case and will never be used or worn.
47 Sqn Hercules C130 watch - presented to me when I left the Sqn to go down the aircrew route.
The most I ever wear in a day is two. One in the office /at work. Then in the evening if I go out the Citizen / Tag.
The Tudor very rarely gets worn. I’m always nervous of someone wanting it. I was eyed up in a bar wearing it once by a couple of scrotes. Came over asking questions. Told them it was a Thailand fake, I don’t do designer clothes / shoes etc, it’s the only expensive thing I wear so I think they lost interest but I still ended up ordering a cab and bolting straight out the front door in the cab and gone. Shame it’s a nice watch.
When I demob, I might treat myself to another nice one.
Patek Phillpe
Hublot
Rolex submariner (yacht-master (maybe))
Omega soeedmaster
Mont Blanc said:
I'm the opposite. I hate not having a watch on. Far easier to glance at my wrist and check the time rather than pull my phone out of my pocket each time. I feel like I'm missing something if I'm not wearing my watch ![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
It's because I'm an engineer, and I can't wear a watch or jewelry if I'm out on the shop floor, so I just don't bother at all at work, and this is combined with hobbies like messing around with mechanical stuff where I wouldn't want to be bashing a watch against things.![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
You kind of just get out of the habit after decades of not wearing one by default.
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