Share your favorite watch

[Zorba]

Funny work story.
Never really had a thang for watches but, when I worked and was a crew leader my guys always asked me what time it was. And it was mostly because they wanted to know when the official break time was coming up, as not to get caught by the middle-management scum.
So I just bought a cheap Timex wind-up and took the band off and kept it in my pocket.
Then cell phones came in to my life. So I super-glued that Timex to the forward/reverse lever on the Cat loader that I used to operate. And it stayed there for a few more years.

In my shop I have a clock that has no numbers hanging next to a clock that runs backwards.

I've nestled into this retirement thang real good.

I hear you. My wife and I are into clocks - we're surrounded by them; hence no need to wear a watch. Cars have clocks in them too, blah, blah.

But I suspect there aren't in clocks in, near, or around the Great Pyramid, etc...

 

[JMT]

I hear you. My wife and I are into clocks - we're surrounded by them; hence no need to wear a watch. Cars have clocks in them too, blah, blah.

But I suspect there aren't in clocks in, near, or around the Great Pyramid, etc...

Just get a phone!

 

[Zorba]

Just get a phone!

I have one. It tells time too, so does my computer.

 

[JMT]

I have one. It tells time too, so does my computer.

One of the interesting things about phones is they’re still subject to time dilation but self-correct via GPS satellites.

 

[Zorba]

One of the interesting things about phones is they’re still subject to time dilation but self-correct via GPS satellites.

Yep. The computer and phone self set to Internet time, the rest I manually set to a WWV clock I keep for that purpose. Nothing drives me nuttier than an inaccurate clock. I had to tell the IT departments at more than one job that, "if you're going to set my computer's clock, set it to the right time, otherwise leave it the Hell alone!" That put me in charge of company wide time keeping at one job.

 

[alittleoff]

I hear you. My wife and I are into clocks - we're surrounded by them; hence no need to wear a watch. Cars have clocks in them too, blah, blah.

But I suspect there aren't in clocks in, near, or around the Great Pyramid, etc...

That is until some rich asshole builds a fake Pyramid looking cell tower.

 

[Tray Burge]

They don't use them anymore in the Eco Drive

Just get a manually wound watch then you never have to worry about it.

 

[NDSpeed]

Ahh thanks for the update resurrection. My watched have been sitting in their case for the last three years.

Looks like the blue angels may have died.

 

[Shank]

Ahh thanks for the update resurrection. My watched have been sitting in their case for the last three years.

Looks like the blue angels may have died.

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I always wanted one of those Citizen Blue Angels but the size seemed daunting.

 

[NDSpeed]

I always wanted one of those Citizen Blue Angels but the size seemed daunting.

I got mine got $59

new in the box from Kohls, had some Kohls cash and was buying school clothes for the kids.

Somehow the cashier got all kinds of confused and we ended up walking out spending in-store credit. Cheapest Skyhawk I've ever heard of.

 

[Mike_H]

I've recently re-discovered a love or at least I've always seen the appeal of a nice watch. I've always appreciated Tag and Omega Chrono's, though I've never been in a place financially to give them any real consideration. I have a couple decent quartz watches (well, 200 dollar decent) that have sentimental value. One is a Seiko entry level that my folks got me to celebrate College Graduation. Dial has my Alma Matter's logo embossed in it.

The second is a watch my wife bought me on our 5th anniversary (we celebrated our 21st in March).

The Seiko is too "dressy" for everyday wear. I wore the Guess Co watch quite a bit. Both batteries died though, and shops near me are pretentious assholes and charge an arm and a leg to replace batteries. So, they've been sitting.

I've kinda been searching for a hobby that doesn't require a huge shop and all the "big" tools that repairing and working on cars does. The motorhome is burning me out, the Jeep is a constant attention hog. I'm nearing 50 and want to be DONE with the rat race soon. Being done means moving to the UP for the four months of nice weather, then going somewhere warm for the rest of the year. Having a shop and tools in two places seems exhausting.

I fell into a Youtube hole of watchmaking videos. Watchmaking as a hobby really appeals to me. Takes a desk and all the tools can fit in a file cabinet (not that they are any less expensive than auto tools), so no big shop.

I love the idea of owning a few vintage mechanical watches. I'm a mechanical engineer and the movements are amazing and beautiful to me. Seeing the contrast of the rhodium plated bridges to the brass wheels, the jewels to support the pivots, the finishes that are applied to high end watches...its art and engineering wrapped in the same blanket.


I love the idea of finding cast asides and repairing/restoring them and bringing some value back. I LOVE me a good deal that I will turn around and spend WAY too much of my time on, lol. To that end, I bought some new tools (basic stuff) to hopefully get into my two quartz watches and replace the batteries. I'd like to pull the bracelets too and give them a quick run through my ultrasonic. They are both pretty gross at this point.

 

[FarFire70]

I've recently re-discovered a love or at least I've always seen the appeal of a nice watch. I've always appreciated Tag and Omega Chrono's, though I've never been in a place financially to give them any real consideration. I have a couple decent quartz watches (well, 200 dollar decent) that have sentimental value. One is a Seiko entry level that my folks got me to celebrate College Graduation. Dial has my Alma Matter's logo embossed in it.

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The second is a watch my wife bought me on our 5th anniversary (we celebrated our 21st in March).
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The Seiko is too "dressy" for everyday wear. I wore the Guess Co watch quite a bit. Both batteries died though, and shops near me are pretentious assholes and charge an arm and a leg to replace batteries. So, they've been sitting.

I've kinda been searching for a hobby that doesn't require a huge shop and all the "big" tools that repairing and working on cars does. The motorhome is burning me out, the Jeep is a constant attention hog. I'm nearing 50 and want to be DONE with the rat race soon. Being done means moving to the UP for the four months of nice weather, then going somewhere warm for the rest of the year. Having a shop and tools in two places seems exhausting.

I fell into a Youtube hole of watchmaking videos. Watchmaking as a hobby really appeals to me. Takes a desk and all the tools can fit in a file cabinet (not that they are any less expensive than auto tools), so no big shop.

I love the idea of owning a few vintage mechanical watches. I'm a mechanical engineer and the movements are amazing and beautiful to me. Seeing the contrast of the rhodium plated bridges to the brass wheels, the jewels to support the pivots, the finishes that are applied to high end watches...its art and engineering wrapped in the same blanket.


I love the idea of finding cast asides and repairing/restoring them and bringing some value back. I LOVE me a good deal that I will turn around and spend WAY too much of my time on, lol. To that end, I bought some new tools (basic stuff) to hopefully get into my two quartz watches and replace the batteries. I'd like to pull the bracelets too and give them a quick run through my ultrasonic. They are both pretty gross at this point.

Didn't check if he's been posted here before but I love Wristwatch Revival on YouTube. He fell into it as a hobby, too, and has a ton of tips for newbies and isn't afraid to show his errors when he makes them. Plus walk through his thought-process out-loud as he disassembles.

https://www.youtube.com/@WristwatchRevival

But - while you won't need a large garage & tools — watching a few of his videos will show you how far down the tools (good, better, best tiers) and spares/inventory rabbit hole of expenses for the hobby you can fall.

 

[Mike_H]

Didn't check if he's been posted here before but I love Wristwatch Revival on YouTube. He fell into it as a hobby, too, and has a ton of tips for newbies and isn't afraid to show his errors when he makes them. Plus walk through his thought-process out-loud as he disassembles.

https://www.youtube.com/@WristwatchRevival

But - while you won't need a large garage & tools — watching a few of his videos will show you how far down the tools (good, better, best tiers) and spares/inventory rabbit hole of expenses for the hobby you can fall.

He has the youtube rabbithole that I fell in. I've wandered down a couple branches, but keep coming back to Marshall's channel. And yes, the tools...Oh the tools. His little mainspring winder that was 1000 bucks?

 

[lBasket]

I got a new watch since I didn't have any. I was looking for something smaller and thin so I could wear it regularly without it getting caught on stuff. It ended up being smaller than expected (I don't think in mm). Hopefully it doesn't look too tiny on my wrist lol

 

[RFAASRMA]

I got a new watch since I didn't have any. I was looking for something smaller and thin so I could wear it regularly without it getting caught on stuff. It ended up being smaller than expected (I don't think in mm). Hopefully it doesn't look too tiny on my wrist lol
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Can’t go wrong with Seiko

 

[Apparition]

I got a new watch since I didn't have any. I was looking for something smaller and thin so I could wear it regularly without it getting caught on stuff. It ended up being smaller than expected (I don't think in mm). Hopefully it doesn't look too tiny on my wrist lol
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