The Official Watch Thread.

[gremlin]

$20 million.

I'm glad they resisted the urge to go all blingy and over-the-top...

[Mr. Dazzle]

The brush script "billionaire" is a nice touch, the little smiley face lets you know it's ironic

[IanB]

Good read, I like a nice watch & have a couple of vintage ones from Rolex & Omega.

I was also a bit disappointed my Ducati didn't have clock so I improvised

[KungFooBob]

I'm on holibobs in Liverpool and spots the Swatch shop, I goes in for a mooch around and asks the fella when they might get a restock of Moon Swatches, his reply... "This morning".

So I bought one!

[Mr. Dazzle]

Paying retail like a boss.

[MyLittleStudPony]

I bought a Swatch a few months back and the little winder knob which changes the time and date has already partially stopped working. It's a shame because otherwise it's ideal for me. But unforgivable really, it wasn't expensive but not dirt cheap either, maybe £30 or £60 or something like that.

[KungFooBob]

Seems I've accidentally bought another watch.

It was very very cheap

I'll take a pic when I stop for a coffee.

[KungFooBob]

https://www.hamiltonwatch.com/en-gb/h43 ... uartz.html

From a reputable high street name... £203.

[Potter]

I usually like most Hamilton watches, but I'm struggling with that one, the 1970s vibe with chocolate brown vertical stripe on the face with a zebra band is a bold combination.

[Dodgy69]

I've only got two watches, my nice one which I hardly ever wear and my camping watch, which I hardly ever wear.

[Mr. Dazzle]

https://www.hamiltonwatch.com/en-gb/h43 ... uartz.html

You've got a brown seat for the Enfield on order, right?

[Taipan]

Super pleased with my new apple watch ultra 2. Its much bigger than its predecessor and looks much more manly in a grrrr sort of way!

[Nordboy]

Super pleased with my new apple watch ultra 2. Its much bigger than its predecessor and looks much more manly in a grrrr sort of way!

I like how the Apple watch integrates with the phones etc....BUT...

I still can't get over why the Apple watch battery is so bad? The watches are good, but to have to charge it every day or every other day is frankly crap. I have a Amazfit Falcon which is £300 cheaper than the Apple watch, but I only need to charge it every 3 weeks or so, and normally it still has 15-20% charge left when I do!!
When Apple build one that's similar, I'll go back to wearing one. My Apple watch 4 is in a drawer somewhere.

[Potter]

I've only got two watches, my nice one which I hardly ever wear and my camping watch, which I hardly ever wear.

I've stopped wearing watches, I haven't quite managed to stop buying them, but I rarely wear one these days.
If you're used to wearing one then it feels wrong not to have one on, but now I haven't worn one for ages it's the opposite.

My lad literally never takes his Submariner off his wrist regardless of what he's doing, it's a £12k watch and it's scratched up now, anyone that pampers their watch would cry if they saw the scratches on it, he has a physical job and he hasn't babied it, the bloke in the Rolex shop winced at the scratches on it.

I think it's good though, they were originally made to be tough watches to be worn by professionals doing a tough job, they stopped being that a long time ago but it's good that he doesn't care about the money and just enjoys wearing his watch, that's how it should be.

[Cousin Jack]

I have 4 watches, all Seiko. An old (1972) automatic that I used to wear every day, a Seiko Kinetic that I bought in 1998 and have worn most days since then, and 2 'bling' Seiko 5s that I wear going out. Total cost/value, not a lot, but I like them.

I feel naked without a watch. I may buy at least 2 more, a chronograph and a GMT. Probably Seiko, unless someone gives me a Rolex.

[Skub]

I feel naked without a watch.

Likewise. I've worn a watch since I was old enough to read the time,but I've never owned one costing more than £100. My current watch is a cheap Accurist,which needs a battery,so I'm wearing my da's old Citizen eco-drive until I get a battery.

I can appreciate watches as mechanical devices,but like cars,I've never been tempted to own an expensive one.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Likewise. I've worn a watch since I was old enough to read the time

Santa brought Baby D (6) one of these....

She delights in telling me it's 27 minutes past 5 or whatever, but she's still working on the 'from/to' side of things and stuff like that. Only really half gets the relationship between the current time and when something in the future is going to happen as well.

Still, I was adamant she'd have a traditional face clock and get to grips with that before having anything with a display. Some of her friends have kids smart watches, which does more harm than good IMO. Let her get her head around the basic concept of time first.

I also had something very similar when I was 5/6, I still remember the way it looked. I've pretty much never been without a watch since.

[v8-powered]

Still, I was adamant she'd have a traditional face clock and get to grips with that before having anything with a display. Some of her friends have kids smart watches, which does more harm than good IMO. Let her get to grips with the basic concept of time first.

Yep.
Got a 17 year old here who infuriates her mum by saying it's 47 past 5 when she trys to read a proper watch or clock, she's had a stupid Apple watch for too long.....

[KungFooBob]

Looks very nice, I had to make do with one of these...

[Mr. Dazzle]

I know a few very very clever people who still don't instinctively get a face clock It's easy to laugh at them (I just did!) but if you grew up in the last 20 years, like they did, it'd be very easy to miss any exposure to them.

IMO there's more to it than just being 10:31, reading an analogue dial gives you a better intuition of what it all means. Half past ten is half way around the dial, the tree shrew part of your brain responds to that much better.

Or maybe I'm just over thinking it. I'm hardly ever late though

I had the exact same one as Bobz! I was planning on getting one for Baby D too, but they make much better ones now

Looks very nice, I had to make do with one of these...