What watch are you wearing?

CHAS

My IWC got saltwater in it. The cost of repair was absurd. Let them keep it.
Bought a Garmin via Amazon. Charge about every other month.

Daniel

I had an IWC Cal. 89.

Mechanical wound and a speed of 18,000 bph. In other words the speed of a pocket watch or "railroad watch."

My conclusion? Well, it's no wonder trains crashed because of time keeping errors.

My first Mickey Mouse watch was probably a better time keeper.

jon-nyc

My nice watch is an IWC Portugueser.

I’ll probably give it to my son as a college graduation present.

My daily wear is an Apple Watch. I use it to track exercise and sleep. I really like it for those two functions.

CHAS

That is a sharp IWC.

Daniel

@CHAS said in What watch are you wearing?:

That is a sharp IWC.

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RealPlayer

Beautiful watch. I had never heard of IWC. Looked them up. A bit beyond my budget.

Axtremus

@Daniel said in What watch are you wearing?:

My first Mickey Mouse watch was probably a better time keeper.

That reminds me. I had a Mickey Mouse watch too, probably sometime in my elementary school years.

Daniel

Interesting, Ax. I wish I still had mine. It was hand wound. I had a few over the years because we'd go to Disney World over summer vacation. I had one left when I graduated from high school in Tampa. I remember it in a drawer in my room. I have no idea what I did with it.

CHAS

A: I feel naked without my watch.
B: Exactly where do you wear it?

DougG

I started wearing a Fitbit watch that someone gave me as a retirement gift when I first retired about eight years ago. Not sure what message they were trying to tell me with that…

I like the measuring of physical activity and sleep, but want as few other smartphone features as possible.

Plus, I’m not one of you trust fund babies who can afford an Apple Watch…

Daniel

Apple watches are too big for my wrist! They're part of the watches got big phenomenon of approximately the last fifteen years.

Daniel

@CHAS said in What watch are you wearing?:

A: I feel naked without my watch.
B: Exactly where do you wear it?

My grandmother told me to always wear a watch. To interviews. To work. Etc. It's old school advice from after WWI actually when men started to wear wrist watches to tell the time. Her advice stayed with me.

I wear my watches sometimes. Sometimes not. It depends on my mood. I just happen to love them both and a good thing they're inexpensive too.

I had a watch collection a long time ago. Three mechanical watches. Variations on a theme. The same look. Different movements. Meant for different uses.

Today people would use the word-- "curated." Let them. I never will...

Daniel

One of my few regrets is selling the best one for $600. It needed service, the price of that was estimated not set but astronomical, around 1k, and I had bills to pay. It would be worth 5k today but I don't care about that. I wish I had changed the strap and just kept it without having it serviced. It was/ is beautiful. C'est la vie.

WTF-Beta

What watch are you wearing?