What watch are you wearing?
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Casio, Arabic numerals, white dial, AND the least expensive and classic digital.
I always have these two watches.
The digital's alarm goes off at 11:56 p.m. for no particular reason. I just let it.
Hacking this watch is complicated and can take me up to 2 hrs with my poor vision.
It's worth owning. It's definitely worth wearing. I just don't care enough to go through what's needed to set it.
It's also on military time. I think the time is close to accurate.
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I wore watches, usually ones from the likes of Walmart, before I started carrying a mobile phone with me. I remember my parent bought me a watch from an old school watch shop when I was in secondary school. But I don't remember ever buying a watch from a proper watch/jewelry store myself. I do not remember any of the brand names; I don't think I have ever worn a watch that carried a well known brand name. I stopped wearing a watch not long after I started carrying a cellphone with me regularly, and have not looked back ever since. I was briefly tempted by the idea of an Apple Watch but ultimately thought it not worth the hassle of carrying "one more thing."
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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.
'But as they said in one of the later Rocky movies, "Time...it's undefeated.".-- Mik
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Beautiful watch. I had never heard of IWC. Looked them up. A bit beyond my budget.
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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.
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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.
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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…
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@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...
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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.
