Does this watch make me look old?

[sdifox]

I know about siler pocket watches. But I wonder why we don't see silver wristwatches. Silver is cheap and easy metal to work with.

Cuse it is soft and not as valuable as gold. These are jewellery, so prestige matters.

 

[ponyo]

You can definitely twist deform the 22k band and dent/scratch the casing. And good lukc holding the inlaid jewels in place.

You can do the same to 18k. People who wear expensive watches are anal and are careful. Pre33 gold coins, sovereigns, 20 franc, 50 pesos, etc are all pretty much 22k. If it's tough enough to be used for coin circulation, it's more than tough enough for jewelry.

 

[sdifox]

You can do the same to 18k. People who wear expensive watches are anal and are careful. Pre33 gold coins, sovereigns, 20 franc, 50 pesos, etc are all pretty much 22k. If it's tough enough to be used for coin circulation, it's more than tough enough for jewelry.

Knock yourself out

https://www.rajjewels.com/22k-gold-men-s-watch.html

 

[ponyo]

Cuse it is soft and not as valuable as gold. These are jewellery, so prestige matters.

Sterling silver is not soft. They make jewelry for poor people. If Seiko or Citizen made sterling silver watch, I would buy it.

 

[ponyo]

Knock yourself out

https://www.rajjewels.com/22k-gold-men-s-watch.html

That just proves my point 22k is tough enough. Companies like Rolex and others can definitely make watch using 22k. They're just choosing not to.

 

[sdifox]

Sterling silver is not soft. They make jewelry for poor people. If Seiko or Citizen made sterling silver watch, I would buy it.

Huh? Pure silver is about as soft as pure gold. Having 7.5% of copper doesn't make it that much harder.

 

[ponyo]

Huh? Pure silver is about as soft as pure gold. Having 7.5% of copper doesn't make it that much harder.

How much experience do you have handling sterling silver? Or .999 pure silver or gold for that matter?

 

[sdifox]

How much experience do you have handling sterling silver? Or .999 pure silver or gold for that matter?

Never with bare hands.

<-- spent quite a bit of time in jewelley workshop since my dad had a jeweler friend.

 

[PowerEngineer]

Well I'm included in that . I see no reason to take a phone with me wherever I am so I wear a watch to tell the time.I be a geezer sure. But this behaviour has nothing to do with age. I leave the phone alone unless I expect a call or get a text, both of which may go sometime before I respond. My attitude is that I am here but do not jump to the phone or a text. Never have, from the day I first bought a landline, and never will, even when the IPhone 17 offers satellite messaging and quantum dispositions up to three feet.(OK maybe then).

Sure, age has its costs but its benefits too, like freedom from the latest consumer obsession.

Perhaps I shouldn't have assumed that everyone has succumbed to the allure of the smart phone. If you do carry a smart phone with you on regular basis, then you already have a time piece and IMHO it makes a watch superfluous. Truth be told, I also do not feel obligated to "jump to the phone or a text" which is why I have the ringer volume down and do not pair my phone to my car audio system. I'll "get back to you" eventually.

uhh, it's way easier to look at the watch on my wrist than to get my phone out of my pocket

i'm never getting rid of my timexes

To each his own, but you must check the time very frequently in order to make the difference in effort material.

Do you have a clock at home?

We have a huge quartz clock hanging on the wall at home. It is accurate so long as I replace the battery every year or so but I also have a couple of key wound mechanical clocks and I prefer them.

I like having a watch that never needs batteries, never needs charging, I just wear it and it keeps perfect time.

There are clocks everywhere but they rely on electricity. If the power goes out I can rely on my watch.

I have several clocks at home, but only one in the kitchen that I refer to regularly (because I do not carry my smart phone around with me when I am home). The rest have come to us as gifts or inheritances that I only look for when they need to be turned forward or back one hour for daylight savings time (along with the stove, microwave, and cars). The decorative wall-hanging pendulum clock in our dining room isn't running at all.

It seems I must be more laid back about knowing the exact time at all times than you are.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I have several clocks at home, but only one in the kitchen that I refer to regularly (because I do not carry my smart phone around with me when I am home). The rest have come to us as gifts or inheritances that I only look for when they need to be turned forward or back one hour for daylight savings time (along with the stove, microwave, and cars). The decorative wall-hanging pendulum clock in our dining room isn't running at all.

It seems I must be more laid back about knowing the exact time at all times than you are.

I'm not but after wearing a watch everyday for a few years now (after decades of not wearing one) I have to say that I've gotten used to having it there to glance at when I need to know what time it is. I guess I like the convenience plus there are times I go out and leave my phone at home as I'd rather not be connected to that stupid thing 24/7. When I get home from work it goes in a drawer in the kitchen with my keys and wallet where it sits until the next morning.

 

[Staples]

The only metal watches I like are ones with titanium bands and preferably faces. Titanium is so much lighter than other metals.

 

[vi edit]

I heart my Garmin. Waterproof. Around 10 days of battery life with notifications and around 1+ hour of GPS use (running) daily. And is super easy to read in bright daylight.
Didn't realize how nice notifications were on my arm until I had them. I often have my ringer off because of meetings and would often miss calls if I forgot to turn it back on. Not so now.

I also find that I fidget a lot less with my phone if I'm not looking at it for time.

 

[ponyo]

Never with bare hands.

<-- spent quite a bit of time in jewelley workshop since my dad had a jeweler friend.

I wear 24k gold ring. And I have handled lot of .9999 pure gold, silver, and .995 platinum coins and bars. Yes, you can scratch it. But it's lot tougher than you think. Sterling silver at 92.5 fine is pretty much hard as US junk silver coins. If you ever handled pre-1965 US dime, quarter, or half dollar you would know 90% silver is plenty tough and you're not going to bend, scratch, or damage the coins with your bare hands.

 

[Perknose]

I tried this on today. Never really went for gold jewelry but man this looks good on my wrist.

Channeling my inner Tony Soprano.

I don't much cotton to gold gold GOLD watches, big, tank-like watches, or watches encrusted with those ugly, obtrusive, small-penis-compensating, clanking metal bands.

To me, that watch is the (forthcoming) Bentley SUV of watches . . . ugly wretched excess for those who need to signal to strangers that they are economically successful uber mensches and NOT secretly gelded twerps lacking taste and any conception of aesthetic proportionality.

Look up the listed definitions of elegance. They include the key words "graceful" and "simple." Less is more.

For me, you used to be the poster who would choose a Lotus over a Corvette and a Moto Guzzi over a Harley.

Oh, Jules! I feel like I don't know you anymore.

 

[sdifox]

I wear 24k gold ring. And I have handled lot of .9999 pure gold, silver, and .995 platinum coins and bars. Yes, you can scratch it. But it's lot tougher than you think. Sterling silver at 92.5 fine is pretty much hard as US junk silver coins. If you ever handled pre-1965 US dime, quarter, or half dollar you would know 90% silver is plenty tough and you're not going to bend, scratch, or damage the coins with your bare hands.

Rings and coins are small compared to watches. Smaller things are harder to deform.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I don't much cotton to gold gold GOLD watches, big, tank-like watches, or watches encrusted with those ugly, obtrusive, small-penis-compensating, clanking metal bands.

To me, that watch is the (forthcoming) Bentley SUV of watches . . . ugly wretched excess for those who need to signal to strangers that they are economically successful uber mensches and NOT secretly gelded twerps lacking taste and any conception of aesthetic proportionality.

Look up the listed definitions of elegance. They include the key words "graceful" and "simple." Less is more.

For me, you used to be the poster who would choose a Lotus over a Corvette and a Moto Guzzi over a Harley.

Oh, Jules! I feel like I don't know you anymore.

LOL! I would still make those choices. Well, Ducati over a Harley for sure. Moto Guzzi makes some nice bikes but they seem to be a little under powered.

By the way, I don't own the watch in the pic. I was just trying it on and thought it looked nice.

Can a Rolex not be elegant? Or is it just that a gold Rolex can't be elegant?

 

[sdifox]

LOL! I would still make those choices. Well, Ducati over a Harley for sure. Moto Guzzi makes some nice bikes but they seem to be a little under powered.

By the way, I don't own the watch in the pic. I was just trying it on and thought it looked nice.

Can a Rolex not be elegant? Or is it just that a gold Rolex can't be elegant?

Just gold rolex.

 

[MrSquished]

It's super tacky to have your bank or brokerage statement hanging out of your pocket while you are out and about. Wearing a gold watch is far more acceptable.

You can get some very expensive and nice non-gold watches that often cost more than gold watches. Not an issue. Just cause you want to show off you have money doesn't mean you have to be tacky about it. Stay classy my friends.

 

[ponyo]

Rings and coins are small compared to watches. Smaller things are harder to deform.

Coins are small? This is Mexican gold 50 pesos next to my Seiko Black Monster. The 50 pesos is 37.1 mm in diameter. It's not much smaller than the watch. 50 pesos is .900 or 22k pure gold. I guarantee you're not going to scratch or bend the 50 pesos with your bare hands.

 

[Perknose]

By the way, I don't own the watch in the pic. I was just trying it on and thought it looked nice.

Of course! And you were just test-driving that Canyonero as well.

Can a Rolex not be elegant? Or is it just that a gold Rolex can't be elegant?

Careful, Jules. It's a slippery slope to douchedom.

 

[sdifox]

Coins are small? This is Mexican gold 50 pesos next to my Seiko Black Monster. The 50 pesos is 37.1 mm in diameter. It's not much smaller than the watch. 50 pesos is .900 or 22k pure gold. I guarantee you're not going to scratch or bend the 50 pesos with your bare hands.

Your watch band is how long? One would think that can be defromed with twisting. Unless the pins snap first.

 

[sdifox]

Of course! And you were just test-driving that Canyonero as well.

Careful, Jules. It's a slippery slope to douchedom.

Jules needs a diamond encrusted Bugatti

 

[ponyo]

Your watch band is how long? One would think that can be defromed with twisting. Unless the pins snap first.

You don't get it. 22k gold is hard.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Of course! And you were just test-driving that Canyonero as well.

Careful, Jules. It's a slippery slope to douchedom.

LOL! I'll keep that in mind.

Stop me if you see me posting about how I live at the corner of awesome street, how impressive my weight lifting skills are and that my wife doesn't mind it when I bang other women.

 

[Thebobo]

you can take my casio from my sweaty cold wrist but you can never take my timex!