What kinda watch are you rolling in?

[amish]

I'm usually wearing a Hamilton Field watch. it isn't dressy so I don't wear it when I'm in a suit. It has been beat up a little and the polished stainless bezel is scratched. Unfortunately I'm at work and cannot link to the website.

 

[Riverhound777]

Currently wearing Citizen Eco Titanium though I want a new watch. I was an idiot and wore this one hiking a few years ago and scratched it up on some granite.

I want to get another Skagen titanium, had one years ago and loved the weight.

I like the look of the plane face watches without numbers, but they loose the convenience of being able to quickly glance and know the time. I wear a watch over looking at my phone so I don't have to mess with pulling it out of my pocket. Maybe some think that's lame or super lazy, and it is, but I don't care. Same reason I have a clock above the TV in my living room. Easier than glancing down at my watch

 

[chihlidog]

It looks better in person. The face is a little shinier. It's a perfect all around watch, works with jeans, works with Oxfords. It's tough as nails, accurate, and simple. Love it. Had it for about 12 years now.

 

[vshah]

one of each of these for daily wear:
http://cadencewatch.com/4-bit-binary

http://cadencewatch.com/4-bit-chrono-new

also have an old casio pathfinder that I wear when hiking.
and a rolex that i got as a gift, but i never wear that.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I find it strange that there are such vocal anti-watch voices in this thread. I guess it must be partially a function of younger people growing up in an era where they had a cell phone from a very young age. I didn't get my first cell phone until I was 29, and a watch has been part of my life since I was a kid.

I am an attorney and fairly often work in environments (e.g., court, depositions, arbitrations) where it would be awkward and noticeable if I checked the time on my phone, or even looked at my watch in an obvious way. I normally set my watch down on the table in those situations, so I can look at it easily without drawing attention.

I also just like having a little machine on my wrist. Most of my watches are mechanical (i.e., spring-powered rather than electronic), and I find them, and their mechanisms, charming and interesting to play with. I don't like not having a watch on.

 

[AstroManLuca]

I find it strange that there are such vocal anti-watch voices in this thread. I guess it must be partially a function of younger people growing up in an era where they had a cell phone from a very young age. I didn't get my first cell phone until I was 29, and a watch has been part of my life since I was a kid.

I am an attorney and fairly often work in environments (e.g., court, depositions, arbitrations) where it would be awkward and noticeable if I checked the time on my phone, or even looked at my watch in an obvious way. I normally set my watch down on the table in those situations, so I can look at it easily without drawing attention.

I also just like having a little machine on my wrist. Most of my watches are mechanical (i.e., spring-powered rather than electronic), and I find them, and their mechanisms, charming and interesting to play with. I don't like not having a watch on.

For people who work in an office, watches really aren't necessary. In some lines of work, yes watches are useful, even a necessity.

I think most of the anti-watch sentiment is actually against "watch snobs" (e.g. Alkemyst).

 

[alkemyst]

anti-watch voice or not, a watch is part of being properly dressed.

Chances are most of these cell phone only types won't amount to much in their lives.

 

[Fritzo]

I find it strange that there are such vocal anti-watch voices in this thread. I guess it must be partially a function of younger people growing up in an era where they had a cell phone from a very young age. I didn't get my first cell phone until I was 29, and a watch has been part of my life since I was a kid.

I am an attorney and fairly often work in environments (e.g., court, depositions, arbitrations) where it would be awkward and noticeable if I checked the time on my phone, or even looked at my watch in an obvious way. I normally set my watch down on the table in those situations, so I can look at it easily without drawing attention.

I also just like having a little machine on my wrist. Most of my watches are mechanical (i.e., spring-powered rather than electronic), and I find them, and their mechanisms, charming and interesting to play with. I don't like not having a watch on.

I also like to point out that in 30 years, your mechanical watch will be worth something, while your cellphone will be worth squat in 5 years.

 

[alkemyst]

For people who work in an office, watches really aren't necessary. In some lines of work, yes watches are useful, even a necessity.

I think most of the anti-watch sentiment is actually against "watch snobs" (e.g. Alkemyst).

Watch snobs? what the fuck you talking about? I wear an extremely modest watch due to my work being hard on them.

While I buy expensive watches for my wife, I also buy her low-cost ones. I picked up about 20 Hello Kitty watches for her from the cheap watch thread a while back.

She likes collecting them. She also has bought herself quite a bit of expensive one's herself.

Don't be such a jealous asshat.

 

[torpid]

I also like to point out that in 30 years, your mechanical watch will be worth something, while your cellphone will be worth squat in 5 years.

How much will the non-mechanical ones be worth? Probably about as much as a cell phone in 5 years.

 

[Deeko]

Tissot PRC200:

 

[SSSnail]

Guise, guise, calm down. It is entirely your preference to wear a watch, or not. There's no reason to beat each others up about it.

I wear the Casio for when I'm in the water and need to know when to get the hell out, e.g. passed high tide. Normally I don't wear a watch, and just use my phone; most other times, I couldn't care less about what time it is.

Most men buy watches as jewelry, and ability to tell time is secondary. The watch I want, I can't afford, so I'll have to occasionally live vicariously through the Casio, for now. :awe:

I can't justify a watch that costs more than the cars most people drive.

But seriously, can't we all just... get along?

 

[thegimp03]

A lot of people don't recognize expensive watches unless they're 18K gold or encrusted in diamonds.

That being said, I have a Seiko but don't wear it because it's uncomfortable to and use a keyboard all day.

 

[Svnla]

$5 cheap ass watch from Big Lot and it is still working fine, not kidding.

It was $10 then red tage clearance to $5 then I had the 20% off coupon so it was less than $5 after sale tax.

Very good looking watch with leather band and needles (hate the digital style). Very professional and high class looking.

One of the best purchase IMO. I like it even better than the Seiko and Fossil that I had before.

 

[purbeast0]

i have a movado that i wear every now and then. i used to wear it daily to work when i had to wear button down dress shirts and slacks, but now that i wear jeans and a collared polo type shirt, i don't wear it as often, but i will, depending how dressy my outfit is that day.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

A lot of people don't recognize expensive watches unless they're 18K gold or encrusted in diamonds.

That being said, I have a Seiko but don't wear it because it's uncomfortable to and use a keyboard all day.

True true. Most laypeople's idea of an expensive watch is a blinged-out Rolex (one of my clients travels with 4 different iced-out Rolexes which cost him a total of $400K - I know this because he once left them in a hotel room safe with his gun, and I had to get them back).

Personally I generally prefer fancy watches that are very subtle, like the Jaeger-LaCoultre Master Ultrathin:

 

[ThePresence]

My next watch (one of these years):

 

[ThePresence]

True true. Most laypeople's idea of an expensive watch is a blinged-out Rolex (one of my clients travels with 4 different iced-out Rolexes which cost him a total of $400K - I know this because he once left them in a hotel room safe with his gun, and I had to get them back).

Personally I generally prefer fancy watches that are very subtle, like the Jaeger-LaCoultre Master Ultrathin:

Subtle enough?

 

[ViviTheMage]

True true. Most laypeople's idea of an expensive watch is a blinged-out Rolex (one of my clients travels with 4 different iced-out Rolexes which cost him a total of $400K - I know this because he once left them in a hotel room safe with his gun, and I had to get them back).

Personally I generally prefer fancy watches that are very subtle, like the Jaeger-LaCoultre Master Ultrathin:

Just in case, what are you an attorney for? Probably out of my price range, but you never know when i'll get in a bind

I am also surprised no one else has a suunto ambit, or suunto core, awesome watches.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Subtle enough?

Yes, and the Calatrava is certainly much fancier than the lowly JLC I linked to!

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Just in case, what are you an attorney for? Probably out of my price range, but you never know when i'll get in a bind

I am also surprised no one else has a suunto ambit, or suunto core, awesome watches.

I mostly do various commercial litigation, particularly in employment matters. I do a fair amount of government defense work, and also occasional criminal stuff.

 

[thegimp03]

True true. Most laypeople's idea of an expensive watch is a blinged-out Rolex (one of my clients travels with 4 different iced-out Rolexes which cost him a total of $400K - I know this because he once left them in a hotel room safe with his gun, and I had to get them back).

Personally I generally prefer fancy watches that are very subtle, like the Jaeger-LaCoultre Master Ultrathin:

JLC makes some really nice watches. I was at a Shreve store up in Portland back in February, and for fun I tried on a Deep Sea Chronograph that was apparently pretty limited.

One of the people I report to has a couple of different Omegas and a Panerai. The other boss has two different IWCs that he wears around the office. An instant work faux pas would be to wear that Patek that ThePresence posted to work one day....haha.

 

[ViviTheMage]

I mostly do various commercial litigation, particularly in employment matters. I do a fair amount of government defense work, and also occasional criminal stuff.

Good to know

 

[KeithTalent]

Still this one, but I've scratched the metal a bit on it. May need to go in for a polish.

KT

 

[halik]

Two Blancpains, for different occasions