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Originally posted by: DonVito
I'm wearing this bad boy on a brown Hirsch leather strap. I hate digital watches. I own only one, a Casio Wave-Ceptor G-Shock, and never ever wear it.
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Exactly the same setup as mine. Try a Hirsch Carbon Fiber with it.
 
The one I'm wearing right now is digital, but I'm hoping my wife is going to get me a Seiko Kinetic Titanium for my bday.

*crosses fingers*
 
Originally posted by: sygyzy
Originally posted by: DonVito
I'm wearing this bad boy on a brown Hirsch leather strap. I hate digital watches. I own only one, a Casio Wave-Ceptor G-Shock, and never ever wear it.
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Exactly the same setup as mine. Try a Hirsch Carbon Fiber with it.
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Wow! What are the odds? There are a few serious watch enthusiasts on this board, but the 656 is a fairly unusual watch.
 
I use a seiko kinetic. My watch for when I work out is a digital POS that I got from walmart for like $10. No point killing my nice watch, right?

Amit
 
A bit of history. One of the first digital watches I remember was a LED display plastic job from TI, I think. I was delighted to get it back then because I worked on the old disk drives. The access mechanisms on those used a heavy magnetic field (gauss bath was the term then). The magnetic field would instantly destroy an analog watch. Once I got the digital watch, I used to amaze and astound other engineers by taking my watch and dipping it into the magnetic field. It would continue to work with no hesitation. My, how things change!
 
Originally posted by: Thegonagle
Originally posted by: BouZouki
Analog, Movado Special Edition.
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How do you know with time it is with those useless things? No hash marks==late for the train. You got conned.

$100, 5 year old Seiko quartz still on original battery FTW!

<runs away, laughing>
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I wouldn't say that, my coworker has one and it's good for bling and impressing ladies.
 
Analog, had a digital watch back when I was in elementary school. Looking maybe to buy a kinetic watch, or something where I never had to replace the batteries.
 
Originally posted by: Condor
A bit of history. One of the first digital watches I remember was a LED display plastic job from TI, I think. I was delighted to get it back then because I worked on the old disk drives. The access mechanisms on those used a heavy magnetic field (gauss bath was the term then). The magnetic field would instantly destroy an analog watch. Once I got the digital watch, I used to amaze and astound other engineers by taking my watch and dipping it into the magnetic field. It would continue to work with no hesitation. My, how things change!
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Huh - interesting. There are also some mechanical watches designed to work in conditions like these (the legendary Rolex Milgauss is one), but I know in general they are ruined by a powerful mechanical field.
 
I haven't worn a digital watch since I was in middle school. Back then, it was cool to have a stop watch and all that. Once I got into high school, it was more fashionable to wear analog watches rather than having a toy on your wrist. Once I got a pager, I stopped wearing watches. Then I got a cell phone years later and still didn't wear a watch for a long time. Now, I'm wearing watches again, analog of course. It's more of an accessory rather than a way for me to tell time. Sometimes, I still look on my cell phone for the time just out of habit even though I have a watch on.
 
"I don't wear a watch. I tell time by the sun. I can guess within an hour.

Night's tougher but it's only a couple of hours."
 
Don't wear a watch ... I sit at a computer all day where there is a clock, or in my car, where there is a clock, or with someone who has a cell-phone, where there is a clock.
 
Originally posted by: Anubis
there is a clock on my phone, no need for a watch
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I understand that from a utilitarian perspective, but I find watches (particularly mechanical watches) beautiful and interesting, and having a nice watch gives me something to play with and look at when I'm bored at work!
 
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