Watches

[Abagadro]

That's pretty sharp.  I like the exposed gears.

[jakonovski]

U-Boat U 42. When I bought a TW Steel I really wanted one of these. I just didn't know it yet.

[01101010]

I have to say, I like much simpler watch faces. Sometimes they can get too busy with all the shit they display - like the god damn news with all the shit on the screen. But then again, I am a more function over fashion type.

[Chimpy]

Fossil makes good watches.

Maybe on their more expensive watches. The Fossil watches I have ($60 or so) are the ones that the outer electroplating wore off exposing the (increasingly tarnished) brass underneath.

[jakonovski]

I heard somewhere that Fossil overhauled their QC in recent years and now their watches are much better. It's still a fashion brand, so I suppose it all depends on where any given watch was made.

[Nebu]

U-Boat U 42. When I bought a TW Steel I really wanted one of these. I just didn't know it yet.

I want that watch.  It's amazing!

Edit: and expensive... yow.

[jakonovski]

U-Boat U 42. When I bought a TW Steel I really wanted one of these. I just didn't know it yet.

I want that watch.  It's amazing!

Edit: and expensive... yow.

Yeah, TW Steel is an acceptable substitute, if not quite as cool

[Paelos]

I've been wearing this watch since 2004.

[01101010]

U-Boat U 42. When I bought a TW Steel I really wanted one of these. I just didn't know it yet.

I want that watch.  It's amazing!

Edit: and expensive... yow.

Yeah... expensive.  

I guess if you got the coin, have at it... but that is a different world entirely, to me.

[jakonovski]

Entry level U-Boats can be had for about 1,5k€, so it's not that bad. The one I linked was a limited edition watch.

[01101010]

Entry level U-Boats can be had for about 1,5k€, so it's not that bad. The one I linked was a limited edition watch.

Actually, that is bad when you are living paycheck to paycheck if you even have a job. That said, you probably have bigger things to worry about than if you have a watch or not. Like I said, I have had my Animal watches that I think I paid $80 for the grey one and $120 for the yellow one and that is probably my limit on wrist timepieces. Sadly, I will never have excess cash for the purples... I make due with my greens and blues. 

[eldaec]

I have to say, I like much simpler watch faces. Sometimes they can get too busy with all the shit they display - like the god damn news with all the shit on the screen. But then again, I am a more function over fashion type.

I'm kind of the same, but whenever I seriously look at watches I can't get away from the fact that a £30 quartz job will keep better time than almost anything in this thread.

And the watches I really like tend to have simple designs that somehow imply complexity. And cost a bloody fortune.

[murdoc]

I really like the ones with the exposed gears. I love the look of clockwork.

[Chimpy]

Sratch what I said about Fossil...my watches were Relic which I confused with Fossil due to that stupid movie in the 90s.

[jakonovski]

Entry level U-Boats can be had for about 1,5k€, so it's not that bad. The one I linked was a limited edition watch.

Actually, that is bad when you are living paycheck to paycheck if you even have a job. That said, you probably have bigger things to worry about than if you have a watch or not. Like I said, I have had my Animal watches that I think I paid $80 for the grey one and $120 for the yellow one and that is probably my limit on wrist timepieces. Sadly, I will never have excess cash for the purples... I make due with my greens and blues.  

Yeah, everything's relative. It's not like I have that kind of money to throw around either, but 7k (what the fancier U-Boat costs) on the other hand is right out.

[jakonovski]

Here's some watch porn. Yema Master Elements, a French brand. Totally huge, I don't know if I could wear that non-ironically.

[satael]

I haven't had a wrist watch for a long time, somehow a phone is a good enough for checking the time (and I do have an antique (more or less) pocketwatch for those occasions that a mobilephone just isn't proper)

[Engels]

Well, come on guys, its jewelry for men. Which is fine, but lets not kid ourselves about it being in any way practical.

[eldaec]

Intellectually I accept that what you say is true.

I need to be able to pretend otherwise.

[Nebu]

Well, come on guys, its jewelry for men. Which is fine, but lets not kid ourselves about it being in any way practical.

You've never worked in medicine, have you?  Watches do serve a purpose for some of us.

Side note: Owned an expensive (relatively) Seiko kinetic for years and the thing didn't keep time for shit.  My Timex Ironman has been the watch of choice ever since.  At $50, it does quite well.



Not too pretty, but meh.

[jakonovski]

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Well, come on guys, its jewelry for men. Which is fine, but lets not kid ourselves about it being in any way practical.

I am fully aware that I look fabulous wearing one of my watches.

[Merusk]

Well, come on guys, its jewelry for men. Which is fine, but lets not kid ourselves about it being in any way practical.

Not all of us carry phones.  My $25 Casio isn't pretty but serves its purpose well.

[Engels]

[Rasix]

Small wrists + too much arm hair = no watches for me.  Some of these are rather nice looking, however. 

[Viin]

Well, come on guys, its jewelry for men. Which is fine, but lets not kid ourselves about it being in any way practical.

Hardly. I can read the time on my watch in a glance. Why would I dig into my pocket, pull out my phone, and hit the home button to see the time?
But yes, we do like them to look good (generally).

[jakonovski]

I discovered Laco in my web travels. They make sexy watches.

[01101010]

Now that... that I must say is a fine looking piece and would be right in the upper most portions of what I would frivolously spend money on if I had it after the holidays.

[murdoc]

This is the one I have.

[apocrypha]

Small wrists + too much arm hair = no watches for me.  Some of these are rather nice looking, however. 

I am exactly the same - I find pretty much all men's watches far too large for me.

What I want is one of these:



or

[penfold]

TIL Seiko made $400,000 watches.



The Grand Seiko springdrives are nice too.

[eldaec]

Getting more into the grown up end of things, big fan of teh JLC designs...

[jakonovski]

Here's another watch I lust after, a discontinued model (ZO2115) from Zodiac. It's an interesting watch company, and has a bit of a morbid history. The Zodiac killer got his name and signature from Zodiac watches. They were popular timepieces in those days, especially in the US military. One of the murder suspects wore a Zodiac Seawolf.

[Miasma]

Literally clockwork orange, well played.

[jakonovski]

Amazon is my enabler, they had this sweet Audemars Piguet Rotary Aquaspeed for cheap. It has a sapphire crystal and a Swiss movement and all. Put together in China however, but it's really well built.

[Viin]

Rise!

Figured this was the most appropriate thread for it, but WTF is this?