Big watches

I'm sure you're correct in stating that some of the parts are from elsewhere, but you could say the the same thing about many Swiss watches and that should't take away from their Swiss Made" legend. Many so called "Made in America" cars and other goods contain non American made parts. Hope you don't mind my comment. I'm a newbie here and was just trying to join in, because of my interest in watches.
 
When I first saw the title of this thread I thought you were talking about cell phones.
Last watch I got was a Movado. My wife was managing a jewelry store at the time and thought it was nice.
Now it is in my top dresser drawer. I haven't worn a watch in years.
This is a stock photo but it looks like the same or very similar model.
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Glad to have you join the conversation.
Yes, I agree that nearly nothing is "Made in America" in the full sense.

What I was saying is that many items, including some watches, are made in China or other countries and the finished components are sent to the USA. Only assembly is required in most cases. I would liken it to a Chinese knifekit where all the pieces are made, polished, sharpened and the holes are drilled and tapped. You just screw it together. I doubt many would consider that "Handmade in America"...but they are often sold that way. Some watches sold as "Made in America" and "Swiss Made" are often the same.

As to the "Swiss Made Ledged", just like "Made in America", sadly it isn't what it used to be. A car was well built, and so was a watch at one time. Motors ( gas or electric) ran for decades, and were fixed when they stopped. Today the industry is geared on re-selling to the customer, and builds in both obsolescence as well as having lowered the quality.
 
I wear a Field and Stream watch with a compass, think I paid $30. for it at a pawn shop. It keeps good time and I don't get lost!:D
 
This is a neato thread. I stopped wearing all jewelry after starting knifemaking, then I got a Casio G-Shock as a gift last year and found it very useful to have on. Its not fancy though and looks pretty beat up at this point.
 
All of the good watches I have had were stolen from me. I had a nice Citizen dive watch I bought early in my navy service, it was stolen with my name and social engraved on the back of it.

My father passed down a first generation Sieko self-winder that he wore in Vietnam, and it too was stolen.

I have had mixed feelings about nice things for some time, my recent machine purchases are the exception. (In the back of my mind, I am expecting them to get stolen too)
 
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I don't know if the same applies to watches, but I was a rep for G.M. in the 90's and a vehicle had to be comprised of 65% domestically made parts to be called Made in USA.
 
I have no first hand knowledge regarding these, Lum Tec made by Chris Wiegand. I know Chris from his interest and passion for Compound archery. Chris's attention to detail and his dedication to provide the best product possible

as it relates to archery has to be the same with his watch company. Perhaps members of this forum have experience with Chris's product and can comment.
 
One of the things I really appreciate is that there continues to be such great innovation in mechanical horology. I just wish innovation wasn't so dang expensive :D. I sometimes fly in/out of smaller private airfields, and there invariably tends to be a fancy watch magazine available. I always enjoy flipping through those.

-nathan
 
Nice thread Stacy, my brother was just up from VA this weekend, he had this watch with him, I was blown away, what a tank!!!

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compared to my timex

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on his wrist

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and a mock from some commercial he saw, the actor held it like this, maybe not this watch exactly but the same pose

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It's the Invicta 12400 model, what a sizeable watch!!! I told him he'd need to wear two on on each wrist so he wouldn't tip over or have one arm get stronger than the other...

It's big, but it was kinda cool too lol...
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I told him he'd need to wear two on on each wrist so he wouldn't tip over or have one arm get stronger than the other...
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I was gonna say, hope he's got a lot of stuff in his opposite-side pockets, or he's gonna be walking around in circles all day... ;)
 
When I win the lottery I'm going to buy an RGM. Until then my Accutron, Bulova and Casio will have to do.
 
I always get in crap for wearing cheap(but functional) watches to knife shows. It got bad enough that I stopped wearing them. I like Timex, Casio and Suunto for their cool features like a compass w/ bearing, heart rate monitor, barometer, etc...

I also like dressy watches but my taste is more like Victorinox and Wenger. I used to always carry a Wenger pocket watch attached to a Vic Soldier... the watch broke:grumpy:
 
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