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I remember when I was thoroughly satisifed to carry around a Buck 110, wear a Timex, take pictures with a 20 year old Olympus 35mm camera and light my way with a 3 C cell Mag Lite. Well no more thanks to the internet, in the past year I've gone from wearing Timex's and the occasional Seiko to collecting and wearing some comparitively high end watches. I thought when I got the Sinn yesterday that it would probably do me for awhile, but have recently seen a bunch of pictures and...anyone got a Panerai for trade??????

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That Sinn is pretty sweet, even if it is a little on the small side.
I'm thinking a Seiko Black Monster would make a nice companion for my Omega SMP. :cool:
Tutima, IWC, Oris.....So many cool watches...so VERY little money to spend on them. :(

Paul
 
Being a confirmed gadget junkie its getting tough to pass up a "deal" on neat watches (not being married does have a few bennies) although almost having a watch for every day of the week is almost too much. I'm going to have to start thinning them out but its tough. Unlike knives that I have no problem trading or selling I'm finding its tougher getting rid of a watch.
 
...good choices, all... Good post, buddy...

Oris is an underappreciated brand here in the US. The design is elegant - with the slightly bulbed case, weighted towards the back - while thick in depth, the rounded design is quite comfortable and adds mass without being too bulky.

The Omega is the 'classic' of modern designs - with a great lug shape, drawn from the original 300 of the early '60's. It probably should be a cornerstone of one's watch collection for its legibility, functionality and understated good looks.

The Sinn is a great, clean, simple design that is one of the most legible for us that have eyes that are becoming a little less elastic with age - and yes, while small, I'm not convinced that the 'big watch' thing isn't a passing fad anyway.


On a related note, extending the conversation a little, I was at Shreve in SF yesterday and tried on the new IWC Aquatimer in brushed SS. Wow, what a clean, understated and dressy, sports watch... And, a big plus for me is that not everybody has, or wears one...
 
I'd love to try on an IWC but I've got to slow down on watches. Just got a Breitling Aerospace yesterday and thats going to have to do me for a longggg time. The only exception would be to be able to trade a whole bunch of stuff for a Panerai, but don't think thats going to happen any time soon. Whodathunk that watches could be this addictive?

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Me too...I was totally satisfied in wearing my Casio Protrek and G-Shock watches...'Till I received a Citizen Promaster "Ecozilla" 300m Dive watch a few days ago in a trade/purchase deal here at BladeForums...Now, I'm afraid that my Casios will not see much "wrist-time" anymore.:).
 
... for me, anyway - I think it has something to do with my love of all things, "well-engineered" or, beautiful in form...

I don't know if that's necessarily a 'guy' thing, or a James Bond sort of cultural conditioning thing - but, I do think it may have something to do with design, aesthetics, and appreciation of the tools/technology that have been developed to assist us, as humans in our interactions with the World.

So, it really doesn't matter if it's watches, guns, knives, motorcycles, cars, art, crafts, fine wine/food, or ideas. You know, lovely women or, thoughtful people in general also play into this line of thinking, too.

For me, it seems to have something to do with patterns of matter and energy - elegant in form and function or presentation and behavior that I appreciate...


So, with all that in consideration, it's entirely understandable where one might find an addiction/obsession or appreciation of 'cool' things...
 
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