What watch do you wear?

[Piso Mojado]

Casio DW290-1V
Hadley-Roma MS3150 Men's Diver Collection – PVC

Not a G-Shock: not as much bezel protection for the crystal, no omnidirectional shock protection, and the strap has a plastic buckle. Some people think it looks like a warthog. Hey, it's $24!

I hate plastic buckles so I put it on Hadley-Roma's replacement strap. It is softer and more comfortable than Casio's strap, and it doesn't cost much more than a buckle. This is an old model Casio with conventional lugs that work with any strap, but the lug width is 19 mm. I would like a two-piece Kevlar or Cordura strap, but no one makes them in that width. Crown & Buckle has 19 mm NATOs and I may go with that.

Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible (1996).

Maj. Alan J. Brown, WY-ANG, in C-130 (2008).

 

[00ChevyScott]

I had always thought he wore a 5300 Gshock in Mission Impossible. Thank you for educating me Piso! That's a sweet watch.

 

[turtle13]

Just pick this up off the "bay". Always wanted a 24 hour watch. Threw it on a cheap bracelet I had laying around, which turns out is perfect for it.
Raketa 24 hour with a champaign/silver dial and Russian outer ring. I love this thing so far. Nice and slim.

 

[Larry S.]

Seiko Black Monster. Got tired of digital with crowded displays, worrying about banging them around and getting them wet.

I keep looking at those big SAR jobs, really really nice watches.

Still got the Casio you turned me on to…MTG900 DA-8V

 

[Piso Mojado]

Just pick this up off the "bay". Always wanted a 24 hour watch. Threw it on a cheap bracelet I had laying around, which turns out is perfect for it.
Raketa 24 hour with a champaign/silver dial and Russian outer ring. I love this thing so far. Nice and slim.

What a great watch! Now you should learn Cyrillic to read the world-time bezel. My Russian really sucks, but looking a 23:00 in your photo, САН-ФРАНЦИСКО is San Francisco, Денвер is Denver, and Чiкаго is Chicago. These Raketa English bezels will help you figure out the rest.

 

[SteelStickler]

 

[coop1957]

Seiko Black Monster
Go Buccos!

 

[W.M.B.]

I just put a new band on my trusty old Timex.

 

[leghog]

Today is Smokey Bear's 70th birthday.

It's even a Swiss Watch

 

[leghog]

An Elgin A11 24 hour

Time is 0355

 

[Migiello]

Today is Smokey Bear's 70th birthday.

It's even a Swiss Watch

Smokey alway's reminds me of the brickelberry show

 

[Gary W. Graley]

This Invicta 12400 my brother got me as a belated birthday present, a hefty sucker but keeps excellent time! I was at the post office this weekend and had the lady weigh it, came in at 11.3 oz, she would have sworn it was over a pound !

G2

 

[Piso Mojado]

Vostok Amphibian SE 710721NB "Radio Room"

"SE" is Meranom "special edition" with a stainless steel bezel, more lume, different hands and a few new dials. The strap is Russian NATO (the irony!) of acceptable quality, nylon sewn not welded. The dial is silver sunburst.

The bidirectional timer bezel is tight, no rattles, and not going anywhere on its own.

So-so lume which is good for a Vostok, or so I'm told.

User manual and warranty paper in English.

Vostok made radio room clocks for the Soviet Navy, so I guess this watch is a naval commemorative. They still sell clocks, this is a vintage one:

Radio room clocks go back to the RMS Titanic's appointment with destiny in 1912.

There were ships within range for a speedy rescue, but their radio rooms were shut down for the night or transmitting non-stop. This led to an international treaty: radio rooms were to be manned 24 hours, and they would stop transmitting for three minutes every quarter hour to listen for distress calls. The radio room clock dial was a graphic reminder for radio silence. Red and white was a common color scheme, but some nations used green and white.

You'll notice there are two shades of red. The original treaty mandated three minutes radio silence on the hour and half hour. That was later amended to three minutes each quarter hour, and the two shades represent the original and amended regulations.

 

[Charlie Mike]

That's some very cool history.

 

[denko]

Always a classic!

 

[Ed Fowler]

Thank You for sharing your knowledge, and photos, that was very interesting!

 

[smith357]

I have a few watches, not as many as I have knives, most are Swiss Mechanicals a few are quartz.

Here are some of them.

 

[sabre cat]

I wear an old Citizen Chronograph I picked up about 30 years ago for EDC.

A Swiss Army Garrison for casual dress.

Nothing real nice or fancy.

 

[Big_Red]

Wish I was at the beach.... About another month and I'll be back.

 

[Piso Mojado]

Citizen 61-9370
Hirsch "Duke" strap, 18mm pseudo-gator

Automatic hand-winder, signed crown, English-only date wheel, no lume. If I'm reading the movement and serial numbers correctly, it was manufactured February 1976. It still keeps good time.