Why do you wear the watch you do ?

Seiko SNE109

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I bought this out of production solar diver for $100 in December 2014. It had a stiff silicon rubber strap and I hate Seiko's stiff silicon rubber straps. The bracelet is from an SNE107, the black dial version of my watch: I bought it for $40 from a gentleman in Greece who hates steel bracelets. Seiko's price for a replacement part was more than I paid for the watch.

I care for an invalid on a pain prescription, and I need to know the correct time when I'm awakened at night. Seiko's luminescent paint glows in the dark for 6 hours, and my watch gains 2–3 seconds per week. You can't beat a Seiko diver for cheap glow-in-the-dark.
 
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I don't wear a watch. My iPhone has a clock on it, and is more efficient at helping me keep track of appointments (calendar with alerts). I do have a Citizen Eco Drive watch that someone gave me about 10 years ago. I have no idea where it is though. I may of given it to Goodwill.

In my estimation, a watch is just jewelry. It is something that you have to worry about, its cumbersome, and attracts unwanted attention from criminals. Heck, I wear a $56 titanium wedding band from Sam's Club.

My personal accomplishments are more important than "looking" a certain way to people I don't give two poops about impressing. My grooming habits are impeccable (because I respect my wife and myself) and I dress in clean / pressed clothing everyday. However, I personally don't need a BMW badge on my vehicle or XYZ watch on my wrist. I have a lot of clients that make A LOT less money than I do, but wear TAG and/or Rolexes. I chuckle every time I see it.
 
I don't use an Apple iPhone. I think they're pretentious.

With a watch I can meet my timings without having to pull a status symbol out of my pocket and attract all those phone thieves I've read about in the newspapers.
 
im a collector, pocketwatches, wrist, you name it. i just see them as tiny mechanical wonders, one of my four rotating hobbies (pun intended)
 
I wear my Montblanc Timewalker every day because my mom got it for me for a graduation gift and it still works. Ontop of that it is the nicest watch I own so why not run it?

If I’m going to a party or somewhere there might be a chance of being trouble I will leave it at home.

Thing needs a tune up though. It’s been keeping crappy time. Thing looses like 15 mins a month. A non issue as long as I reset it once in a while but honestly automatic watches seem to rarely keep time as well as a quartz. If you want a more accurate auto you have to research which are more accurate before you buy and purchase accordingly.
 
For every day, I wear a bare wrist because I don't care what time it is (a luxury I believe I've earned through the decades). ;) For casual i.e. hiking, etc., a Seiko Prospex type (I don't know exactly, it was 30 years ago and that is my point, it lasts). :cool: For dress, I bought 2 massey tissots, one all 14K yellow and one all 14K white with diamonds. They were for business (sales and sales management) at the time (40 years ago) and served their purpose well without the Rolex cost ( only @2K each then and @4K each now). Same point as the Seiko, they were a bargain when considered over the years for their purpose. I'm saying that I prefer (YMMV) to spend more now and buy no more EVER than buy many less expensive through the years (kind of a Sebenza type out look). :D BUT, with knives, I buy MANY less expensive ones; I may be schizo. :eek:
 
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Thanks for all the replies ! I've been doing a lot of research, the more I learn about things the more I find my tastes changing. I picked up a Seiko Coutura SSG019 the other day, stunning looker. Then I was thinking I needed something a little more sophisticated and classic...……...so today I ordered up a Seiko Presage SARW011. Waiting for it to arrive will be painful. So I believe I have a new addiction to add along side sharp pointy things and things that go bang. It's nice to be among those who enable...………;)
 
I have a lot of different watches and I wear a lot of different ones. I have 8 in my EDC rotation that I wear Monday through Friday, and 3 others that I choose from to wear on weekends. My work week watches are all automatic and that's what I prefer to wear when I can. I get out a new one on Monday morning, set it and wear it the rest of the week. On weekends I don't wear a watch all the time because I might be working in the yard, working on cars, whatever, so I can't keep an automatic running. My weekend watches are all quartz, and right now they are all tritium which I have some use for in my irregular weekend schedules.
I mostly wear fairly large divers, with simple designs. I always thought divers would be tougher, big ones are easier to see, and if I'm wearing one while washing the car it shouldn't harm it. I'm not interested in expensive watches, but I don't look for cheap watches either. I can be happy with watches in the $100-500 range.
I never got into chronograph watches and have sold the few that I've owned. I've owned a few pilot watches but don't have any of them left, partly because most of them came with straps and I prefer metal bracelets. I've decided that if I found a good pilot watch or field watch with large dial, simple design and metal bracelet I would try that. Since I don't actually dive I don't need the dive bezel and taking that off would leave a larger dial for better visibility.
 
Because they're what I got :D
I put this one on today
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It's an old Casio Marlin my dad passed along to me years ago.
I most prefer smaller lighter weight watches and this works.
It's been reliable as long as I've worn it , the backlight while very dim is just enough to see the time in the dark, and I like it's display with the time day and date right there at a glance.
It couldn't have been more than $20 when my dad bought it new, but I guess their factory in Japan knows how to make a reliable watch at a low price.
 
The first nice watch that I ever owned was a Christmas present from my Dad during or after college, an analog Seiko. That one got smacked around too much, as did another (I forget what brand) that my wife bought me. After those two "casualties" and less need for a watch due to cell phones, I went with cheaper Timex and Casio watches, but always analog. Then, this past Father's Day, my daughter (3 years old) picked out a watch for me at a department store that absolutely was not going to work out for me. My wife returned it and exchanged it for a G-Shock. I told her "I don't need a bunch of features" and she didn't listen - this thing is behind my capacity to comprehend - but it seems like it will hold up to a lot more use and abuse than a number of its predecessors.
 
I have 3 watches (listing the part numbers because I don't have pictures): a Seiko 5M62-0BP0, Swiss Army 24490, and 24533 that I changed to a twist-o-flex band. They all have a black background with white hands that glow in low light. The 24533 will glow all night long if it was exposed to a strong light source. The 5M62-0BP0 is kinetic, so I have not needed to replace the battery. The 5M62-0BP0 is the heaviest and gets the most compliments too. The Swiss Army two require new batteries after a while. The 24533 gets worn in the hot weather, because it is easy to swap to the other arm, or put it in my pocket. I bought the 24490 and it arrived on a December 24th, so I remember to celebrate another year with it.

Sure phones have clocks on them, but I don't need to run over to the wall socket to check the time. If you really want to be pedantic, there is a clock on your computer too. My friend told me that I was an anachronism for wearing a watch, because everyone checks their phone. I challenged him to lock his powered on phone and my watch in a safe for 10 days, and then we will check which can still show the time. My watch is less likely to be dropped, and crack the "screen". People will still ask the time when they see you are wearing a watch. You can always respond back to them "time for you to buy a watch". :p
 
DTOM 1776 said:
My iPhone always has the correct time.
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I have a smartphone too. I just don't depend on it for the time. It's for making phone calls, checking email if I am expecting something, and checking the weather mostly. I don't play games on cell phones or even have a desire to do so. Watches are for telling the time. Some even have potentially handy features like altimiters and so forth if you are a hiker or in the mountains much.

Cell phones generally aren't water resistant. Many watches are. That is a necessity for me.
 
I wear my current Casio - "random number and a few letters" because I lost my F-91W. And because I like having a watch on my wrist.

I have a nicer Tissot for more dressed up occasions as well. Don't know which one. The face is blue.
 
This thread has reminded me that I need to install a new band on my Casio. The plastic bands crack after a while, but I don't like the metal bands at all. They are almost always loose on my wrist. Leather or canvas works, but they wear too.
 
I have been wearing G Shocks for twenty years as my primary work watch. They shrug off ocean diving, dirt, and abuse better than any other watch I’ve owned.

For dressing up I wear a Vostok Amphibian with upgraded bezel and NATO strap.
 
My watch was an anniversary gift from my wife, so I wear it a lot. It's a Luminox Atacama 1945.
 
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