Watch fans

[rossored]

Do we have any fans of nice watches here on the boards? I'm a member of another forum where they discuss (pretty much) one brand of watch and as these are not cheap watches and we've a goood percentage of high-earners here on the boards, I wondered who likes what if anything.

A little poll, perhaps?

Anyway, here's what adorns my wrist today.

 

[barjon]

My 45 year old Rolex Oyster (understated steel type) is still clamped around my wrist and has been for all those years. Less accurate than a £5 jobbie from the local garage and costs me a small fortune to get serviced every ten years or so - but it'd be like losing my right arm if it wasn't there.

 

[TWI]

Breitling was my first quality watch and still have it. Connection to flying is probably the thing that got me hooked. Actually I wear a Suunto X9 most of the time which I think is a great watch and has more extras than anybody could ask for.

 

[Splitlink]

My Seiko packed in five years ago and I haven't worn a watch since. There are clocks everywhere, you only have to walk to the nearest parking meter.

Split

 

[trendie]

Nokia N95!
does anybody wear watches these days?
(you can even choose the gentle ring-tone that wakes you in the morning.)

 

[jacinto]

i never used a watch until i graduated from university. my parents gave me a rolex, which i wore for some 8 years. one day, i forgot to put it on, and havent used it since.....a bit of a pity. i keep it for sentimental value.

but just dont need a watch. tend to have a "good feel" for time. besides, one develops an ability to read the time from other people's wrists

 

[yacarob1]

Tesco Value Watch or possibly slightly more up-market..Sainsbury Basic Timepiece.

To be honest I never wear one.

Who needs to know the time when you've got all day every day to do next to nothing....except a spot of trading and then you can use your computer clock.

 

[rossored]

Well, I'm not really talking about watches as necessarily a way to tell the time, more as an appreciation of the piece itself. I know that mine costs a lot more but gives the same information as a £5 watch bought in the street but that's not what it's about to me.

 

[jacinto]

Well, I'm not really talking about watches as necessarily a way to tell the time, more as an appreciation of the piece itself. I know that mine costs a lot more but gives the same information as a £5 watch bought in the street but that's not what it's about to me.

i hear you matt, i dont really place value on that type of stuff myself.

for me its more about food and wine what does it and it doesnt necessarily have to be expensive stuff, actually, one can create delicious stuff with basic things...as long as one knows what one is doing

 

[JillyB]

I have two Omega watches - both De Villes. One bought for me by mum and dad and the second bought off ebay - I tend to wear this one more often, but love them both equally. I wear one them every day - even when I've been on site, climbing scaffolding etc etc.

The one mum and dad bought me used to have an engraved back on it - with a 1930's type townscape - think Batman, Gotham City, sort of town view. However I was in an accident in 1992 and the watch was badly damaged and had to go back to Omega for repair - which included a new case. When it came back it had a plain back on it and not my engraved one. I've never been able to get any joy from them in changing it back to the townscape one. It's a shame really

Got the one off ebay for £36 including postage - took it to our local Omega dealer a couple of weeks ago for a new battery and told him the story of where I got it - he told me I'd done very well and gave me a valuation :cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy:

 

[Jack o'Clubs]

i hear you matt, i dont really place value on that type of stuff myself.

for me its more about food and wine what does it and it doesnt necessarily have to be expensive stuff, actually, one can create delicious stuff with basic things...as long as one knows what one is doing

I'm with you Jac, Big chunky watches are 'man-jewellery' really (given that if you need to know the time, a cheap quartz jobbie does as good a job). That said, they can look nice when worn with a suit, although a bit too 'flash' usually. Makes people look a bit too much like a market trader, rather than a stock-market trader, IMO . FWIW I've a small Oris chronograph for dressy occasions. Looks nice, not too 'in yer face' as a watch (or brand).

I do quite a bit of sailing and have seen more than a few people turn up with appropriately yachtie watches from Rolex, Omega, etc (Sea-Masters, Yacht-Masters, etc), and seen them go over the side when things get frantic and ropes are flailing about. A cheap waterproof digital does me in those situations!

 

[KTF]

i hear you matt, i dont really place value on that type of stuff myself.

for me its more about food and wine what does it and it doesnt necessarily have to be expensive stuff, actually, one can create delicious stuff with basic things...as long as one knows what one is doing

Couldn't agree more. IMO, unless it has sentimental value, an expensive watch is an ostentatious thing and would be hard to derive joy from. Whereas "there is no love sincerer than the love of food." (George Bernard Shaw) And wine.....(Me)

 

[jacinto]

Couldn't agree more. IMO, unless it has sentimental value, an expensive watch is an ostentatious thing and would be hard to derive joy from. Whereas "there is no love sincerer than the love of food." (George Bernard Shaw) And wine.....(Me)

i know what you mean. yet, each to their own on those things . the other thing i place a lot of value on are "medieval novels and stories" in nice edtions....Tristan and Isolde kind of things.

sorry matt, have derailed your thread on matters of taste. apologies.

just to finish it off :cheesy: , i know what you mean Jack, i used to sail myself competitively (not me, my mates were national champs, and at times they needed weight, so managed to collect a couple of 2 and 3rd national cups , and going to acapulco didnt hurt either :cheesy: , problem was that it gets really hot and well, nothing like a some chilled corona, worth more than 50 rolex if under burning tropical sun and 40 degrees and no wind :cheesy: )

 

[rossored]

sorry matt, have derailed your thread on matters of taste. apologies.

Yeah, whatever - talk amongst yourselves, don't mind me ...

 

[ian]

I voted for Panerai as it was the first watch I bought brand new ( 196 Daylight) and liked the history of the brand etc but recently I picked up an unworn second hand Montblanc chrono sports - a lovely piece, chunky just like Breitlings...

 

[rols]

Couldn't agree more. IMO, unless it has sentimental value, an expensive watch is an ostentatious thing and would be hard to derive joy from. Whereas "there is no love sincerer than the love of food." (George Bernard Shaw) And wine.....(Me)

For many men, a watch is the only jewellery he will wear, so why not have something of quality on your wrist?

I gave up with watches, have tried loads, Swatch, Cartier etc and they all die on me within three months. If I want to know the time I look at the mobile or a clock!

 

[JTrader]

i also dont place value on this type of stuff myself.

You can't take any of this kind of junk with you at the end of the day.

Saying that, I do have a nice fake omega seafarer, bought on canal street, manhattan, for $25, and it still does the trick 6 years on.

I recently read about some yuppy in a nightclub in leeds, wearing a £12k watch. Some locals did him over, and nicked it. Maybe there's a lesson to be learned in this tale somewhere...

 

[Jack o'Clubs]

I recently read about some yuppy in a nightclub in leeds, wearing a £12k watch. Some locals did him over, and nicked it. Maybe there's a lesson to be learned in this tale somewhere...

When I was at Uni, and gap year was approaching, a mate's dad bought him a Rolex, telling him that wherever he found himself in the world, if he ran into trouble and out of money, he'd always be able to pawn the Rolex to get back on track. He went travelling in South America and was mugged for it on about his second day in Rio .

I must say 'wealth envy' is likely to become an increasing part of our society, and I would be conscious of flashing too much cash, whether a nice watch or big car, in more places now than I would have been a few years back. In fact it was the deciding factor in not buying a car I'd fancied for a while and finally persuaded myself I could afford...

 

[rossored]

You can't take any of this kind of junk with you at the end of the day.

This is very true, JT. The way I look at it is like this.

I've got £3000 sitting in my bank account. So, I can leave it there looking nice on my bank statements, or I can put it into this watch on my wrist, look at it and appreciate it every moment, every day. It'll always be worth what I paid for it, it's insured for theft, loss and everything else so if someone wants to nick it from me, they're welcome; I won't put up a fight.

Or I can leave the £3k in the bank. But I can't take that with me either, so I may as well get some pleasure out of it.

Just my 2p.

 

[trendie]

When I was at Uni, and gap year was approaching, a mate's dad bought him a Rolex, telling him that wherever he found himself in the world, if he ran into trouble and out of money, he'd always be able to pawn the Rolex to get back on track. He went travelling in South America and was mugged for it on about his second day in Rio .

I must say 'wealth envy' is likely to become an increasing part of our society, and I would be conscious of flashing too much cash, whether a nice watch or big car, in more places now than I would have been a few years back. In fact it was the deciding factor in not buying a car I'd fancied for a while and finally persuaded myself I could afford...

so true.
there was a recent bbc news story about some moron deciding to "walk over" a Lambourgini, and was filmed on a mobile. the cretin.