Wrist watches

[Dave Siff]

Here's mine. Please excuse the crappy cell phone picture. It's a Swiss Army Victorinox, a birthday present from my wife this year. Nicest watch I've ever had, by far. I wasn't sure about the orange face at first, but it's grown on me.

 

[EdHunter]

Here's my Longines Hydroconquest (18th Birthday present from my Dad) and my trusty Swatch Irony, which has withstood me drunkenly falling/being jumped on more times than I can recall:

 

[Tupac]

Cool story. This is the first thing that came to mind while I read it.
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I hope that it is dirt...

Ahahaha! i wouldn't go near that watch after where it's been.

 

[change-jug]

I`ve got a discontinued Fossil with one of those super wide leather bands. I love it.

 

[Stu L.]

That's a pretty wide range there. I have a Citizen EcoDrive that's a $700 watch. That's not too much in terms of some of the watches here, but still a pretty penny.

Yeah, I think mine was about $550 or so.

 

[Skeletomania]

Here's my Omega Seamaster. The nicest watch I've owned, but also annoying when the time stops from not wearing the watch every day.

 

[subdude67]

i have this big one as my everyday working watch.



i don't know much about it, it is a old school army diver/U-boot watch replica. i bought it online for only about 130 US$.
despite the small price it actually can go under water, did several deep dives with it.
and at my age the very large face is helpful, the eyes ain't what they used to be.........

 

[iamlowsound]

Here's my Omega Seamaster. The nicest watch I've owned, but also annoying when the time stops from not wearing the watch every day.

You should buy a watch winder, they run about $60 and will keep your watch wound when not wearing it.

lowsound

 

[Chebass88]

Since I took my last final exam on Friday, I began wearing my watch (Omega Seamaster Professional - 300m). I had it fitted at the local jewellers - This thing is awesome! I wish I had bought one earlier!

 

[PSPookie]

Picked up an Invicta Pro Diver recently:

As well as a Swiss Legend Scubador:

But what I'm really stoked about is the fact that Dad is bringing me Grandpa's '72 Accutron that he got at retirement ! Yay !

 

[PSPookie]

Here's my Omega Seamaster. The nicest watch I've owned, but also annoying when the time stops from not wearing the watch every day.

I want a Speedmaster sooo bad ...

 

[Chebass88]

The recent thread on watches sparked my interest to post in here. My Omega Seamaster Professional 300m is a solid watch. I am consistently +2 to +5 seconds fast per day, according to comparison with Link Removed. Still in spec!

 

[superdick2112]

Priciest watch I've ever owned was a stainless Rolex Submariner non-date model. I sold it 10 years ago to fund a 6-piece set of DW Collector's Series drums with Zildjian A-Custom cymbals.
Currently wearing a stainless Luminox 1822 Field Time & Date model with tritium illumination. I love it - it's tough as hell, affordable, and it has the best nighttime readability I've ever seen.

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[notduane]

went a little overboard re-building the watch collection after the divorce ...

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with the exception of the H3 w/24 hr movement and Luminox 1837,
all were had for < $300.

 

[Stu L.]

After 9 years of almost daily use my Citizen Eco Drive Titanium band finally broke. The worst part is that the replacement bands I've found are all about $130 I will get it replaced though, just not sure when. My Tissot is still mainly for going out. So I don't really have a daily watch at the moment.

 

[warnergt]

Tag Heuer WD1210

For the most part, I've only used two watches since 1985 (27 years!).
The first was a Heuer. My wife bought it for me when I got
certified for scuba diving on the morning of the Live Aid concert
(I got certified in the morning and raced to the concert in Philly.
I arrived when Madonna was on stage.).
I wore it day in and day out for about 15 years. It stopped
working. I had it repaired but it stopped working again
shortly after that so my wife bought me a very similar
replacement -- except it was now TAG Heuer; not just Heuer.
I've been using this ever since day in and day out. Great watch.

(This picture is the same model as my watch. I think mine actually looks better.)

 

[Bard2dbone]

Mines is an Elgin Titanium. It's nice enough for me. I got it because of the titanium band and housing because I basically melt the steel backs on normal watches.

My last real dive watch was good for almost five years, then it basically dissolved through the back. It left frequent green-black stains on my wrist, and the metal would get eaten away.

My only problem with this one is that the background is too reflective.

edit: Man, I was sleepy when I was posting this. The reflection problem I vaguely alluded to is that it is hard to find the second hand in low light. Since I work night shift in a hospital, I am ALWAYS trying to do vital signs in low light, and it is a pain. But I love the casing and band of this watch because I've had it over a year and a half and it isn't disolving at all yet.

Wow. What a difference a little time can make.

The Titanium Elgin that I mentioned in that post is no more. When we came back from vacation this summer, I couldn't find it. Then we did laundery and I found it in the drier...AFTER it had run through both wash and dry functions. All three hands were off. The crystal had a chip out of it. It was toast. I got a repair estimate and it was nearly twice the original cost of the watch.

Currently I'm wearing a $12 WalMart watch just to get by for a while. But I will definitely be getting another titanium watch. I really liked that it hadn't dissolved at all so far, even though most watches I've owned would have melted from behind by that long. I was thinking I'd had it three or maybe four years. I'm really surprised I wore it for six.

 

[BioDriver]

So Swiss watch owners, a question.

I mentioned in passing to my brother that I wanted an Omega Planet Ocean and he asked why in god's name I'd pay 4 figures for a watch. I tried explaining the whole "lasts a lifetime, it's also art, cheaper than buying a $200 watch every few years, etc." bits but he still didn't get it. Same story with my parents and all my friends who aren't watch people.

I know many people don't "get it" when it comes to high end watches, but how do you respond when people ask what your reasoning was? Or is it something that never comes up?

 

[Ziltoid]

Received it today:

 

[iriegnome]

Here is one of my most prized gifts. It is a 1994 Mavado Sport Musem. I was given it for Christmas in 1994 the year my son was born. I have worn it near the entire time. I have broke the sapphire crystal twice, the battery died and I have nearly welded my arm to a car when I was disconnecting the battery, but the watch is beautiful and perfect for me.