[Closed] What make of watch are you wearing?

Rolex Sub date chrono... After a very good year self employed 20 yrs ago I thought, why not as I always liked them. Worn it 24/7 since then covering diving, caving, building through to biking and client meetings....

Its not [i]that[/i] accurate but as mentioned elsewhere, it puts a smile on my face as its always been with me through a lot of adventures.

Only downside is the desperate price of servicing.....

Rolex bi-gold datejust, iridium face with gold roman numerals and president bracelet.
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Also a Klaus Kobec Notorious rose gold with ceramic black bracelet.
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And also a Seiko eco-drive military.

Yes im a bit of a watch nut, have also owned a Rolex submariner and omega and TAG before. My next watch i want to own when i have saved the pennys is a Panerai luminor. Never been one for jingle jangle jewelery but have all ways liked watches since a young lad. One good watch will last you a life time.

Timex Ironman
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I would really like a G-Shock; everyone rates them very highly for strength but they're all so fussy looking. Loads of silly little dials and stuff just clutter up the face and make it very difficult to actually tell the time at a glance, in whi h case I might as well use my mobile...
...could that be the case, people wear watches that are so loaded with useless extra features that are just ****y showing off that the primary function lost, so they end up using the phone because it's easier to read?
The only G-Shock I've found that's close to my taste is this one:
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The Casio-GIEZ-GS1300B-1A, which if it didn't have the extra supplementary dials would be pretty much spot-on.
Now, if only they offered a custom design service...

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Yay same as me!

I was attracted to the large numbers on the display and the small numbers on the ticket.

Got given a Rolex Oyster for my 21st and wore it for the next 25 years until bare below the elbows became the norm for the NHS. Still used as my days off watch and now use a Military Watch Company G10 for work.

Are Oris watches any good? Liking the BC4s and the big crowns.
The OT wants to buy me a watch as a wedding gift but all I know about watches is that I like Panerai luminors (which we cannot afford 🙁 )

Are Oris watches any good? Liking the BC4s and the big crowns.
The OT wants to buy me a watch as a wedding gift but all I know about watches is that I like Panerai luminors (which we cannot afford )

I would love to say they are the best, but they aren't. I wear one everyday, it's been a great watch for the last 5 or 6 years, looses about a minute a month & only serviced the once, but all mechanical watches are crap at keeping the time.

This is my one

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Diesel. Got it for my 40th a few years ago. Love it.

Ah. Thanks 2unfit2ride what would you recommend at about £1000?
I don't like too flashy, prefer uncomplicated hard wearing "mans" watch with bold numbers rather than dashes. Would love something without batteries (I love my eco drive) and perhaps atomic timekeeping?

too poor to own a decent watch so I don't own one 🙁

citizen ecodrive calibre 2100

Omega Flightmaster at the mo. Watches and bikes are sadly my thing. Too many of both

Check out Timefactors if you want a cracking watch without the brand name prices.....

Seamaster 150. Automatic and plainly gorgeous. Circa 2001.

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backhanded, this looks like the kind of thing you're looking for, but it's probably outside your price bracket; £2050

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There seems to be a lot of g-shock fans here. And quite rightly so- they're great watches

Got a G-Shock Mudman and a Luminox for day to day stuff, and a (incredibly good) "replica" Automatic Bell and Ross from Bali for smart. I did think the B&R looked huge in the box but on the wrist it's a lovely looking watch. Certainly would consider investing in a legit one. Those Panerai's are lovely too.

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Bog standard casio here. Used to want a fancy sector watch.

Would like a basic Timex expedition watch but would still feel guilty at the purchase after the bitter Dundee dispute in the early 90s which, despite growing up through the miner strikes, was I guess the first time I actually observed and understood that sort of thing.

Depth Junkie, Klaus Cobec send me a catalogue every few months. Never seen one in the flesh are they nice? I just wrote it off as a mail scam. Love your Rolex, datejust is a classic design.

Ollech and Weiss M2 Kartago for nice, and a G Shock for riding.

For God's sake don't go through US customs wearing a basic Casio:

Gitmo interrogators: Casio F-91W digital watch is back pocket hanky code for "I'm a terrorist"

This item in the Guardian's coverage of the latest Wikileaks dump is not the first time I've heard that the Casio F-91W digital watch is thought to be "the sign of al-Qaida," and "a contributing factor to continued detention of prisoners by the analysts stationed at Guantánamo Bay."
But like so much revealed by Wikileaks, when stuff like this is proven out in the State Department's own pen, the absurdity levels really spike:

Briefing documents used to train staff in assessing the threat level of new detainees advise that possession of the F-91W - available online for as little as £4 - suggests the wearer has been trained in bomb making by al-Qaida in Afghanistan.
The report states: "The Casio was known to be given to the students at al-Qaida bomb-making training courses in Afghanistan at which the students received instruction in the preparation of timing devices using the watch.

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a cheap Timex Expidition as my 22 year old Tag Heuer Formula 1 (brought for £85) is in need of a service (£200) and a new strap (£80) and i'm finding it difficult to justify the running costs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anyone want a nice Tag Formula 1 (blue and cream?)

Holy crap! Becareful with that, could have somebody's eye out with that bezel!
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Arriving tomorrow 🙂
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Backhander - Sinn make very nice watches:
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Like the terrorist banter! My 9 year old wears a F 91W! A total classic.

Michel Herberlin Newport which I won when I won the French Nationals Sailing a Melges24 a few years back.

I'm wearing the Breitling Chrono Colt this week.

May break out the omega next week.

I was wearing a werner flying watch on Saturday.

I had the Fossil on the week before, the fossil is my newest watch.

I haven't worn the Baume and Mercier for ages now, nor the Sekonda.

Another rolex 16600 here,

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why: 'cause i like to know what time of the day it is, (roughly).

never ride up woods in it as i think it would kill my wrist in a fall and who cares what time it is when your having fun.

Same one for the last 15-odd years.

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Seiko SQ100

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[b]higgo[/b] - Member
What: Skagen
Why: I like the look of it, it's comfy and it tells the time.

Now wearing a Triwa Kamrat - it's like a Rolex Daytona but it's red and made of plastic....

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This one at the moment
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Timex Ironman of some sort. Cheap(ish), waterproof, tough(ish), tells the time, has a stopwatch.

Metal strapped Casio something-or-other, had it for a five or so years, works like a charm 😀

Casio G Shock G-611

It's time the wheel out the JLC:

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Luminox here too, glows like a loon at night

A 21 yr old Tag Formula 1

Breil

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My wife got it for my 30th. It's very nice and solid, without being expensive. It's got really cool curved glass and it's lasted twice as long as the Seiko I bought for twice as much.

This one today. Just back from being serviced.

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This for Work
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This for out of work
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and this on the bike
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