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.
More here: http://m.boingboing.net/2011/04/25/gitmo-interrogators.html
Lidl
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?)
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.
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
Luminox here too, glows like a loon at night
A 21 yr old Tag Formula 1
This one today. Just back from being serviced.
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