Mine's a tag, and a pretty basic one at that.
+1 Tag, Indy 500 model.
mine's a breo.
the posh one that costs a tenner mind not the gash one. 😀
another Tag. Carrera.
My mate Frank.
I reckon the wealthiest nob with the most questionable sense of value has the "best watch".
Mine's a Casio
My £25 Casio tells the time quite accurately, has an alarm, stopwatch, countdown timer (handy for trailquests) a phonebook & a couple of other things I never use.
My mobile phone works for me.
The man with the digital watch probably does have objectively the best watch. Anyone remember the Secret Life of Machines?
Casio G-shock. Been all around the world with me and put through all kinds of shit and never misses a beat. Cost me 60 quid 6 odd years ago IIRC
Surf-Mat probably
he's got the best/biggest everything
2xGshock and a protrek here, prefer the gshocks tbh the pro was a gadget for a while but G's are more resillient
Had a "Tag", only paid 10,00€ for it and was good enough to fool the people in LVMH! 😆 Why pay more?
The only watch I'd pay over 30 quid for would be the breitling emergency watch .. If you get marooned on a desert island - pull the cord and International Rescue comes and gets ya!
SLOM was ace. They're all available freely online with Tim Hunkin's blessing: http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/SLOM/ . Have been watching them through again with my (slightly bemused) girlfriend, prompted by seeing his mad clock at the London Zoo.
Anyway, my £85 Citizen is bestest because:
- it's made of titanium
- it has the crown at 8, ideal if you wear it on your right wrist
- it's an automatic so no batteries to wear out
- the seconds hand sweeps round in that rather lovely way that only autos can
- having hundreds of tiny cogs and springs in a little case on my wrist seems quite magical. The fact it can actually keep good time is even more remarkable.
incriminating evidence right there uplink. 😉
Three G shocks - all AWESOME
Seriously, just spend the money on an [i]actual[/i] penis extension.
Oris Divers - knackered just now sadly. Didn't like outback sand and Korean air quality too much
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[s]Casio G-shock[/s][b]Dull ugly generic outdoor watch of any type[/b]. Been all around the world with me and put through all kinds of shit and never misses a beat. Cost me 60 quid 6 odd years ago IIRC
cynic-al one of mine is the metal G they made a few years ago, they look pretty normal, just very tough watches
well, sapphire crystal glass has to be the starting point if you're going to wear it every ride and still want to be able to read it after a few granite interfaces.
Got a Tag formula 1, had it for 14 years, but never wear it as I don't like wearing watches.
All of mine!
But the best of the best is my Rolex Sub. Joint Second best are my Citizen Eco-drive Tough and Casio G Shock.
Got one of these 😀
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I just have a 60 quid Pulsar. Does the job and doesn't look too bad. I only really wear it "out" as I don't usually like wearing them.
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I got one of these, bought by my wife for my 40th. Left to my son when i'm dead 😉
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my gf's dad gave me a watch that he had sitting in the drawer for ages
it's by Peroni, the beer maker and it's blue and it rocks. anyone can get a tshirt for drinkin loads of beer but a watch... ? I win
G-Shock
and I do like my SANDY:
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Bought it in a Pawn shop.
Alternate between a Luminox LU1897 Field Alarm Chrono:
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and some old Casio G-Shock that I've had for years and is reserved for surfing, snowboarding, MTB etc.
4 X G Shock and a Nixon Scout, got an extremely convincing Tag fake,never wear it though, just doesn't suit my tattooed arms!! Wouldn't spend more than a hundred on a watch, need it all for bikes!!
I've got an Omega seamaster, and you lot can knob off! 😉
Seiko automatic diver for me. I don't give it any special treatment and it just refuses to break.
£50 from eBay
Missus has a Tag Monaco and a Tag phone.
I have a G-Ghock which I have just had to restrap, but is an awesome watch. Covered in paint
I have a nice fluro yellow scribble watch it tells me that its hair past scar
I have a UTS 3000M Custom. It's a one off and I quite like it.
My vintage 1951 gold Rolex. I wear it every day and it's just soooo understated.
Omega Seamaster chronometer...
Casio .I dont need a watch costing hundreds or thousands of pounds.
Omega Speedmaster Day Date and a tiny cock, oh well
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oh and for the very dull, before we get the I don't need an expensive watch or a good car 'cos my Skoda & Casio is ace.
Halfords do a great range of Apollo & Trax Bikes starting at £89
Simples!
Spending a grand on a watch rarely increases the functionality over a £50 one so a comparison with Apollo bikes is not a fair one.
I find I always end up losing my watch when I have a w**k in a strange place as I end up taking it off and putting it down somewhere.
I have a **** in a strange place as I end up taking it off and putting it down somewhere.
That's the trouble with strap ons -forgetting where you put them
Citizen titanium chronograph eco-drive, citizen automatic mechanical divers and a seiko chronograph.
Love them all, especially the sweeping second hand on the divers watch.
Got a few.
10 yr old titainium animal I use for work everyday. Been though about 6 straps now.
Nice rectangular Polished steel raymond weil saxo I use for going out. It's really thin and hardly feels like you're wearing it.
A fake breitling bentley lemans that a proper dealer didn't spot, even after handling it! Auto mech and perfect crown too. But it's ****in HUGE! My dad bought it when he ordered a continental gt drop head. Wanted to try one out as it was a 4k option with the car! Died before the car was delivered though, cancer.
A nice basic tag he left me, matt steel, black face. Not sure of the model, very understated and classy. Was his everyday watch.
He also left me a full gold rolex oyster perpetual. It's in really perfect condition, about 25 years old now. Feels like it weighs about 500 grams, real gentlemans watch if worn correctly. Unfortunately I can't pull it off for another 20yrs I reckon. I'd just look like a gangsta!
Dress watch, work watch, play watch.
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Torminalis - Wear it on the opposite wrist to the hand you use and marvel at its greatness as you climax, obviously.
Tag Heuer Formula 1 brought in 1989 and used every day, still going strong (numerous new straps, 1 bezel, 1 face glass, 1 service, numerous batteries !!!
the watch cost £85 and a new bezel was £65 last year !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Blackberry free from work. It can even make phone calls 😉
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It's murder trying to find cuffs that'll go over it. I've been forced into Laurence LLewellyn Bowen type shirts because of it 🙂
Spending a grand on a watch rarely increases the functionality over a £50 one so a comparison with Apollo bikes is not a fair one.I find I always end up losing my watch when I have a w**k in a strange place as I end up taking it off and putting it down somewhere.
I think your missing the point, functionality is probably worse as it drops time.
functionality is probably worse as it drops time
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this is my biking watch
Could the penis police try and consider that some people like nice watches because they think they look nice? I know that's a bit of a let down for you.
functionality is probably worse as it drops time
Drops about 15 seconds every week
I like my watch it's mechanical, I think it's amazing that its all cogs and gears and no battery. I could buy a cheaper more accurate Casio but I don't want one.
I like my boat it's wooden and needs varnishing/paining/repairing every year I could buy a GRP boat it would be better I suppose but I don't want one.
I liked (it died) my Mercian bike it was steel and handmade and wobbled like jelly at 40mph. I could buy an alloy Giant it would be better I suppose however I don't want to. I want another Mercian
I like my old Land Rover, the radiator needs topping up before each drive, it's slow but I like it. I could buy a Nissan but I don't want to.
See where I'm going here
Actually I do own a watch.
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Drops about 15 seconds every week
Sorry, I didn't understand which watch you were referring to in dropping time.
Surely, if your expensive watch doesn't keep time very well then it is much more akin to jewellery? 😉
Surely, if your expensive watch doesn't keep time very well then it is much more akin to jewellery?
Yes it's okay though as I'm gay with a tiny cock, voted for George Bush and had tea with Slobodan Miloševi?'s advisor.
Many of these watches look like expensive jewels and not very outdoorsy.Fine if you are suited and booted or dress to impress frequently. Probably not the best for scruffy mtber,caver ,climber sorts
I also stick forks into kittens when I'm bored
Yes it's okay though as I'm gay with a tiny cock, voted for George Bush and had tea with Slobodan Miloševi?'s advisor.
Really?
Yes it's okay though as I'm gay with a tiny cock
At least you wont hurt anyone then 😯
Yes it's okay though as I'm gay with a tiny cock, voted for George Bush and had tea with Slobodan Miloševi?'s advisor.
Ahw come on, I did the winky thing and everything. We all have our jewellery, I could just never get the swing of watches as I'm such a w**ker.
At least you wont hurt anyone then 😯
Funniest post ever
These seem to be the latest craze at my workplace....
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Nothing wrong with a nice watch. As long as the wearer accepts it's an item of jewellery.
I like simple, classic watches. That just tell the time.
Stick a nice leather strap on this one, and it's as nice as any expensive one.
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This one's a good design if you have to hold a steering wheel/handlebars.
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For every day, something that tells the time is all I need. Waterproof for swimming. That's why I use a £12.99 one from Decathlon.
Omega seamaster, plant ocean, orange bezel and orange croc strap! Never seen an orange croc mind!!
Elfin why's that face on the pyss. That for swimming as your arm comes over in the front crawl position??
If I were to get a nice watch (which I have been considering lately) I would like an Audemars Royal Oak, an IWC Portuguese or a Patek Phillipe Calatrava, but they're all too bloody expensive.
Tag Heuer Formula 1 brought in 1989 and used every day, still going strong (numerous new straps, 1 bezel, 1 face glass, 1 service, numerous batteries !!!
Streuth Qwerty! Mrs Surfer bought me a blue one in 1991 when I graduated! for the princely sum of 140pds. It keeps far better time than my Oris which she bought me many years later. Fantastic piece of kit that I will never part with.
It's a pilot's watch apparently. Designed with the face at a 45 degree angle so the pilot can see the time without taking their hands off the steery thingy. I like the simplicity of it.
What is the steery thingy on a 'plane called?
A bloke I used to know had a broken TAG. Big flashy thing. I asked him why he wore it, and he said it was to impress the ladies.
If I was a lady, I'd avoid a bloke who wore a broken watch. Dunno why, call it Female Intuition.
I have a late '30s Schwarz Geneve. The history of the watch and the original owner are what really makes it. I'm proud to be able to wear it.
Tiger6791 I've got the same one its going back for 4th time to Omega as its died completely again. Mind you i do MTB, Garden, scramble, sleep with it on.
Of course a £1300 watch is Jewellery but to be honest it's a lot more more subtle than than +£4000 bikes that a lot of people ride on here and for most of them the "functionality" won't be any better than a bike that significantly cheaper.
I own a Suunto X6 and have owned it for circa 7yrs. Its been through about 6 straps and I still loved the battered thing 😀
Elfin think it's called a yoke?? Or is it tiller, I that boats? Stainy pants what probs you had with the omega??
Omega Seamaster - Present off my wife that my son can have in 70 years when i'm dead.
G-Shock - Wear it where I wouldn't take the Omega.
I like 'em and couldn't give a rat's ass what anyone else thinks.
It is more than jewellery I think, although it is that too I admit. A nice mechanical watch is just a cool thing, a device, something created by a person, not banged out by a machine but made by hand with care and attention. Also as machines go a mechanical watch is a marvel of precision and accuracy, not compared to quartz but compared to other mechanical devices. Man hours are why they cost money and a well made one could last centuries. I quite like that that's why mine's not a Casio.
Darcy - I want one of those 310XTs to replace my 405 Forerunner. Not cause I need one, just cause it's clearly better!
But day to day, I have an Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra. Love it.
G-Shock - solar powered, radio signals, stopwatch, timer, multi time zones, alarm, lights up when you look at it, waterproof, virtually indestructable (all the usual crap, but smacked it off a marble bar top one night when pissed, with a point to prove, slight chip to face surround), configurable display, blah blah, blah. it's brilliant.