Digital watches, anyone?

[colinh]

OK, I've been reading silly, or very silly polls since I joined, so I just thought up my own:

Do you use a digital watch, as your main day-to-day watch?

colin

[clintock]

I have my G-Shock programmed to beep on each quarter hour so I sound high tech and cool in class and movies. So far it's been working, girls ask me all the time about the meanings of sundry Vista error messages, before that the only girl I talked to was my mom.

[Finder]

Watch?? Is that anything like a sundial?

[StuartR]

I was given a nice watch when I got my masters, but I only wear it when I travel...normally I just use my cell phone...so I guess that's digital. In some ways, the watch is becoming obsolete as its function is so simple and so easily integrated into the other devices most of us now bring with us everywhere. Watches are now far more about jewelry than about function compared to times past.

[Tuolumne]

I prefer analogue watches but also have many digital watches. How about the Accutron: an analogue digital watch!

/T

[arbib]

Analog Only for me....

I have 2, 12 hour Chronograph's. (Citizen and Timex) and few odd ball analogs (Cat in the Hat face), and 1 1942 engraved windup that was a gift to a army person at retirement. (Monroe)

[iñaki]

Analogue watches and old analogue phones too (from 50 and 60´s). Yes I have a movile and a digital camera too.

[Chris101]

C'mon! Hitchhiker's Guide killed the concept.

[ltketch]

Tick Tick Tick Ti..

[gavinlg]

I have a casio digital similar to this one:

http://www.balconyshirts.co.uk/ekmps/shops/balconygroup/resources/Image/black1.jpg

And it's incredibly reliable and accurate for something that cost me $60aud.. Plus I really like the retro digital look. I also have a calculator one.
For a dress watch I have an old tissot with a classic style which is beautiful. My other watch is a seiko divers which is great too.

[erikhaugsby]

Automatic watches (if they're skeleton, if just on the rear or preferably on the face as well) funner to watch. And there is still a hint of satisfaction in knowing that the watch will never never need a battery.
And you don't get a "that's such a sweet watch" with an LCD as an Automatic.

[DavidH]

I have a mickey mouse watch. No, really.

[IGMeanwell]

Yup ... on my cell phone ;)

[Muller]

Digital? Pfft! It's a passing fad.

I have a few FSU watches; Rocketa, Vostock, and Rhula. Decent gear as they keep time well for being cheaply made, but more to do with re-enacting and that I like their aesthetics.

[mjflory]

My first "digital" watch had wheels with numbers on them that turned to show the different digits through a square aperture. It seemed really cool at the time. I've got digital watches with calculators built in, one that holds an address book, and I still usually wear a railman's watch style Timex. (Very plain numbers, hours 13-24 on an inner circle in red.) It's just easier to read.

[fishtek]

Out of a couple dozen timepieces (yeah, really), only three are quartz, two Seiko chronographs, and one Zeno chronograph (I use 'em to time my development process for b/w film.... Mechanical watches are analagous to mechanical cameras......

[nemjo]

Digital? Pfft! It's a passing fad.

I have a few FSU watches; Rocketa, Vostock, and Rhula. Decent gear as they keep time well for being cheaply made, but more to do with re-enacting and that I like their aesthetics.


Do you mean Ruhla - from the DDR?

nemjo

[pvdhaar]

I think we'd first have to decide what a digital watch is..

Anything that needs a battery is a digital watch. The battery drives a digital circuit that counts oscillations in a piece of crystal. What's done with the counted cycles is another matter, some watches show the result in digits (LED/LCD), others move a pair of hands around..

So, despite having a analog looking faceplate, my day to day watch is digital..

[TheHub]

A Speedmaster, a Seamaster & a Tag Heuer. I rotate them.

[350D_user]

Ideally, pocket watches for myself. However, I have to resort to using a mobile phone, thanks to work. I stopped wearing a wristwatch when I began having holidays abroad.

My pride and joy is a 1920's Elgin pocketwatch (with a broken mainspring, alas), housed in a 10ct gold hunter-style case. However, my user is a "Jack Daniels" branded quartz pocketwatch.

[varjag]

Anything that needs a battery is a digital watch. The battery drives a digital circuit that counts oscillations in a piece of crystal.
Strictly speaking the circuit doesn't have to be digital, impulse is sufficient :)

[iml]

For the last few years I've had an analogue wind-up Poljot Russian chronograph, about 25 years old. It keeps very good time and just needs a quick wind each morning.

Ian

[StuartR]

Those make my head spin. I don't like things that make me do math any more than I need to.

[colinh]

Watch?? Is that anything like a sundial?

It's a sort of portable sundial. Hmmmm. I wonder if there'd be a market for a GPS-based sundial? (The markings differ depending on location).

colin

[Carzee]

I don't wear wrist watches or rings... for occupational reasons -- could scratch/zap a sensor while I'm cleaning it or something. Digital stuff is small but so fragile.

My sentimental favorite is the Large Format analogue timepiece, but due to its age, weight and fragility (outside use is likely to degrade accuracy) .... well in truth it rarely leaves the studio wall and its a nostalgia piece.

[colinh]

I think we'd first have to decide what a digital watch is..

Anything that needs a battery is a digital watch. The battery drives a digital circuit that counts oscillations in a piece of crystal. What's done with the counted cycles is another matter, some watches show the result in digits (LED/LCD), others move a pair of hands around..

Strictly speaking the circuit doesn't have to be digital, impulse is sufficient :)


Well, my analogue watch has an escapement which oscillates at 32768 Hz ( I think). I think we can define analogue as having an analogue display. You're thinking of quartz v. automatic/mechanical.

colin

[einolu]

I have one of these (http://www.casio.com/products/Timepiece/Classic/A158W-1/) that I wear to work/school. I like how it looks, how light it is, and how easy it is to set the alarm (it's also loud enough to wake me in the mornings but not loud enough to irritate me). The stopwatch can also be helpful sometimes. I usually don't wear a watch when I'm not at work. I also have a pretty nice mechanical (I don't like automatics because I don't wear watches enough, perfer to just wind them on the weekends) watch that looks a lot more expensive than it was that I like to wear sometimes.

I like both vintage-like digital watches and fine mechanical ones. I would love if someone were to give me a Jaeger LeCoultre one of these days...

[thawkins]

I wear a 1968 Omega Speedmaster that is contemporary with the rangefinder cameras I enjoy using. I bought the first rangefinder in 1967 (Retina 2a) and the watch the next year. Both work perfectly.

[tominabox1]

Why do we keep up with this digital vs film stuff?

I still use a film watch.

;)

[juhor]

I've got a digital watch that's made in Finland. I got it from my father because he likes he's older mechanical watch better. I usually forget to put it in my hand and so it stays at home, I think that the battery has ran out and I have to buy a new one. (glad Suunto designed it so that the user can change the battery!)

[mjflory]

Like a rangefinder camera, a wristwatch should help us focus on the essentials.

[Chris101]

I'd put this on my wrist:

http://www.yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html

[wolves3012]

I think we'd first have to decide what a digital watch is..

Anything that needs a battery is a digital watch. The battery drives a digital circuit that counts oscillations in a piece of crystal. What's done with the counted cycles is another matter, some watches show the result in digits (LED/LCD), others move a pair of hands around..

So, despite having a analog looking faceplate, my day to day watch is digital..
Strictly speaking...you're quite right, yet wrong! The "digital" refers to discrete steps rather than a continuously varying amount. The counter in an analogue or digtal-display electronic watch is digital in the proper sense. Even the finger movement is digital in the strict sense, because the fingers move in jumps. Saying that, a mechanical watch does this too (in smaller steps) so you could argue it too is digital.

To answer the poll question, I have one digital-display watch, a Casio from the mid 80s. I have two electronic analogue watches: a Tag Heuer and a Citizen eco-drive. Mechanical watches were my father's hobby, however, and I have numerous mechanical watches, from the cheap and common through to high-quality ones. Most of them work, some don't. I even have a hand-made pocket watch dating from 1834; it works but the timekeeping leaves a lot to be desired!

[cmedin]

I can't really fit my Tissot T-Touch into any of the poll answers. :) It's a neat little (well, not so little) thing though.

[Morca007]

I like watches, I hate wearing them. I use my cell phone to check the time.

[nobbylon]

1986 Submariner and been on my wrist since then!

[flashfirenze]

I have this watch

[Thea]

I use my mobile phone....is that digital?

[amateriat]

Hmm...

I was given a nice watch when I got my masters, but I only wear it when I travel...normally I just use my cell phone...so I guess that's digital. In some ways, the watch is becoming obsolete as its function is so simple and so easily integrated into the other devices most of us now bring with us everywhere. Watches are now far more about jewelry than about function compared to times past.
Maybe. But...I'm so thoroughly "modern" that I use a Bluetooth earset when I'm getting around by bicycle (which is most of the time), so the phone itself is tucked away someplace where I can't easily reach for it. A wristwatch requires, well, a flick-o-the-wrist to get the time, something no high-tech non-wrist-worn device can top.

I prefer analogue watches but also have many digital watches. How about the Accutron: an analogue digital watch!

/T Not digital, strictly speaking: the original Accutrons (not the stuff Bulova's pushing now under the Accutron name) operated via a miniature tuning fork. Also, Hamilton's electric watches, which predated the Accutron by a handful of years (1957) also were not digital, strictly speaking. Working examples of both have become collectors' items, despite the questionable reliability of early Hamilton electrics.

I think we'd first have to decide what a digital watch is..

Anything that needs a battery is a digital watch. The battery drives a digital circuit that counts oscillations in a piece of crystal. What's done with the counted cycles is another matter, some watches show the result in digits (LED/LCD), others move a pair of hands around..

So, despite having a analog looking faceplate, my day to day watch is digital.. See above.

A Speedmaster, a Seamaster & a Tag Heuer. I rotate them. Had (and lost) a Speedy Pro. Fantastic watch, with an honest pedigree. Puts Rolex Daytonas in their place. Good enough for NASA (still), good enough for me. ;)

Strictly speaking...you're quite right, yet wrong! The "digital" refers to discrete steps rather than a continuously varying amount. The counter in an analogue or digtal-display electronic watch is digital in the proper sense. Even the finger movement is digital in the strict sense, because the fingers move in jumps. Saying that, a mechanical watch does this too (in smaller steps) so you could argue it too is digital.

To answer the poll question, I have one digital-display watch, a Casio from the mid 80s. I have two electronic analogue watches: a Tag Heuer and a Citizen eco-drive. Mechanical watches were my father's hobby, however, and I have numerous mechanical watches, from the cheap and common through to high-quality ones. Most of them work, some don't. I even have a hand-made pocket watch dating from 1834; it works but the timekeeping leaves a lot to be desired! Here again, technology throws a curve-ball: Seiko, sometime in the 80s, created a quartz analog movement with a smooth sweep-second hand (no discrete "steps"). This was used both in watches (the first being a "doctor's" watch with a "pulsations" scale on the dial), and table alarm clocks (we have one of those in the house). We also have a pair of Kikkerland quartz wall clocks with a similar movement, as well as Solari-style flipping day/date display. Tres cool, except for when the Solari display occasionally gets stuck. :(

Not much use for a watch, since my cell phone has accurate time.

Watches, are never the right time, why carry one unless you are treking? And what a sad person one would be to need a watch on vacation.

Never need a watch anyway, I am always where I am, so knowing the time is of no value since it is not a transporter. If someone believes I am late there is nothing a watch can do for me. Accuracy? Depends on the watch. One of the most well-regulated ("accurate" can be somewhat a slippery description) watches I own is a manual-wind Hamilton
from the mid-60s; I can almost swear that I've had some cheap digital numbers that weren't a lot better than this one. But there's a caveat to this, which I'll get to shortly.

Yes, a cell phone's clock function is deadly-accurate (or at leas as much so as the time signal it's contantly referencing). But how about convenience? Ever watch someone fumble and dance for their phone when it's ringing? (Womenfolk seem to struggle more than menfolk here, but that's another matter.) Think they'll want to do this just to get the time?

As for me: I have a 15 year old Casio "hybrid" (analog dial with digital display inset) for day-to-day stuff, but my heart lies with a quartet of manual-wind Hamiltons, including one two-register chronograph that's scheduled to be rebuilt. All four just tell time (plus the chronograph's stop-watch function). No auto-wind rotors, or day/date displays cluttering the dial, on any of them. Just wind, set, and go, which to me is the perfect formula when owning more than one watch. They all keep very good time, which is all I need when taking a quick glance at my wrist. Yes, I have a PDA, several computers (all connected to the 'Net full-time), a cell phone, plus a stove, microvave oven, and a few other sundry items besides with a clock built into them. But, no, they do not render my watches obsolete, because at any given moment, when I want to know the time, the only thing within range is the watch upon my wrist. And, that watch (okay, any watch other than the Casio), with it's simple, elegant dial, telling the time of day and nothing else, is a gentle reminder of time's passing without making me feel a "slave" to time.

I also have a manual-wind Tiffany travel clock, a gorgeous thing that I picked up at an antuques shop a few years back, but unfortunately needs a new staff for the movement, which has to be fabricated...meaning not cheap. But I want it working as a bedside clock, because, weird as it sounds, I sleep better with a gently ticking clock as opposed to something with a glaring digital display.

And, all the while, my all-time favorite camera – my pair of Hexar RFs, are about as "digital" as a film-shooting camera can be without wearing its digital-ness, ahem, on its sleeve...


- Barrett

[photobizzz]

[I do wear a digital watch, it actually tells the time in 25 zones, has 5 alarms, tells temperture, barometer, compass, altimiter, oh and it is also solar with a titanium band. Over the top? Well I am in the military and am stationed in Iraq so I guess you wear what suits your needs.

[amateriat]

[I do wear a digital watch, it actually tells the time in 25 zones, has 5 alarms, tells temperture, barometer, compass, altimiter, oh and it is also solar with a titanium band. Over the top? Well I am in the military and am stationed in Iraq so I guess you wear what suits your needs.
I'd say you're entitled to wear it. Be careful out there...


- Barrett

[windraider]

I can agree with the opinion that watches are more of jewellery than tools of necessity in this day and age. Even though quartz watches are cheaper and more accurate, I usually wear automatics during the weekdays at work as I prefer their classical look.

[I do wear a digital watch, it actually tells the time in 25 zones, has 5 alarms, tells temperture, barometer, compass, altimiter, oh and it is also solar with a titanium band. Over the top? Well I am in the military and am stationed in Iraq so I guess you wear what suits your needs.

My weekend watches are Protreks too (PRG-80 & PRT-40) - love the barometer for forecasting the weather & the backlight. Used a Casio Diver style watch with hybrid analog & digital display when I was in the army (Protreks weren't out yet).

Take care out there.

[kross]

when i use my 20d, i put on my G-shock... when i use my m6, i wear my tag heuer automatic.... when i use my lomo, i put on my hamilton mechanical....:D

[KoNickon]

I guess I am hopelessly behind the curve -- the idea of using your cell phone as a watch strikes me as ludicrous. But then, I'm one of those people who does not leave the cell phone on.

I have as my weekend watch a Casio that I spent $15 on over 20 years ago. It's only on its second battery. The other watches I wear are all inexpensive (with one exception) quartz analog jobs, one of which was a 10-year work anniversary gift. Digital display is not cool in an office/suit environment -- doesn't really fit in.

[bmicklea]

Digital watches make me grumpy, like beautiful women who hide their faces with hats or long bangs.

My analog watch is battery powered but I have recurring dreams of getting a true automatic. Strangely I'm always wearing an antique Omega automatic watch in the dreams where I'm photographing with an M2. A great mechanical instrument is so much more impressive than a clever electronic gizmo. Perhaps I'm biased working with computers all the time though...

[CorreCaminos]

Analog watches only (Breitling Blackbird currently)
Analog cameras only (Leica, Hasselblad, & Nikon)
And if I could buy a new car with carburetors instead of EFI I would too. Seriously.

I just don't trust electronics with the stuff I really care about.

[victoriapio]

I have Rolex Datejust, Omega Seamaster, Elgin gold analog - all these are in the safe and for sale if anyone needs one.

I WEAR a Casio G-shock digital (solar powered, downloads exact time everyday from the atomic clock in Colorado) and an Orvis white faced analog quartz on dress up days at work. These two watches cost less than $75. G-shock is perfect for swimming, bike riding, outdoor photography and rangefinder work ;>)

O.C.

[rc12k]

My everyday watch is a Citizen Nighthawk. My self defense watch is a reissue Doxa 300T. ;)
I tried the Rolex kool-aid decades ago and didn't like it. LOL

[rbiemer]

I wear a Timex Camper. Digital? Analog? It has a battery and it has hands. Basic, reasonably water resistant, light, and cheap. Goes well with my Dixon Ticonderoga pencils.
I've spent rather more but none of those watches stood up to the kitchens I work in any better.
Rob

[richiedcruz]

I usually prefer digital wrist watches and mechanical pocket watches, but I did break down recently and buy a cheap battery powered pocket watch.

I have a Timex Ironman Bodylink watch. The fancy one that has a heart rate monitor and keeps track of your mileage with a GPS unit. Its a fun watch, but it goes through batteries so quickly that I usually only use it when I am running, or otherwise do not need to know the time ;)

Richie

[JoeV]

I don't wear watches, primary reason being is that suited up in a cleanroom suit all day, the watches don't hold up well under all the prespiration under the suit. And I have a pager with a clock on it. And every computer in the Fab has a clock on it. And my cell phone has a clock on it. And both car and truck have clocks on the dash. And I don't particularly care to know the time down to the exact second, especially on my off days.

But I was thinking of getting a wrist sundial... it would have a little light bulb, mounted on a rotating arm, that would mimick the motion of the sun and cast the approriate shadow. :)

~Joe

[steenkamp]

Nope, 69' Omega Seamaster

[clarence]

I'm looking for a cheap, used chronograph. The problem is that I have small wrists and a 40mm dial is about the largest I can take without looking like a (early 90's era?) rapper.

I like looking at digital watches, especially those with analog complications, but I don't think I could ever wear them.

Also on the list:
24 hour dials
slide rules (athough I cannot use them)
skeletons and open hearts

Clarence

[Jarle Aasland]

Yes, silly indeed. But here I am. Using an analog Tissot watch, but my favourite alternative was this one:

"No. And I'm using a typewriter to browse the web."

Now, that's funny!

Jarle

[Morca007]

In a manner of speaking, I suppose. I use my cell phone.

[Zenjitsuman]

I have automatic Breitling, Rolex, Invicta 26 jewel, ETA 25 Jewel, Omega, Movado.

I have quartz Seiko retro, Accutron, and my most accurate is Casio radiowave update from the atomic clock 6 times a day this is the Gshock wave/atomic/digital. This watck is $60 bucks I wear it to the gym and only wear the other watches socially.

[Bill58]

I'm looking for a cheap, used chronograph. The problem is that I have small wrists and a 40mm dial is about the largest I can take without looking like a (early 90's era?) rapper.

I like looking at digital watches, especially those with analog complications, but I don't think I could ever wear them.

Also on the list:
24 hour dials
slide rules (athough I cannot use them)
skeletons and open hearts

Clarence

Go here for more USED, vintage and a few new watches (almost all ads are person- to- person) from all over the world: http://www.elitedealseeker.com/index.cgi?category=watches&searchword=&ageupperlimit=1&function=Search. To send a message to some of these sellers, you must join the particular forum, but it's easy to do so, like RFF. Generally, the prices and sellers are better than godawfulbay. The watches range from cheap to sky-high and are all kinds under the sun.

I've been very happy w/ this site.

Have fun!!!!!

[otaku]

I'm damn near the only person my age (19) who seems to even wear a watch these days. One other guy at work wears one and its a big one like mine but his is quartz. I have a big mechanical diver myself (rolex style its an invicta) I love mechanical things including this watch

[crawdiddy]

I can't stand digital watches. I have some quartz analogue ones. But my favorite is a Tag Heuer chronometer. I like the mechanical movement, even if it isn't as accurate. It's not a soulless wafer of silicon.

[mgilvey]

I have a Casio Sea Pathfinder (Titaneum). I purchased it so I would have a compass. It helps when I go to scout a location for photographing and I can calculate better where the sun position will be later in the day.

[palker]

Cartier for my daily clock watching and a Polar for running .. you just can't miss a beat with the Heart Rate Monitor .. :p

[MikeL]

OK, I've been reading silly, or very silly polls since I joined, so I just thought up my own:

Do you use a digital watch, as your main day-to-day watch?

colin

Oh yeah, how about this:

Is your watch band:

a. chrome, matching the watch part
b. black chrome, contrasting with the watch part
c. hammertone, with a black chrome watch part
d. black leather, with a chrome watch part
e. black leather, with a black chrome watch part
f. tan leather, with a chrome watch part
g. gold, just like the watch part, Yeah Baby!
h. I don't know how to describe the watch band since I have a Swatch and it's all funky looking.
i. other

[biomed]

40 year old Seiko Bell-Matic.

[Uncle Bill]

I had a Casio digital watch when I was in high school 20 years ago but these days I am strictly analog, automatic winding movements kind of guy. My small watch collection includes two vintage Omega Seamasters ( a bumper wind from the 1950s and a Seamaster Deville from the 1960s), one hand wind 1950's vintage Longines Tank Watch, a Fortis Cosmonaut Diver and a Zeno Army Diver.

The fortis and the Seamaster Deville get the most wrist time.

[mgilvey]

I had a Casio digital watch when I was in high school 20 years ago but these days I am strictly analog, automatic winding movements kind of guy. My small watch collection includes two vintage Omega Seamasters ( a bumper wind from the 1950s and a Seamaster Deville from the 1960s), one hand wind 1950's vintage Longines Tank Watch, a Fortis Cosmonaut Diver and a Zeno Army Diver.

The fortis and the Seamaster Deville get the most wrist time.

My friends affectionately call my Casio Sea Pathfinder my "BAW"....which means Big-@#$-Watch.

[peterm1]

I use a analogue style digital watch for everyday use because its cheap and (usually) reliable. Oddly and perhaps unexpectedly, they do fail more than you think. I had a quite expensive Seiko chronometer which I bought in Singapore that died after 10 years (and yes it was an original) . Being a relatively expensive version I had expected it to last longer. I am currently debating whether to have the movement replaced. Doing so will cost me as much as a cheaper replacement watch.

I did actually replace that watch 2.5 years ago with a nice looking but cheap Casio. It has now died too and is currently back with the importer for warranty repairs (for the 4th time.)

So at the moment I am wearing a $20 "Rolex " I bought on the beach in Bali. This thing better be real, given that I had to pay $20 instead of the normal $10 for a beach front "special". :^)

My favourite personally owned watch is a solid gold watch given me by my birth father when I was reunited with him 15 years ago. It was his watch and is a rose gold International Watch Company (IWC) original Swiss watch with a mechanical movement and about 40 years old. Its a beauty but for obvious reasons I do not wear it except on special occasions.

If I had my choice to spend reasonably big bucks on a new watch, I think I would buy something like the Oris Big Crown which manages to simultaneously look stylish and macho or another pilot style watch, perhaps a Breitling.

[chibaken]

I have an original Pulsar red LED watch from the 70s - you can't wear it on a daily basis though as it stops working at the merest sign of rain - common in London ;) I also have Casio calculator watch with a screwed on front plate.

Day to day I have an original early Heuer Silverstone, an original Heuer Autavia from the same era - both are Calibre 11 movements with the wind lever on the left, an Omega Geneva, and a few old Russian analgoue watches.

A little bit of a collection, that has unexpectedly stopped due to an embryonic camera obsession...

[Bob Michaels]

My 14 year old Seiko electronic analog watch has been off my wrist four times since new. Each time was for a few minutes to replace the battery.

I refuse to have a watch that cannot tolerate anything my body can. I only want to think of it when I want to know the time.

[vha]

Have a Citizen Promaster NY0040-09EB_730, said more common it´s a mechanical self winding watch which tells if i´v been too lazy by slowing down.
On the bight side i can see the time at night without my glasses on,
not so bad either ;)
Might be the model also is known as citizen Promaster automatic

Would like a Citizen Promaster JP2000-08E, which looks almost the same but uses batteries and have some features which i don't need at all.

vha

[ray_g]

I have a G-Shock that is my "beater" watch. Plus I use the chrono to time my film processing. But I don't use it everyday.

I prefer automatic watches - I have a '66 Constellation, a Seiko 6309 diver, an Orange Monster, and just got a Seamaster as an early Christmas present!.

[Ronald M]

analog dials. but battery powered and time set by master clock in colorado by radio signal.

Also have two table top models and the times are always perfect.

Remember the old saying about the man with two watches not knowing what time it is? Not true here.

[rpsawin]

Silver or b&w?

[clarence]

Go here for more USED, vintage and a few new watches (almost all ads are person- to- person) from all over the world: http://www.elitedealseeker.com/index.cgi?category=watches&searchword=&ageupperlimit=1&function=Search. To send a message to some of these sellers, you must join the particular forum, but it's easy to do so, like RFF. Generally, the prices and sellers are better than godawfulbay. The watches range from cheap to sky-high and are all kinds under the sun.

I've been very happy w/ this site.

Have fun!!!!!

Thank you very much for pointing me to that feed aggregator, Bill. Unfortunately, I've been looking for the past 2 weeks and still haven't found what I want. I guess I'll just keep looking.

Clarence

[Bill58]

Thank you very much for pointing me to that feed aggregator, Bill. Unfortunately, I've been looking for the past 2 weeks and still haven't found what I want. I guess I'll just keep looking.

Clarence


You're welcome!!!

Keep looking-I've found a few there at much lower prices than what the online vintage watch shops charge. 'Don't know what you are in the mkt. for, but one forum (http://www.mwrforum.net/forums/index.php) seems to have the most ethical members/ sellers and they are great at authenticating genuine watches. There's a lot of fakes out there now, so be careful.

[ray_g]

Thank you very much for pointing me to that feed aggregator, Bill. Unfortunately, I've been looking for the past 2 weeks and still haven't found what I want. I guess I'll just keep looking.

Clarence
I'd also check TimeZone's (http://timezone.com/) Sales Corner

[iridium7777]

i'd rather ___________ than wear any quartz watch.

[clarence]

Thank you, everyone, for the advice. I ended up purchasing one of those new Emporio Armani dress chronographs on ebay and I must admit I am slightly disappointed. The quartz movement's second hands tick rather than sweep, and the buttons have too much resistance. Still, it only cost around 70 pounds new.

I am also looking for a watch with retrograde seconds but that will have to wait for more funds.

Clarence

[NickTrop]

Strictly analogue mechanicals - serviced if possible, from the 50's - 70's. I have a growing old (mostly) Timex collection. My favorite watch is a serviced Timex I paid $1.00 plus $5.00 shipping. They must have a large face, have a clean uncluttered (boring?) design, it must be thin (unlike the giant clunkers of today), and I highly prefer a date complication. I try to spend less than $15 - with shipping, for each one. Collecting them is fun and affordable.

These watches are something of a political "fashion statement" for me. Apart from having 1000x more character than the "character-less" crap quartz junk watches out now...

... Timex in their heyday were made in the USA and they gave a hearty "middle finger" to the disgusting conspicuous consumption items of ridiculous self-adornment made by the elitist european watch companies by making "disposable" watches that lasted for decades. They had no jewels* and were designed to be functional items the average working stiff could afford and enjoy.

We live in a wasteful society. There's no reason to buy a new watch. My worst Timex gains a minute a day - BFD. They're eco-friendly, have a bit of history behind them and are "anti" self-adornment, "anti" conspicuous consumption, "anti" elitist items made by domestic craftsmen. And, yes, I like the intriguing ingenious mechanical engineering marvels... tick, tick, tick... and the tactile "feel" of winding a watch.

That's my "fashion statement". And that's why I wear them.


*(The watch "jewel" thing taught the digital camera makers of today how to sucker the ignorant public. How many "jewels" does you watch have? - looks down nose - sneers, only 17? Mine has 21... lol. Juxtapose. How many "megapixels" does your camera have?)

[Krosya]

I loveeee watches. Almost as much as I love cameras. I really like all kinds of watches, but prefer mechanical- selfwinding/automatic ones. Over the years I tried several kinds, including Rolex and Omega and found most to be rather unreliable. I keep trying, maybe one day I'll come across a good swiss automatic watch that agrees with me. I did try some japanese , such as Seiko automatics - with similar results. So, for now, I keep coming back to my two favorites, - analogues but battery operated Casio Diver's and Citizen Diver's watches. Not that I dive a lot, but they seem to be able to last well for me. Somehow I am hard on watches, bang them on things, get them wet all the time, so waterproofing helps. I almost treated myself to my dream watch this Christmas - IWC Porsche Design Ocean series. I really like those for some reason, but.....didn't work out due to other expenses. One day....one day...
Meanwhile I keep trying other vintage automatic watches , see if I find one that will actually be able to survive me. ;)

[smiling gecko]

yes and no...

i enjoy my early '70's cartier tank mechanical. for me it is wearable art and a nod to "things mechanical"...like the leica m cameras. it i as beautiful a design as it is a simple one. i don't know much about watch mechanics, but have a basic understanding and appreciation of it's 21 jewel movement...sort of like my appreciaton & understanding of my m6.

i also enjoy my citizen (solar) titanium automatic (with minute hands, date feature, second hand, etc,etc). it is more accurate than my cartier and requires no winding or setting. i can wear it in rain, sleet, etc and dive to 100' with it - i mainly snorkel. thanks to the titanium it's much lighter than it looks. it has a different look that appeals to me as well.

...tick, tick, tick :p

kenneth
NEVER FORGET BESLAN
wwww.neverforgetbeslan.org

[Senmu]

Analog watches (minute hand, hour hand, 'sweep second hand') only... no batteries allowed (so-called 'automatic), self-winding. Cameras are film only (own six film cameras, don't own a digital) <sigh> I feel like a parody of myself. But I do tech for a living, so I'm surrounded by computers at all times. Maybe a way of coping? No time this lifetime to examine that question...

[cme4brain]

I loveeee watches. Almost as much as I love cameras. I really like all kinds of watches, but prefer mechanical- selfwinding/automatic ones. Over the years I tried several kinds, including Rolex and Omega and found most to be rather unreliable. I keep trying, maybe one day I'll come across a good swiss automatic watch that agrees with me. I did try some japanese , such as Seiko automatics - with similar results. So, for now, I keep coming back to my two favorites, - analogues but battery operated Casio Diver's and Citizen Diver's watches. Not that I dive a lot, but they seem to be able to last well for me. Somehow I am hard on watches, bang them on things, get them wet all the time, so waterproofing helps. I almost treated myself to my dream watch this Christmas - IWC Porsche Design Ocean series. I really like those for some reason, but.....didn't work out due to other expenses. One day....one day...
Meanwhile I keep trying other vintage automatic watches , see if I find one that will actually be able to survive me. ;)

I own about six watches, some mechanical (Breitling, Seiko diver) and some quartz. Aside from my atomic digital, my most accurate watch is a Seiko quartz with analog face. My breitling, once serviced, is accurate to 3 minutes a month, which is what mechanical chromometers are certified for. An upper grade mechical watch is a work of art, so I disagree with another poster that they are for the elite only. I will bet that poster owns an expensive camera, like a Leica. You can take a picture with a Kodak brownie, so why then do people buy Leica or Zeiss cameras? Because they want the workmanship, the effort made.

[NickTrop]

An upper grade mechical watch is a work of art, so I disagree with another poster that they are for the elite only. I will bet that poster owns an expensive camera, like a Leica. You can take a picture with a Kodak brownie, so why then do people buy Leica or Zeiss cameras? Because they want the workmanship, the effort made.

You happen to be INcorrect. I happen to not own any Leicas. My cameras are like "Timexes". A few Yashicas (GSN, Lynx 14, CC), a Zorki 4K, and my "most expensive" a Konica Auto S3. I don't agree that watches or cameras are "works of art". Moreso than cameras, I consider them ridiculous items of self-adornment and conspicuous consumption. A "Rolex" is a gawd piece of elitist consipicuous consumption not a "work of art". Furthermore, why can't my $1.00 Timex be a "work of art"?

My own personal philosophy is that elitist conspicuous consumption and expensive self-adornment is "disgusting" - as it applies to all consumer goods, when there are people, children, who will die of starvation in the world.

Buy a $10 mechanical Timex "work of art" and take that extra $1900 you would spend for a functionally "the same" item of self-adormnet and conspicuois consumption intended to "feed your ego" and instead, feed one of them.

[ErnestoJL]

Only analog, mechanical either automatic or hand wound.
Most preferred, a 1966 Baume & Mercier able to dive up to 120 m and a Vostok Komandirskye, both black face and 1970 Seiko Chrono.
For dayly use, either a Blue face Seiko, or an green faced Orient .

Ernesto

[BillBingham2]

I have to wear a watch, otherwise my wife would never know what time it is!

B2 (;->

[wgerrard]

I removed my watch the day I retired. Now, the only time I wear one is when I'm traveling and need to make flights.

I don't have a dedicated clock at home. Umpteen other appliances insist on telling me the time.

[thawkins]

I wear a 1968 Omega Seamaster that keeps perfect time.

[kuzano]

I picked up an early digital watch, but I didn't like the quality of the time I got from it. After using it for a while, I felt that analog time was so much nicer than digital time. So, I went back to analog. Over the years, digital has evolved, and the watches have become feature rich, what with stop watch function alongside reading normal time, and chronography added. I've gone through the various digital evolutionary cycles, always returning to analog time telling.

At this point I own a couple of really fine analog watches and do not have a digital in the drawer.

For some reason, I can definitely see the difference between digital time and analog time. Analog rules and will always be better than digital. It's a soul thing. Digital may be more technically precise, but it still is battery dependent, if not solar powered. It just doesn't have the innate soul feeling of a good analog device. analog wins another revert. (No, not pervert..... revert!!)

[raid]

I have several watches, all non-digital, and my favorite is by Gucci.

[infrequent]

have a ck minimal watch. analog. doesn't even have a seconds hand. swiss made elegance. ; )

can be seen here: http://flickr.com/photos/infrequent/1293844488/

[ChrisPlatt]

Not stylish, but the best value is no doubt the under-$10 black plastic Casio.
After a few years the band will break, but then they're still handy in your pocket,
tool bag or taped to the wall or dashboard.
And when the battery eventually dies in 10 years or so, just buy another! ;)

Chris

[John Robertson]

my fathers 1941 Omega Chronometer, War Department issue to R.A.F aircrew.
recently serviced still keeps excellent time and looks like new.
I hate digital watches and clocks, quartz is fine as long as it has an analogue face.

[bmattock]

1952 Omega Bumper-wind Seamaster in Stainless Steel.

And a few hundred very inexpensive but wonderful watches from eBay, most dating from the 1930's to 1950's, American, winding or automatic, a few select German and Swiss, automatic, modern. No batteries.

As the German officer said to the prisoner who would only say "tick, tick, tick." "We haff ways to make you tock."

[irq506]

This is a funny thread!
I thought I was ADD with my fascination forwatches then trains then fountain pens then firearms and now leica's, but when I started working in Cameratechs I realised that there is a whole universe of other weirdos out there too -and most of them are a whole lot more 'out there' then I am, so it makes me feel a lot better.
I have a few watches, a Casio with multiple timers which I use to develop film with and I have a Suunto Observer for well I just have one at this stage, because I over took that with a Marathon GSAR, and since then a Pilot Marathon is comming my way also, these are like Leica MPs -tool watches not jewel watches, pure function and military only. Very hard to get.

[bmattock]

This is a funny thread!
I thought I was ADD with my fascination forwatches then trains then fountain pens then firearms and now leica's, but when I started working in Cameratechs I realised that there is a whole universe of other weirdos out there too -and most of them are a whole lot more 'out there' then I am, so it makes me feel a lot better.
I have a few watches, a Casio with multiple timers which I use to develop film with and I have a Suunto Observer for well I just have one at this stage, because I over took that with a Marathon GSAR, and since then a Pilot Marathon is comming my way also, these are like Leica MPs -tool watches not jewel watches, pure function and military only. Very hard to get.

Every watch nut I know is also into pens - except me. Never found a use for fountain pens. But yes on the rest. Trains - the real steam types - but that ties in with my photography. Not a model train guy, really. Don't mind taking photos of them.

[ampguy]

the idea of a low cost power reserve manual is appealing.

Only analog, mechanical either automatic or hand wound.
Most preferred, a 1966 Baume & Mercier able to dive up to 120 m and a Vostok Komandirskye, both black face and 1970 Seiko Chrono.
For dayly use, either a Blue face Seiko, or an green faced Orient .

Ernesto

[visiondr]

The only digi watch I own (or ever will own) is for my heart rate monitor. Otherwise it's analogue, baby!

[irq506]

Oh no, not toy trains, real ones. I like being on them. Steam or diesel electric etc. Ive traveled quite a bit on trains around the world, just so that I could go on the train... If airships were still around Im sure Id be all over that too.
I stopped smoking five months ago after 19 years and though Id never collected lighters, I might one day have if I continued smoking.
I think we just get off on metal....

[tom.w.bn]

My wrist watch is a more manual tool than my m6. But I could not find a right answer in this poll. btw. while sleeping my watch has to be in another room or i can not sleep.

[marke]

I wish I still had one of the old LED watches. My father had an electronics business and I was one of the first in my school to get one of these. But now days, a battery-powered analog is the only way I travel. It's just quickker to tell time with! And they just look cooler too. :cool:

[TheHub]

My watch is the same as my camera: fully mechanical.

[Morca007]

Speaking of watches, does anyone know a reliable place to buy old/used watches? I'm thinking particularly of 70s soviet watches, and the evilbay sellers on that front are even less trustworthy looking than FSU camera sellers!

[Bill58]

Speaking of watches, does anyone know a reliable place to buy old/used watches? I'm thinking particularly of 70s soviet watches, and the evilbay sellers on that front are even less trustworthy looking than FSU camera sellers!


The best place I've found is here: http://www.elitedealseeker.com/index.cgi?category=watches. Check as often as you can, but to reply to some ads, you gotta join the particular forum. Not 100% reliable dealers/ sellers, but more than the crooks on evilbay.

Good luck!

Bill

[Rob-F]

It may be of interest that the history of timekeeping actually precedes even the fully mechanical watch. Historians know that Alexander the Great had his chemists develop a cloth that was impregnated with various chemicals that turned color as the day progressed. So for example it might show green at 8:00AM, Yellow at noon, and blue at 6:00PM (although I no longer remember the actual colors.)

The cloth was sewn up in the form of a bracelet, which Alexander wore throughout the day, greatly aiding him in his ability to organize his staff, and improve efficiency.

Little mention is made of this invention today; obviously the development of the clock (Huygens, wasn't it?) pushed the chemical timepiece into near-obscurity. However, it is still occasionally referred to today, by historians, as "Alexander's Rag Time Band."

[biomed]

Alexander's Ragtime Band ..... BOO!

I just bought a Vostok Europe (http://www.vostok-europe.com/)watch - 32 jewel automatic movement, 24 hour hand, calendar, screwdown stem, exhibition back with a nice leather band - all for $110. I hope this isn't the start of WAS (watch aquisition syndrome).

[Morca007]

I'm considering a Citizen Eco-Drive, specifically this one-
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/2369/418f28iajklaa280vc3.jpg
$90 shipped at Amazon, any opinions on it?

[aizan]

do any of these digital watches have an alarm that you can set to go off on a certain schedule for the day, like 9:00, 10:30, 11:00, 12:00, 12:30, 2:00, 2:30...sort of like that?

[srichmond]

I wear a Casio DBC-62:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/413988YTCWL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

Everyone is stunned when I reveal it. I'm 29. Of course, these days, it's reto chique. :-)

[swoop]

I have a Citizen Skyhawk Eco Drive. It's both digital and analogue.

http://www.sailgb.com/pi/Citizen/JR3060-59FP245.jpg

See? Oddly enough. I have both an M7 and an M8. But 85% of my work is done on the M7, and then scanned film.

[John LeBeau]

Interesting you should ask. I own a Leica because of my watch. When my last watch died, I found a fairly cheap 1967 manual-wind Rolex Oysterdate on the internet. Turns out it was even a real Rolex! I sat there looking at my "new" watch and realized that two things I have always wanted were a Rolex and a Leica. (Actually 3, I had always wanted a Ferrari too, but I had already owned two of them.)

Not to leave well enough alone, I started researching used Leica prices and found an M3 SS on e-Bay with a dented case and a broken film counter, cheap. I was the only bidder and I paid $350 for it. I then spent $100 on tools and a repair book (after all, it would be dumb to PAY someone else $100 to repair a cheap Leica!) and fixed the counter. Four lenses (50/3.5 uncoated Elmar, 35/1.4 Summilux, 100/3.5 Canon and 135/4.5 Hektor) and $1500 later, my "cheap" Leica was now complete!.;)57819

P.S. This picture taken with a C-Lux 2

[Ron (Netherlands)]

Digital &Titanium & Italian Design

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kpmg0072/Cameras/boccia.jpg

[FPjohn]

I suppose my DigiSix counts as a digital timepiece.

yours
FPJ

[amateriat]

Okay, it's like this: I gave up on digital watches a long time ago. No specific rant about them (although I am a Douglas Adams fan). Some time later, I moved away from quartz analog watches (I think we've gotten our categories mixed up here: the thread title alludes to "digital", i.e. quartz but non-analog-display watches), in favor of automatic and manual-wind mechanicals. Then, away went the automatics...didn't care for the thick casings on most of those watches to accommodate the rotor. You'd think my next move would be to a wrist-worn sundial, but you'd be wrong...almost:

http://mysite.verizon.net/bwbenton/citi207.jpg

It's sort of an about-face for me: I stumbled across it by accident (online...not available in the US alas). I liked the layout, features (chrono chapter dials that are actually useful in day-to-day stuff), and solar-powered*, which is where the sundial reference comes in. ;)

*Actually, its a solar cell that charges a long-life lithium cell; according to Citizen, that battery is supposed to be good for ostensibly the life of the watch, or upwards of 40-50 years, though I've heard of some people have early-generation Eco-Drives conking after a handful of years. We'll see, but after having several nice quartz numbers killed off by "watchmakers" botching a simple battery-change–the main reason I swore off quartz watches in general–I'm taking a flyer on something that hopefully won't need to be pried apart for quite some time, if ever.


- Barrett

[hugivza]

Most of my watches are mechanical. For me a watch mechanical movement represents the zenith of mechanical precision: so I have two Zeniths, and a Rolex which my wife bought me as a wedding present back when God was a boy. I think that she got it from Noah who had used it for navigating the ark. I have a Seiko dive watch (which would probably be useful for checking out the hull of the ark) - it tells you how deep you are! I wish it would translate into real life situations, as it could be a really useful to know how deep in it you are.

[shimo-kitasnap]

I got an Invicta automatic dive watch at some mall in port jervis for a discount, think it was only 80 bucks, works like a charm and even came with a display back (it has a citizen movement though). This will do until I can cough up enough dough for a flight certified speedmaster pro.

[jsrockit]

I have several Casios and Nooka digital watches as well as a Tissot analog and a Nixon analog.

[coelacanth]

Wow. This thread is 3 years old!

I love my 5-6 years old Nomos Tangente (mechanical hand-wind) for every day use, but I like G-Shock with Tough-Solar and Wave-Ceptor time syncing as well. Basically, I prefer either doing everything manually or not doing anything at all but just wear and use. It's like shooting with Barnack Leica and iPhone. :D

[paulfish4570]

I wear a Bertucci battery-powered/quartz movement/analogue face watch with titanium case, SEAL grade nylon band, good to 100 meters under water, not that I EVER intend to go SCUBA. The wind/set stem screws down tight. Waterproofness is a good thing to have when one mops a few thousand square feet every day.
I can read the analogue white numbers on black face without reading glasses. I carry a flip phone; two much hassle to flip it open, put on readers to check the time.

[nikon_sam]

Okay...I know I voted but I never posted what watch...

It's the good old Timex Ironman I'm on my third or fourth Ironman watch...
I like what they offer, they haven't changed all that much and they do almost last forever...I replace them when I can no longer read the buttons...the weakest point are the bands...I just replaced this watchband last week so I should be good for some time now...I still have one or two of the old ones and they still work but they might need a battery at this point...

[Wahoo]

I bought a couple of Casio's 15 years ago, I change the batteries about every 5 years and they function perfectly, they're cheap, accurate and reliable and I can ask no more.

I do have some older mechanical but almost never wear them, here's photos of some older '60's Seiko's.

Sorry the links aren't working correctly.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a276/Suits_Me/DAC15431106.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a276/Suits_Me/DAC15431225.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a276/Suits_Me/DAC15431224.jpg

[back alley]

i have an 80 year old railroad pocket watch!


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2517/3849581211_2fbfd1f40c_b.jpg

[Brian Sweeney]

I have the RED LED kind. High School Graduation present from Dad. Does not work anymore, I should rebuild it.

I usually wear a Seiko Chronograph, bought over 25 years ago.

[Paulbe]

Joe---what model Elgin is that?
I like the Canadian dial..
I think Elgins are very underrated--Hamilton, Illinois and Ball got most of the "press" back then..but the Elgins are almost indestructible.
Keep good time, too!
Thanks!
Paul

[sreed2006]

This past weekend I was driving through Missouri and came upon a highway rest area that I remembered quite well.

Years ago, I had a Casio digital wristwatch that had a calculator keyboard. It also had a stop watch, and other functions. I was wearing it on one trip I made from Indiana down through Missouri, headed home to Texas. I'd left Indiana late in the day, and by the time I got to that rest stop at about 2:00 AM, I'd already fallen asleep at the wheel several times. When I started dreaming with my eyes open, and the road turned into a silver band that went into the sky, I knew I had better stop. So, I pulled into the rest stop and, before I went to sleep in the driver's seat, I told myself to wake up by 6:00 AM so I could get home in time.

When I did finally wake up, the sun was in the sky and there were people making noise at the rest stop. Very groggily, I looked at my watch to check the time. It said 9:48! Damn!

Sat there a second trying to come to my senses, and looked at my watch again. 9:50, 9:51, 9:52! Time was flying. I thought, "What have I done to myself?"

Then it dawned on me that in my sleep I had activated the stopwatch. When I switched back to check the real time, it was 6:30 AM. By then, I can assure you, I was quite awake.

These days, I wear a watch that has hands. No digital tom-foolery for me.

[wray]

I have two Citizen Eco-drives (one's a dress watch) with analog dials. Both are going on 6 years with original batteries. I have an old Tissot chronometer buried in somewhere in one of my dresser drawers.

[Doug]

Used to wear a digital Seiko chronograph... set to display 12-hour time. I was working a police job 6pm to 2am, so I'd usually hit the hay about 3am and be up around 11am. Once I awoke to see it looking dusk/foggy outside with the street lights on... the watch said about 11:30 so I was puzzled; did I sleep 20 hours, am I late for work, what's up? That was 18 May 1980 -- a volcano had blown its top about 100mi to the SW, and we were being covered in volcanic ash. After that, I always had the watch set to 24-hour time... I don't wear a watch any more, but I still have my cell phone and computers displaying 24-hour time.

[gavinlg]

I have a casio digital similar to this one:

http://www.balconyshirts.co.uk/ekmps/shops/balconygroup/resources/Image/black1.jpg

And it's incredibly reliable and accurate for something that cost me $60aud.. Plus I really like the retro digital look. I also have a calculator one.
For a dress watch I have an old tissot with a classic style which is beautiful. My other watch is a seiko divers which is great too.

Wow this is from nearly 4 years ago..

An update: I now wear a casio GWM-5600 as a daily watch. It's a solar and atomic 5 band g-shock in the original square style, and it's a seriously good bit of kit. Even without the time syncing (don't get it in Australia), it's only sped up 4 seconds in a full years un-adjusted use. To me, that's insane for a $150 watch. To add to that, the solar power has worked flawlessly so far - battery has never once gone below full.

My nice occasion watch is a citizen nighthawk which I adore - eco drive and a slide rule. Big and bold without while still looking simple and smooth.

And of course that lovely tissot dress watch that was my grandfathers.

[coelacanth]

Gavin,

That's my choice of G-Shock as well. GW-5600J from Amazon was $60, and it's been working flawlessly. No time adjustment, no battery change needed. It just works.

Band was quite long for my boney wrist, but you can easily cut it. I cut about an inch, smoothed up with nail filing thing from my GF, then polished up with a pair of jeans surface. You wouldn't know the band has been cut with a pair of scissors. ;)

My slightly dressier watch is this simple Nomos. Any "down-to-earth" small-house German watch like Nomos and MeisterSinger fans here?? I'm talking VW price range, not Mercedes or Audi. ;)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/guruguru/3794163650/

[back alley]

Joe---what model Elgin is that?
I like the Canadian dial..
I think Elgins are very underrated--Hamilton, Illinois and Ball got most of the "press" back then..but the Elgins are almost indestructible.
Keep good time, too!
Thanks!
Paul

i don't know the model, sorry. i bought it in a bar in the 70's.
i had it professionally cla'd by a professional who worked on old railroad watches and he showed me the marks that each tech left on the back inside cover. he explained how the watches were required to have service every 18 months and guesstimated it's age at the time.
i actually don't use it much these days but i take it out every now and then and wind it some.
it's a great old watch.

nowadays i use a seiko kinetic.

[finguanzo]

coelacanth, I have a few german low budget automatics. They are made by a company Archimede, might even be cheaper than Nomos..

[gavinlg]

Gavin,

That's my choice of G-Shock as well. GW-5600J from Amazon was $60, and it's been working flawlessly. No time adjustment, no battery change needed. It just works.

Band was quite long for my boney wrist, but you can easily cut it. I cut about an inch, smoothed up with nail filing thing from my GF, then polished up with a pair of jeans surface. You wouldn't know the band has been cut with a pair of scissors. ;)

My slightly dressier watch is this simple Nomos. Any "down-to-earth" small-house German watch like Nomos and MeisterSinger fans here?? I'm talking VW price range, not Mercedes or Audi. ;)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/guruguru/3794163650/

That Nomos is seriously gorgeous - I must look into it!

[Alpacaman]

Mechanical, I love my automatic Seiko. My Dad collects and repairs watches and he uses an Omega for the coaxial movement.

[Bart-K]

I recently bought an all mechanical watch. It's a Meistersinger No 2: the ultimate simplicity of a watch... it only has one hand! You can therefor tell time with about 2 or 3 minutes accuracy. The realization that in real life split-second-accuracy is seldom of vital importance is really quite liberating. Sometimes less is just more. As is the case with rangefinders...:)

[Vince Lupo]

One of my daily watches -- unfortunately not digital :(

[Alpacaman]

One of my daily watches -- unfortunately not digital :(

Nice! Must have set you back a pretty penny for that one.

[karlori]

Well,
i prefer analogue watches but lately i keep wearing my
Suunto Aqua daily and not just for diving...

My other mechanical watch is a Sektor Ocean Master it compliments my M7 ...

[Vince Lupo]

Nice! Must have set you back a pretty penny for that one.

A bit - had to save my pennies for that one!

A couple more.....

[sepiareverb]

No watch for me. I have a phone now and so have the time with me. Before that I didn't. Maybe this is why I always feel behind now.

[furcafe]

I was big into digital watches as a kid in the '70s because they were some of the 1st examples of fun/cool consumer electronics, along w/early video games (raise your hand if you remember playing Atari Pong & Super Pong!).

In a fit of nostalgia, I recently got a '73 Pulsar P2 (or PII), the 2nd digital watch sold commercially (& the same model worn by Roger Moore's James Bond in "Live & Let Die"). My normal watches are mechanical: a '66 Rolex GMT Master or a Omega Seamaster (not sure what specific model), hand-me-downs from my uncle & father, respectively.

[Sonny Boy Havidson]

Are there really still any digital watch users? According to me the question is more "Quartz watches, anyone?" and my answer would be: just a Longines Dolce Vita, the other ones are either mechanical (Breightling Navitimer and Yema Sous-Marine) or automatic (Seiko Military).

Other possible question: fountain pen, someone?

[andreios]

Other possible question: fountain pen, someone?

Indeed! After much seeking and trying I've settled on Pilot Custom 823 - marvelous writing instrument. (and it goes well with my NOMOS Tangente Sport :cool: )

[coelacanth]

That Nomos is seriously gorgeous - I must look into it!

:) Only problem was that I couldn't find a place carrying them in the US. I could only find a few online shops. I ended up buying one when I went back to Japan for a week. The price point is very reasonable for a mechanical watch with sapphire glass both sides, in-house movement and the Bauhaus design that I love.


finguanzo,

Wow. Archimede timepieces look awesome, and I can't believe the prices! I must look into this. Looks like I can buy one from their online store. Thanks for the info.

[crawdiddy]

No digital watches for me.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=91217&stc=1&d=1339451206

[Spavinaw]

Right now I use a digital watch as my main day to day watch. It is an Ice Cream Cone watch with one piece plastic body and band. It was water resistant until I had to pry off the glued on back to replace the battery the first time. What? You don't remember Ice Cream Cone breakfast cereal? Well, it has been several years ago. I'm rather proud of the fact that I got this watch from the cereal company absolutely FREE. Now days when you get something with a company logo on it you usually have to pay them to wear their advertisement! Anyway, when I wear this watch it totally grosses my son out. In fact, because of it, he bought me a simple $20 Coleman (yes the camping equipment company) watch. This watch kept as good or better time than any I ever owned. However, after a few years it recently became inaccurate. For dress I have a thin gold Seiko with leather band. It's an analog quartz. For many years my daily watch was a Casio digital calculator. I wore out at least four of them.

[goffer]

Purchased one of these, well I guess "invested" in one:

Pebble: E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597507018/pebble-e-paper-watch-for-iphone-and-android

[Lawrence Sheperd]

I feel about digital watches the same way I feel about digital dashboards....:confused:

[panerai]

Closest to non manual or automatic was a Bulova Accutron.

Only two I've been wearing for the past 10 years have been Panerai

http://rlx.homestead.com/nubuc1.JPG

DON

[Archiver]

Although I've had mad crazes for digital watches in the past, the last digital I wore was a Casio MR-G with a purple internal light, back in the early 2000's. Since then I've bought a mix of mechanical and quartz watches, many of them Japan-only Seikos like the titanium Landmaster, black PVD 1000m Marinemaster, and the automatic 'Cocktail Time' dress watch with blue sunburst dial.

I also have a couple of the Noah Fuller/Jake Bourdeau Tsunami watches, which are modernized homages of the Seiko 6309. The quality of these things must be seen to be believed, particularly at their price point. I'd be very hard put to find a Seiko that sells for $550 that is as strong or well-finished as a Tsunami.

http://www.10watches.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=8207762

If I was to buy a digital watch these days, it would be a Ventura. They make amazing designs. Another good prospect would be the Seiko World Timer with active matrix screen.

https://www.tabibbs.com/asin/img/05/30/0530120330144536000a7_01.jpg

[rxmd]

coelacanth, I have a few german low budget automatics. They are made by a company Archimede, might even be cheaper than Nomos..

Some of those Archimedes are seriously gorgeous, especially the flight models without a brandname.