It's About Time!!!

[cabinetman]

Most of us probably wear a watch. I have a fixation of the Rolex style watch. I've had many different watches, from the sport black plastic digital ones to the dress watches with no numbers.

In thinking of the styles I've gone through, like Timex, Bulova, Benrus, Seiko, and others, brings me to my present day watches of which I have two. My dress watch is an automatic Seiko (needs no battery), that I bought in the early 80's at a department store that had a closeout because battery watches were becoming a big thing. I think I paid about $75 for it, and it still works great. Only replaced the crystal once. It looked good when giving estimates. You know, you are what you wear philosophy.

I just got so tired of having a watch that got bashed, crushed, or pulverized while working.

My daily wearer is a cheap diver's type watch with the numeric ring around the outter edge. You know the type. I ran across this one at the Dollar Store while shopping for rags. They had a large display of watches, and this one was $7. Well, I gotta say that it is the most durable watch I've ever had while working . It never misses a beat and keeps perfect time. Who woulda thunk?

Anyway, what do ya-all prefer.
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[Pappy]

I have been wearing the Timex Iron Man Triathlete watches for a work watch for years. About $35 at WallyWorld, dead acurate, and cheap enough to throw away when they get too banged up.

I have 2 dress watches. One is a Waltham and the other is Citizen.

[sparkeyjames]

I work with rotating machinery all the time. Over the last 30 years I have gotten into the habit of having nothing on my wrists and no rings. I do have watches yet I seldom wear them.

[stormdog74]

I don't like having anything on my wrists, or any "jewelry" anywhere for that matter - although my wife insists that I wear a wedding ring for some reason...

There are clocks everywhere now anyway - car, computer, cell phone, etc. - so I don't really feel the need to have a watch anymore.

[crokett]

I have an engraved Seiko dress watch I got as a gift when I graduated from college. I have a Timex black watch I wear for workouts and everything else. I don't wear a watch around the house, too easy to catch it in/on something I am working on.

[smorris]

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This is the watch I were most of the time. LOML bought it for me a couple years ago.

[Daryl]

Every day wear for me is a ten year Pulsar with a Speidel band. It looks pretty rough now but it is light weight and comfortable to wear. My good watch is a Sieko that didn't get claimed from the lost and found box at wife's work. It has the bracelet band that I find too heavy for all the time wear.

[gad5264]

My dad gave me my first Timex when I was 5 y.o. and I still have it to this day 39 years later. I now wear the Bulova that was my dads when he was living even though it has been rebuilt a few times. For special occasions I wear my twenty year watch I got from work.

[germdoc]

My favorite watch is a 20-y.o. Seiko with a unique 2nd dial alarm. I've never seen another watch like it. A part on the stem broke and so far I haven't found anyone who could fix it.

Currently I wear a Casio with an analog face and a digital window with alarm, stopwatch, etc. Very functional.

A few years ago I found a "Tag-Heuer" on the ground on Main St. I've always wanted a Tag and was delighted. I put some lost and found notices in the paper but didn't hear a word. The band needed replacing, so when I was in San Diego I stopped by a Tag shop and asked for another band. "We don't sell bands for fake Tags", the owner derisively told me. All of a sudden the watch didn't seem so cool. I don't wear it anymore; it only lost about 15 secs. a week...

[BobSch]

My usual watch is Seiko LOML gave me before we were married — replaced two crystals and at least four bands. My shop watch is a $15 Timex.

[jspelbring]

Time

I don't think I've worn a wrist watch in 10 years. Believe it or not, I favor pocket watches these days.

[jon_ramp]

My every day watch is an automatic Elgin I bought on e-Bay about 6 years ago and re-banded with a Speidel. My dress watch is a Hamiltion that was my grandfather's. When/if the Elgin goes, I'll probably buy another '50 or '60 era auto Elgin or Bulova.

[LCHIEN]

used to wear an inexpensive Fossil, but gaveit up about a year or two ago just using the clock on the cell phone. I still take the watch when traveling - esp. long distances. Can't turn the cell phone on when in the air and sometimes won't work when you get there.

[Russianwolf]

I kill watches. I used ot have a collection of dead watches. Broken bands, cracked crystals, dead batteries that no one could replace. I even bought one of the "impact" watches that were supposed to be so durable. I broke the crystal and they wouldn't replace it.

So I switched to Pocket Watches. Perfect solution. No band to break, has a cover and stay safely in my pocket so no crystal damage, and not battery as it's a winder. I even found a supply of Russian pocket watches and My wife gave me my most recent one with the Russian Intelligence Department Insignia on it (Since I was in US Navy Intelligence as a Russian Linguist).

Now I don't even bother with the pocket watch except on special occasions. I just look at my cell phone.

[dlminehart]

I picked up a stainless steel Seiko at a Sears closeout 20 years ago for $10. Keeps perfect time, with battery changes every five years or so. Smashed the crystal on it when a tire I was changing suddenly dropped from the bottom of my van after sticking unexpectedly; none available to replace it, so it's shelved. However, my wife's grandfather, a former jeweler who passed away about 15 years ago in his nineties, had left me his watch, an exact duplicate of mine (what are the odds!). So, I'm still a Seiko guy.

I tried a TI digital for a while, and also a Casio with calculator. They seem so '70s!