What watch you're wearing?

[ven]

I still wear my rotary pretty much 95% of time,other time is a tag.

This is now around 5yrs old iir,it should go in for a service at 3yrs for life time guarantee............but i forgot.

So i asked "how much to send of for a service/battery change? reply was £90 or about $150.............burger that!!!! i know its peanuts for some of you guys with the beautiful watches but too much for me.So few months on my battery went(lasted well imo) so £3 later and 2 sony cells later all is well,sealed it with some lube on O ring.



Have fancied a G-shock,just so so many to choose from,really like them though and due another edc watch flashlights,watches and knives

 

[lightcycle1]

$150 bucks to change the battery and seal it back up is outright rape. I do all my own battery changes but you must have proper tools and know a little about what you're doing.

 

[ven]

$150 bucks to change the battery and seal it back up is outright rape. I do all my own battery changes but you must have proper tools and know a little about what you're doing.

Agree totally for a rotary,tags and more expensive watches are more..........
Its a little more than that,gets cleaned up too so does come back like a new watch(not saying it is worth it still in anyway) but i think its priced on you to just buy another watch imho.........

 

[cland72]

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Have to agree. I've put this watch through some crap, and I need to really inspect it to find any bad spots.

As far as straps go, this one, and my white and black have never given me problems.

The strap on the one I'm wearing is especially tough. I'm sure lanthanum can vouch for its toughness. The most robust strap and buckle I've seen on a g

I have that exact G Shock. Love it! It's always worked perfectly.

 

[Monocrom]

$150 bucks to change the battery and seal it back up is outright rape. I do all my own battery changes but you must have proper tools and know a little about what you're doing.

Yeah, all you need is a cheap case-opener tool and the right batteries. For very cheap watches, all you need is an eye-glass screwdriver to pop out the caseback.

 

[AMD64Blondie]

2007 25th Anniversary Casio G-Shock solar here.Love it.

 

[PCC]

My wife bought me another watch. It's a Bulova Accutron Brussels watch.

It's larger than what I'm used to and it's quite heavy compared to the Seiko Titanium. Here's a photo showing my dad's Omega, the Seiko Titanium, and the Bulova side by side.

 

[Bullzeyebill]

My dad passed away in 1965 and I inherited an Accutron. I wore it and in a few days it died. I tookd it to a jeweler and got another action, and it died too, Got one more, and it died. The jeweler and I both agreed that it had to do with me. Somehow I stopped the watches, and it could only be my "magnetic personality". That is not in jest. Never had a problem with any other type of watch.

Bill

 

[radiopej]

Pebble I have a bunch of others, but I don't think I could go back to a normal watch any more.

 

[PCC]

My dad passed away in 1965 and I inherited an Accutron. I wore it and in a few days it died. I tookd it to a jeweler and got another action, and it died too, Got one more, and it died. The jeweler and I both agreed that it had to do with me. Somehow I stopped the watches, and it could only be my "magnetic personality". That is not in jest. Never had a problem with any other type of watch.

Bill

Sorry to hear about your dad's watch. I'm left wondering if a modern movement can be retrofitted and the watch returned to action?

Bulova, as Monocrom has mentioned a few pages back, uses actions from different sources. Their parent company is Citizen so their Japanese watches probably use Japanese movements. Likewise, this Bulova, a Brussels model 63d102, apparently uses a Sellita SW200 movement so reliability should be pretty good. I have confidence in it.

 

[SCEMan]

My Dad passed last month at 90. Buried on the same day 3 years after my Mother passed. 63 years married and wonderful parents.
The day after he died, I started wearing the watch my Dad wore daily since 1978.
Still works like new. Feels like I still have a part of him with me...

 

[Monocrom]

Very sorry for your loss.

 

[SCEMan]

Very sorry for your loss.

Thank you for the condolence. We knew it was coming but it's always a shock when it happens. He's where he wanted to be, reunited with Mom.

 

[Kopsu]

Fossil CH2782

Bought it for myself a couple of years ago. Turns out I'm not much of a watch guy. I rarely wear it anymore.

 

[erehwyrevekool]

So sorry to hear about the loss of your parents. Very nice watch, especially for what it represent!

 

[SCEMan]

So sorry to hear about the loss of your parents. Very nice watch, especially for what it represent!

I don't know how many times I set the time (Daylight Savings) for him over the years, with an occasional battery change. Never paid too much attention to it. Now I realize this Seiko is an artifact of years past when things were meant to last...

It has a very thin profile, and after adjusting the band for my wrist, it's very comfortable to wear all day.

 

[mhpreston]

I think that is lovely to wear his watch like that. Hope my son does the same for me!

 

[justonething]

SceMan, your post reminds me of the watch that I inherited from Dad when he died 2 years ago last week. I have been finding it difficult to wear it. But I think I'm going wear it now. It's a titoni, made in Switerland.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7sTTl2_MIOZNjI3QlM4NU13dUk/edit?usp=sharing]

 

[wdalew5]

 

[mhpreston]