What's your ideal watch?
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DimeRazorback
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Love it!
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TwinBlade
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The Casio that stays on my wrist 24/7/365. It has wicked bright dual blue LED lighting, it is atomic and solar, G-shock, analog and digital.
It is, IMO, the perfect watch. It has to be a VERY special occasion for me to take it off and put on my Citizen...
It is, IMO, the perfect watch. It has to be a VERY special occasion for me to take it off and put on my Citizen...
kramer5150
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kramer5150
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One of my favorites is the UTS Chronograph.
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BoogieMann
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My two babies
I wore my gshock to my cousin's wedding.....didn't look good with a suit at all.....lol
off all the cheap dive watches, the black monster was the only one I liked....and the rest is history.....love at first sight...
I wore my gshock to my cousin's wedding.....didn't look good with a suit at all.....lol
off all the cheap dive watches, the black monster was the only one I liked....and the rest is history.....love at first sight...
Max Brightness
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My ideal watch is Omega Speedmaster which I use as a daily beater. I love the styling. In my daily use I tend to bump and bang it all the time. No scrathes on the sapphire glass. Some scuff on the steel casing. It is quite durable. I've had this for 7 years.
I like it because it's automatic and has the day of week, month and day.
Here it is.
http://www.avente-watches.com/products/3523.80.00.cfm
This is the current model which is a little different
http://www.omegawatches.com/gents/speedmaster/day-date/32228000
I like it because it's automatic and has the day of week, month and day.
Here it is.
http://www.avente-watches.com/products/3523.80.00.cfm
This is the current model which is a little different
http://www.omegawatches.com/gents/speedmaster/day-date/32228000
Fichtenelch
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Thats mine..
emzimmerman
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One of my favorites is the UTS Chronograph.
Not really a fan of the watch, but I do love that bracelet.
Eric
The timex datalink -- a discontinued (as of 2010) PDA-watch
This watch is so awesome!
* It has a true 10 entry appointments book -- which means you can set the watch to go off at any time of the year, month, week, day. For example, you can set an alarm 6 months from now, with the message, "Change Oil".
* It has the old standard ironman lap memory. I actually have this constantly running, to time my "intervals" throughout the day, how much time I spend working, exercising, relaxing, etc.
* 5 alarms, separate from the appointment book.
* Notes! I use it for email addresses of people I meet, shopping lists, weird useful stuff like license plate numbers, reminders. Obviously you can't write a paper on here.
* Timers -- I use it mostly for tea or cooking
I really wish they would bring this watch back, or someone would make another version of this. I don't expect my watch to tell me the atmospheric pressure or the baraometer readings, but in 2010, I think I should be able to expect a watch to do arbitrary alarms. Also, the notes feature is surprisingly useful. For example, I was in a locker room yesterday, and took down somebody's email address.
In short, the most useful watch ever, assuming you want to do complex with your time.
The timex datalink -- a discontinued (as of 2010) PDA-watch
This watch is so awesome!
* It has a true 10 entry appointments book -- which means you can set the watch to go off at any time of the year, month, week, day. For example, you can set an alarm 6 months from now, with the message, "Change Oil".
* It has the old standard ironman lap memory. I actually have this constantly running, to time my "intervals" throughout the day, how much time I spend working, exercising, relaxing, etc.
* 5 alarms, separate from the appointment book.
* Notes! I use it for email addresses of people I meet, shopping lists, weird useful stuff like license plate numbers, reminders. Obviously you can't write a paper on here.
* Timers -- I use it mostly for tea or cooking
I really wish they would bring this watch back, or someone would make another version of this. I don't expect my watch to tell me the atmospheric pressure or the baraometer readings, but in 2010, I think I should be able to expect a watch to do arbitrary alarms. Also, the notes feature is surprisingly useful. For example, I was in a locker room yesterday, and took down somebody's email address.
In short, the most useful watch ever, assuming you want to do complex with your time.
nice timex, i always like this datalink, of which you can do actual programming on, and them upload to the watch.
i wanted to get one but i just figure out i won't have time to do the programming on it (even though i would love to)
and the other problem is that i way too many other watches that needs my attention as well .. LOL
Louhikaarme
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Well there are so many of them...this Eco-Zilla 300m titanium model has seen lot of use lately.
Mine is a stainless Navy Seals Luminox with a stainless band. 10+ years later, the crystal is not scratched and it still works on the ORIGINAL battery! It doesn't get much better than that for me.
jtr1962
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My collection isn't as impressive as some of the others but here it is:
On the far left is a $3 watch I recently purchased from the local discount store. I added the stainless expansion band to replace the cheap plastic strap it came with. Next to that is the Seiko memory watch I received in 1980. This watch can store up to 7 16-character messages, and display them on its dot matrix display. Pretty impressive technology for 1980. The Casio dates from the late 1980s IIRC. Not as impressive as the Seiko, but I purchased it because of the combo digital/analog time display. On the far right is my late grandfather's 17-jewel Buren. Not sure when this watch was made, but offhand I'd say early-mid 1960s.
Not shown are the numerous el cheapo generic watches I own.
I've long been obsessed with checking any new watches I purchase for accuracy. In fact, both the Seiko and Casio have an internal adjustment which I spent a good amount of time playing with. I just put batteries in both for the first time in a few years after seeing this thread. I don't recall the exact accuracy of either watch now, but I remember synchronizing the Seiko to atomic time whenever we moved the clocks an hour ahead or behind. The next time this occurred ~6 months later, the time was usually only a couple of seconds off. The Casio wasn't much worse. Now that I have a GPS, I'll keep better tabs on the accuracy of both watches. As of today both watches have the exact same time as my GPS (you can see how the seconds are synchronized). The $3 watch on the far left so far has gained 7 seconds since the time change 20 days ago, which translates to a bit over 2 minutes a year. No internal adjustments unfortunately, but then again not bad time-keeping for a $3 timepiece. The Buren has only gained 67.5 seconds in the same 20 days. This is not much over 3 seconds per day, which I've read is impressive for a mechanical watch. I recall my grandfather fiddling with the escapement adjust. Apparently he got it right.
On the far left is a $3 watch I recently purchased from the local discount store. I added the stainless expansion band to replace the cheap plastic strap it came with. Next to that is the Seiko memory watch I received in 1980. This watch can store up to 7 16-character messages, and display them on its dot matrix display. Pretty impressive technology for 1980. The Casio dates from the late 1980s IIRC. Not as impressive as the Seiko, but I purchased it because of the combo digital/analog time display. On the far right is my late grandfather's 17-jewel Buren. Not sure when this watch was made, but offhand I'd say early-mid 1960s.
Not shown are the numerous el cheapo generic watches I own.
I've long been obsessed with checking any new watches I purchase for accuracy. In fact, both the Seiko and Casio have an internal adjustment which I spent a good amount of time playing with. I just put batteries in both for the first time in a few years after seeing this thread. I don't recall the exact accuracy of either watch now, but I remember synchronizing the Seiko to atomic time whenever we moved the clocks an hour ahead or behind. The next time this occurred ~6 months later, the time was usually only a couple of seconds off. The Casio wasn't much worse. Now that I have a GPS, I'll keep better tabs on the accuracy of both watches. As of today both watches have the exact same time as my GPS (you can see how the seconds are synchronized). The $3 watch on the far left so far has gained 7 seconds since the time change 20 days ago, which translates to a bit over 2 minutes a year. No internal adjustments unfortunately, but then again not bad time-keeping for a $3 timepiece. The Buren has only gained 67.5 seconds in the same 20 days. This is not much over 3 seconds per day, which I've read is impressive for a mechanical watch. I recall my grandfather fiddling with the escapement adjust. Apparently he got it right.
StarHalo
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But a watch isn't just about accurately telling time, it's about presenting your relationship with time. Even the Wal-Mart $10 kid's superhero watch is accurate to within a few seconds a month. That being said, if accuracy is your only criteria, some of the current generation of NIST signal-set "atomic" watches can be had for under $30..
jtr1962
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Accuracy isn't my only criteria of course, but it's high on my list. A pretty watch which is inaccurate is useless for anything other than an ornamental function.
Typical figures for low-end quartz watches are ±30 seconds a month. How accurate a watch needs to be depends upon individual preference. For many people ±30 seconds a month is "good enough", and they'll purchase the watch solely for other reasons. Those who might get excited by hyper-accurate timepieces are undoubtedly a minority even among watch/clock enthusiasts.
I'm amazed these kinds of watches are this inexpensive. Last time I checked, they were over $100. Time for another watch? I'm actually leaning towards this one because it avoids both the need to set the time AND change batteries.
On another note, even though these atomic clock watches will always be accurate, the engineering isn't as impressive as a watch with a built-in hyper-accurate time base. If money were no object for me (which it is, unfortunately), I would be first in line to purchase a watch incorporating a CSAC (chip-scale atomic clock) just for pure appreciation of the engineering inside it. Practically speaking, there's no need for ±0.01 second per century accuracy in a watch. In fact, I'm personally happy with the kind of timekeeping my Seiko does, which is within a few seconds a year. Past that, it's more about my relation to time and the engineering involved measuring it. Watches/clocks are the most accurate mass-produced instruments made. Even $1 quartz watch is better than 0.001% accurate. That's laboratory grade for instruments measuring any other parameter except time.
