When is the last time you wore a watch?

[Bookman 4,642]

I never leave the house without wearing a watch, unless I'm going to play poker.

[Steel Shank 9,432]

1 hour ago, RDCanecutter said:

Gruen mechanical watch that keeps haphazard time. Old band wore out so my wife went to a leather repair shop and had them fabricate a 2" wide leather strap with some basic tooling and my initial on it. Looks like something from a Billy Jack movie. Might save my life in a knife fight.

Fuckin a!

Needs to be a separate voting option for smart watches. 

Every day for the last 40 years or so. I don't like being beholden to my fucking phone. Way too much of that going on these days.

Edited June 28, 2023 by Steel Shank
edited to add cool pic of RDCanecutter in action!

[elfenix 34,341]

Wore a cheap Seiko mechanical for a couple decades until the crystal fell out about a year ago.

Kinda want a smart watch with cellular but only once I figure out how to play MLB play by play over one.

[South Austin 52,634]

When I got out of law school and made more money than I deserved, my only real splurge was a Cartier watch that cost about $1,500. Incredibly nice watch, but a ridiculously stupid purchase. I haven’t worn it with any regularity since 2002, and never got another one. 

[Deej 76,972]

[Upgrayedd 5,821]

Every day.  Apple Watch.  Vibrates in morning when alarm goes off without disturbing gf.  Pay for shit.  Sets timers while cooking.  Fitness tracker while surfing or biking.  Phone is on silent and watch vibrates when I get notifications.

 

[Deej 76,972]

2 minutes ago, Upgrayedd said:

Vibrates in morning when alarm goes off without disturbing gf.

[Guest]

I catch hell for this, but you know what my timer is for cooking?

"I put that shit in there at 6:50, I need to check it again at 7:10."

Yes, even while we had young children.

The timer bullshit was one of my wife's main ( attempted) selling points for an Alexa in the kitchen.   Yeah, we don't need that shit.

Edited June 28, 2023 by slorch

[Judge Roybeanbag 11,821]

1 hour ago, Steel Shank said:

Fuckin a!

Needs to be a separate voting option for smart watches. 

Every day for the last 40 years or so. I don't like being beholden to my fucking phone. Way too much of that going on these days.

POs rep for Billy Jack.   

[Yarbr 123]

I wear the trusty G-Shock daily.

[Deej 76,972]

2 minutes ago, slorch said:

I catch hell for this, but you know what my timer is for cooking?

"I put that shit in there at 6:50, I need to check it again at 7:10."

Yes while we had young children.

Timer broken on your range?

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, Deej said:

Timer broken on your range?

Nope.  I just don't use it. Look at the clock and make mental note.

Now let's discuss the eleventy billion features and notifications I turn off on virtually every ap and program I use.

 

Wait.  Maybe that's a different thread.   I just don't like the constant interruption.  One of the things I have disliked about 'in-person' meetings coming back is the barrage of the different dings and beeps for everyone needing gratification...um...instant updates/ notifications on shit.

Here's a fucking hint:  It ain't that fucking important.

Edited June 28, 2023 by slorch

[Rip76 4,968]

Daily.

 

[conVINCEd 21,472]

I have two.   An old Omega that I wear if I am wearing a tie, and a cheap Seiko that I wear if I am leaving the house in something resembling business attire.   I can honestly go back and forth on my appreciation of watches. On one hand, I appreciate the craftsmanship, on the other hand, it feels like a waste of money.

[Born to Run 6,569]

3 Nixons, 3 Siekos. One fit bit. I wear one everyday.
Basic Nixon for every day use, easy to read display not that I have the eyes of a late 40s dude. I can track time on site visits with hard stops without getting distracted. (My clients with Apple watches drive me nuts as they check time, get texts and then get distracted and are not present in short order. I can check time in the middle of the night without a screen waking me up fully. I have daily alarms so I can pivot from meditation in AM to work. Timer for gym workouts without looking at my phone. I also try to strictly limit screen time on weekends so a watch is essential.

Nixon surf watch with tide charts for fishing and surfing trips.

The other watches rotate in depending on mood and level of dress.

[0xdeadbeef 1,652]

I stopped wearing a watch to dress up around 1990.  Never missed them.

 

About 5 years ago I got my first GPS smart sports tracking watch and have worn a watch everyday since.

 

[Matuka 1,315]

35 minutes ago, Born to Run said:

3 Nixons, 3 Siekos. One fit bit. I wear one everyday.
Basic Nixon for every day use, easy to read display not that I have the eyes of a late 40s dude. I can track time on site visits with hard stops without getting distracted. (My clients with Apple watches drive me nuts as they check time, get texts and then get distracted and are not present in short order. I can check time in the middle of the night without a screen waking me up fully. I have daily alarms so I can pivot from meditation in AM to work. Timer for gym workouts without looking at my phone. I also try to strictly limit screen time on weekends so a watch is essential.

Nixon surf watch with tide charts for fishing and surfing trips.

The other watches rotate in depending on mood and level of dress.
 

Loved the Nixon watches 

[CycleTex87 2,981]

I have an Omega I wear daily and have for 25 years. I bought an early version of the Apple Watch but found that I couldn’t really see it that well without putting on a pair of readers, so it lost a bunch of its utility. I wear it when I exercise. 
 

The Onega is a stainless divers watch so kinda casual anyway. 

[dcbc 14,539]

I have a nice little collection of Omegas from the late 50s and 60s.  They get most of the use.  There are others from the 70s and 80s that make it out occasionally as well.  I just like the way the look better than the newer stuff sizewise.

[Slacks 6,880]

I rotate through watches pretty much daily. I like watches. I almost bought another one this week. 

I'll head over to the weirdo thread now. 

[Jkwellborn 6,749]

I wear one every day. Not gonna lie, I find it weird that I have to charge it. I went for 20+ years wearing a Timex Ironman all the time. Only put in a couple of batteries.

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12,301]

1 hour ago, dcbc said:

I have a nice little collection of Omegas from the late 50s and 60s.  They get most of the use.  There are others from the 70s and 80s that make it out occasionally as well.  I just like the way the look better than the newer stuff sizewise.

Have you ever shared those on the watch thread? Would love to see those.

[LonghornSean 4,025]

Same one since 2005

[troph 24,914]

reached a milestone and bought myself a nice one. Been wearing it everyday since. I want more. 

[InkaUtexas 26,181]

I wear my father's 1965 Rolex when I am going to big meetings or traveling.

Nice when someone sees it, asks to check it out and then they see the inscription on the inside. Cannot remember when I wore any of my other ones. 

 

[956 Worldwide 34,803]

I wear a Seiko diver every day, right now on a NATO strap. Works in most situations.

It like how it looks and I like the mechanical nature. And as others have mentioned— it looks far less sloppy and classier in meetings and other situations to keep track of how time is going. Especially if I have back to back engagements that I have to keep on the rails, it’s just so much easier to glance at the watch than look like I need to see Twitter or my latest email.
 

I don’t have strong feeling for or against smart watches. 

[InkaUtexas 26,181]

I do. Not a fan of my Apple Watch. Carry two phones, usually with a laptop and a tablet. 

I like the simplicity of looking down and seeing the time vs. the latest amber alert from the panhandle when I am in DC. 

[South Austin 52,634]

[52-80 19,271]

wear one pretty much everyday since i was a teenager.  i glance down for the time multiple times during the day, and its much more convenient than hunting for the phone. most useful complication is a date window, or a multi-timezone option for traveling.  never use chronograph or bezel-timers. 

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4,979]

I generally wear a watch everyday because I'm not a loser who is constantly on their phone or always pulling it out. It's much easier to glance at a watch to check the time anyhow. I'm pretty rough on watches. They might last a year before the crystal gets completely scratched up, so I usually don't wear anything super nice.

[HiggyBaby 2,548]

This one pretty much every day.
Don’t care much for apple or fitness watches.

[South Austin 52,634]

47 minutes ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

I generally wear a watch everyday because I'm not a loser who is constantly on their phone or always pulling it out.

Joke's on you.  The fact that you're on this site is proof enough of your looserness.

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4,979]

You trying to call me loose? What's next, are you going to start calling me "mother?"

[mdmost 43,059]

Have worn an Apple watch for the past 6 years. Thing is running really slow now and probably needed an upgrade. Things I love about it are it forces me to think about standing up at least once an hour and walking around since it props you at every 50th minute to stand for 1 minute if you already haven't that hour. I also like seeing my messages on it and not having to open up my phone. Great for sports watching so I can not pull the phone out during a game, TV show, or movie. 

[Steel Shank 9,432]

7 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Joke's on you.  The fact that you're on this site is proof enough of your looserness.

Zing!

[South Austin 52,634]

7 minutes ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

You trying to call me loose? What's next, are you going to start calling me "mother?"

Okay, I done fucked up on that one.  I won't even bother to edit it.

[dcbc 14,539]

14 hours ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

Have you ever shared those on the watch thread? Would love to see those.

Yeah, but it was a long time ago.  I'll post up here in a minute.

 

All of these except the 1959 Seamaster belonged to my.  He'd wear them until he wore them out or got something newer and then retire them.  So some have some scratches to the crystal, but otherwise are in very good shape.  All the Speidel bands have been replaced with leather on the ones I wear.

 

1950s (?) Omega.  Haven't had this one serviced

 

Late 1950s (?) Movado Automatic

 

 

1959 Omega Seamaster.  I picked this up on ebay about 10 years ago for a few hundred bucks.  One of the first years with the Sea Monster on the back casing.

 

 

1960 Constellation (Pie Pan Dial)

 

 

1968 (?) Omega "Dress Watch"

 

 

1978 Rolex Date

 

 

1983(?) Audemars Piguet "Red Oak."  This was my dad's last watch purchase before he died.  It's a bit gaudy for me.  But I've kept it and kept it in fresh batteries.  But I need to remove the battery and probably am going to get that done today when I take the Constellation in for service.

 

 

 

 

There are others (not pictures).  An Accutron, digital Quasars and Pulsars from the 60s, and a pocket watch from the late 1800s that was my grandfathers (Dad was born in 1910; so I have a long family tree for someone born in the early 1970s).

Edited June 29, 2023 by dcbc

[Francisco 2.0 32,432]

Nearly every day for the last 40 years or so.

I have a few mechanicals still (nothing collectible or particularly valuable) but I picked up my first Apple watch in May 2015, and have never looked back.  I have 3 Apple watches now (nerd talk incoming) and use them for different things (yard work, etc).  You can pair up to 5 watches to an iPhone, but only one can be worn at a time.  To switch between watches, just take one off, put it on a charger, and put another on---all the data from the day is still intact, etc.

 

 

[baboso 6,057]

Every day that I go to the office.  I bought a TAG Heuer Aquaracer as a divorce present to myself 7 years ago, as I had always wanted one and had no reason not to or a wife that I had to justify the purchase to.

[dcbc 14,539]

1 hour ago, HiggyBaby said:

This one pretty much every day.
Don’t care much for apple or fitness watches.

 

Does it tell time simultaneously in Monte Carlo, Beverly Hills, London, Paris, Rome, and Gstaad?

[Gladeite 375]

39 years ago I got my first  job in the big city of Houston.  $6/hr + overtime + an office + wear dress clothes.  I treated myself to a Cartier Santos to celebrate the milestone.  I still wear it every day.  

[BabaYaga 15,331]

All day, every day.  Either nicer dive/dress watches like my Seamaster or Portugieser, or daily which is a Garmin smartwatch that I use to track basically everything:  sleep, steps, stress, heart rate, distance/time, etc.  

6 minutes ago, Gladeite said:

39 years ago I got my first  job in the big city of Houston.  $6/hr + overtime + an office + wear dress clothes.  I treated myself to a Cartier Santos to celebrate the milestone.  I still wear it every day.  

Nice - I basically did the same thing with my first Omega.  Still have it.  Will never part with it.  

[Lat22 4,019]

I wear one everyday.

[F250 28,826]

18 hours ago, Hagbard Celine said:

i have a bunch of watches i want to sell

chicken to go in to the watch lovers thread

i have a tag heuer from '84 that is likely worth something per ebay

the others are coach, swatch, etc.

any watch collectors that wont flame an amateur seller, pm me

I ventured in there years ago and got flamed for discussing my Seamaster. It's a fucking weird thread full of weird people.

[F250 28,826]

17 hours ago, gofuckyourself said:

Damn right. I'm a 100% grown ass man who proudly wears his 1982 Pac Man watch. 

I had this one in elementary school.

 

[South Austin 52,634]

4 minutes ago, F250 said:

I had this one in elementary school.

 

[ChiTownDoc 21,175]

13 minutes ago, F250 said:

I ventured in there years ago and got flamed for discussing my Seamaster. It's a fucking weird thread full of weird people.

I’ve seen some of that there.  I don’t get it.  Different strokes for different folks.  Love me some watches though.  

[Kel Varnsen 8,542]

 

[gofuckyourself 8,387]

13 minutes ago, Kel Varnsen said:

 

and that mechanism is it's 4 a.m. so wake the hell up, it's time to piss

/getting older sucks cross post 

[Al_4_ISU 12,506]

I was a watch guy until I went back to the farm full time.  Too much opportunity to smash them up.  Should probably use one when for when I'm biking and have my phone stashed in a camel back.