RandyWanger
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I have a Navitimer 01 that I wear for special occasions. Daily duties are an Apple Watch
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[NSC] Wristwatches,do you wear one ?
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Glawstergull
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A TAG Heuer that i bought 27 years ago.
Rolex Explorer 2007 that i bought before the prices went silly.
Zenith Ultra Thin i bought for my 50th.
Apple watch...... No would rather wear one with Mickey mouse on it.
Rolex Explorer 2007 that i bought before the prices went silly.
Zenith Ultra Thin i bought for my 50th.
Apple watch...... No would rather wear one with Mickey mouse on it.
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
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You can get a Mickey Mouse face on an Apple watch
I did buy one in an impulse purchase, it’s now gathering dust though
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I love watches and I'm always wearing one. I've got a Garmin Forerunner 245 that I wear for sport, then I rotate between a Tudor Heritage Ranger, an Omega Seamaster, and when I've replaced the crystal a Tudor Chronograph that I built out of old parts sourced off ebay and watch forums and even a car boot over several years (strictly for myself, would never attempt to pass it off as a complete original and/or sell it - one look at the movement and any dealer would know anyway...it's a genuine 7750 but a modern one that's from a Hamilton I think). I've played around with fixing/building them for a while, and began building up a few bits to have a go at making my own Albion chronograph based on a vintage Breitling Top Time style - even designed the dial and did a prototype print with a decal transfer. Designed it with a marker to show where the FA Cup money is hidden, lines showing the path from the Amex centre circle to the Withdean, the Goldstone and Gillingham, a subdial counter that showed 92 minutes to make sure that after the final whistle any time to allow Man Utd to score was still taken into account etc etc. I might resurrect it as a project for the summer.
Mellor 3 Ward 4
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Interesting thread.
Can someone point me in the direction of a decent(ish) watch that I can wear in the sea please?
I'd like one with hands, rather than digital, but with a stopwatch function of some sort....
Thanks.
Can someone point me in the direction of a decent(ish) watch that I can wear in the sea please?
I'd like one with hands, rather than digital, but with a stopwatch function of some sort....
Thanks.
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METALMICKY
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- Jan 30, 2004
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Casio g shock do lots of sports watches with analogue/digital displays that will be waterproof and in some cases the top of the range look bomb proof and pretty classy to boot.
https://casiofanmag.com/g-shock/running/
personal experience . . .things with buttons leak
I trashed a genuine early 70's Heuer Monaco by jumping in the sea
I trashed a genuine early 70's Heuer Monaco by jumping in the sea
Brother Sid
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Look at a Christopher Ward watch . I wear mine in the sea frequently.
METALMICKY
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Sadly here's another example of why wearing an obviously expensive watch is now a risky business
'Khan robbed at gunpoint in east London'
http://www.skysports.com/share/12593457
'Khan robbed at gunpoint in east London'
http://www.skysports.com/share/12593457
227 BHA
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My Tag Grand Carrera that i bought myself a few years ago, but as i do a manual job i've worn a Casio G-Shock in the week the last few years which I've just updated to an Apple watch (with a screen cover as it feels really vulnerable after the bomb-proof G-Shock)
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Looking at your avatar are you a plumber?
I never wear a watch to work because I would definitely damage it, especially when changing bath taps.
Many years back I had a cheap Casio and got some solvent cement on the strap and the glue melted it onto my wrist
- Aug 7, 2003
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Thinking of saving for one of these 
I, and the late Mike Bell won the index of performance at LeMans Classic in 2016, driving a 1954 Porsche 356 . . . I had no idea we'd won, just chuffed to finish in the top 10 . . . . We got called to go to prize giving . . .massive trophy, trinkets gonks jacket t shirt etc . . . And a stonking Richard Mille watch.
It wasn't our car and I got offered the drive gratis, so more than grateful for that. The watch, apparently pays for the entry cost . . . The trophy is in the cabinet of Pace who prepared the car, I have the momories and photo's . . . A special weekend, even if I was just wearing my peasants Monaco ;-)
It wasn't our car and I got offered the drive gratis, so more than grateful for that. The watch, apparently pays for the entry cost . . . The trophy is in the cabinet of Pace who prepared the car, I have the momories and photo's . . . A special weekend, even if I was just wearing my peasants Monaco ;-)
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dejavuatbtn
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About the equivalent price of the wrist of the top striker we are craving for.
227 BHA
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Looking at your avatar are you a plumber?
I never wear a watch to work because I would definitely damage it, especially when changing bath taps.
Many years back I had a cheap Casio and got some solvent cement on the strap and the glue melted it onto my wrist
Yes, hence the G-Shock which took everything I threw at it. Bit choosier over my work nowadays but still petrified I’ll ruin the Apple Watch but I really do like the functionality of it.
Still love my Tag for best tho
Yes, hence the G-Shock which took everything I threw at it. Bit choosier over my work nowadays but still petrified I’ll ruin the Apple Watch but I really do like the functionality of it.
Still love my Tag for best tho
The reason I stopped wearing a watch was machine shop/ race cars, dyno engines etc . . . Just felt like an un necessary risk to not only the watch, but my hand/wrist as well!
BrightonCottager
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Pulsar self winding. Brilliant watch - and only cost about £70. They're so good they've been discontinued. 
Try Spinnaker Watches. https://www.spinnaker-watches.com/
I have one of these. The Hull California Chrono All Black. Very good and reasonably priced. https://www.spinnaker-watches.com/collections/hull-mens-watch/products/hull-all-black-sp-5092-44
John Byrnes Mullet
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I stopped for about 10 years but now I wear the new fitness watches and I like that I can have my phone on silent and my watch informs me of a call or message.