SUBSIM wristwatch thread

[Onkel Neal]

One of my favorite quips over the years, when seeing a clock with no marks or numbers (just hands) was, "Hey, they make watches & clocks without the minute marks, and they make them without numbers, eventually the darn things will be so fancy they will make them without hands."

It has happened. (http://larryfire.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/ziiiro-watches/)

[Skybird]

Looks more elegant than those binary LED clocks there are since two years or so. But the colours are too neon, and it is clinical and sterile Apple design.

[Rockstar]

Can you predict what stocks to invest in so I can make my fortune? :hmmm:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/Carnac.jpg

[Takeda Shingen]

Well, it looks cool, but you'd clearly spend more time looking at it to figure out the time than you would if you asked the person sitting next to you. Overall, that's a pretty silly design, and the red one has an eerie resemblance to the Hal 9000 from 2001: A Space Odessy.

Do not worry about the time, Dave.

[stoppro]

I like it. I will get one when it goes down in price.

[GoldenRivet]

not a chance i would own such a device. it looks like something off a low budget science fiction film.

i need my watch to tell me what time it is accruately, with no BS, no gimmicks.

want a classy time piece? I'll take either one of these any day.

http://www.smithsonianstore.com/assets/product_images/zoom/49012.jpg

http://salestores.com/stores/images/images_747/JR309058L.jpg

[Takeda Shingen]

I wear one of these (birthday present from the Mrs.):

http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/public/EJmpEFpKili7u-vR_tPytyPtRiDydL864hNbN8d-1oDeK1vUW3_8GVqeUv0tcMEfy1On88qhw0tdrNLNdnnN9-HhJzgHsJiB8q0OZB01FZTLRToXhC9AtAVlDjhJP_PCr-BvTaxgyQ

[GoldenRivet]

sharp:yeah:

[Sailor Steve]

I think it's pretty cool! :yeah: Of course the more traditional ones are functional and good-looking, especially the fancier ones shown in the thread.

On the other hand I haven't worn a wristwatch in more than forty years. Just don't like the feel of the things. My phone has a clock, and while it takes a few extra seconds to dig it out, I also don't need to know the time except when I'm waiting for a bus, so it all works out. :sunny:

[DarkFish]

Not really my taste.

I prefer watches like the one I've currently got:
http://www.creationwatches.com/products/images/medium/_SNAA95P1_MED.jpg

[DarkFish]

My phone has a clock, and while it takes a few extra seconds to dig it out, I also don't need to know the time except when I'm waiting for a bus, so it all works out. :sunny:Steve, you're younger than your age would suggest:yeah: Nowadays pretty much everyone does it like that. It seems like among people my age I'm about the only one who still has a watch:-?

[GoldenRivet]

I think it's pretty cool! :yeah: Of course the more traditional ones are functional and good-looking, especially the fancier ones shown in the thread.

On the other hand I haven't worn a wristwatch in more than forty years. Just don't like the feel of the things. My phone has a clock, and while it takes a few extra seconds to dig it out, I also don't need to know the time except when I'm waiting for a bus, so it all works out. :sunny:

Steve, your right though, for most people this is true.

but for others, having a wristwatch may prove to be essential to day to day living.

I generally dont go anywhere without my wristwatch, and in fact i feel incomplete if i forget to put it on when i leave the house... mainly because a wrist watch has been an essential part of my profession for the past 12 years :DL

[Sailor Steve]

Steve, you're younger than your age would suggest:yeah:
That's what one of the guys in my band keeps saying: "You're the youngest old guy I know!"
:rotfl2:

[Syxx_Killer]

I actually kind of like that watch. :88) I like minimalistic designs. The price of that thing would have to come way down before I would consider one, though. My current watch is a Casio G-Shock and cost a lot less than that. Ok, my watch isn't as elegant as the Ziiiro or some of the others in this thread, but it tells the same time. :hmmm:

[Betonov]

Since everyone is showin g their watches, I'll show you mine, a Casio edifice, water resistant and robust like it was made in russia, looks good but nothing fancy

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs051.snc6/168137_192361837443008_100000075783694_752068_7513 318_n.jpg

Oh, and I have a Citizen watch I use for special occasions, its a little more fancy with a leather belt

[Sailor Steve]

I have a friend whose preferred timepiece is an old pocketwatch.

[Takeda Shingen]

I have a friend whose preferred timepiece is an old pocketwatch.

Oh, that's pretty cool. I was thinking about fixing up my grandfather's old pocketwatch and using it, but I thought it might seem too pretentious for someone of my age.

[HunterICX]

Mine:

Lotus -
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/3425/lot152546.jpg

HunterICX

[Oberon]

Steve, you're younger than your age would suggest:yeah: Nowadays pretty much everyone does it like that. It seems like among people my age I'm about the only one who still has a watch:-?

Not a shabby move, a common trick used by muggers is to ask you the time, so you pull out your mobile to see, and they either nick it or have a good look at it and judge its worth so they can mark you as a potential. :yep:

[CaptainMattJ.]

Well, it looks cool, but you'd clearly spend more time looking at it to figure out the time than you would if you asked the person sitting next to you. Overall, that's a pretty silly design, and the red one has an eerie resemblance to the Hal 9000 from 2001: A Space Odessy.

Do not worry about the time, Dave.
goodbye accurate time display!

And, i think 2001 a space odessy is easily the most boring film i have EVER watched.

[Hitman]

One of my favorite quips over the years, when seeing a clock with no marks or numbers (just hands) was, "Hey, they make watches & clocks without the minute marks, and they make them without numbers, eventually the darn things will be so fancy they will make them without hands."

It has happened. (http://larryfire.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/ziiiro-watches/)

I'm sorry to dissapoint you, but watches without hands do exist for a long time:

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/7237/98030593.jpg

Just joking :har:

[Platapus]

I am most pleased with my Omega Seamaster Professional. Despite not diving any more, I think it has a nice classy but not gaudy look.

[Jimbuna]

No prizes for guessing where mine came from :DL

https://www.medocmall.co.uk/images/theclubshop_nufc/products/large/enlarge/300377.jpg

[TarJak]

They still make christmas crackers in Newcastle do they?:O:

[Madox58]

A fence on the streets?
:haha:

[August]

I just picked up one of these in the Bargain Cave at the Cabelas up in Maine for $50 bucks.

http://www.classicwatchesonline.com/images/pictures/wengerprecise-int-73115-standard-issue-xl-mens-watch-swiss-army-watch.jpg

The luminescent dots on the numbers 1, 2 and 3 had fallen off...

[Jimbuna]

Not a shabby move, a common trick used by muggers is to ask you the time, so you pull out your mobile to see, and they either nick it or have a good look at it and judge its worth so they can mark you as a potential. :yep:

Where do you live then?....Sherwood Forest?

Up North if you can tell them the time they know you've been educated and probably have a job and therefore a bit money in your pocket....they simply beat you to the ground and rifle yer pockets :DL

They still make christmas crackers in Newcastle do they?:O:

A fence on the streets?
:haha:

Yes....to both of ya :DL

I just picked up one of these in the Bargain Cave at the Cabelas up in Maine for $50 bucks.

http://www.classicwatchesonline.com/images/pictures/wengerprecise-int-73115-standard-issue-xl-mens-watch-swiss-army-watch.jpg

The luminescent dots on the numbers 1, 2 and 3 had fallen off...

You were robbed :O:

:03:

[frau kaleun]

One of my favorite quips over the years, when seeing a clock with no marks or numbers (just hands) was, "Hey, they make watches & clocks without the minute marks, and they make them without numbers, eventually the darn things will be so fancy they will make them without hands."

It has happened. (http://larryfire.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/ziiiro-watches/)

GAAAAAH that would drive me crazy.

We had a cheap plastic wall clock in my office at work with hands but no numbers on it. It drove us crazy, especially when it came to discerning at a glance the difference between almost 4:30 (time to pack it up and go home, yay!) and almost 3:30 (another hour? *groan*).

I finally got fed up and painted numbers on it with White-Out one day. :yeah:

A fence on the streets?
:haha:

I was gonna go with "the evidence locker"... :O:

[Oberon]

Where do you live then?....Sherwood Forest?

Up North if you can tell them the time they know you've been educated and probably have a job and therefore a bit money in your pocket....they simply beat you to the ground and rifle yer pockets :DL

Well, it is grim oop norf. :03:

[Castout]

Imust say the idea is brilliant and it is cool. Though I don't see myself ever buying it. It's just so not me.


Can you predict what stocks to invest in so I can make my fortune? :hmmm:



I believe I could help you but would work much better if you asked that say 2 years ago than now that prices have gone up. But then again you won't put stock on my saying or a stranger :O:

Buy Israeli stocks but not just any Israeli company but the safest would be ones that cater to Israeli domestic retail. . . . .unfortunately Israel has only a small domestic market so I wouldn't think such companies would worth a lot :O:

Israelis have been enjoying a good time after a scare due to global crisis but for how long is anybody's guess. They've got money. I just hope they won't worship it.

[Rilder]

I don't have a watch I just check the taskbar on my laptop. :O:

[Castout]

I don't have a watch I just check the taskbar on my laptop. :O:


Interesting . . . . . . so you wear your laptop?

[RickC Sniper]

not a chance i would own such a device. it looks like something off a low budget science fiction film.

i need my watch to tell me what time it is accruately, with no BS, no gimmicks.

want a classy time piece? I'll take either one of these any day.

http://www.smithsonianstore.com/assets/product_images/zoom/49012.jpg




That is my wristwatch right there, and it is so old school it is a WIND UP, but I have replaced the strap once or twice.

[Onkel Neal]

I hate men's jewelry as much as men's cologne. The only jewelry I wear is a watch. I tried going with only my cell phone for a while but there are too many times when I am sitting in a class or at a table where digging into my pocket is a pain.

My daily watch, when motorcycle riding and around the house on days off; cheap, reliable, and not flashy, Timex Expedition Resin Case Camper Nylon Strap Watch
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516v-hfJOCL.jpg


My new work watch, which I wear at the hotel, the Danish Skagen 233XLTMB Titanium Watch. Thin, subtle, and a great value.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41O2zMVeehL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

I have a few other interesting watches, including one of the first Fossil watches, and a whole slew of the USSR Navy & Submarine watches. Those things were like wearing a brick strapped to my wrist :haha:

[Castout]

My current one is a fossil.

[Castout]

I have a friend whose preferred timepiece is an old pocketwatch.

Let me guess he's passed away?! :O:

I'm sorry I was tempted to tease you

[jumpy]

simple is always better:
http://www.cwcwatch.com/g10-watch-nondate.htm
what I normally use - very strong strap/pin fixing... was tired of catching the automatic (see below) on stuff and having the strap break.

but battery is dead so I bough a cheap casio for the mean time (haha)
http://www.casio.co.uk/products/Watches/CASIO%20Collection/W-86-1VQES/At_a_glance

http://www.casio.co.uk/controls/thumbnail.aspx?FileId=M@GwRT2D/Mo=&ProductId=362

I do like the idea of the solar power/radio time update Gshock watches http://www.g-shock.co.uk/products/origins/GW-M5600BC-1ER/ not too gaudy like some. Perhaps it could be the last word in practical wrist watches? Not sure about the 'negative display' though, they used to do one with the ordinary 'digital display' thing.

I have an old citizen automatic but it doesn't keep time very well - it lost several minutes a month. Nice watch all the same though.

[TarJak]

Citizen's new Eco-Drive solar powered watches are great. Haven't lost a second in the 18 months I've had mine.

[Betonov]

Fell in love with this one after seing it in an editin of Playboy

http://www.shoppingblog.com/pics/romain_jerome_eyjafjallajokull_watch.jpg

[DarkFish]

My current one is a fossil.So you've got this one as a watch?
http://cdn1.iofferphoto.com/img/item/142/134/141/XL8v.jpg
:D

[NeonSamurai]

My watch is just a simple Timex Indiglo cr 2016 cell watch. Just white face, metal expansion strap, hands, numbers, and knob. Even though it was fairly inexpensive, I've always been impressed with just how accurately it keeps time (it only looses a couple of seconds every 6 months or so).

[MaddogK]

How do you know if this new watch is on your wrist up-side-down ?

I much prefer my Seiko, but I have a drawer full of Swatches for everyday use.
http://www.seikousa.com/products/coutura/images/alarm_c/l_sna548.jpg

[Castout]

So you've got this one as a watch?
http://cdn1.iofferphoto.com/img/item/142/134/141/XL8v.jpg
:D

:DL

I know what I will be getting for my next wrist watch

a mini version of this on my wrist










http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Sun_clock_in_Valka.jpg

I still don't know how to make it work indoor or at night but it strikes my fancy so who cares. LOL.

[Onkel Neal]

My watch is just a simple Timex Indiglo cr 2016 cell watch. Just white face, metal expansion strap, hands, numbers, and knob. Even though it was fairly inexpensive, I've always been impressed with just how accurately it keeps time (it only looses a couple of seconds every 6 months or so).

Yeah, can't beat Indiglo, that should be a basic feature on all watches. And the Timex has a smart date advance function, you can change the date very easily.

How do you know if this new watch is on your wrist up-side-down ?

I much prefer my Seiko, but I have a drawer full of Swatches for everyday use.


What do all those small dials do?? :06:

Swatches!! Wow, I remember those.

And how about that period of time when the "moon phase" watches were popular?

[Skybird]

Since 9 years, mine:

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/6550/img0920o.jpg (http://img198.imageshack.us/i/img0920o.jpg/)
Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

Usually I would not spend any money on jewelry (beside my glasses and watch I have none), nor would I spend that much money on a watch, but this one I saw and immediately fell in love with, due to the design and the irresistable combination of midnight-blue, gold, and titan-grey. The sub-dials was not what I was after.

Back then I waited several weeks and looked and looked at it in the windows time and again, before finally unlocking the money.

It lacks 1-2 seconds every 2 months.

[Nicolas]

Mine is a gift from my father, he bought it when he was 18 years old, those automatic, the company do not exist 'Phenix' swiss, is working like new after 50+ years. The gold is wasted though. :)

[kranz]

many of those modern watches that were posted are pure fashion. Don't try to tell me that with the first one posted you would tell me even an approximate hour. I have 3 watches: a simple Tissot PR50 series on a leather belt, without a chronometer etc, only showing time and date, I wear it every day; a Citizen, made of titanium. I wear it only for exams or sth like that and sometimes when meeting "chicks" (coz it shines a bit). Third one - a Rosato, with that crazy LCD display, in which little bars indicate minutes and hours. I had it once on my hand- at that was enough. Coming back to what Neal has said: yup, and that's what women like. My mother has this tiny little Maurice Lacroix, with a pearl dial. However, the space between 12 and 15 is SOOO small that you can hardly say where the hands are. Once it ended with being late more than an hour bcoz of the reason mentioned above. I'm practical: the watch for, let's say, 200$ shows exactly the same time as the one for 10 000$.

[Fincuan]

The only one I own at the moment, a Suunto Observer

http://www.progear.net/kauppa/images/suunto-observer-sr_0909_e10.jpg

Functionality over style, as you can see :D

[Herr-Berbunch]

I hate men's jewelry as much as men's cologne.


So that's why you wear womens jewelry and parfum :D

(PS this can get worse if you don't put something in that placeholder soon! Anything!)

[MaddogK]

Yeah, can't beat Indiglo, that should be a basic feature on all watches. And the Timex has a smart date advance function, you can change the date very easily.



What do all those small dials do?? :06:

Swatches!! Wow, I remember those.

And how about that period of time when the "moon phase" watches were popular?

Those small dials ? Well, the one on the right is the seconds for the watch as the large second hand is used for the stopwatch, the one at the top is the minutes for the stopwatch, and the bottom one is the alarm time.

Ya think thats complicated ? You should see my old Casio digital with a built-in depth/barometer- it has a screen that shows 24 hour history above and below sea level. Trying to keep it calibrated was a pain so I retired it to the swatch drawer.
http://watchshock.com/photo/Casio/Early_Casio/model/BM-100W/BM-100W-watches-1272660221.jpg

Darkfish: Very nice, much easier to read than mine (in the dark).

[Sailor Steve]

many of those modern watches that were posted are pure fashion. Don't try to tell me that with the first one posted you would tell me even an approximate hour.
10:12 precisely. Why is that a problem?

[kranz]

10:12 precisely. Why is that a problem?
Shall I make a poll on that?

[Sailor Steve]

Shall I make a poll on that?
Be my guest. I agree it's fashion, and way overpriced, but so are a lot of things. I just found it easy to read.

[MaddogK]

To the poll: I see 10:13, or 4:43 (depending on your point of view). Precisely ? Dunno, withing 20 seconds-ish.

I still havent determined how one tells up-side-down from right-side up with this watch.

[AVGWarhawk]

Since the advent of cell phones I do not find a need for a watch. However, some time pieces are true works of art.

[Takeda Shingen]

I have no problems saying that I look for a fashionable looking watch when selecting one. I also prefer fashionable looking clothing, as I suspect most of you do as well; otherwise, we'd all be wearing burlap sacks. Can't see the problem in such selection.

[Skybird]

Around ten years ago, there was an even simplier watch design available. It was was single black disc with a V-slit of 30° moving over a clock-face that separated the hours in twelve coloured segments, like a pie. Cannot remember whether it was Swatch or something else.

The one that Neal has linked now, actually is quite simple to read, and niot different from the standard handles. The one disc marks the big hand, the other disc marks the small hand. That's all. The design clou lies in the changing graphical pattern from the two discs rotating at different speeds. But in principle it is the same idea like having two hands. Binary display watches work different, so did the old watch I described above.

[Lionclaw]

I have a "Certina DS Nautic".

[kranz]

I have no problems saying that I look for a fashionable looking watch when selecting one. I also prefer fashionable looking clothing, as I suspect most of you do as well; otherwise, we'd all be wearing burlap sacks. Can't see the problem in such selection.
I would buy the one we were talking about if it had clearly marked digits so that I wouldn't have to make a poll on subsim whether it was 10:12, 10:13 or 4:43 :D I prefer practicality to fashion. (not that I wear a burlap sack tho :D)

[Castout]

However, some time pieces are true works of art.

Indeed though I'm usually told that by their prices :O:

[Onkel Neal]

Ok, update. I seem to have an interest in odd things lately. Last year it was Texas Instrument calculators. I was able to pick up a dozen or so vintage cals off ebay for less than $100.

Now it's watches--I have an olf Fossil watch that has not run in 18 years. I took it by a watchmaker today to see if he can recusitate it. He said the battery leaked and he would need to replace the movement. Goodness, what does that mean?

Here's a neat pic of the watch
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=165&pictureid=3559


Interesting how the Roman numeral 4 is represented by IIII instead of IV .... :)

[Sledgehammer427]

somebody wasn't paying attention to their lessons in roman numerals...

this watch is on my wishlist. even though I don't wear watches very often

http://www.stauer.com/prod_images/17469_L.jpg

[Reece]

Gee I wished I had spotted this thread earlier, I am a member of the WUS forum and usually hang here:
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f71/
or
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f72/
These are some off my collection:
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/PRC200-2.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/6270-2-Arm3.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/AgoraArm.jpg

I must say that I have seen some damned nice watches here, keep em coming!:yep:

[Onkel Neal]

Junkers watch? Nice! :yeah:

[Sailor Steve]

He said the battery leaked and he would need to replace the movement. Goodness, what does that mean?
It means that battery gunk stickied the little movee bits all together and he has to put in all new movee bits so they'll move again.

[Onkel Neal]

Oh, so they make drop in innerds for these watches? I hope the surgery is a success, and it looks the same on the outside. Excuse me a second, I need to say a prayer :timeout:

[Sailor Steve]

Oh, so they make drop in innerds for these watches? I hope the surgery is a success, and it looks the same on the outside. Excuse me a second, I need to say a prayer :timeout:
Drop-in? I doubt it, unless it's still in production. I'll bet he's going to replace everything by hand, and it will cost ten times what the watch is worth. :haha:

Just kidding, of course. I know nothing about these procedures.

[Reece]

Drop-in? I doubt it, unless it's still in production. I'll bet he's going to replace everything by hand, and it will cost ten times what the watch is worth. :haha:

Just kidding, of course. I know nothing about these procedures.
Yes there are a few problems to overcome, finding a good watch maker who will do the job and the price is likely to be more than it's worth and if you do it yourself you have to find the correct movement and be able to remove the stem without damage then remove all the hands and replace them.:oops::yep:
Quartz watches are relatively cheap to buy thankfully!:up:
That is a nice watch Neal, I haven't seen one like it before, did the watch maker indicate a price?:hmmm:

[Takeda Shingen]

Interesting how the Roman numeral 4 is represented by IIII instead of IV .... :)

I've seen that a lot in old clocks. I have a grandfather clock at home that has the same thing.

[Onkel Neal]

Said it would be around $60 or so. I'll be happy as long as it comes back in one piece and ticking.

[I-25]

just ran into this.. wish i had it:down:
The make seems strangely familiar... its kinda like i use one everyday for sinking things:hmmm:
http://www.men-access.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/junghans-collection-meister-attache-chronoscope-watch.jpg

[Reece]

just ran into this.. wish i had it:down:
The make seems strangely familiar... its kinda like i use one everyday for sinking things:hmmm:
You're not the only one who would like it, I wouldn't spend over $500 for a watch, generally, like Neal I spend around $100.:yep: But it don't hurt to drool every now and then!!:03:

Said it would be around $60 or so. I'll be happy as long as it comes back in one piece and ticking.It's a little steep imo, I'm sure the quality of the job would be there, but if it was me I'd be checking what's available new and take it from there.:yep:

[Onkel Neal]

Yeah, it's a sentimental thing. I really like that old watch.

[AVGWarhawk]

Yeah, it's a sentimental thing. I really like that old watch.

We have the sentimental grandfather clock. It was my wifes grandmothers. Been to the shop once for a $400.00 repair. Has to go again. Another spring sprung. The clock is 60 years old. Metal fatigue at work! It is German movement. Amazingly we still have the manual and bill of sale! But yes, the clock is sentimental to the wife so repair costs do not factor in on the decision to repair it.

[Harmsway!]

Old mechanical watches fascinate me. You know the type they used on railroads or submarines. I've even read a couple books on the history of watches. Yet like Steve I don't wear a wrist watch for the same reasons. I own a few pocket watches but never carry them. I even have an antique pocket watch that doesn't run. I was quoted over $200 to have it fixed. Oh well.

The reason antique watches and clocks are so expensive to fix is that they must be completely torn apart and cleaned. Any watch maker that knows what he's doing would not want to fix a problem without doing the cleaning. The old movements ran all the gears on jewels for the bearings. The more jewels the less likely the mechanical movement would hear down. It is neccessay then for the movement to be cleaned every couple years.

In modern day some may place the whole movement in an ultrasonic cleaner and skip tearing down. Putting together watches from scratch is a lost art. Some still do this as a hobby. There is even a school to teach this skill.

[Blood_splat]

You can always wear a clock around your neck.

http://www.brandish.tv/assets_c/2009/01/flavor%20flav%20nite%20tales%20clock%20public%20en emy-thumb-350x538-74365.jpg

[longam]

I'm with Steve, but I found a middle solution...

http://dc306.4shared.com/download/ytggkUHB/IMG_0181.JPG

[Reece]

I don't know why Longam but it just doesn't have that appeal to me!!:hmmm:
@ Neal, obviously you really like that watch, it certainly is different to today's styles, I would go for it!!:yep:
Here is another in my collection (Germasian), an automatic, cost $85:
http://www.uhren-bilder.de/Trias/TRI-T22337-S/TRI-T22337-S-4-k.jpg

[Platapus]

Interesting how the Roman numeral 4 is represented by IIII instead of IV .... :)

somebody wasn't paying attention to their lessons in roman numerals...



Actually they were. IIII was how Romans wrote the number 4. It was only long after the fall of the empire that the subtractive concept was used for Roman numerals. IV for 4 and IX for 9. There are still examples of Roman educational scrolls and engravings that list IIII for 4 and VIIII for 9.

This is one reason doing math using Roman Numerals can be cumbersome, It gets easier (a little!) when you revert back to "real" Roman Numbers that use the additive schema.

Probably more than you ever wanted to know about Roman Numbers.

What should be more interesting is why do they put Roman Numbers upside down on watches/clocks but put Arabic numbers right side up?

[Platapus]

It means that battery gunk stickied the little movee bits all together and he has to put in all new movee bits so they'll move again.


Stop with the technical jargon so the rest of us can understand.

(sheesh, some people flaunting their "education")

:D

[TarJak]

Stop with the technical jargon so the rest of us can understand.

(sheesh, some people flaunting their "education")

:D
That's ejumakashun to you bub!:know::D

[Onkel Neal]

Actually they were. IIII was how Romans wrote the number 4. It was only long after the fall of the empire that the subtractive concept was used for Roman numerals. IV for 4 and IX for 9. There are still examples of Roman educational scrolls and engravings that list IIII for 4 and VIIII for 9.

This is one reason doing math using Roman Numerals can be cumbersome, It gets easier (a little!) when you revert back to "real" Roman Numbers that use the additive schema.

Probably more than you ever wanted to know about Roman Numbers.

What should be more interesting is why do they put Roman Numbers upside down on watches/clocks but put Arabic numbers right side up?

Nice! I didn't know that. So this watch must be modeled on the split second between when the Roman numeral revisions had not converted the 4 and had converted the 9? Cool!


I don't know why Longam but it just doesn't have that appeal to me!!:hmmm:
@ Neal, obviously you really like that watch, it certainly is different to today's styles, I would go for it!!:yep:
Here is another in my collection (Germasian), an automatic, cost $85:
http://www.uhren-bilder.de/Trias/TRI-T22337-S/TRI-T22337-S-4-k.jpg


Very clean! Nice, Reese.

[Skybird]

Don't they say "you need to go with time"...?

http://www.geekalerts.com/u/ibiza-ride-watch.jpg

http://text2blogger.appspot.com/static/Coolissimo/Images/46/o_BinaryWatch.jpg

http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2008/02/povwatchled.jpg

No, think I need not.

[Onkel Neal]

That last one is really tricky :)

[August]

I kind of like this one.


http://www.geekalerts.com/u/ibiza-ride-watch.jpg

[the_tyrant]

What do you guys think about luminox watches?
They look great, and on paper they seem to be tough
But the price tag for some of their better watches are quite expensive, some of them are almost as expensive as a rolex
What do you guys think? Are luminox watches worth the high price tag, or are they just over rated, and priced high because they seem "military"?

[Onkel Neal]

I can't offer an opinion on any watch that costs for than $200 :)

[kranz]

the rosato which I was talking about.
http://www.uhren4you.de/picture/rosato/R604-Kopie.jpg

[THE_MASK]

Now this says statement\class
Longines
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/620/cdg7zbmkkgrhqioko8e0uep.jpg (http://img96.imageshack.us/i/cdg7zbmkkgrhqioko8e0uep.jpg/)

[Reece]

Most unusual Sober, is this one of yours?:hmmm:
@ Neal, who's Reese?;)

[Reece]

Thought I'd show off my collection to date::D

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/Collection02-2011.jpg

[Onkel Neal]

Very nice group of watches, Reece.

[Gerald]

Thought I'd show off my collection to date::D

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h244/Reecehk/Collection02-2011.jpg

From which year is the collection of,very nice!

[Reece]

Very nice group of watches, Reece.
Thanks Neal!:yeah:

From which year is the collection of,very nice!The oldest is the digital about 15 years, the others are all over the last 6 months or so!:yep: (no replicas all original)

[Gerald]

Thanks Neal!:yeah:

The oldest is the digital about 15 years, the others are all over the last 6 months or so!:yep: (no replicas all original) Great Reece, you have style :DL

[Geno_Mariner]

That's an odd looking watch in the upper left corner, never seen anything like it.

And as for that swirly watch, interesting concept but.... I'll never wear it :hmmm: Too much time wastage just trying to guess the time.

I've gone thru quite a few watches, I used to wear analogue til I found it too much hassle and moved on to digital. Had a Speedo watch as as my first digital, it lasted quite a long time til the straps broke. Mum bought me a nice looking Billabong watch, it's pretty beat up, still wearable til the light function began to fade the display. I tried to see if it can be repaired, and failed to use the warranty since it was still within 12 months. Still usable just not in the dark. Now I'm upgrading, still can't decide what I want this time but it has to be really nice with a good display. And not way too flashy XD

[breadcatcher101]

Swiss Army for me, when I wear one. Never cared for digital.

[Gerald]

Personally, not for the digital clock, it must be analog and any style of pure, completely waterproof to withstand all Atm (atmosphere), sapphire crystal, chronometer an advantage.

[Geno_Mariner]

I did consider going back to analog but there's just nothing that interests me :hmmm:

[Gerald]

I did consider going back to analog but there's just nothing that interests me :hmmm: Do you have solar cells that powered your digital clock or the battery, which is vulnerable :hmm2:

[Geno_Mariner]

Do you have solar cells that powered your digital clock or the battery, which is vulnerable :hmm2:

Just the battery... wait, there are solar powered watches? :doh: :hmmm:

[Gerald]

Just the battery... wait, there are solar powered watches? :doh: :hmmm: Yes, it is clearly better than a battery :yep:

[Geno_Mariner]

Yes, it is clearly better than a battery :yep:

I better have a good look around then XD

[Dan D]

My father just gave me this watch which he had bought approx. 10 years ago in Perpignan, France:

American military watch Hamilton, model Khaki Ref. 8775; on the back of the watch there is the USMC logo.

A clockmaker said the watch has a Swiss ETA watch movement which are of good quality and which you won't find in cheap watches.

The watch looks like this one:

http://neverreflecton.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2010-05-21


What do you say? It it a good watch?

[Gerald]

My father just gave me this watch which he had bought approx. 10 years ago in Perpignan, France:

American military watch Hamilton, model Khaki Ref. 8775; on the back of the watch there is the USMC logo.

A clockmaker said the watch has a Swiss ETA watch movement which are of good quality and which you won't find in cheap watches.

The watch looks like this one:

http://neverreflecton.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2010-05-21


What do you say? It it a good watch?I have a similar with a logo, a few years old but is very similar to this one, the one I have is a Seiko, very durable and heavy, waterproof sapphire crystal, analog.

[Reece]

My father just gave me this watch which he had bought approx. 10 years ago in Perpignan, France:

American military watch Hamilton, model Khaki Ref. 8775; on the back of the watch there is the USMC logo.

A clockmaker said the watch has a Swiss ETA watch movement which are of good quality and which you won't find in cheap watches.

The watch looks like this one:

http://neverreflecton.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2010-05-21


What do you say? It it a good watch?Hi Dan, that is a very nice watch,:up: Still currently new with ETA movement for around $400

[Jimbuna]

Nice looking watch Dan :up:

[Aktungbby]

One of my favorite quips over the years, when seeing a clock with no marks or numbers (just hands) was, "Hey, they make watches & clocks without the minute marks, and they make them without numbers, eventually the darn things will be so fancy they will make them without hands."

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcTT8oh9ukpC98M1j8NcBhGhSmi68_D Ze2XmEv9VeBdwqGsNnkYgRLgvNe4Bd9hX8jxwxW-Wx8oUuIuuPgRb51crNHJ02V3z5qfBQT5DbmjenxubyEJN_AFjs g<my bride's 25th anniverary gift to me!:yeah: