Watches! What do y'all have on your wrists?

[rdenney]

Yema absolutely still exists. I purchased a Mecaquartz watch from them just a few months ago--very affordable. Seiko movement. Here's the official pic from their website (I'm not on my phone at the moment and don't have my own pic on this computer, but this is the same watch):

Rick "nicely executed" Denney

 

[JohnBooty]

It's a picture from back in the winter. Some of my dive watches. The collection has since expanded.

I'm wearing the black Casio today. Fantastic low-cost ($50!) watch. Comes on a bad plastic strap but that's easy to remedy with a NATO strap or metal bracelet.

I have a small collection of mechanical watches as well and I love them. However, my dive watches are proudly quartz-only.

 

[Zog]

It's a picture from back in the winter. Some of my dive watches. The collection has since expanded.

I'm wearing the black Casio today. Fantastic low-cost ($50!) watch. Comes on a bad plastic strap but that's easy to remedy with a NATO strap or metal bracelet.

I have a small collection of mechanical watches as well and I love them. However, my dive watches are proudly quartz-only.

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I also have those two Casio Duros. I also put them on canvas straps. I have bought a pair of sapphire crystals and may do the conversion this weekend.

 

[JohnBooty]

I also have those two Casio Duros. I also put them on canvas straps. I have bought a pair of sapphire crystals and may do the conversion this weekend.

DURO GANG! Stock up on the blue one, if you want to have a spare in case the mod goes badly - it's discontinued in favor of the MDV-107 models which drop the blue dial (and, distressingly, the marlin illustration)

https://www.pacparts.com/model.cfm?model_id=MDV-107

I love the idea of modding a Duro with a sapphire crystal that costs as much as the watch did. The low cost of the watch makes it a great watch upon which to experiment without fear. I plan on doing a few experiments of my own once the new colors are available as I'd like to mix and match some of the new bezels with the old dials. I already accidentally murdered one Duro in a different experiment.

 

[Harmonie]

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[Propheticus]

Are you trying to make a point, Harmonie?
Pa-dum.... ye I'll show myself the door.

 

[Harmonie]

Well @Propheticus, I don't know.
You tell me,
you surely see the future ...

 

[Propheticus]

They're more like educated guesses
Just like I guess your post above at some point contained a picture of an expensive watch you then decided to remove again.

 

[Vict0r]

 

[RayDunzl]

Haven't had a watch for 15 years since the last one fell off my arm someplace between Tampa and Daytona, so I got this to cover the little bald spot above my left wrist and show the time while at the airfield performing my club duties:

About $16. Made in China, of course.

Lost about two minutes in the six weeks or so I've had it.

Good enough, I guess.

I think the old one (it was similar) kept better time.

 

[andrewjohn007]

My father's October 1968 Benrus DTU-2A/P MIL-W-3818B as issued to him as a USAF Navigator in Vietnam. TBH I don't really wear it that much as I am far too afraid of damaging the watch. I almost threw the watch away as it was tucked down in a small pocket in my father's moldy and decrepit leather flight briefcase.

 

[Killingbeans]

Casio W-59B-3AVEF

Sits on my wrist. Shows the time. Doesn't fall apart. Perfect for my needs

Okay, story time:

About half a year ago or so this watch disappeared on me. I looked everywhere but couldn't find it, and after some time I gave up and just bought a different model as a replacement...

Fast forward to yesterday night, I'm doing some nasty laundry that needs the hygiene program on the machine. It's a little low on volume, so I grab an old work hoodie that hasn't been used for ages and hasn't been washed for far longer and throw it in.

When the wash is done I just leave the clothes in the machine because I don't want the sound of the tumble dryer keeping me awake during the night. In the morning when I finally put the wet clothes in the dryer I notice some noise but simply think to myself that it must be a zipper or something. I forget about the dryer and it runs on the the final "agitation" step most of the day until an hour ago when I'm looking for something in the garage where the dryer is placed and decide to pull out the clothes, and see something fall on the floor... My little white Casio. Completely undamaged, but very clean and still running like a charm

 

[vlydog]

 

[digitalfrost]

Can anybody make out which watch he's wearing?

 

[GDK]

Can anybody make out which watch he's wearing?

This might help: https://www.ablogtowatch.com/astronaut-chris-hadfield-in-love-with-space-and-his-omega-x-33-watch/

 

[digitalfrost]

I ask a completely random question about watches in an audio forum and get the answer 5 minutes later

 

[GDK]

I ask a completely random question about watches in an audio forum and get the answer 5 minutes later

Chris Hadfield is practically on our money here!

 

[JohnBooty]

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Super underrated Casio. 90% of a G-Shock for a fraction of the price!

 

[Count Arthur]

How long do the low cost Casio watches last, battery-wise?

 

[Vict0r]