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

[rdenney]

Why? Why? There is no why.

Rick “could probably stand to liquidate a few” Denney

 

[xanalog]

Why? Why? There is no why.

Rick “could probably stand to liquidate a few” Denney

In that 'probability' statement; you should add a clause that forbids you from spending the liquidation proceeds to purchase yet another!

 

[rdenney]

In that 'probability' statement; you should add a clause that forbids you from spending the liquidation proceeds to purchase yet another!

I know guys who sustain their wristwatch hobby by buying and selling, but I've never been good at that. If I sell watches, it will be for something actually important, like groceries.

Rick "which isn't an impossibility" Denney

 

[xanalog]

Nearing OT: For whatever reason, if or when you need to replace/change a watchband, consider spending sometime at aliexpress, before purchase.
*It is the figurative 'breadbasket' for watchbands; whether you want leather, color, funk, bracelet, novel or clones...

OT: I get upset at aliexpress because you have to buy at least 3 items totaling $10+before getting free S/H.
*Now, I have 3 more spare 22mm watchbands. (Total price for 3 was $12.)

 

[respice finem]

Not sure if fake or not:

 

[JeffS7444]

They may be "small" but I'd love to own and wear either a classic Cartier Tank or a Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso! Both are seriously beautiful.

I've thought about getting a Cartier Tank or Santos from time to time, but I dunno: Sometimes I think that so many goods and services are promoted as luxurious or high-end that nothing feels special anymore.

Found a posh new magazine which is ridiculously overstuffed with ads for supposedly luxe products:
https://issuu.com/culturedmag/docs/cultured_at_home

 

[xanalog]

Sometimes I think that so many goods and services are promoted as luxurious or high-end that nothing feels special anymore.

'Object d'Art' is a touchy subject!
I used to get somewhat spendy with watches (mostly auto/mech'l), as well as artwork (mostly from surrealist era).
Our collection of artwork still adorn all walls in the house, yet those watches have all duly but not dearly-departed.

Currently, I wear a new $90 titanium automatic, that lost about 35 seconds in about 35 days (picture at post#1,538).

 

[respice finem]

The real luxury is to have time. In the last three years I mostly left my watches at home, or would wear my 18 years old Citizen Marinaut Titanium. Never opened (solar). The other watches only for special occasions.

 

[Ken1951]

I've thought about getting a Cartier Tank or Santos from time to time, but I dunno: Sometimes I think that so many goods and services are promoted as luxurious or high-end that nothing feels special anymore.

Found a posh new magazine which is ridiculously overstuffed with ads for supposedly luxe products:
https://issuu.com/culturedmag/docs/cultured_at_home

I love the Santos I bought back in March. One doesn't tend to see them and it has a great feel - light, but also substantial. I like the swappable bracelets as well. One steel, the other in green leather. Almost nobody would recognize it which minimizes concern with wearing it.

 

[Joe Smith]

Cheap and good, that's my motto! While I admire the look of some expensive $1,000+ watches, I feel no need to own one.

 

[xanalog]

Costs twice as much as what is currently on my wrist.
No, the watches inside are NOT included.

 

[TimF]

The HAL watch. Always watching.

 

[Audionaut]

 

[JiiPee]

 

[xanalog]

The HAL watch. Always watching.

Have they really come-up with a built-in, micro-miniature surveillance VidCam (+data storage and/or data transmitter) that is not even visible, in that watch image you included?

 

[Devnull]

An early birthday present for myself.

 

[Holmz]

Have they really come-up with a built-in, micro-miniature surveillance VidCam (+data storage and/or data transmitter) that is not even visible, in that watch image you included?

BYD… ?

 

[Gyosa1]

Today , the same thing I was wearing in 1984 …

1984 16750 GMT Master my Dad gave me as a college graduation gift …

Yes , it’s been through multiple Rolex services over the last 42 years .

I’ll pass it on to my son when he graduates from college this spring.

Bk

 

[Gyosa1]

Still have the original dial and hands , for the Vintage Nerds …..

LOL


BK

 

[thunderchicken]

I have a Hamilton khaki given to me when I left for basic training. Not a Rolex, but similar vibes- all of my great uncles had them when they flew bombers in WW2. Wore it around the world as a 1A2.

Now I have my own collection and have built several. My favorites include a Squale 1545 my wife bought me as a wedding present, a modded Glycine combat, and Steinhart ocean one.

Currently have one of my home built out of the case.