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Location: Reno, NV | I started a thread on this topic on the Saabnet BB and it ended up being a huge hit. It's interesting to see how certain personalities gravitate to similar brands, styles, and products.
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Ok, I'll play.
I don't normally wear a watch anymore. Enough clocks around the house. If I go out, it depends on what I'm doing. If it's other than jeans and t's I have a CYMA. Not very well known in this country. For diving Suunto or Citizen, and on the bikes usually Citizen. When I used to do programming I used an assortment of cheap watches as long as they had timers, stop watches and alarms, but most of that is easier to just put into debug routines now, much easier.
It's funny to see it written down. I have some nice watches, but these days I doubt I wear a watch more than 8 hours a month, if that. |
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Location: Tucson, AZ | ...a TISSOT Navigator (24hr) Seastar T-12, bought in 1968. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Timex Ironman for play. Movado Faceto for show. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by gulfcoast:
Timex-expedition from wally world. Ditto. Cool the way the dial lights up.
I know. It doesn't take much to amuse us southerners. |
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Location: Scotland | Originally posted by Tupperware:
Timex Ironman for play. Your wife was right, you can't even spell it, never mind do it. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I won't wear a watch that costs more than $50.00. I've lost too many expensive ones that it became a joke. And the cheap ones I can't lose, so what the hell. Current watch is a Wenger Swiss Army watch. Exactly $50 at costco. Gift from the wife. |
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Location: NJ | sony erricsson p910
my parents gave me a jules jorgenson self winder for my hs graduation I wore that until the self winder went. anyone know where I can get that fixed for sentimental reasons? |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by Paul Templeman:
Originally posted by Tupperware:
Timex Ironman for play. Your wife was right, you can't even spell it, never mind do it. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Seiko Kinetic - the only Seiko so far. Aren't they a popular brand in the States? |
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Location: Midland, MI | The only watches I own are a Swiss Army something or other (I think it's Victorinox, but it could be Wenger, who knows?) and a Citizen dive watch/computer. I don't wear either of them. I almost bought a vintage Omega Seamaster a couple of years ago just because I thought it was cool. But, then I thought, "WTF would I do with it?" |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | All of the watches that I currently use were basically free. I have a gold watch that has the name Kodak (Film) with the Olympic rings. I sent in proofs of purchaces for it. I also have a Yankee watch from Sports Illustrated. The last two I received for donating at a blood drive with MetLife- One watch has Snoopy and the other one is a Fossil brand watch. I always thought that it would be cool to get a fancy expensive watch, don't get me wrong the watches I have can be used as "dress up" watches. I just feel that a 10,000 Rolex for example will still tell me the same time as my free blood donation watch.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | My Mom sent me a pretty nice looking LTD ($7 at Wally-world) and I have a nice Coleman pocket watch with a leather cover.($5 at Goodwill)
I use neither! I have an 87 cent plastic digital wrist-watch that I carry in my pocket. (I sure wouldn't wear it.) After a year-and-a-half, it still works! It was guaranteed for a year.
Does anyone really need to know what time it is so badly that they need a CLOCK on their body? |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Citizen Eco that my wife got me for christmas a couple of years ago for meetings or sales calls... otherwise none.
My Dad gave me a Swiss Army Watch when I got my MBA last year... I don't wear it (well... once in a while when I see him) but it probably meant more to me than any gift I've ever received. |
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Location: Tucson, AZ | ...sometimes I think we ought to go "back" to the "old fashioned" WRIST WATCH method of telling time:
...you looked at your WRIST, if you could see it, it's DAY time; if not, it was NIGHT time. |
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Location: Reno, NV | Wow... see thats what Im talking about. How interesting that alot of us here don't even wear a watch or care what watch, as long as it tells time.
Im really surprised at some of the comments such as:
"Does anyone really need to know what time it is so badly that they need a CLOCK on their body?"
To me, that is so bizarre. I feel like something is missing if I don't wear a watch. I have to have that extra weight on my wrist or I know something is wrong. As usual I expected to see the cell phone users that use them to tell time too. Going back to the comment though, the same could be said for just about any device we use as luxury items. I could say "Does anyone really need to use the phone that bad that they need to carry it around on their body"?
I have an Omega Seamaster Automatic (2254.50) that I wear every day. Before that I had a Longines Opposition as an every day wearer. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Q) what's more accurate, a watch that's 1 minute fast, or a broken watch?
A) The broken watch, because it shows the right time twice a day, but the fast watch never shows the right time. |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Originally posted by muzza:
Seiko Kinetic - the only Seiko so far. Aren't they a popular brand in the States? I wear a Seiko Sport 100 I got 20 some odd years ago. The kinetics came out a year or two after I got it. Always wanted one but this one keeps on working. I carry a pocket watch every now then, too.
That's a nice watch, Muzza.
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Yeah Colt, It is a nice watch. But I seem to be in the minority here, in that I only own ONE watch, AND I wear it. |
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Location: Gardnerville, NV | I let others wear them for me. |
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Location: SoCal | A few years ago I was all set to spend a grand on something really nice. Then I sobered up and went to Costco. Spent $75 for a Swiss Army watch. I love it. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | "Does anyone really need to use the phone that bad that they need to carry it around on their body"? --Yak
Uh, and Yak... I also tell my friends, "If you ever see me OWNING a cell phone, please shoot me!"
Cuz at that time, I will have violated all my Old-Hippie standards.
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Location: Round Rock, TX | A Gruen from WalMart. I like it 'cause it's still luminous enough to see at 5 or six in the morning. I also like it during the daytime 'cause I always like knowing how late I am. |
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Location: N.J. | Breitling Crosswind. They sent me chocolates and a hat for Xmas the year I bought it. :rolleyes: |
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Location: closely held secret | Seiko digital I bought myself about 15 years ago, and a gold Seiko analog I was recently given as a 10 year gift from work.
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | A $5 special that I can bash around at work and not worry if it gets broken. Not sure of the conversion rate but $5 Australian is probably....not much in $US. Funny thing is I can't play guitar with a watch on |
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Location: south east Michigan | Don't wear one.
There are plenty of other devices around to tell me how late I am. |
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Location: UK - Canterbury Kent | Rolex 16014. Never missed a beat in 20 years. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Many watches have become like cell phones. They do so many other things it makes it difficult to tell what time it is (make a phone call). |
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Location: Central Florida | I've got two Seikos that serve as my "dressy" timepieces, but my everyday watch is one I bought off ebay about a year ago with the, um... CF Martin & Co logo on it. :cool: |
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Location: south east Michigan | For years now I thought I might like a nice, dressy pocket watch.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Yeah, one that is engraved, has a flip-top face, and plays a lullaby when you open it.
That would be cool. The Good, The Bad, and The Redundant. |
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Location: Cherry Hill, NJ | I have a swiss watch, its full of holes..... |
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | I have one that just says "NOW" on the face...no hands. Usually, that's all I need to know. |
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Location: Tucson, AZ | CELLPHONE = a "digital" leash, which I aschew! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | A couple of different Rolies and a Tag, depending on my mood. Aside from my grandfather's ring(and the left hand ring of course) it's the only jewlery I wear. |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | I have no preference, brand-wise, as long as it is operational and allows me to know what time it is when I need it. Currently, I'm wearing a Seiko. |
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Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado | I have 2 Seiko Sports 100s. One is black and one is a gold dress watch. They are over 20 years old and still work great. I also have an old Omega tuning fork watch. (It hums!)
But in reality, I don't wear any of them. Between my cell, my pager, the clock in my van and 20 different devises in the house that also tell time. A wrist watch is seriously redundant.
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Location: Lebanon, TN | Always wear a Seiko Chrono Giugario special design that I got in 1995 to celebrate a big deal. White metal with gold accents. Feel lost with out it.
When I was nursing I used always wear a black plastic Swatch, nice clear white face with proper numbers and luminous hands. Sat pretty flush to my arm and was waterproof which made it excellent for wiping down when it would get splashed with various body fluids, drinks, thrown medications etc. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Longines. Given to me for 20 years at work. Before that I had a Baum & Mercier that I won. Nicest watch I ever had but it was stolen. Have a Citizen somewhere that I'll wear when this one wears out. |
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Location: Taiwan | I want one of those that just says "NOW" on it. That's cool.
Timex Ironman - (They don't sell a half iron man, which I have earned the right to wear.)
I did drop a couple hundred into a Citizen for dressier occasions.
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Location: ranson,wva | 1940's elgin 17 jewel sportsman winder for everday wear,for going out a gold 1960 elgin tank 24 jewel winder....50+yr old watches that keep perfect time...jason |
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Location: CT | Casio Alti-Thermo, must be 20 years old now. I bet it still keeps time as well as those 2,000 dollar showpieces. |
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Location: Reno, NV | Probably...
Watch technology hasn't increased much since quartz was introduced and you don't necessarily get a better time keeper the more you pay. What you do get is heirloom quality construction and materials. Automatic movements are for the "purists". Much the same way that guitar purists think acoustics are the only "real" guitars.
An automatic watch such as Rolex, Omega, etc... which are COSC Certified can gain up to 6 seconds or lose up to 4 in a day. Only a watch that meets these requirements can be called a "chronometer" (not to be confused with chronograph, ie Stopwatch). Within this specification is considered VERY good for a mechanical time keeper. Even the cheaperst quartz blows this certification away in accuracy. |
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Location: CT | Wow. When this one dies, I think I'll save my money and buy another Casio! |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Thick wrists make it hard to find a good watchband. I usually depend on my cell phone or a stranger to tell the time. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by MWoody:
Thick wrists make it hard to find a good watchband. Ain't that the truth.
I have never (not once!) found a metal band that was both comfortable and fit properly so as not to "pop-open." And those expandable metal bands are torturous if you have hair on your wrists.
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Location: NJ | Perhaps something from the "Popeye Collection" . . . |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Or you could talk like a pirate.
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Location: big island | the only time i wear a watch is when i get the seldom chance to go surfing. i lose track of time when i am in the water, which is a blessing and a curse! the blessing is enjoying the waves, the curse comes when i have to face the wife about being in the water so long. i wear a casio g-shock to limit the blessing and foil the curse. we gave up cellphones last year to curb expenses and discovered we are much more content without the "leash". in hawaii, we go by what is known as "hawaiian time". that means you show up when you get there. it is rare for meetings to be on time, even church services! the illegal, immoral IRS does not abide by the hawaiian time protocol, unfortunately. |
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Location: NJ | In the daytime, I go by the Sun.
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Lanaki:
in hawaii, we go by what is known as "hawaiian time". that means you show up when you get there. They use the same time in Africa, except there they call it "ish" time. You know, "I'll be home 6-ish" could be anytime between 6 and 11. Most likely closer to 11, unless you owe them money. |
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Location: Atlanta GA | As my post count will reflect, I hardly ever comment although I read the OFC board nearly every day. I usually feel like I don't have any meaningful input relative to the Ovation discussions. Although I love Ovations, I play and promote them at every occasion I can, I really don't know the intricate details as do many of you. I just know that everybody loves it when I play mine. I consider this as a learning environment. However as my "handle" might reflect, I am into watches. I collect and repair watches as do many of you guitars. Mechanical watches (the wind up kind) are incredable machines that measure time. The history and science of the development of these "chronometers" is fasinating and very similiar to acoustic guitar. Both are based on the physics of vibration control. But imagine if you had to build a guitar that had to play the same note 5 times per second 24/7/365 for years or decades in any temprature, position, environment and could fit on your arm. The same external inputs that make a guitar go out of tune will make a watch lose or gain time.
Probably Too Much Information, but open your watch sometime and look inside. BTW I wear a Rolex GMT, not for show (I wish it had a Timex face) but because it represents the highest level of science relative to a machine that is designed to measure time. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Same thing in some parts of the middle east and in south east asia, when you ask them if they'll be at a meeting, they say en-shal-ha, which means, God Willing. You can never pin them down as to the exact time, unless you owe them money. |
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Location: Snellville, GA | Seiko Kinetic, Seiko Alarm Chrono, Movado. |
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Location: ranson,wva | my elgin 17 jewel is losing time...about a hour a week..guess i need to take it to have a "tune up"...i guess its not bad for a 30+yr old movement...jason |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Watchme22:
As my post count will reflect, I hardly ever comment although I read the OFC board nearly every day. I usually feel like I don't have any meaningful input relative to the Ovation discussions. If you read it every day, you must be aware that 'meaningful input' and 'posting' are rarely seen together round these parts.
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Location: Atlanta GA | Jason
Your Elgin probably just needs a cleaning. 30 years is still young. I have several over 80 years old that are in the 2 second per week range and a mid 1940s Hamilton 992 that is spot on over any time period. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | A 20-yr.-old Timex; only requires a new battery once in awhile.
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Location: ranson,wva | watchme, this elgin in question has had a rough life to put it nicely...the crystal has had a crack in it for years,it finaly opened up today so i took it to the shop for a cleaning and a new crystal. ive got a WWII elgin that keeps perfect time to the second. still havnt found a quartz watch that was taken the abuse my old sporstman has, dustmwater,oil magnitisim..ect...jason |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by an4340:
... they say en-shal-ha, which means, God Willing... It's 'Insh Allah'. (not entirely sure about the spelling of Insh) |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I have four watches, two Swiss Army models for casual, and two Gucci models for business dress. All four are swiss movement pieces, ages range from four years to 22 years. The leather bands don't last, but the time pieces are excellent. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I also own 2 Swiss Armies....1 Titanium and 1 Ltd Ed (100 made) along with a couple of Seikos. Even though they cost much more, the Swiss Armies tend to get the everyday wear while the Seiko watches are more dressy and for show.
Al's comments about the jules jorgenson self winder that he received for graduation sure brought back some memories. That was also the first "real" watch I ever owned and I wore it for many many years before it finally broke and the cost to fix it far outweighed the cost of a new watch. |
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Location: Hong Kong | Used to wear Swatch in weekends but now it's Sony Ericsson K610i. I still wear watches at work & I have a few Cartier's, simply because I like their designs. |
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Location: Reading, PA | Interesting topic, somehow I'm sure it means something. It looks like there are the extremes of no watch, no how, no never and of course the can't live without it(me). Then there's the mid roaders, just give 'em twelve numbers and two maybe three hands and they are good to go.
After wearing a Casio dive watch fro about 15 years, I moved on to a Luminox 8100 series. I like knowing the time all the time. If I wasn't afraid of hurting the Mrs, I'd wear it to bed. This watch glows brightly enough that I can easily see the time in the dark without my glasses. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I just mentioned this thread to my Mom over the phone...
"Guitar Players don't wear watches, do they?"
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Location: Queens, NY | I own several Casio watches, but they always bothered my wrist after a while. I finally gave up on wrist watches altogether, and I now have a Dakota Backpacker Phase 4 that I clip on to my belt loop. It's kind of dorky, but it works for me. |
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Location: ranson,wva | im thinking about getting a new watch. i went to the jewelery store today after my appointment. i found a Bulova that i realy liked. does anyone have any experience with Bulova?
i looked at a lot of nice watches, B&M,Movado,cartier..all nice but out of my price range..lol there was a $900.00 Movado that was cool looking....jason |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | My boss gave me a Lorus sports watch for Christmas and I was feeling good. Two weeks ago he told me there was no work around and I'd have to start looking for another job. At least I know how many hours I've been unemployed. |
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Location: Phoenix, AZ | AKA ALBA.
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Alba's a division of Seiko isn't it?
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Seiko wristwatch my wife bought me when I managed a radio station and needed accuracy to the split second. It's off getting repaired as it gave up the ghost in Mexico a couple weeks ago. (couldn't take the heat, I guess)
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Location: North Carolina | Rich guy that I am, I own TWO Timex Expeditions. I recently replaced the batteries in both of them for $3.79. Life is good. |
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Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma | Never had one.... I pretty much know what time it is...at least close enough...if I don't know it's always fun to ask because it's a great way of meeting people... |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Wonder what kind of watch Louis XVI was using :confused:
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | I picked up this beauty while working in Malaysia. The exchange rate made this watch irresistable.
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Location: Orange County, California | As opposed to??? (I don't consider carrying something in your pocket wearing it) ;) :p ;) :p |
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OT - What kind of watch do you wear?