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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.
What watch brands do you wear? |
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Location: South of most, North of few | None |
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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: ms | Timex-expedition from wally world. |
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Location: Chicago | Motorola v551. |
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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.
That way I can save the money for other things like cameras, guitars, etc. |
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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: Texas | Rolex Submariner |
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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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OT - What kind of watch do you wear?
