analogue or digital?

[rlg118]

I believe that answers it.

[kenshabby2000]

When I was at school I only wanted a Digital watch, one that had an alarm, then I got one with a calculator which was amazing (at that time, early 80s),

Now I only like analogue watches, especially the chronograph ones.

[ellias]

I have a Timex digital and it's the only watch I've worn on my wrist since the late 70s. I'm so used to a digital face and its accuracy that I hesitate to go to anything more fashionable. I will periodically reset it to a satellite time keeper if I need to be really accurate, as in the case of bidding for an on-line auction item. I've looked at newer Timex' as the crystal of mine has a slight crack but most of them are made of black plastic while mine is chrome.

[squigg58]

Originally Posted by luddite

I have 2 old Seiko 5 self-winding analog watches

I've got an old Seiko Quartz analogue. It must be about 20 years old and is only the fourth watch I've ever owned. It keeps good time, and that's all I want from a watch. I don't need to time things to a hundredth, or even a tenth of a second ... I couldn't care less if it's the sort of watch worn by pilots or F1 drivers ... and as for knowing what time it is elsewhere; if anyone ever asks me what time it is in Macau, I'll give them the same answer as I would if they asked me what the weather was in Macau. "Don't know. Don't care. I'm not in Macau!"

Years ago I won a fairly fancy digital watch which I wore once and then gave away because I didn't like it. I just find it so much more convenient to glance at a watch and see that it's "nearly twenty-to", than it is to read a load of figures and be told it's 23:38:46.

Then again, I can't remember the last occasion I needed to know what time it was to the nearest second!

[kenshabby2000]

In the mid 1990s I went crazy for Swatch watches, brought loads, even started to do my own designs and sent them to Swatch, they did'nt use any, but sent me loads of free stuff like t-shirts, stickers and a cool pen.

[Meini Hirion]

It might have something to do with spacial-geography or whatever it's called, but I prefer a glance at a pie-chart and know instantly how much time I have for a task or catching a bus, without the mental arithmatic needed for a digital readout.

[anotherl33cher]

Analog, although battery powered

People are obsessed about brands - if I could pick any I want, I'd take one from companies that used to make... gauges for WW2 aircraft :]

[palo5]

I haven't owned a watch since 1976. Never had a problem

But sometimes I forget what day it is, and even how old I am

[Nobody1]

Of course, analogue. If I have to choose between the simple pragmatism of a digital watch and the technical brilliance of a handcrafted masterpiece I will always choose the latter. Well, that's my curse. A caviar taste. With a sandwich wallet.

I own a Glashütte/SA Automatic. My pride and joy. Bought in former East Germany for a fistful of mark. Today, Glashütte/SA is associated with the tradition of the company A.Lange & Söhne and represents an unaffordable item of luxury.

http://www.alange-soehne.com/

My choice would be this model. If I could as I wanted.

Richard Lange Tourbillon 'Pour le Mérite' / A. Lange & Söhne.

http://www.alange-soehne.com/zeitmes...e/introduction

The caliber is an technical jewel and just beautiful.

And here is the finest chronometer I know. John Harrison's H4, built in 1760. An absolute masterpiece of a genius.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ha...t_Marine_Watch

I'm no expert, but I have an innate passion for technological excellence. Watchmaking in the traditional sense is for me one of the most demanding professions in terms of technological aesthetics. I know, today most parts are CNC machine-made. Nonetheless I admire these people.

Being poor just sucks. Sometimes.

[richardoe]

John Harrison is a hero of mine, he made a chronometer that was accurate to a third of a second a day and that was almost 300 years ago! And when I first joined up we had Hamilton chronometers that were made in wwii, I wished Id helped myself to one!