Who wears a watch these days? - Page 9

**Schwenck** · February 7th, 2019, 12:38 AM

I wear an Omega Constellation, bought by my gorgeous wife for my 50th Birthday.

**muggly** · February 7th, 2019, 09:14 AM

I wear a Camel Trophy Adventurers watch which was bought for me by my wife for a special birthday 20 years ago, and it still looks good ,although the stopwatch button is now stuck. I have worn a watch since I was 14 so over 40 years including those with dangerous radioactive dials to make them luminous. My mate talked me into wearing it with the face on the inside of my wrist which has reduced the potential damage to the glass. When I was without it for a week I felt my wrist was naked.

meikleriggs · February 7th, 2019, 09:20 AM

I wear a Christophe Ward C60 GMT most days but do rotate it with a CW C60 at least a couple of days a week.

**Brecht** · February 7th, 2019, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Schwenck

I wear an Omega Constellation, bought by my gorgeous wife for my 50th Birthday.

Those are very expensive. My ultimate dream watch is the Omega Speedmaster which is worn by astronauts and was the first watch on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission. No one makes a watch like the Swiss.

Mike179906 · February 8th, 2019, 11:19 AM

Ii always wanted one of those self winding watches, but my wife said it would get confusing because the date would read December 99th 3510

kimba123 · February 8th, 2019, 03:29 PM

walmart $14:95

**buttsie** · February 8th, 2019, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by buttsie

You want the time you turn your wrist - to easy

Mobile phone screens are next to useless for reading the time quickly

You can play around with the contrast , buy a glare proof extras to try and shade it

or

just wear an old fashioned watch with hands - no effort required

Progress doesnt mean throwing out stuff that only does a few things

melies · February 8th, 2019, 09:10 PM

I have a "minions" watch that my fab grandson bought for me!

DiegoJames · February 8th, 2019, 09:30 PM

Haven't worn a watch since I was 14 (in the 70s). Read an article with Scottish singer Alex Harvey in which he bemoaned watches as 'demanding you chased time'. And I stopped wearing one. What he said made sense. (I wasn't a huge fan either....not like I was following a musical hero's lead)

The tragedy was he died shortly thereafter from a heart attack....almost as if he was rushing around in the trap of 'time'.

**muggly** · February 8th, 2019, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by melies

I have a "minions" watch that my fab grandson bought for me!

That's so COOL . well jealous

February 7th, 2019, 12:38 AM	#81
Schwenck Vintage Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 724 Thanks: 22,659 Thanked 9,747 Times in 726 Posts	I wear an Omega Constellation, bought by my gorgeous wife for my 50th Birthday. __________________ Schwenck

February 7th, 2019, 09:14 AM	#82
muggly Vintage Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: England Posts: 707 Thanks: 2,443 Thanked 6,630 Times in 683 Posts	I wear a Camel Trophy Adventurers watch which was bought for me by my wife for a special birthday 20 years ago, and it still looks good ,although the stopwatch button is now stuck. I have worn a watch since I was 14 so over 40 years including those with dangerous radioactive dials to make them luminous. My mate talked me into wearing it with the face on the inside of my wrist which has reduced the potential damage to the glass. When I was without it for a week I felt my wrist was naked.

February 7th, 2019, 09:20 AM	#83
meikleriggs Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 55 Thanks: 253 Thanked 1,347 Times in 53 Posts	I wear a Christophe Ward C60 GMT most days but do rotate it with a CW C60 at least a couple of days a week.

February 8th, 2019, 11:19 AM	#85
Mike179906 Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 97 Thanks: 4,806 Thanked 1,211 Times in 83 Posts	Ii always wanted one of those self winding watches, but my wife said it would get confusing because the date would read December 99th 3510

February 8th, 2019, 03:29 PM	#86
kimba123 Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 38 Thanks: 45 Thanked 227 Times in 35 Posts	walmart $14:95

February 8th, 2019, 09:10 PM	#88
melies Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 85 Thanks: 22,132 Thanked 2,342 Times in 75 Posts	I have a "minions" watch that my fab grandson bought for me!

February 8th, 2019, 09:30 PM	#89
DiegoJames Member Join Date: Feb 2018 Posts: 40 Thanks: 46 Thanked 733 Times in 39 Posts	Haven't worn a watch since I was 14 (in the 70s). Read an article with Scottish singer Alex Harvey in which he bemoaned watches as 'demanding you chased time'. And I stopped wearing one. What he said made sense. (I wasn't a huge fan either....not like I was following a musical hero's lead) The tragedy was he died shortly thereafter from a heart attack....almost as if he was rushing around in the trap of 'time'.