What's on your wrist today?
Better yet, what's your recent watch acquisition?
Being a car guy, for some reason, watches resonate with me. I love unique watches. Some are mainstream some are one offs that take some imagination to like.
My more recent acquisitions:
A new GS watch in Blue, I am digging blue recently for some reason.
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This one is bumming me out, I purchased it about 5 months ago and it died this weekend, need to chase down warranty info and see if can be serviced. I wanted a Monaco, this was my poor mans version a B&R and now it stopped running.
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Some cheaper watches that have some cool qualities about them.
Egard makes this watch, it is pretty stunning in person, really well built nice movement and a good price. Recently all the movie stars asked for their likeness to be removed from their website. I was going to put a link it may offend some so I will refrain.
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Another Egard, this one was designed with the help of Captain Kirk (Shatner) and has the Webb telescope prominently displayed.
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Another space watch, this one has some moon dust in the face. It was a limited run and I have all the paperwork authenticating the moon dust.
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I also picked up a used Breitling watch that was about 50% off its normal retail because it had some scuffs on the back.
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This reminds me that I have collected a few Duboise Depraz 8510 chronograph parts for your father's Viceroy 1163. I'm not sure I have enough to make a functional chronograph yet, but I always look for parts when I'm talking with a jeweler or antique store that deals in watches.
This is pretty much the only watch I wear these days.
Now that I'm retired, so are my watches!
Prior to that I wore an oyster perpetual in gold/ss and a SS quartz, my daily is a Swiss Army watch.
Most people just look at their phone to tell the time these days, but those who wear one seem to wear those giant dial watches!
I actually use mine and I know this because when the battery died recently I kept looking at a dead watch. Traveling around the planet often times I lose track of days. The thing with the watch I wear is it gives me what day it is and the date. I leave it set to home time and my phone gives me local time wherever I may be. I've thought about buying the same watch with a different color face.
Well lol, I got looking on their website and made a different watch for myself. Thanks Jim :cheesy:
Those are pretty cool - they sure have a LOT of styles......and they're not that much money.
Dan I purchased the same watch for my FIL as a gift years ago, he never has it off his wrist.
Can the battery be changed on it?
Quote from: Jims5543 on September 03, 2024, 04:41:01 PMDan I purchased the same watch for my FIL as a gift years ago, he never has it off his wrist.
Can the battery be changed on it?
Yeah it's as simple to change as a metal watch. I had a similar one I probably wore for 10 years but the face fell off and the place that repaired it did a bad job. I replaced it with the first one I posted. Here's the back showing the backplate.
New watch showed up.
Quote from: jeff10049 on September 02, 2024, 08:08:13 PMThis reminds me that I have collected a few Duboise Depraz 8510 chronograph parts for your father's Viceroy 1163. I'm not sure I have enough to make a functional chronograph yet, but I always look for parts when I'm talking with a jeweler or antique store that deals in watches.
I would love to know what you have and what you want for it.
My Grandfather gave me the Viceroy, I still have it. Sad story, I purchased a Viceroy from a guy in Belgium, it was perfect slight patina and looked great. One evening about a year ago I was taking it off, it slipped out of my hand and I dropped it on a tile floor from about 3 feet up. A hand fell off on the dial and its not running.
I have put off taking it in for repair because I am afraid I am getting bad news. Its my favorite watch. Let me know what you have and if you want to sell it I may be interested.
It's just a plain Citizen but I love it. Had it 6 years now and it's a little beat up because I wear it daily. The bands wear out, but the watch keeps going. I love the Eco-Drive function which means it never needs a battery. I've actually thought of buying another one just to have it in reserve in case this one dies someday. I like it that much.
I love a nice knock around watch. Nice Nato band on there as well. I like that sharp black face too, I did not know those never needed batteries. I am guessing its a quartz movement which = zero maintenance. I am trying to remember if I have a Citizen, I do not think I do.
I know I have a cool little GMT style Timex that I will wear to work a lot.
I posted about this watch on here years ago. I have this REC watch I wear a lot. Its more of my knock around watch. I wear it most. I bought it years ago when I first bought the Pickup.
Its face is the body of a classic Mini. This was the first watch REC Watches made. Back then they gave you paper literature, I have a copy of the title of the donor car that that the face is made from and a little story about a past owner of the car.
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