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Post by LandieMark on Jul 25, 2017 21:21:46 GMT
Prompted by johnc elsewhere, I have always liked my watches, but have never spent a lot (relatively). I don't own a Breitling or Tag etc. I have used an Apple Watch ⌚️ from last year which I have enjoyed, but as I am starting to get seriously active, it's basic fitness tracking wasn't enough and the Strava compatibility was unreliable. I have splashed out a bit and bought a Garmin Fenix 5X (I've had a Garmin previously for running and found it useful). It's a nice bit of kit and the heart rate monitor is a lot better than the Apple; it has the advantage of its own GPS and long life between charges. Looks more like a watch too. I'm not overly fussed about a touch screen (more of a pain if I'm honest) and the constant notifications were starting to piss me off.  I've got a few more traditional items, but I haven't worn any of them for a good long while. Feel free to add to this if you wish. |
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Post by johnc on Jul 26, 2017 6:47:45 GMT
Does that also double up as a golf GPS device? Garmin now seem to make watches that perform almost every function you might ever need.
I still wear this every day. It is solar powered, corrects its time from the atomic clock every night and can change time zones automatically. In terms of an accurate, no hassle timekeeper, it is perfect.
I have a Tag 6000 watch and a Longines Flagship which I no longer wear and I have a serious irrational want for a Rolex or an Omega. Common sense has stopped me spending £5K or £6K a few times but I feel weakness when I am near a nice mechanical watch.
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Post by LandieMark on Jul 26, 2017 7:05:53 GMT
I used to have an Ecodrive. It was only a £40 thing but I really liked it. Unfortunately I dropped it on a hard floor and it smashed.
The Garmin does have a golf widget and maps and courses are downloadable.
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Post by ChrisM on Jul 26, 2017 7:15:12 GMT
I posted before (not sure if it wa here or the old place) of the Ecodrive £450 watch I got for £104 in Swindon at a clearance sale at the start of this year.
I also maked the passing of my father, using some of the money left in a life insurance policy to buy one of the Red Arrows Ecodrive things late last year in the sales, £350 instead of what is now around £550. Always had a desire to own a Red Arrows watch; I'd rather I didn't have it and dad was still alive and healthy....
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Post by Boxer6 on Jul 26, 2017 7:49:50 GMT
Another Eco-Drive owner here; I have it on today in fact, after changing from my Fossil watch at the weekend. I also have my Elliot Brown I bought last year and a couple of Storm's for when I feel a little bit "quirky"!
Herself bought me a Raymond Weil a number of years ago now, but I very rarely wear it as I consider it to be a "dress" watch and we don't go out enough to wear it often! |
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Post by Blarno on Jul 26, 2017 8:51:35 GMT
I break watches for fun - I won't spend more than a tenner on one.
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Post by humphreythepug on Jul 26, 2017 9:15:59 GMT
Samsung Galaxy Gear S3 here; after initially being a bit sceptical about Smart Watches I think I am converted, it does enough for me in terms of functionailty, particularly with excercise and I love the built in GPS, it was interesting mapping my dog walk yesterday, even though it had to be cut short due to my 18yo struggling at 1.5 miles going up an (admittedly very steep) incline!!
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Post by Tim on Jul 26, 2017 10:17:27 GMT
I'm wearing a Seiko Kinetic (presumably the same idea as the EcoDrive?).
I've got 2 of them, the oldest being 12 1/2 years now and still 100% reliable.
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Post by LandieMark on Jul 26, 2017 10:40:31 GMT
I'm wearing a Seiko Kinetic (presumably the same idea as the EcoDrive?). I've got 2 of them, the oldest being 12 1/2 years now and still 100% reliable. Kinetic works on movement a bit like Rolex Perpetual. Eco Drive is solar powered through the watch face which keeps the internal battery charged. |
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Post by racingteatray on Jul 26, 2017 11:26:16 GMT
I do like a nice watch, but absent a lottery win, I am more than happy with the two decent automatic watches I already have. Most of the time I wear a Rolex Milgauss, which I like because it's a very simple overall design but with a little twist from the orange lightning bolt hand and the green glass. However, I also have the below TAG Heuer Carrera chronograph (which I happen to be wearing today). Both were bought duty-free in London while I was living in Russia. I'm very glad I bought them when I did because the RRP of the Milgauss is now over 50% higher than when I bought mine, and an equivalent new Carrera chronograph in steel and gold is well over double what I paid for mine, which also means that both of mine are still worth pretty much what I paid for them.
Apart from that, I also have the Hamilton Khaki that my father gave me when I was about 14, a chunky Pirelli PZero Tempo he also gave me some years later, a little 1920s Hamilton gold dress watch and three or four Swatches.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 12:56:23 GMT
My Seiko Kinetic died the other week and I had been keeping it going by using a toothbrush charger, but sent it off to be mended yesterday. I now have a naked wrist, as I don't own another watch and it feels weird.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 13:05:17 GMT
I also have an Eco-Drive and love it.
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Post by Tim on Jul 26, 2017 13:11:52 GMT
My Seiko Kinetic died the other week and I had been keeping it going by using a toothbrush charger, but sent it off to be mended yesterday. I now have a naked wrist, as I don't own another watch and it feels weird.
How do you do that? Mine doesn't appear to have any means of using external power.
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Post by LandieMark on Jul 26, 2017 13:22:30 GMT
A toothbrush charger is induction based, so I suppose you put it against the back of the watch.
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Post by Tim on Jul 26, 2017 13:25:53 GMT
I'm not sure that would charge it - shaking certainly makes you aware that there's a weight rocking back & forth. I reckon the best way to recharge it would be to have it on the relevant wrist if you were having a tug  |
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Post by LandieMark on Jul 26, 2017 13:27:07 GMT
 . I'm guessing there is a coil in there somewhere for the power to be stored.
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Post by racingteatray on Jul 26, 2017 13:38:44 GMT
Both of mine have movements that keep going for about 48hrs after you take them off, and a good shake gets them going again. But we do have also one of those electrically powered watch winders where you mount the watch on a pad and the machine periodically rocks it left and right to charge the automatic mechanism. I got it as a freebie at some point.
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Post by Tim on Jul 26, 2017 15:00:08 GMT
The Seiko ones will run for a few weeks after you stop wearing them, you can tell how much charge you have by pressing the button above the winder.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 15:52:54 GMT
A toothbrush charger is induction based, so I suppose you put it against the back of the watch. Yup. The watch stops, I stick it on the charger, the hands whiz round to the correct time and it starts ticking again. Leave it on there overnight and it'll run for 4-5 days. |
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Post by PetrolEd on Jul 27, 2017 13:23:27 GMT
I've got a Christoper Ward Trident Pro which is basically a copy of a submariner with a swiss movement in it but at 20% of the price. I've also got a nice Tag that I had for my 21st which gets worn still. I keep flirting with the idea of a Panerai but worry its a bit showy for everyday, well that and the cost is daft but then good watches, shouldn't lose too much money. www.govbergwatches.com/shop/pre-owned-panerai-luminor-1950-gmt-pam-531/ |
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Post by Tim on Jul 27, 2017 14:04:00 GMT
That Panerai would be much nicer without the semi-circle bit around the winder.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2017 15:33:32 GMT
Keep seeing these GWC watches advertised in some of the car mags. No idea of they're any good or not, but they look smart and are ridiculously cheap.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2017 15:39:53 GMT
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Post by racingteatray on Jul 27, 2017 16:38:10 GMT
If it's any consolation, I just dropped my Rolex off at Watches of Switzerland for a rather overdue service...£505 and takes 4-6 weeks...
Ouch.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2017 17:03:24 GMT
I have a Casio Circa £40 and a decent Seiko but I do not wear a watch now, no need for it really. Some of those pictured here are nice but what is the point of expensive brands?
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Post by Stuntman on Jul 27, 2017 20:07:47 GMT
^^^ The point is they are objects of lust and desire for some. Male jewellery.
I don't own an expensive watch but would love a Tag Heuer Monaco.
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Post by Andy C on Jul 27, 2017 20:22:43 GMT
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Post by johnc on Jul 28, 2017 10:12:21 GMT
If it's any consolation, I just dropped my Rolex off at Watches of Switzerland for a rather overdue service...£505 and takes 4-6 weeks... Ouch. That's the one thing that puts me off expensive mechanical watches. My Eco-Drive cost me half the cost of your service. |
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Post by racingteatray on Jul 28, 2017 10:40:29 GMT
If it's any consolation, I just dropped my Rolex off at Watches of Switzerland for a rather overdue service...£505 and takes 4-6 weeks... Ouch. That's the one thing that puts me off expensive mechanical watches. My Eco-Drive cost me half the cost of your service. That was my point.
Although on the other hand, I bought it in 2009 and this is the first time I'm servicing it. Plus, it should apparently come back from Rolex not only mechanically serviced, but also with all the scratches and scuffs polished out and restored to close to its original glory.
Equally, I could have saved a lot of money by just taking it around the corner to one of the watch specialists in Hatton Garden who say their workshops are Rolex-trained, but I do prefer to do things properly if I can afford to.
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