OK, so you're a car guy...
 

Are you also a watch guy? (Or lady?)

I wear a Citizen Eco drive aviator. Gave my son my Tag Heuer.

Looking for that perfect watch. Needs to be lighter than this one.

You subject sounds like music

If your geeky the watch needs to do STUFF besides tell time. Texas-Instruments EZ430-CHRONOS-433

Beyond that the watch does not define the man, the man defines the watch.
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I'm more of a Boxster guy than a "car" guy. I have a Casio watch with the band removed that I sometimes use as a pocket watch, when I really need to know what time it is ;). Not much need to know when you're retired :p! I do have to admit to having a weak spot for fine shotguns though, although they don't tell time very well!

Yes, just starting to get "into" watches. I am considering buying a Bell & Ross - I really like the simple/classic look and they are built like a tank.

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My go to watches (as in my only watches) are:

Casio Oceanus OCW600
Jikan Watch Blog: Review of Casio Oceanus OCW-600

I have the leather band. I have been searching for a titanium band, but don't want to buy a whole new watch to get one (and their support laughed at me when I called to try and buy one; they said they stopped making that watch a long time ago :) ) I love this watch.

Invicta Pro Diver Carbon Fiber Blue Ltd edition (or some such name)
Lt. Edition Blue Carbon Fiber Pro Diver | Watch Talk Forums ARCHIVE

This is the watch I wear to the beach and when I am swimming in the rivers and springs here in North FL. Got it for super cheap off eBay (and even new they are still pretty cheap, they have a ridiculous MSRP and sell for like 80%+ off)

My most recent watch is the Padron Tessera, which I got from a Kickstarter campaign:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/padronwatchco/tessera-a-150-meter-25-jewel-mechanical-timepiece?ref=nav_search

Welcome to Padron Watch Company - New, Vintage, and Classic Watches of Distinction

I actually got two of them; I have a stainless with verdigris dial, and I also have a black one with black face. The stainless is the one I have been wearing since I got it, and the black one is new in box, I am going to try and sell it but there is another one on ebay right now so I am waiting for it to sell first. He keeps dropping the price, I may just hold on to it for a few years and if the Padron watch company name takes off, and once the first run of them sell off, then maybe I will sell it. I don't think it is any lighter than your citizen.

If you are looking for light and don't mind quartz (sounds like you don't) you should check out Skagen watches, very thin and light. A friend has one and it is pretty sweet.

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Steve

Last time I was in downtown Seattle I went into a jewelry store that featured Bell & Ross and I was drooling; they are some *seriously* nice watches.

Last Christmas I got this watch for my girlfriend's son, not quite a Bell & Ross but in a similar style... For $15 it was a big hit :)
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Speaking of a Tank - i have always wanted one of the Cartier Tank Watches. Gold with a brown leather band, sapphire othe winding stem.

I have seven Seikos, six of which are Kinetic and one is solar. Two of the Kinetics are the AutoRelay models.

I don't find any of them to be particularly heavy or oversized, but their titanium models are fairly light, however.

Watches are cool. I used to love wearing watches however, I felt that often times that's the first thing people would notice about me. So I stopped wearing them. In the investment business you see a lot of people wearing nice watches ($10K+ rolexes) so my, $500 or so watch just seemed really cheap in comparison and I didn't want it to define me anymore... plus the really big guys don't seem to really wear one...

But, I think my next watch is definitely going to be something that hooks up with my smart phone. I am liking the blue tooth g schock by casio but let's see what the "iWatch" is like.

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Ok, just joking! Probably something more like this (which is going to be very cool);

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I've only been into watches the last few years, but have already accumulated a collection of inexpensive chronographs and a few 'vintage' Tag and Tissot watches. Not a fan of the current 'massive face' watches, way too big for my wrist, and too heavy. I did splurge last year for a Tag Formula 1, which not so coincidentally matches my Seal Grey Box.

I was into watches. I had a special edition Michael Schumacher Omega, a few Tag Heuer and was about to buy a GMT Rolex. Then I snapped out of it before my bank account paid the price of watch fixation. I'm a big fan of the workmanship but not the outrageous margins for mass produced watches. For instance, Rolex make over a million watches a year and for what is basically a $700 watch in the case of Sub, you pay a monstrous mark up. True they hold value, but that's a silly argument for any luxury item, one these watch makers use to make out like bandits. However there are a few watches out there truly are limited in numbers with astonishing workmanship that command huge prices on resale. But those are watches that cost more than a luxury car and have to stay in a glass display box. I saw these AP, RM, etc. watches were popular with the World Cup soccer players via their Instagram postings.

I don't even wear a metallic watch anymore. I use a Polar Loop activity tracker that has an LED display for time, steps, calories consumed, % of daily activity. It pairs with a heart rate strap via bluetooh. Unfortunately its not ANT+ which would interface better with smartphone apps and bike computer headunits but that's another story.


Steve0x, I have one of those Invicta Rolex "homage" watches too. It's an automatic with a Sellita movement (who supply ETA).
I think I paid $220 for it on that WorldofWatches site from Florida. It was a flawless beater watch. It keeps excellent time.
I also bought a Rotary Mecanique for like $200 from them as well. Pretty insane prces for Swiss made watches.
Just shows you how marked up all these watches are. It's worse than the mattress industry.

I have a 100 dollar relic from khols or sears, I can not remember. Wouldnt mind a few more fairly cheap watches haha, I like it for its purpose and it can add to a look, wouldnt mind owning a few more. Do not think I would ever personally justify spending alot on a "good" one. Just a few different styles of analog watches is all I would need.

The only thing worthy of a Porsche is a nice Swiss watch. I love my 1986-vintage Rolex Oyster Datejust Perpetual. It is simple, runs like nothing other, and timeless. Much like the 986: simple, compared to newer Pcars....runs like nothing other (well, my S anyway ;o) )...and oh so timeless....

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I don't wear a watch mostly, but there are quite a few cool inovations out there

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Ceros touch screen watch
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Android touch screen phone/watch/camera
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Projected time
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Wrist Computers
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All the big boys in my area wear Panerai !

So here's my car guy/bicycle guy collection. From the left, first is my Citizen Mille Miglia "tribute" great watch, and the rubber band has a tire tread. Next is a Festina Tour de France. All titanium, no EPO or other PEDs. Then it's a super light carbon fibre Swatch. And finally, old faithful, my Suunto Vector. Lots of memories with that one. http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1404864038.jpg

Yup.

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I used to live in Beijing we would go to Silk Alley every weekend and buy watches which of course were copies. There were a lot of beautiful watches and if you knew what to look for you could get some really nice ones. I probably had 50 or so at one time but eventually gave them all away. I haven't wore a watch in years since I started using smartphones.

Rick

I don't own a watch. No interest at all.

My cell phone tells time just fine.


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Yep. Total vintage watch nerd. Particularly with Omegas. Latest is a '68 Omega Dynamic with a brown and grey face and original Omega band. Self high-five. Watches-to-buy-dot-com. Bad bad bad addiction feeder for those that love vintage watches. No affiliation.

Get a Sub and be done with it.

I'm with you on this one. I've rarely worn a watch ever since I started carrying a cell phone. I used to wear long sleeved dress shirt and use to hate wearing a watch since the long sleeve would always get caught on the watch.

However, I do own several watches and one I do cherish is the one that came with my car. I've ony used this once.



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Meh. Dunno. Have one. Never wear it. Do wear a Datejust quite a bit. Not sure why I like it more than the Sub. Still....oldie Omegas are the best/fun.

For me my grail Omegas would be the original Constellation (pie pan dial) and pre-moon Speedy Pro. Both are incredibly overpriced now due to high demand. :(

Love 'em watches. My mission is to get 1 of each brand that I like. Only mechanicals for me. I like my cars German and my watches Swiss!

Unfortunately, I stopped at 4...when I got my Box. Need to save up budget for possible repairs! The wife allows only 1 high maintenance hobby at a time!

Since you guys seem to be some watch gurus, do you guys have any suggestions for a decent durable watch under $400. I'm not too big on watches aside from a few g-shocks(I'm young.lol) and a vintage Seiko from Saudi Arabia from my father. I'm basically looking for something I can wear to the beach then wear to dinner afterwards and not feel stupid about having a plastic watch looking on my wrist.

Some pretty cool member here is making & selling those beauties. Your support would be appreciated!

Contact member MitchSF for a fellow boxster deal (I'm only guessing!)

http://www.ocean7watchco.com/store/

No watch for me, cheap or expensive. I have a bad habit of banging things that are on my wrists. Ultimately this leads to breakage or loss.

there goes my watch

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And this is what it looks/feels like when you crank it

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Thanks, Timco, for acknowledging the possibility of a watch lady. ;)

I have one watch, but it's a favorite, and it took months to actually locate and purchase. I have a Cartier Basculante, which is a variation on the classic Cartier tank watches. It's a reissue of an original design from the 1930's. Unfortunately, the women's size was only made in quartz. :(

Form Follows Form: The Cartier Tank Basculante - Part 1 - TimeZone
Scroll down for the movie, it does cool stuff.

I don't pine after a Patek or any of the other big brands, but I do very much enjoy my unique watch, which goes unnoticed 99.9% of the time.

I'm going for this look :D :

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^Women who wear Cartier (be it quartz or mechanical) have great taste.

I have a bunch of watches and love to find a deal on quality pieces. I am a big fan of Citizen Eco drive. Latest finds are the Swiss made Zodiac Racer for the car geek. Carbon face, Ti case, and race pedal buttons : ) My other daily watch is a TechnoMarine Cruise Chrono. I do plan to buy a smart watch someday but they need to have a classic look to it and not the computer look they seem to have now. http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1404917320.jpg

Here's the problem with that price point. Most watch brands (that advertise) are not going to sell you a movement (the heart of the watch) that is anything more than $5-$20 produced by the tens of hundreds of thousands unless you spend over a grand or so.

Yes, for $400, all the way up to $~1,000 like in the case of names like Tag Heuer, the big watch brands are selling you a 'throw away' quartz engine. Throw away meaning the cost to repair is easily greater than the cost to simply swap in a new battery powered movement. And no matter who makes the movement, the Swiss, Japan or China, it will never cost more than ~$20 make a quartz movement. Actually way less when you factor in mass production. Which means you are paying an insane mark up for the case, cheap glass, and bracelet. So don't spend a lot on these you're not getting much value. You're just paying for a ton of advertising and celebrity spokes models. But don't feel too bad, once you get into the higher end automatic movements (doesn't require a battery) then the mark ups become obscene. Take for instance the automatic chronograph seen on many $1,500 to $3,000 watches by nearly every mid to high end brand. That's probably $50-$150 "off the shelf" movement, meaning it wasn't produced in-house. They simpy ordered it from a supplier, put their own brand on it, made a few very minor decorative changes and presto.... $2,000 - $3,000 watch. That's the watch industry in a nutshell.

So if you're okay with wearing a quartz watch (the $5 movement) then I would simply suggest looking on the discount websites like Overstock and WorldofWatches (they have their own cable channel I think in Florida markets) and pick a watch with a decent warranty, typically the watches that say Swiss Made on the dial, that means that as a % of parts and labor a majority (but not all) was manufactured/assembled in Switzerland. If no country is listed on the dial then it means its made in China so be careful about overpaying more than you already are. Especially the quartz chronographs, even if Swiss Made it's most likely an ETA G10 movement which costs about $10-$20 to make which the brands use as justification to double, or triple the price of the watch yet they're not really using any better materials for the rest of watch like the case or glass.

Some of these Luminox (Swiss Made) are as cheap as $200-$300 and seem to fit an active person.

I checked out the site and going to be keeping this in mind thank you!



Yeah an automatic is what Iwas looking around for. After having my father's old Seiko auto, the movement and the feel of it surpasses any quartz that's in my price range at the moment. I appreciate this input very much. I'll probably hold off on a watch until next year so I can find something I'm absolutely crazy about rather then just settling. I can't justify spending $2000 on a watch right now since that money is going into a new suspension for the box.lol

I can't justify spending $2,000 on an automatic $100 movement no matter how flush with cash I may be. And no way in hell can I justify spending $5,000 on a watch with essentially a $700 movement and parts no matter how good the resale. Watch branding imho has always been about 'status' but you don't really get the engineering (in most cases) to justify the luxury pricing. Most are simply made on a high tech assembly line just like the quartz watches, there's little old school workmanship like on a Franck Muller Tourbillon for instance or cutting-edge stuff like on this insane Dubuis with four balance wheels..

But I get the collectors, at least they are dealing with finite, hard to come by quantities. But the problem with collections is that the more you use the more you hurt the value of that collectible.

Invicta seems to be the only budget brand out there that will put a Swiss Made automatic movement into an inexpensive watch. It does the job for $200-$300, some of their watches are even COSC certified as far as keeping time but probably not worth the mark up for that seal. And I wouldn't put too much faith in the warranty of any automatic watch at that price point, so don't drop it. :D

+1 on the submariner

Look at Invicta. You can get some great deals on shopnbc. They still have normal size watches. Too many places just have the ginormous oversized ones now

Invicta makes some really nice automatic models that are reasonable priced
A lot of them have sapphire crystals as well

I have Had a few for many years and they work great