Anyone else here have too many expensive hobbies? Guns (obviously), watches, wet shaving, cars, guitars, house, wife, child... Not sure it ends there either.
As for watches, not long ago my wife made the mistake of asking if I wanted to replace my old Timex Expedition with a nice dress watch... Down the rabbit hole I went and the my first watch acquisition was an Orient Ray with a blue dial. Next I started to discover an entire world of mid range mechanical watches by small boutique companies like Stowa, Laco, Graf Zeppelin, Shinola, Archimede, Steinheart, etc.
I seem to be stuck on Christopher Ward watches and have a few of them. My most recent one is their Single Pusher Chronograph, which to me is a very elegant watch with a fascinating complication:
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2yes.leitmotiv wrote:Anyone else here have too many expensive hobbies?
my old Timex Expedition
i wear an expedition. takes a lickin' keeps on ...
i'm retired. what's your excuse?
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3I have destroyed more Timex watches in the last 30 years than I care to count.
Couple years ago I found Invicta watches, pretty inexpensive for something pretty nice looking.
Couple years ago I found Invicta watches, pretty inexpensive for something pretty nice looking.
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4Citizen Eco-drive field watches have been my victims of choice the past few years.
My lifestyle dosent allow expensive watches or sunglasses.
My lifestyle dosent allow expensive watches or sunglasses.
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5Mine too. Never having to wind or change batteries is a big plus in my book.Mason wrote:Citizen Eco-drive field watches have been my victims of choice the past few years.
My lifestyle dosent allow expensive watches or sunglasses.
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6That makes three of us.atxgunguy wrote:Mine too. Never having to wind or change batteries is a big plus in my book.Mason wrote:Citizen Eco-drive field watches have been my victims of choice the past few years.
My lifestyle dosent allow expensive watches or sunglasses.
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7The watch above is a mechanical handwind with a 40 hour reserve, so it does require winding.
I have a couple others that were closer to the Invictus pricing that are mecanical automatic watches, so no need for batteries ever.
I've worked in IT for longer than I care to recount and I find something grounding about having a watch that has no electronics on my wrist. Something that works efficiently without programming while offering a bit of elegance.
I have a couple others that were closer to the Invictus pricing that are mecanical automatic watches, so no need for batteries ever.
I've worked in IT for longer than I care to recount and I find something grounding about having a watch that has no electronics on my wrist. Something that works efficiently without programming while offering a bit of elegance.
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8I oscillate between a nice Baum & Mercier, a Cartier Santos, and a cheap, knockabout Seiko
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9Nice taste in watches. My Onega Planet Ocean resides in my gun safe currently. I need to put it back on my wrist.Bucolic wrote:I oscillate between a nice Baum & Mercier, a Cartier Santos, and a cheap, knockabout Seiko
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10Those are some very nice watches.
I'd love to get my hands on an IWC Portuguese or Portifino, but sadly those are way past my pay grade for now. If I won the lottery, I'd probably use a small fraction to get an A. Lange and Sonne Lange 1, used of course.
This one stretched my budget and will probably set back my Gun Aquisition Syndrom for a while...
Anyone want to buy an AR-10 so I can get a CZ Tactical Sport?
I'd love to get my hands on an IWC Portuguese or Portifino, but sadly those are way past my pay grade for now. If I won the lottery, I'd probably use a small fraction to get an A. Lange and Sonne Lange 1, used of course.
This one stretched my budget and will probably set back my Gun Aquisition Syndrom for a while...
Anyone want to buy an AR-10 so I can get a CZ Tactical Sport?
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11My EDC watch for the time being. Still trying to find my Day/Date Perpetual.
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12We hate you...
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13I've stuck with Practical in the watch dept or I'd be all over the place.
I've had a Traser for over ten years and have gone through 3 bands. I like the nato style that is less likely to drop the watch when part of the band gives way.Puffing up is no substitute for smarts but it's a common home remedy
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15Oh, you shouldn't have done this. Watches, we don't need no steenkin' watches. Mechanical watches, another obsession.
60s pre-Tritium Oysterdate
Valjoux 72c triple date, 3 register chronograph
Zenith high beat movement from the 70s
60s pre-Tritium Oysterdate
Valjoux 72c triple date, 3 register chronograph
Zenith high beat movement from the 70s
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Chamber's empty, magazine's full, safety's broken.
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16Hoverta with a hand wound Unitas movement
Movado Kingmatic
Orient Submariner style
Movado Kingmatic
Orient Submariner style
Chamber's empty, magazine's full, safety's broken.
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17Seiko 5
Two, two I say, Revue Thommen Wallstreets
And last, but by no means least, a Soviet Tanker commemorative.
Two, two I say, Revue Thommen Wallstreets
And last, but by no means least, a Soviet Tanker commemorative.
Chamber's empty, magazine's full, safety's broken.
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18You've got some nice pieces Nigel.
Got tired of replacing the rubber bracelet every two years and didn't really care for the look of this watch with the stainless bracelet so when Omega finally made a NATO strap for it I bought one. It really sets this watch off.
Got tired of replacing the rubber bracelet every two years and didn't really care for the look of this watch with the stainless bracelet so when Omega finally made a NATO strap for it I bought one. It really sets this watch off.
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19I have 6 of those, and love them..Mason wrote:Citizen Eco-drive field watches have been my victims of choice the past few years.
My lifestyle dosent allow expensive watches or sunglasses.
You will have to change a battery once in a while. Well, not exactly a battery,but a Solar Storage device.. they are only around $22 and look like and replace just like a battery. I had to replace my first one after 7 years.
This is just my opinion, yours may vary and is no less valid.
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-Me-
I must proof read more
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21I had a new self-winding Vostok that was consistently 5 min behind or ahead. I didn't have to wind it but I was forever resetting it. One of the radioactive glow buttons came loose and jammed beneath a hand. Now it's exactly on time, twice a day.
Puffing up is no substitute for smarts but it's a common home remedy
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22I've always loved mechanical watches, and got into German watches several years ago -- I especially love the ones that are almost comically over-engineered. I have a couple Sinns, a Damasko, a Nomos, and a Stowa. I'll try to snap some pics and post if anyone is still following this thread and interested haha
-Mike
-Mike
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24My dad (who died this past November) collected watches, particularly Seikos. Here's a SBGW033:
He has many others. Some quite old.Hell is where:
The British are the chefs
The Swiss are the lovers
The French are the mechanics
The Italians make everything run on time
And the Germans are the police
The British are the chefs
The Swiss are the lovers
The French are the mechanics
The Italians make everything run on time
And the Germans are the police
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25That's a nice classic piece.
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