watches?? anyone like them?
- Thread starter Mike P
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although I appreciate a nice wristwatch, I got out of the habit of wearing one when I worked on computers every day.
These days, clocks are everywhere anyway. On my cellular phone, and my dashboard.
I do have a nice wristwatch that I wear to weddings.. and two fake Rolexes that a buddy brought back from a trip to China.
they're terrible.
I also have one of these little beauties sitting on my desk here at work:
These days, clocks are everywhere anyway. On my cellular phone, and my dashboard.
I do have a nice wristwatch that I wear to weddings.. and two fake Rolexes that a buddy brought back from a trip to China.
they're terrible.I also have one of these little beauties sitting on my desk here at work:
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Stone17
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Nice watch and clock!
I love watches and clocks!
Here are my watches, not much, gimmic and old watches, I've collected through the years.
Lef to right, my Lionel watch, fake Rolex, various old watches, Machine watch, and Shepards watch.
The watche on the right looks cool.
BadSax
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I have a small collection that includes passed on family members watches from prior generations.
Here's what I usually wear when out on the town:
TAG WK1120 (I do not have a actual picture of it so I borrowed this one)
Here's a pic of my latest acquisition that I wear most of the time:
Vintage 1952 Omega
Here's what I usually wear when out on the town:
TAG WK1120 (I do not have a actual picture of it so I borrowed this one)
Here's a pic of my latest acquisition that I wear most of the time:
Vintage 1952 Omega
very cool, where did you get that?
nice Mike I will take a pic of my watch box, I got some g-shocks mainly, a couple of Fossil PDA watches (was collecting the series) most pictured on this site here
http://www.conradshome.com/wristpda/images/index.php
I have these ones;
and still want/need these to complete collection;
while there is no real reason and their battery life was their downfall, thus the new NANO watch. I still like them though. Here is watch box, the two top ones on left are the classiest ones, one is a Mavado and the other is a Daniel Steiger.
and I have this one in my locker at work, I wear it while working
Mark8Murder
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Just getting into them, this is my first "real" purchase. It's a U-boat Flight Deck 43
Very nice collections, all of them. I just love this stuff.
Mike, That Omega is fantastic. Something like that would definitely get me back to wearing one on a daily basis. Simple and clean. Pure class.
Mike P, my desk clock is the "ice tube" clock kit purchased from adafruit.com. I picked it up about a year ago. it's based on an old Russian VFD tube. sweet stuff. Actually, "Ladyada", who designed the kit, is featured in this month's Wired magazine.
Mike, That Omega is fantastic. Something like that would definitely get me back to wearing one on a daily basis. Simple and clean. Pure class.
Mike P, my desk clock is the "ice tube" clock kit purchased from adafruit.com. I picked it up about a year ago. it's based on an old Russian VFD tube. sweet stuff. Actually, "Ladyada", who designed the kit, is featured in this month's Wired magazine.
tbirddmnd
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Seiko "Astronaut" for me!
Seiko "Astronaut" for me!
MikeP - I also have that same exact Casio Pathfinder watch - it's HUGE!
I love digitals, especially Seiko digitals. Unfortunately here in the digital age they no longer make their once-great LCDs, only analog. Pictured here below are 2 watches that I have, the venerable Seiko A829 series. These watches were the favored watches of the NASA space shuttle astronauts of the early to mid 1980s. It has a rotary bezel, you simply turn the dial to bring up the desired function. Looks cool, but Seiko only produced these from 1982 to 1984. I wish they'd bring these back! I have several of each, plus parts, and they still run great and look new!
Seiko "Astronaut" for me!
MikeP - I also have that same exact Casio Pathfinder watch - it's HUGE!
I love digitals, especially Seiko digitals. Unfortunately here in the digital age they no longer make their once-great LCDs, only analog. Pictured here below are 2 watches that I have, the venerable Seiko A829 series. These watches were the favored watches of the NASA space shuttle astronauts of the early to mid 1980s. It has a rotary bezel, you simply turn the dial to bring up the desired function. Looks cool, but Seiko only produced these from 1982 to 1984. I wish they'd bring these back! I have several of each, plus parts, and they still run great and look new!
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This is one my dad gave me a few years ago. Tissot Chronograph from the late 60 - early 70s.
This is a stock photo too, not mine. More pics here.
The crystal on mine is badly scratched and I've been trying to find someone with a replacement. There's a Swiss watch authorized repair center local to me who couldn't do anything with it, but I since found an online guy who may be able to replace it.
This is a stock photo too, not mine. More pics here.
The crystal on mine is badly scratched and I've been trying to find someone with a replacement. There's a Swiss watch authorized repair center local to me who couldn't do anything with it, but I since found an online guy who may be able to replace it.
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cool I will check it out, I subscribe to wired so I will also check that out. Thanks
Yea it is pretty big, but I have big body parts, so it works, lol. Those rotary ones are cool, may have to get one off ebay.
a couple of my g-shock watches that are solar, the black/dark blue one is a metal band and really nice, it is solar and the other black one my kids got me is too.
Tissot is very nice brand, I have a list of thousand dollar watches I want, one day!!
I've tried plastic polish but there are some deep gouges that just won't come out without major removal of material. The Swiss watch repair shop I took it to said they would "try" to polish it out, but insisted that they be able to remove it from the case, and wanted $395 for a total overhaul of the watch in the mean time. The watch works perfectly, so I said no thanks.
I'm going to give this guy a shot and see what he can do. He says he can replace crystals for a reasonable fee, but I might see what he can do as far as restoring the case itself too.
did you try contacting Tissot directly?