Watch Talk

[rockcasbah]

My thing with watches started on my 11th birthday, when Dad gave me my first watch, a Timex wind up in gold tone with champagne dial.

Still have it, along with many more.

I still look to my wrist for the time most of the time.

 

[Jada59]

Got my first at age 8. Silver Timex with a gray leather band. Wind up kind. I was allergic to the metal and had to cover it with clear nail polish.

My current watch is also a Timex. This one has a pink leather band. It still works but I haven't worn it in years. Nobody seems to wear a watch any more. We all have cell phones to tell us the time.

 

[oneblueye]

hey ...

My thing with watches started on my 11th birthday, when Dad gave me my first watch, a Timex wind up in gold tone with champagne dial.

Still have it, along with many more.

I still look to my wrist for the time most of the time.

I first found out I couldn't wear a watch when I was around 6 or 7. I slipped my Dads watch on and it stopped, he flipped out, beat me almost unconscious. But he did give me a watch for my next birthday, it stopped an hour after I put it on. Thats when I found out that "(I) you destroy everything (I) you touch."
I still to this day will find myself wondering as to the time and will look at my wrist.

 

[rockcasbah]

At least we now know who killed the GB.

 

[jomar]

Well, that's a depressing little anecdote.

Amen to that.

I carried a pocket watch for a few years. Levi’s works.

 

[HisArpy]

I wear a Rolex on my wrist almost every day. I have several of them plus a bunch of antique pocket watches. Of them all, you'd be surprised at how much of a conversation starter an antique pocket watch can be and the Rolex is generally ignored.

Here's me at the gas station with my 1911 Elgin 7 jewel. Time on the go...

 

[LukSkyFokker]

I love watches! Here are a few of mine.

My daily driver is a Samsung Galaxy Watch.

https://i.imgur.com/HdNUMXf.jpg?2

My "fancy" watch is a Nixon 5th Element.

https://i.imgur.com/x2q3AO0.jpg?3

My fuck around watch is an inexpensive Nixon The Time Teller.

https://i.imgur.com/LQ4dzdJ.jpg?1

 

[rockcasbah]

I wear a Rolex on my wrist almost every day. ....the Rolex is generally ignored.

That what I like about my Rolexes...most people don't twig.

 

[FataMorgana]

I don't bother I use my phone. I recently bought a fabulous clock though.

 

[rockcasbah]

I don't bother I use my phone. I recently bought a fabulous clock though.

https://www.oakleighwatches.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/wall-clock-on-wrist.jpg

 

[oggbashan]

The next generation won't know what watches are for. They use their phones.

I have some clocks in the window visible from the street. The older children have to explain to younger ones how to read an analogue clock face. The youngsters are used to digital time only.

 

[Crownvic]

I wear a Rolex on my wrist almost every day. I have several of them plus a bunch of antique pocket watches. Of them all, you'd be surprised at how much of a conversation starter an antique pocket watch can be and the Rolex is generally ignored.

Here's me at the gas station with my 1911 Elgin 7 jewel. Time on the go...

The classic pocket watch..love it..

 

[HisArpy]

I don't bother I use my phone. I recently bought a fabulous clock though.

You do realize, I hope, that your smart phone is today's version of a pocket watch. Yes?

 

[HisArpy]

The classic pocket watch..love it..

I have around 30 of them in various states of running condition. Everything from low jewel count movements in nickle cases to "Railroad grade" movements in gold fill or solid silver cases.

Some are rare, some are not. I keep the ones I like and give the others away at random.

 

[HisArpy]

That what I like about my Rolexes...most people don't twig.

I had an interesting conversation with a guy once about the Rolex I was wearing that day.

Turned out he was a collector of Wilsdorf and Davis era Rolex watches and noticed mine because it wasn't a "corporate style" watch.

 

[rockcasbah]

I had an interesting conversation with a guy once about the Rolex I was wearing that day.

Turned out he was a collector of Wilsdorf and Davis era Rolex watches and noticed mine because it wasn't a "corporate style" watch.

I'm not into the vintage stuff, I just have an Explorer II and a President Datejust.

 

[Sean]

I'm not into the vintage stuff, I just have an Explorer II and a President Datejust.

No you don't, Little Lance.

 

[HisArpy]

I'm not into the vintage stuff, I just have an Explorer II and a President Datejust.

Those are what the guy I talked to called "corporate" watches. Nothing wrong with them, I have a couple that I wear most often but he said, and I agree, they really have no mystique other than they're a "Rolex".

In the first of the 3 pics above, the watch in the lower row, second from the right is what is probably an early 1940's Rolex. Original dial, standard seconds, manual wind with non-shock absorbing balance jewels. Rolex didn't put serial #'s on their movements back then so the actual manufacture date is an approximation range from about 1938 to 1945 based on the features the movement actually has and when Rolex incorporated those features into their production line.

It only needs a cleaning and reassembled to run.

 

[rockcasbah]

Mine run. I wear them to tell the time and because I like quality.

 

[HisArpy]

Mine run. I wear them to tell the time and because I like quality.

My daily wearers, including the pocket watches, all run. What would be the point of wearing a watch that didn't run and keep time accurately?

Buying non-runners and making them run again is rewarding. This watch didn't run and was missing parts when I got it. It now keeps better time than my Rolexes do.

1871 HH Taylor by The National Watch Company, Elgin Illinois. They eventually changed their name to The Elgin Watch Company. It's a "slow train" movement instead of the more modern "quick train" movement. And it's "Railroad Grade".

 

[rockcasbah]

Buying non-runners and making them run again is rewarding.

Hear what you're saying, lots of people enjoy buying broken stuff as projects, just not my thing.

Well, occasionally I'll take on a broken woman.

 

[Mello_SixtyNine]

John Mayer's watch game is strong.

 

[rockcasbah]

I went through guitar collecting and watch collecting phases, then bikes and cars, but in each case I wound up resenting all the time it takes to get deep into a hobby.

Collecting is a bit like having a dog; after a while you realize it's holding you back from being spontaneous.

 

[RevoltingBlue2]

collectors hoarders

same coin

nice album
jars of pennies

 

[rockcasbah]

collectors hoarders

same coin

nice album
jars of pennies

Truth. People assign outsized value to lots of things, just as some don’t put enough value on others.