Thread: What types of watches do you like?

I have a Timex Expedition that lights up, I use that if we're going traveling. The British Railway also issues Timex watches but i do prefer Bulova and have about half a dozen. Not Automatics or wind up, just Battery but I like to choose my watch depending on the shirt I'm going to wear. My Bulova's are about $500 CAN.

Originally Posted by STF

Not Automatics or wind up, just Battery but I like to choose my watch depending on the shirt I'm going to wear. My Bulova's are about $500 CAN.

I have never considered matching a watch to the shirt I was going to wear. I always thought that a black or brown leather band on a silver or yellow watch with a classic dial face went with anything.

Bob

There are definitely dress watches and sport watches and roughhouse watches. True dress watches are very thin and are worn with leather bands.

While I'm on the subject, watch buyers can be divided into groups no different than cars. It's like my friend who drives a Yugo and feels it's all he ever needs. He laughs at people in BMWs and similar cars.

Some use their cell phones or their fitness bands and would never ever wear a watch. Some will buy a $90 quartz Timex and wear it every day for every occasion. Some will use that Timex for sports and have a nicer watch for dress or work. Some buy watches as prestige items or luxury items. Some view a nice watch as a fine piece of jewelry. Some Collect watches to varying degrees.

There are many reasons folks buy a particular watch or wear none at all.

Why would someone pay a grand for a straight razor when a $60 used razor can do the same job?

We all decide how we spend our disposable income. That's what keeps the world economy going.

Originally Posted by Phrank

Absolutely true.

Watch winders, and if you get one it had better be high quality so it can be set exactly to match the frequency of the watch, are generally used for watches with grand complications. A watch with a Perpetual Calendar and other complications (i.e., Month, Day, Year, Leap Year, Moon Phase) would be a good bet for a watch winder, usually manufactured for that brand or even that specific watch.

For a simple watch just wind it and set it, half the fun of owning a watch imo, even one with Day and Date, just leave it sitting in it's case and set the watch when you want to wear it.

Would you leave a car running in your garage? Especially a nice Ferrari. You'll just increase the wear on your parts and up the service date. Service for my Rolex Daytona is $1,800 - why would I put it on a watch winder. Wind it, set the time and pop it on my wrist. Even my Rolex Day-Date, little longer to set, but that's part of the enjoyment of getting to interact with the watch, and takes little time to set. My last service cost for that watch in 2018 was $850.00 for standard service.

True to an extent, I personally use a Wolf winder,considered to be a good one, and have it set to 250 rpms a day, I was told by my watchmaker that this keeps the oils they use spread around. I wouldn't swear by him, but it makes sense, and haven't damaged any. Also they are regularly worn.

Originally Posted by BobH

I have never considered matching a watch to the shirt I was going to wear. I always thought that a black or brown leather band on a silver or yellow watch with a classic dial face went with anything.

Bob

Matching my shirt? Never even thought of it. A truly nice watch makes it's own statement, IMHO,no matter what you're wearing, and price doesn't matter, I wouldn't wear a watch I didn't like the looks of.
And there are cheap ones that look great, look on Ebay under German watches and you'll see some beautiful ones that you've never heard of.
I've bought a few, and every one of them has kept good time, I bought them for my son's, and was amazed at how well they kept time.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

We all decide how we spend our disposable income. That's what keeps the world economy going.

Exactly and you don't have to justify any of it.

Bob

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

There are definitely dress watches and sport watches and roughhouse watches. True dress watches are very thin and are worn with leather bands.

While I'm on the subject, watch buyers can be divided into groups no different than cars. It's like my friend who drives a Yugo and feels it's all he ever needs. He laughs at people in BMWs and similar cars.

Some use their cell phones or their fitness bands and would never ever wear a watch. Some will buy a $90 quartz Timex and wear it every day for every occasion. Some will use that Timex for sports and have a nicer watch for dress or work. Some buy watches as prestige items or luxury items. Some view a nice watch as a fine piece of jewelry. Some Collect watches to varying degrees.

There are many reasons folks buy a particular watch or wear none at all.

Why would someone pay a grand for a straight razor when a $60 used razor can do the same job?

We all decide how we spend our disposable income. That's what keeps the world economy going.

You forgot one other factor, the crowd your hanging with. I wouldn't wear a $40,000 gold Tutima, when hanging around blue collar friends, it can definitely be taken the wrong way. Like visiting poor relatives with a brand new Mercedes...fast way to lose friends

Originally Posted by Grizzley1

Matching my shirt? Never even thought of it. A truly nice watch makes it's own statement, IMHO,no matter what you're wearing, and price doesn't matter, I wouldn't wear a watch I didn't like the looks of.
And there are cheap ones that look great, look on Ebay under German watches and you'll see some beautiful ones that you've never heard of.
I've bought a few, and every one of them has kept good time, I bought them for my son's, and was amazed at how well they kept time.

Well why not? The Germans had a great watch industry which unfortunately was located near Dresden and you know what happened there during WWll. What wasn't destroyed the Russians stole.

These days there is a renaissance once again. Names like Sinn, Laco, Damasko,Nomos, and many others. Sinn uses some of the best and advanced watchmaking technologies in the business.

Personally, after Seiko I'll take a German watch over a Swiss one any day.

When I said i choose which watch to wear to match my shirt, I meant for example a yellow or brown shrt - Rose Gold. a grey shirt - black, a blue shirt blue etc etc.

I don't have a special dress watch that goes with anything and I'm not sure I would be happy to have one. I like selecting which watch to wear before i go out.

All my life I have only had one watch at a time. Somehow I now have two, one of which sits strapless in a drawer. The one I'm wearing stays on m wrist 24/7 only coming off when I shower. I'm now contemplating getting a strap for my other watch and possibly buying a third watch. I think this thread is leading me down another rabbit hole.

Bob