Thread: What types of watches do you like?

My favorites are Timex. I've had so called better and more expensive watches, but none have lasted even a fraction of the time a Timex can last. The one I am currently wearing is an Ironman that I got for my birthday back in 94. It's fallen 4 stories onto pavement and has been immersed in water too many times to mention and it still works. My dad is still wearing a Timex from the early eighties that he wore into many a fire as a firefighter. Still works as new. On the other hand was my rather pricey(for me anyway) Seiko. Had it for less than a week and it quit working and I was told it would cost close to $100 dollars to fix it. Needless to say it is still sitting at the bottom of the drawer.

I would like to note, that as a geology student I appreciate rugged watches. My Casio G-Shock has been going 10 years without any damage from my MANY outdoor excursions. I also had a large piece of bar-stock steel fall on it in a machine shop (I luckily has taken it off)... I was sure of it's destruction. To the surprise of everyone in the room it came out unscathed! They aren't the best to look at, but for pure functionality, use, and features it can't be beat!

where's the pic's guys i would love to see some of these watchs

I don't really have a preference on mechanical vs quartz, though loud automatics do bother me. I like something in the 44-46mm range, especially if it has a bezel, because I like larger, clearly visible numbers on the face. For those reasons, I really love the tool like look of some watches, like the Marathon SAR's and my DB Day/Night. Tritium is awesome, too.

I'd really like to get a type B face Nav-B watch... if I ever get another watch.

Originally Posted by eleblu05

where's the pic's guys i would love to see some of these watchs

Ok, here are a few that were sitting around on the cell phone:

IMAG0231 by harner.bill, on Flickr


IMAG0227 by harner.bill, on Flickr


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IMAG0182 by harner.bill, on Flickr

Originally Posted by eleblu05

where's the pic's guys i would love to see some of these watchs

Sorry, not great quality.

I've got a cheap chinese mechanical watch

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it's accurate and takes a beating like a man :P it's all I want from my watches
it does have some welding beads stuck to the wirstband :/

Damn. What happens when you combine absolutely novice level photographic skills, poor equipment w/o decent macro lense, lack of daylight, lack of decent edit program and objects difficult to shoot. Pics like this.
Anyways. Here's the watches i have. Watch and suffer.

Vintage Omega Seamaster:



Longines Hydroconquest:



Zenith from both sides:

Great pics all
sold this little Russian dive watch awhile back on BB,other is one of my speedo moonies.
Sucker had to wgt at least a pound.

The ones I like the most are the ones I have or the ones I could eventually potenially in far future afford with a possibility > 0.1 percent. got two main watches. A quartz Citizen Marinaut and an automatic Orient. I love the Citizen for how sturdy it is, also has Sapphire crystal insead of regular glass and it's practically unscratschable. The Orient just looks classy and I am truly fascinated by mechanical movements, but I prefer the Citizen for most of the time, 'cause I'm afraid to break it. Love both. Orient really makes inexpensive, but pretty precise movements.

Oh yeah... aaand I don't like gold plating.

I'd like to get this one sometime in the future. Vostok Europe Arktika. They don't really have good movements, but it's a really big piece of steel and I love it.