Thread: What types of watches do you like?

My everyday watch is a is a now discontinued oakley, which is very cool looking, can't even find it online anymore so will have to get a pic of it. Belive it or not its tough as hell and an excellent watch. my work watch is a Gshock that was a bonus from one of the rigs we worked on and its just hardcore. Don't need to change batteries or even set the date and time, and it's just tough as nails, I have actually chucked it across a car park (during an inebriated night out) and it came away without a scratch.

My good watch is a TAG formula 1 chrono, old style, last present from my gran before she passed away, love it.

I really like Omega, just love them.. the fact they went to the moon and back and are james bonds choice of watch is enough for me..

I would like to like Rolex's i mean, they're tough as hell (they were always working watches) and i believe the only swiss company who still makes their own movement, but they just got to ostentatious and associated with bling for me, and the price went up accordingly

Originally Posted by tekbow

My everyday watch is a is a now discontinued oakley, which is very cool looking, can't even find it online anymore so will have to get a pic of it. Belive it or not its tough as hell and an excellent watch. my work watch is a Gshock that was a bonus from one of the rigs we worked on and its just hardcore. Don't need to change batteries or even set the date and time, and it's just tough as nails, I have actually chucked it across a car park (during an inebriated night out) and it came away without a scratch.

My good watch is a TAG formula 1 chrono, old style, last present from my gran before she passed away, love it.

I really like Omega, just love them.. the fact they went to the moon and back and are james bonds choice of watch is enough for me..

I would like to like Rolex's i mean, they're tough as hell (they were always working watches) and i believe the only swiss company who still makes their own movement, but they just got to ostentatious and associated with bling for me, and the price went up accordingly

Designing your own watch mvmt is very expensive and few can afford it. Rolex over the years as it has gotten bigger and bigger and richer and richer has bought up all their suppliers and incorporated them into it's operation and they can afford to have a big development staff. However there are quite few who make their own mvmt mostly in their higher end models costing well over 5 grand. IWC, Tag, Breitling, RGM in the U.S are just a few examples. Many other companies modify existing mvmts to varying degrees.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Designing your own watch mvmt is very expensive and few can afford it. Rolex over the years as it has gotten bigger and bigger and richer and richer has bought up all their suppliers and incorporated them into it's operation and they can afford to have a big development staff. However there are quite few who make their own mvmt mostly in their higher end models costing well over 5 grand. IWC, Tag, Breitling, RGM in the U.S are just a few examples. Many other companies modify existing mvmts to varying degrees.

The Japanese manufacturer "Orient" are one of the few exceptions, they produce affordable watches with all of their mechanical movements made in house.