Which watch do you wear?

Me - Citizen Eco-Drive ProMaster. Solar powered so never needs a battery, or winding, or even movement.

Nice big luminous numerals to see at night, water resistant to 200m (that'll cover me in the shower or kayaking then) 

Oh, and has the benefit of being accurate, which some of these higher priced alternatives seem to regard as unnecessary...

YMMV

John

Normally, the wind-up Omega my late mother gave me for my 18th birthday present. But the button has finally come adrift after nearly 30 years and is awaiting repair.  In the meantime - and always when going camping or undertaking rough activities - a fairly inexpensive, and in my view quite attractive, Lorus.

Normally, I wear my Casio Oceanus (OCW-520). It's a great watch, runs on solar power and is kept on time by the atomic clock. I bought it 5 years ago, spent 5 minutes adjusting it and since then it always runs perfectly on time (unlike my much more expensive Breitling). It looks rather good too, but is a tad on the heavy side. Interestingly, it even received signals from the Frankfurt clock when I was deep down in southern Italy, Trondheim Norway the other week was probably too far.

21 year old Rolex Submariner! I used to wear a 15 year old SEIKO Kinetic which I gave to my son. The SEIKO has quartz accuracy and while the Rolex is very accurate, being a mechanical watch it requires TLC, servicing every now and again.

Agreed - lovely watch, Nicely understated design.

James

Wenger.

Big face.

Date.

Very comfortable rubber strap.

Light weight.

Waterproof.

It's all I need.

Also have an Omega Seamaster that I inherited from my Dad. 

But even when I wear a suit and tie, I never put on a watch anymore. 

Seems too...I don't know...redundant I guess, given I can always tell time by looking at my cell phone.

Not trying to be a kill joy -- just one less thing to worry about breaking or losing, IMO.

Hook

A Seiko SQ 100 stainless steel strap, simple day date. Sufficient for my needs ie It's accurate and easy to read.

After years of not being able to wear watches and rings whilst at work, it is a treat to put one when ever I feel the need.

I am looking for a suitable watch for my 65th, but I can't find an expensive (classic) watch that I like the look of or can afford. I expect I will settle for one of the various Seiko Chronographs.

I have a Rotary rapier which is motion activated, similar mech' to a Patek Phillipe a friend owns. He paid £25,000 for his, I paid £275, its a lovely watch.

TAG Heuer F1 - one of their more understated designs.

Also Christopher Ward C8 Pilot - great replica of a WWII pilot's watch with oversized dial.

I'm not connected with them - but Christopher Ward are a great company with superbly-designed watches at decent prices. Swiss-made with mechanical movements.

Citizen Eco-Drive ProMaster

Does not need winding, is accurate to about 5 seconds over 6 months, easy to change time zones & gets me up in the morning (when I need it to)

Having spend all my working life wired to time,  with schedules, meetings, delivery dates, flight timetables,  int'l time zones & wondering why people can't be on time.   In short a life requiring a watch that is super-glued to my very existence;  it is now a pleasure that is impossible for most people to appreciate not to have to wear a watch.

Rolex Explorer II (white dial) stainless steel.  Have worn it everyday for 8 years.

Last year, I gave my 20yo Rolex Explorer I (black dial) to my son as a gift to celebrate his MA. (I had it serviced by Rolex first, and it really was 'as new'.)

I now have a Rolex Milgauss (black dial, green crystal): a much bigger watch than the old Explorer.

I've also had a lovely IWC Portuguese (white dial) for almost 10 years, which I use as a dress watch.

My pride and joy is an IWC pocket watch, over 80 years old, which (after expensive and extensive repair) keeps perfect time, although I find it's not robust enough for everyday use. 

Stiletto Echo Drive £169

Water resistant

Sapphire Glass Crystal

Never Needs a battery

For everyday use, a Seiko Kinetic which keeps perfect time, is waterproof, very tough, and doesn't require winding or batteries.

For special occasions I wear my dad's old Blancpain gold watch which keeps pretty good time and is wafer-thin. Not waterproof so I have to be very careful with it.

I confess I've never had any desire for an expensive watch. I did once succumb and purchased a Tag-Hauer watch from a genuine approved dealer in Pat-Pong market in Bangkok but by the time I got home it'd stopped! Huh! So much for expensive brands!

Me

Stainless steel Omega Constellation that I bought sometime in the early nineties. It is a reliable automatic and discrete.



For more formal occassions I have a 1954 14ct  Jaeger Le Coultre automatic with a matching gold bracelet. It has just come back from JLC's factory because the winding knob fell off and only they could replace it with the original knob and shaft.

I also have a rolled gold Waltham pocket watch complete with a gold chain.

Watches are a total waste of money but there is something compelling about them that means you got to have a decent one.

Regards

Mick

1905 Eterna watch [Swiss] made for the British Army, but seemingly never issued, having no War Department serial number. Runs vigorously, keeps accurate time, and the two inch Roman numeral face [with finely detailed yet bold blued steel hands] is a treat to read even without glasses. Nickel case and single Albert.

1880s Benson large pattern Ludgate watch, in a plain unmachined and uninscribed silver case. The even larger [almost two and a quarter inch] Roman numeral face [with gold hands] is even easier to read. Used only for best occasions with a double Albert, being a key wind watch. It always hangs on my bedstead, where I can tell the time even without glasses, if I shine the mobile phone light at it. It keeps good time, and rarely needs adjusting by a minute per month. Amazing for a watch of this age, and a reminder that in the nineteenth century British watches were just as fine [if often more expensive than] those from Switzerland and the USA. It is very heavy, though the silver case would not stand anything but great care to avoid spoiling its hardly marked condition.

Wrist watches are usually very difficult for me to read, and those that are big enough tend to be too heavy to be comfortable for me on the wrist. A heavy watch in the pocket is no problem.

I would post a photo, but Imageshack fed a virus into my computer two days ago, so I'll leave that alone now. Others please be warned.

I'll invstigate Photobucket after that experience, which meant that I had to do a clean reboot from the XP disc, under the guidance of John "fixedwheel" of this parish. Thanks to John for his patience.

ATB from George

Seamaster Aqua Terra with brown leather strap,i wore this one on my wedding day, Rolex submariner for best and omega seamaster. 

Primarily a stainless steel Rolex GMT Master II bought to mark the birth of my first child. Sadly my Omega Speedmaster Professional is not working and a service is unaffordable at the moment. I don't know if it has been overwound although I have no recollection of forcing it at all. Whatever happened it's dead, probably for next year or two at least.

I also have a Seiko Honda F1 which is superbly accurate (about a second a month) and looks and feels excellent too.

Seiko SARB043........or a 5

Paul.

A non-descript Seiko battery-opperated quartz-crystal wrist watch with stopwatch fucntion etc.

Very, very clear, easy-to-read dials and keeps time to better than 2 seconds per month.

Cost about £200 about 10 years ago. Understated but nowhere near elegant. Simply functional.

I (slightly ?) envy those who sport the usual Breitlings and the odd Hamiltons.

Cheers

Don

At the risk of sounding a tad thick what does IWC stand for, as for my watch just a simple and not very expensive Seiko kinetic although in my dreams i`m drawn towards a Breitling [ and i think thats where it will stay ]

International Watch Company