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PostPosted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:35 pm 
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Do you guy carry timepieces? I guess it's a bit old school, but I have a fascination with timepieces for some reason. And I'm really into alternate power supplies. So I have a standard battery powered quartz pocket watch (my wife got me one with a coin on the clamshell, I also have a thing for old coins), and a solar powered watch (eco drive that's near 20 years old and doesn't hold charge anymore, needs a new capacitor), a gravity powered clock in my living room, a couple hourglass at my desk at work... and I recent got a new watch... a automatic mechanical divers watch while a friend of mine was in Switzerland. I'm being made fun of at work because apparently watches are for old men. But I still think they're cool af. Makes me wonder if you guys think that's old fogey ahit or is it a fashion statement? I just dig collecting them.

I like wristwatches as both a fashion accessory and a cool piece of human engineering, my only current smart watch in rotation is for golf. I have a few MVMT quarts watches which replicate the look and style of watches I can't afford (or at least shouldn't buy) like the IWC Portugieser or TH Aquaracer, but my highest and best automatic movement is the Hamilton Jazzmaster Maestro. It's a bit of a rip off of the Portugieser with a thicker case and wider body, but it captures the same simplistic look and feel of the up-market buy.

Plus, I like to get the larger, phablet-type phones, so pulling out half a tablet to check the time gets to be a bit of a pain, so I think they definitely still have their place.


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 9:04 pm 
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Darkside wrote:
Do you guy carry timepieces? I guess it's a bit old school, but I have a fascination with timepieces for some reason. And I'm really into alternate power supplies. So I have a standard battery powered quartz pocket watch (my wife got me one with a coin on the clamshell, I also have a thing for old coins), and a solar powered watch (eco drive that's near 20 years old and doesn't hold charge anymore, needs a new capacitor), a gravity powered clock in my living room, a couple hourglass at my desk at work... and I recent got a new watch... a automatic mechanical divers watch while a friend of mine was in Switzerland. I'm being made fun of at work because apparently watches are for old men. But I still think they're cool af. Makes me wonder if you guys think that's old fogey ahit or is it a fashion statement? I just dig collecting them.

I like wristwatches as both a fashion accessory and a cool piece of human engineering, my only current smart watch in rotation is for golf. I have a few MVMT quarts watches which replicate the look and style of watches I can't afford (or at least shouldn't buy) like the IWC Portugieser or TH Aquaracer, but my highest and best automatic movement is the Hamilton Jazzmaster Maestro. It's a bit of a rip off of the Portugieser with a thicker case and wider body, but it captures the same simplistic look and feel of the up-market buy.

Plus, I like to get the larger, phablet-type phones, so pulling out half a tablet to check the time gets to be a bit of a pain, so I think they definitely still have their place.

I read most of that in Patrick Bateman voice.

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This Ends in Antioch wrote:
Juice's Lecture Notes wrote:
Darkside wrote:
Do you guy carry timepieces? I guess it's a bit old school, but I have a fascination with timepieces for some reason. And I'm really into alternate power supplies. So I have a standard battery powered quartz pocket watch (my wife got me one with a coin on the clamshell, I also have a thing for old coins), and a solar powered watch (eco drive that's near 20 years old and doesn't hold charge anymore, needs a new capacitor), a gravity powered clock in my living room, a couple hourglass at my desk at work... and I recent got a new watch... a automatic mechanical divers watch while a friend of mine was in Switzerland. I'm being made fun of at work because apparently watches are for old men. But I still think they're cool af. Makes me wonder if you guys think that's old fogey ahit or is it a fashion statement? I just dig collecting them.

I like wristwatches as both a fashion accessory and a cool piece of human engineering, my only current smart watch in rotation is for golf. I have a few MVMT quarts watches which replicate the look and style of watches I can't afford (or at least shouldn't buy) like the IWC Portugieser or TH Aquaracer, but my highest and best automatic movement is the Hamilton Jazzmaster Maestro. It's a bit of a rip off of the Portugieser with a thicker case and wider body, but it captures the same simplistic look and feel of the up-market buy.

Plus, I like to get the larger, phablet-type phones, so pulling out half a tablet to check the time gets to be a bit of a pain, so I think they definitely still have their place.

I read most of that in Patrick Bateman voice.


Yeah, it's arguably the creepiest post in board history.

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This Ends in Antioch wrote:
Juice's Lecture Notes wrote:
Darkside wrote:
Do you guy carry timepieces? I guess it's a bit old school, but I have a fascination with timepieces for some reason. And I'm really into alternate power supplies. So I have a standard battery powered quartz pocket watch (my wife got me one with a coin on the clamshell, I also have a thing for old coins), and a solar powered watch (eco drive that's near 20 years old and doesn't hold charge anymore, needs a new capacitor), a gravity powered clock in my living room, a couple hourglass at my desk at work... and I recent got a new watch... a automatic mechanical divers watch while a friend of mine was in Switzerland. I'm being made fun of at work because apparently watches are for old men. But I still think they're cool af. Makes me wonder if you guys think that's old fogey ahit or is it a fashion statement? I just dig collecting them.

I like wristwatches as both a fashion accessory and a cool piece of human engineering, my only current smart watch in rotation is for golf. I have a few MVMT quarts watches which replicate the look and style of watches I can't afford (or at least shouldn't buy) like the IWC Portugieser or TH Aquaracer, but my highest and best automatic movement is the Hamilton Jazzmaster Maestro. It's a bit of a rip off of the Portugieser with a thicker case and wider body, but it captures the same simplistic look and feel of the up-market buy.

Plus, I like to get the larger, phablet-type phones, so pulling out half a tablet to check the time gets to be a bit of a pain, so I think they definitely still have their place.

I read most of that in Patrick Bateman voice.


Yeah, it's arguably the creepiest post in board history.

Yup. Sini creating an actual dating profile for denis has been surpassed. Well done JLN.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 27, 2024 12:41 pm 
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This Ends in Antioch wrote:
Juice's Lecture Notes wrote:
Darkside wrote:
Do you guy carry timepieces? I guess it's a bit old school, but I have a fascination with timepieces for some reason. And I'm really into alternate power supplies. So I have a standard battery powered quartz pocket watch (my wife got me one with a coin on the clamshell, I also have a thing for old coins), and a solar powered watch (eco drive that's near 20 years old and doesn't hold charge anymore, needs a new capacitor), a gravity powered clock in my living room, a couple hourglass at my desk at work... and I recent got a new watch... a automatic mechanical divers watch while a friend of mine was in Switzerland. I'm being made fun of at work because apparently watches are for old men. But I still think they're cool af. Makes me wonder if you guys think that's old fogey ahit or is it a fashion statement? I just dig collecting them.

I like wristwatches as both a fashion accessory and a cool piece of human engineering, my only current smart watch in rotation is for golf. I have a few MVMT quarts watches which replicate the look and style of watches I can't afford (or at least shouldn't buy) like the IWC Portugieser or TH Aquaracer, but my highest and best automatic movement is the Hamilton Jazzmaster Maestro. It's a bit of a rip off of the Portugieser with a thicker case and wider body, but it captures the same simplistic look and feel of the up-market buy.

Plus, I like to get the larger, phablet-type phones, so pulling out half a tablet to check the time gets to be a bit of a pain, so I think they definitely still have their place.

I read most of that in Patrick Bateman voice.

I do wish I could never look like I recently had, or need, a haircut.


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PostPosted: Sat Nov 30, 2024 6:23 pm 
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Darkside wrote:
Do you guy carry timepieces?


I have always liked watches, but didn't develop enough of an interest in them to start collecting them until I was in my late 30s. Initially, I just bought ones I thought looked nice regardless of their dimensions in relation to my relatively bony wrist. Consequently, I wound up with several that are too large. I became a little more selective once I realized what size best suited my wrist, but have still accumulated more than I can wear and, at this point, want to keep.
 
I have 16, and would like to sell 10 or 11 of them. 

One of the ones I will never sell is my late grandfather's Longines Grand Prize Automatic that he bought either just before he left for WWII or just after he arrived in Europe.

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I have a few MVMT quarts watches which replicate the look and style of watches I can't afford (or at least shouldn't buy) like the IWC Portugieser or TH Aquaracer, but my highest and best automatic movement is the Hamilton Jazzmaster Maestro. It's a bit of a rip off of the Portugieser with a thicker case and wider body, but it captures the same simplistic look and feel of the up-market buy.


Funny you mentioned the IWC Portugieser. One of the first watches I bought when I started to collect them turned out to be an "homage" of the Portugieser. I didn't know that at the time, though, and thought it was just an inexpensive but exceptionally handsome watch. It wasn't until a year or two later I realized it was essentially a copy of the rather well-known IWC.

The Hamilton Jazzmaster Maestro is very nice! I have a Khaki Field automatic and have been eyeing the 38mm Murph.


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PostPosted: Sat Nov 30, 2024 7:42 pm 
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Tad Queasy wrote:
Darkside wrote:
Do you guy carry timepieces?


I have always liked watches, but didn't develop enough of an interest in them to start collecting them until I was in my late 30s. Initially, I just bought ones I thought looked nice regardless of their dimensions in relation to my relatively bony wrist. Consequently, I wound up with several that are too large. I became a little more selective once I realized what size best suited my wrist, but have still accumulated more than I can wear and, at this point, want to keep.
 
I have 16, and would like to sell 10 or 11 of them. 

One of the ones I will never sell is my late grandfather's Longines Grand Prize Automatic that he bought either just before he left for WWII or just after he arrived in Europe.


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Zippy-The-Pinhead wrote:
Tad Queasy wrote:
Darkside wrote:
Do you guy carry timepieces?


I have always liked watches, but didn't develop enough of an interest in them to start collecting them until I was in my late 30s. Initially, I just bought ones I thought looked nice regardless of their dimensions in relation to my relatively bony wrist. Consequently, I wound up with several that are too large. I became a little more selective once I realized what size best suited my wrist, but have still accumulated more than I can wear and, at this point, want to keep.
 
I have 16, and would like to sell 10 or 11 of them. 

One of the ones I will never sell is my late grandfather's Longines Grand Prize Automatic that he bought either just before he left for WWII or just after he arrived in Europe.


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