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davidflas
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Oct 7, 2006, 12:17 PM
 
I'm just curious about the timepieces that my fellow MacNN'ers use on a daily basis. Here's mine:
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Oct 7, 2006, 12:22 PM
 
I don't wear a wristwatch. It's silly to do so and ugly.
     
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Oct 7, 2006, 12:41 PM
 
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Oct 7, 2006, 12:56 PM
 

Tissot PRS200. Looks less bling IRL.

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Oct 7, 2006, 01:42 PM
 
These pictures make me have camera / camera-skill envy.

I have an Apple watch though…


Though it has a white face.

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Oct 7, 2006, 01:58 PM
 


I have it in white and wood (brown)
     
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Oct 7, 2006, 03:59 PM
 
Originally Posted by mdc


I have it in white and wood (brown)
Funky watch. How do you tell the time on it
     
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Oct 7, 2006, 04:25 PM
 


I hate metal wristbands. Plus I like it for swimming.
     
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Oct 7, 2006, 05:00 PM
 
Here's mine, Tag Heuer Monaco
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Oct 7, 2006, 05:41 PM
 
I bought it the day my wife and I got engaged in 1996
     
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Oct 7, 2006, 05:46 PM
 
Originally Posted by seanc
Funky watch. How do you tell the time on it
You read the time at the orange line. Hour on the left, minute on the right. It's 12:15 in that picture.

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Oct 7, 2006, 05:59 PM
 
Originally Posted by GSixZero
You read the time at the orange line. Hour on the left, minute on the right. It's 12:15 in that picture.
Ahh ok, it didn't click that the part with the hours and the part with the minutes were two separate parts and moved independantly of each other.
     
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Oct 7, 2006, 06:12 PM
 
Originally Posted by seanc
Ahh ok, it didn't click that the part with the hours and the part with the minutes were two separate parts and moved independantly of each other.
Yeah, it's essentially a watch where the hands are stationary and the faces move.

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Oct 7, 2006, 06:55 PM
 
Originally Posted by Sealobo
me too. damn fine watch. (and damn expensive!)
     
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Oct 7, 2006, 09:51 PM
 
Originally Posted by TETENAL
I don't wear a wristwatch. It's silly to do so and ugly.
I have never owned or worn a wristwatch.
     
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Oct 7, 2006, 10:05 PM
 
Originally Posted by Andy8
I have never owned or worn a wristwatch.
Wrong thread...

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Oct 7, 2006, 10:21 PM
 
Timex, baby. Oh yeah.


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Oct 7, 2006, 11:39 PM
 
my Timex with Speidel band

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Oct 7, 2006, 11:44 PM
 
Originally Posted by OwlBoy
I have an Apple watch though…


Though it has a white face.

-Owl
Wouldn't that make the white numbers hard to read?

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Oct 8, 2006, 12:12 AM
 
Here's my Citizen quartz diver. I'm too pactical to wear an automatic...
     
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Oct 8, 2006, 12:14 AM
 


"Five long years he wore this watch, up his ass."
     
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Oct 8, 2006, 10:34 AM
 
Citizen Attesa Eco-Drive, radio controlled, solar energy, titatium black




     
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Oct 8, 2006, 12:24 PM
 
'nother Citizen wearer here



I love the thing. works great and after a couple of years of banging it around, the crystal has nary a scratch on it. Although, once in a rare while, it will decide to stop working for about a day. Doesn't seem to correlate to the battery charge, because I can leave it in front of a light all night and sometimes that fixes it and sometimes it doesn't, but it always starts working again soon after. A minor annoyance, but I also paid about a fifth of retail price for it off of eBay, so it's probably fake anyway

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Oct 8, 2006, 03:17 PM
 
Originally Posted by TETENAL
I don't wear a wristwatch. It's silly to do so and ugly.
My what a pretentious little attitude you've got there.
     
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Oct 8, 2006, 04:19 PM
 
Count me in as a Citizen wearer.



Man, didn't realize how scratched it was until I took this photo. I've had it for almost two years now.

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Oct 8, 2006, 04:28 PM
 


...

Not really, but I want one for the novelty of it
     
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Oct 8, 2006, 04:56 PM
 
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Oct 8, 2006, 06:34 PM
 
Originally Posted by TETENAL
I don't wear a wristwatch. It's silly to do so and ugly.
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Oct 9, 2006, 04:38 PM
 
Bought a fake Movado in Chinatown NYC. It worked for about 2 weeks before it stopped keeping decent time. Serves me right, I guess.

Anyways, it was the first watch that I had worn in years. I had anything being on my wrists/fingers. It's taken me 6 months, and I'm just now sort of getting used to a wedding band, which is this one...



It's tungsten, so it's dark and heavy as a brick.

It also keeps excellent time.
     
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Oct 9, 2006, 04:42 PM
 
Originally Posted by Jawbone54
Bought a fake Movado in Chinatown NYC. It worked for about 2 weeks before it stopped keeping decent time. Serves me right, I guess.

Anyways, it was the first watch that I had worn in years. I had anything being on my wrists/fingers. It's taken me 6 months, and I'm just now sort of getting used to a wedding band, which is this one...



It's tungsten, so it's dark and heavy as a brick.

It also keeps excellent time.
I think Sauron has been looking for that.
     
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Oct 9, 2006, 10:41 PM
 
I have had three of those Body and Soul skeleton watches.

I also have this:

     
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Oct 9, 2006, 11:17 PM
 
I am in the market for a decent watch. Where did you guys go to pick out the watches?
Look in store then buy online? watch store vs. dept. store?
Any advice for something in the few hundred dollar range.
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Oct 9, 2006, 11:22 PM
 
ever since i got my cell phone, i don't wear a watch..... the last watch i had was a digital Timex Flip-top calculator watch.

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A fake Panerai I was gifted once.

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Oct 10, 2006, 09:55 PM
 
my cell phone has a clock in it. its quite a unique feature which I find negates the need for a watch.

     
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Oct 10, 2006, 10:09 PM
 
What does the back of your watch say Eug?
     
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Oct 10, 2006, 10:12 PM
 
Yay Tissot.

This is the same as mine, except mine has a blue face and all the hands are silver.

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Oct 10, 2006, 10:15 PM
 
Originally Posted by mdc
What does the back of your watch say Eug?
Heh. I was hoping someone would ask.

The top says: "Strictly for use by the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China"

It was bought on the black market in China.
     
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Oct 11, 2006, 11:01 PM
 
Rolex Sea-dweller. Stands out from the "typical Subs"

Paid a ton, but I love it, and hope to keep an awful long time.

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Oct 12, 2006, 07:21 AM
 
Here's my 1971 Omege Speedmaster Professional.
This is the real deal NASA issue.
It was my wife's uncle's watch. He was the weatherman for all of the Gemini and Apollo missions.


I also have a 1952 Rolex Zeypher
and a 1955 Movado in 14kt.



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