Watch thread.

[Neckbeard]

Post watches you own and watches you wish you could afford.

I just bought one of these:

I love interesting watches.

 

[Rook]

I've owned this one for quite some time now.
Great service, never broke down, exquisite fingers.

Spoiler

I have no need for those infernal wrist stranglers since the day I realized the meticulous keeping of time makes life more boring.

It is much more interesting to be late or early than exactly on time.

 

[Neckbeard]

I've owned this one for quite some time now.
Great service, never broke down, exquisite fingers.

Spoiler

I have no need for those infernal wrist stranglers since the day I realized the meticulous keeping of time makes life more boring.

It is much more interesting to be late or early than exactly on time.

Well said.

While I agree with you in spirit, I have things in my day that I do need to be on time for.

 

[Cognisant]

I have a Rolex from Thailand, obviously it doesn't work.

 

[Neckbeard]

I have a Rolex from Thailand, obviously it doesn't work.

Is it mechanical? You might be able to get it going:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mnKTytJOyag

 

[Cognisant]

Lol, no more than likely there's the smallest, cheapest, shittiest watch inside the casing, as I said I bought this thing in thailand, you don't buy these things for what's inside, you buy it because it's a convincing looking forgery of something far more expensive than what the shady guy on the street is selling it for.

It's a paperweight as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Vicissitude]

I wouldnt mind making my own, digital of course.

 

[Neckbeard]

Lol, no more than likely there's the smallest, cheapest, shittiest watch inside the casing, as I said I bought this thing in thailand, you don't buy these things for what's inside, you buy it because it's a convincing looking forgery of something far more expensive than what the shady guy on the street is selling it for.

It's a paperweight as far as I'm concerned.

It's worth more than a paperweight if it's a convincing forgery. You can buy mechanical watches pretty cheap so I wouldn't rule it out.

 

[Azreal_Mistwalker]

http://www.tokyoflash.com/en/watches/kisai/sensai_alloy/

This is the watch that I really want. Just looking at it makes me nerd all over myself. That site has a bunch of other cool sci-fi style watches too.

 

[Neckbeard]

http://www.tokyoflash.com/en/watches/kisai/sensai_alloy/

This is the watch that I really want. Just looking at it makes me nerd all over myself. That site has a bunch of other cool sci-fi style watches too.

The perfect thing for the external expression of your inner geek.

http://njneer.storenvy.com/products/12348393-binary-watch-v-10

This watch is more to my taste, I wouldn't be caught wearing it though.

 

[Jennywocky]

I had a watch a long time ago that looked somewhat like this (but cheaper):
[bimgx=350]http://www.watchalyzer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/patek-philippe-5004t-caseback-only-watch-2013.jpg[/bimgx]

Steampunk watches are kinda cool:

[bimgx=350]http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs38/f/2008/363/3/f/Steampunk_Watch___Egyptian_3_by_Aranwen.jpg[/bimgx]

But I don't use watches anymore, once I got my cellphone... I always have it on me. I just use that. It's probably one of the larger disappointments of cell phones, I think it's probably eaten into the watch industry and made them less necessary. However, watches not only served a practical function but could also function as jewelry + as a form of art in themselves... function + style.

I guess a wind-up, though, might be good if you absolutely need to have something that does not depend on a battery.

 

[Neckbeard]

^ Yeah I agree with you about cellphones. Watches are functional jewellery, the fact that they have a useful function is a great excuse to wear something nice without looking like a ponce.

 

[Seteleechete]

The watch on my phone is the only one I want.(I really don't care for jewellery and the function is already fulfilled elsewhere). I imagine if I needed a watch I would pick a simple one that I wouldn't notice pressing against my wrist or apple watch since it has most functions(not that I want one).

 

[Vicissitude]

The perfect thing for the external expression of your inner geek.

http://njneer.storenvy.com/products/12348393-binary-watch-v-10

This watch is more to my taste, I wouldn't be caught wearing it though.

you could make something like that for waaaay less than 45 bucks. Thats sort of what i want to do though.

 

[Doktorin Zylinder]

When the economy isn't so shitty I have plans to open a watch manufacture one day, but I do have to say I do like Romain Gauthier.

I can't wear leather straps, though.