Watch Enthusiast

[jolly22]

I'm a huge watch fanatic. I've recently start collecting watches. Anything from Seikos to Bulovas.

My very first (real) watch, besides the Batman and Spiderman watches, was a Seiko. Simple, battery operated, my grandmother got me for graduation. Simple and elegant.

I didn't really get into watches until I was flipping through the channels and saw an Invicta SHOPHQ special. I was intrigued so I checked it out. Man It was awesome.. I saw a watch I really wanted to get one day and just kind of put it in the back of my head.

Watches are incredible. The automatic, gravity driven watches are my favorites. Each and every piece is put together by hand. I can go on all day about watches.

My next watch, was my grandfathers retirement watch made by Bulova from International. He received it in the 80s and never wore it. It's in my watch case as a keepsake.

My 3rd watch for strictly for Prom. Made my guess, got it from JC Penny's for a decent price. I spent more on my watch than I did on my tux. LOL Nice black/silver face with purple outlines. Matched perfectly.

I've gotten 2 Invictas. I've got a 32mm case pro diver that's blue/gold. And my favorite. a 45mm Grand Diver. Gorgeous white/blue dial on a silver band. Automatic. Absolutely love it.


What watches do you guys have?

What's your dream watch?

[SilverZ06]

Current watch: Galaxy note 2

[Mar]

Casio G-Shock solar-atomic. It was $80 when I got it, and worth every cent. The day I have to replace it is the day it takes a bullet.

[icepac]

had the casio altimeter watch until I broke it.

[Brooke]

I like best Timex digital watches, like the Expedition line.  I buy them for about $25, and they last decades.  I love them! 

If I were as wealthy as Bill Gates, maybe I'd have a Rolex for the cache (maybe a Submariner, blue and gold) -- but maybe still a Timex! 

[mike8318]

Got my Omega Seamaster Professional back in 1994. Don't even consider wearing another watch.

[FLOOB]

The stylish casio wave ceptor. Solar power and sets itself from freaking radio waves. The ultimate lazy man's watch. I've had it eight years now, never changed the battery.

[Gman]

I was into Tag H's for a long time, and had several different models.  What I had been after for years was a stainless Submariner, I'd wanted one since I was a kid, and got my first about 10 years ago now, back when the 50th anniversary edition came out, with the green bezel.  I still just got the typical black bezel due to $, but I like it - there are far, far more expensive watches out there, but these are pretty much in the zone for me in terms of being expensive, but still tough and useful.  I wanted the Gold Submariner with blue face badly Brooke, but the extra 20 thousand dollars for an already outrageous (over 5$k when I was in Dubai, and that was a screaming deal at the time) was more than I could swallow, or afford.

I would say the best watch I own however is my Citizen Skyhawk.  For 700$ it blows any luxury aviation watch out of the water in terms of features and looks (IMO), I would recommend it over any Breitling or anything else in that department.  I bought the Blue Angels eco drive titanium, and really like it.

These are my two favorite watches which I've kept for longer than a couple of years.  As stated by somebody previously, the Omega Seamasters are an excellent value IMO as well.  Luminox makes a great watch for 500$ or less, and the various GShocks are always a good value too IMO for a watch you don't need to care about a whole lot if it gets lost or broken.

I have pics around of both someplace, have to dig about in another PC.

[SilverZ06]

I was into Tag H's for a long time, and had several different models.  What I had been after for years was a stainless Submariner, I'd wanted one since I was a kid, and got my first about 10 years ago now, back when the 50th anniversary edition came out, with the green bezel.  I still just got the typical black bezel due to $, but I like it - there are far, far more expensive watches out there, but these are pretty much in the zone for me in terms of being expensive, but still tough and useful.  I wanted the Gold Submariner with blue face badly Brooke, but the extra 20 thousand dollars for an already outrageous (over 5$k when I was in Dubai, and that was a screaming deal at the time) was more than I could swallow, or afford.

I would say the best watch I own however is my Citizen Skyhawk.  For 700$ it blows any luxury aviation watch out of the water in terms of features and looks (IMO), I would recommend it over any Breitling or anything else in that department.  I bought the Blue Angels eco drive titanium, and really like it.

These are my two favorite watches which I've kept for longer than a couple of years.  As stated by somebody previously, the Omega Seamasters are an excellent value IMO as well.  Luminox makes a great watch for 500$ or less, and the various GShocks are always a good value too IMO for a watch you don't need to care about a whole lot if it gets lost or broken.

I have pics around of both someplace, have to dig about in another PC.

a quick google search found the Skyhawk Blue Angels for about $350. What a fantastic looking watch I almost want to buy one.

[Curval]

One of my clients recently attended the 175th Patel Phillipe celebrations in Geneva a couple of months back.

This is the stuff you will want to look at a bit later in your collecting career.  Always good to have goals.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethdoerr/2014/09/18/100-ultra-valuable-incredibly-rare-patek-philippe-wristwatches-to-auction-in-celebration-of-anniversary/

[Motherland]

if you don't wear a manual you might as well just use your cell phone

(I just buy old watch faces I like from the 60s/70s, they're less flashy 'everyday' watches, usually can be had for $20-40, and depending on the make can be pretty accurate and reliable - watches made in the Soviet Union during this period especially)

And you still get the satisfaction of winding it up every day and getting that chik-cha-chik-cha-chik-cha if it's very quiet

[Gman]

Z06 - the Titanium is around 800$ USD on Amazon still, but the stainless steel and other similar models can be found for 450$ or less, and the plastic strapped variants in the mid 300 range- IMO the Titanium isn't worth the extra $, and I would have bought the cheaper ones if they had been out at the time.  Great watches, highly recommend, especially for pilots/outdoors/hiking/climbing types.  Tons of great features for the cost.

Found pics - flying with a friend in the jumpseat a while back, got to sit at the controls and get the whole tour of what did what.




Curval - my companies attorney has a collection of fine watches, among them several Pateks - beautiful stuff, well, well out of my price range, but interesting to see nonetheless.  

One of the cooler watches I've seen a co-worker of mine picked up in Iraq from a local Iraqi that had be contracted to work as a terp with Triple Canopy while doing PSD convoy work back when that all started in around 2004 or so.  He was an x-Iraqi air force pilot, specifically the Mig25, and his entire squadron had been given a gift of Breitling watches (1980s vintage) with a Mig 25 Foxbat engraved on the back.  He traded it for some USD (not much either).  I really wanted that watch, and still do.

[zack1234]

A Raymond Weil Tango

My Mrs bought it me

When i found out how much it cost i went berserk, a year later, top end graphics card price

I bought a Oris wind up ten years ago

My favorite was a crap one  for $10 dollors i got super glue on it

I have just bought a 1959 restored fat boy razer Rodium (nothing to do with watches)

[SilverZ06]

http://www.jomashop.com/citizen-eco-drive-mens-watch-jy0040-59l.html 

[Gman]

Yes, that one Z06 - neither stainless steel nor titanium, 1/2 the cost of the stainless and about 1/3 of the titaniums now, but looks just the same, is lighter, and still has the same gizmos.