I can't be bothered with watches any more. Way back before mobile phones (cell phones) my favourite was a little square grey Tissot which had an analog face and a digital LCD at the bottom of the face. You could set two times zones which was fun for when we were travelling. It was light weight and inexpensive.
Never been impressed with fancy or expensive watches. Never seen the point. And some are so expensive! I'd be heartbroken if I lost one of those! My wife has a bunch of nice inexpensive watches she wears like costume jewellery. Costume jewellery is better than real jewellery because it performs the same job at a fraction of the price. That's how I feel about watches. My phone is gonna be more accurate anyway!
Ya know, that was my relationship with watches for a time.
God knows I'm not gonna be able to shell out for a Tudor, or a Longines, or for fucks sake a Panerai! Let alone a Hamilton or a Tissot. Shit, even Seiko and Casio are expensive these days.
No shade to those who do. I mean there's something to be said about having one nice watch and wearing the hell out of it. But im an HVAC mechanic, and I need something that I don't mind getting a little banged up. I've shattered crystals, had em fall off my wrist on a ladder, and even almost lost em in fan wheels. Which is part of why I've transitioned to exclusively using NATO/G10 and Paratrooper-style straps (break a spring bar? Ya don't lose your watch). Also: why I decided to learn how to tinker with them a bit.
When I turned 21, my sister bought me my first watch. It was a Tissot Ballade III automatique. I wore the hell out of that thing for years...but nowadays it stays mostly in its case.
Reason being...well...fuck man. China is putting out some *fantastic* watches these days. Seriously: you can pick up a *solid* homage watch with a sapphire crystal, excellent lume, and a Seiko or Miyota automatic movement (with hand-winding AND hacking) for under a hundy. Quartz can be as low as like, 50-60.
Which has led to me expanding my collection quite a bit. The most expensive watch I've posted so far was like...$125.
They may not have really nailed the *elegance* factor, but I don't care for elegance. I like utilitarian and takes on vintage military designs because I guess that's where my sense of aesthetics points me. Mostly fliegers, field watches, and British/American military designs.
I contain much that is contradictory.
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