What's on your wrist?
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Yeah the Tissot was a lot like that but smaller and quite plain. I probably still have it somewhere. I also have a clear Swatch - jellybean? - that I was given for my 21st back when Swatches were a novelty. It's gone a fetching shade of yellow over the years.
These days my iphone is all of the annoying crap I apparently need to accompany me throughout the day all in one thing. It's my phone (duh), my watch and the thing that people keep in touch with me via text on. I do think it's odd that we all carry phones but rarely do we make actual phone calls like we used to - we text. I do use it as a timer and an alarm clock too. But I don't really use it for much else - I'm not one of the phone zombies you see in cafes and public transport. I like people watching much more,
Not really into gadgets or jewellery. The only gadgets I like are mostly guitar related or making stuff related. But I do seem to change batteries in my wife's watches a lot! She has quite the collection of Anne Klein watches.
Stickman393
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Yeah...nowadays even swatch commands a premium.
Check out the moonswatch. Three bills! Woof.
Check out the moonswatch. Three bills! Woof.
KR Sound
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Definitely watch it- it’s one of my favorite movies. I used to have both watches from it, but ended up selling them when I thinned out my collection.
KR Sound
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I wondered when they’d come down. You couldn’t find them for under a grand a year ago
Stickman393
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TODAY!!
Baltany Dirty Dozen homage watch on an A.F.0210 strap.
Baltany Dirty Dozen homage watch on an A.F.0210 strap.
Stickman393
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Omega seamster homage. Nato strap.
jessenator
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Found it; the last watch I've owned. Bought it on my honeymoon, and my marriage has proven more reliable.
This stupid thing eats batteries. One day I'll have a new one.
This stupid thing eats batteries. One day I'll have a new one.
Stickman393
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TODAY!!!!
Pretty standard, classic Flieger from steeldive on a zulu strap:
Really like the blunted hour hand and big onion crown on this one.
Pretty standard, classic Flieger from steeldive on a zulu strap:
Really like the blunted hour hand and big onion crown on this one.
jessenator
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Can't say I've ever seen an inverted(?) hours/minutes face before. Neat! I will say, that makes it a h*ckuva lot easier to set it based on any minute of the day, I bet.
Stickman393
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Shoot, that's just a Flieger type B. It's a classic tool watch for pilots during WWII. Back then pilots had to navigate by using airspeed and a compass while referencing a an accurate, large, wrist-mounted timepiece.
Design origins are from around the 1930s through 1940s in Germany.
Which...
Huh.
Generally...don't...see...much...exploration on watch history websites and the like of what was...happening....there at the time.
Huh.
Granted: folks still drive Volkswagen, fans folks still wear Hugo boss. And NASA is still a thing for now. So I'm gonna keep fliegers and ditch Bund straps, thank you very much.
Design origins are from around the 1930s through 1940s in Germany.
Which...
Huh.
Generally...don't...see...much...exploration on watch history websites and the like of what was...happening....there at the time.
Huh.
Granted: folks still drive Volkswagen, fans folks still wear Hugo boss. And NASA is still a thing for now. So I'm gonna keep fliegers and ditch Bund straps, thank you very much.
jessenator
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Don't forget Adidas : P
andare
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Zulu strap? Cultural appropriation much? Hasn't Africa suffered enough?
Joking aside I like it but those rings in the strap would bother me to no end.
zeropluszero
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Usually a Garmin forerunner 945, but since I have my 7th stress reaction currently. It's been 2 weeks and I miss running so bad.
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Stickman393
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One would think that "NATO" would stand for "North Atlantic Treaty Organization".
Its actually a shortening of the word "National", and part of the Acronym "NSN", or "NATO Stock Number".
Which was basically a big numerically-organized registry for british military requisitions.
Also nicknamed the "G-10" strap. Not because it's made out of military-grade fiberglass reinforced resin board, but because you had to fill out a G-1098 forum to get one.
Yeah. It's all pretty backwards and strange.
Also, it's been preditorially trademarked by some asshole in the states who charges everybody who markets their straps as "NATO" straps for a cut of their profits.
Which led to county comm (local for me, their main office is like a 45 minute drive from my house) to make their own version with the beefier rings and trademark it "Zulu".
And now there's a company out of Britain called "Zuludiver" that sells both natos and Zulus.
It's...it's a fucking mess. Who knows what actually means. Probably Zonked Underneath Lethargic Unicorns. Or something.
Anyways, I typically prefer the NATO style double pass watch strap. I'll go for a single-pass too if the mood strikes me. Or the elastic Marine Nationale paratrooper style strap. Not because I love military culture or want to cosplay as a soldier, but because I find the history of timepieces in wartime conditions fascinating from a design perspective, and I find myself drawn asthetically towards their utilitarian styling.
Bracelets feel too much like jewelry. Leather is acceptable (shoot, my wedding ring is shell), but even then I prefer a pass-through strap for the added security.
Today: continuing on with a Flieger Type A. Another from Steeldive, very similar to the first, but with a bronze CuSn8 case.
Kinda turns my meat-man 's skin a little green at the crown. Nbd.
Silver Blues
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Gorgeous. I always wanted a bronze watch... don't know where one can get a reasonably affordable and good-quality one nowadays (Maranez, maybe?). That's a lovely specimen.
Stickman393
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Under 2 bills, AliExpress. All day long.
I've got two. The steeldive was the cheaper one: NH35 automatic movement, sapphire crystal. Really fantastic lume. Love the patina they develop.
Hruodland makes an awesome looking type B: if they'd add a date complication on a black wheel I'd be throwing my money at them.
Shoot, there's a bunch of milsub homages on there from Baltany and Dagger Axe that are just *chefs kiss*, but no date window. Pretty much vintage accurate (with the exception of fixed lugs) Unfortunately I *greatly* prefer models with a date window, cause I'm too lazy to reference my phone when I need to date something.
Seriously: I've bought...too many. They're great.
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Stickman393
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TODAY!!
Tactical Frog Pegalos Homage. Titanium case, fixed lugs.
Tactical Frog? Yes. It's a silly name. Like a lil amphibian with a plate carrier bird-doggin ya from the window in a pet store.
The watch is great, though.
Strap from Nørth straps. One of the few companies that sell NATO straps long enough for my 8" wrist. The originals were *very* short. Normal length for cheapies is about 275-280mm. I need a solid 290-310mm in order to be able to fold over the tail into its keeper.
Why? Cause if you don't fold over the tail, you're gonna have a loose end to the strap that really likes to come out of place. It gets in the way. It bothers me.
Tactical Frog Pegalos Homage. Titanium case, fixed lugs.
Tactical Frog? Yes. It's a silly name. Like a lil amphibian with a plate carrier bird-doggin ya from the window in a pet store.
The watch is great, though.
Strap from Nørth straps. One of the few companies that sell NATO straps long enough for my 8" wrist. The originals were *very* short. Normal length for cheapies is about 275-280mm. I need a solid 290-310mm in order to be able to fold over the tail into its keeper.
Why? Cause if you don't fold over the tail, you're gonna have a loose end to the strap that really likes to come out of place. It gets in the way. It bothers me.
Silver Blues
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Are you for real??
Just had a look at the Steeldive AliExpress storefront. This is danger.