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Re: Watches
« Reply #960 on: January 05, 2016, 03:39:04 am »
Ever since the Rotolog, I dig Nixon watches.

Congrats!
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Re: Watches
« Reply #961 on: January 05, 2016, 08:59:20 am »
I replaced both my Rado and my Victorinox watches after the theft... Not the originals, but at least I'm made "whole".  The Vic is also now shinny and new - the old one was scratched to hell in the case.
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Re: Watches
« Reply #962 on: January 05, 2016, 09:10:23 am »
Which Victorinox?
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Re: Watches
« Reply #963 on: January 05, 2016, 09:53:32 am »
NIXON...."I am not a CLOCK"................................ :think: ..time fer some HOROLOGY........ :P
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Re: Watches
« Reply #964 on: January 05, 2016, 02:57:40 pm »
That Nixon looks similar to the Diesel I got from the GF just a few days ago for my b-day  ;D
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Re: Watches
« Reply #965 on: January 05, 2016, 11:55:01 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on January 05, 2016, 03:39:04 am
Ever since the Rotolog, I dig Nixon watches.

Congrats!

I really like the Rotolog, just not my style.  This is my second Nixon, I'll have to expand my horizons next time.  :)
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Re: Watches
« Reply #966 on: January 06, 2016, 12:27:16 pm »
i had given up on watches after having one year where my nixon, a bulova (or something... wedding party gift), a fossil and some other random all broke one way or another...

wife put an inexpensive penguin watch in my stocking and i've been enjoying having one back on... might have to start looking into a nice one again.
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Re: Watches
« Reply #967 on: January 06, 2016, 12:51:31 pm »
Quote from: tooscoops on January 06, 2016, 12:27:16 pm
i had given up on watches after having one year where my nixon, a bulova (or something... wedding party gift), a fossil and some other random all broke one way or another...

wife put an inexpensive penguin watch in my stocking and i've been enjoying having one back on... might have to start looking into a nice one again.

I stopped carrying a watch when I started carrying a cell phone.  so it's been a few years.
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Re: Watches
« Reply #968 on: January 06, 2016, 01:19:59 pm »
I went without a watch for quite a few years but now I feel naked without one.
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Re: Watches
« Reply #969 on: January 06, 2016, 03:48:59 pm »
Quote from: Great_Big_Abyss on January 06, 2016, 12:51:31 pm
Quote from: tooscoops on January 06, 2016, 12:27:16 pm
i had given up on watches after having one year where my nixon, a bulova (or something... wedding party gift), a fossil and some other random all broke one way or another...

wife put an inexpensive penguin watch in my stocking and i've been enjoying having one back on... might have to start looking into a nice one again.

I stopped carrying a watch when I started carrying a cell phone.  so it's been a few years.

Same here. The last watch I had was a Timex that I used when I was going through basic training back in the 1990s. I'm not into jewellery, so the appeal is lost on me.
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Re: Watches
« Reply #970 on: January 06, 2016, 04:58:52 pm »
Quote from: OliverD on January 06, 2016, 01:19:59 pm
I went without a watch for quite a few years but now I feel naked without one.




 It is supposed to go on the WRIST 8) ..




 Very interesting comment in the E Mail section of this weeks (jan 6) autoextremist regarding watches ..read it and weep... :'(
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Re: Watches
« Reply #971 on: January 06, 2016, 05:16:44 pm »
Quote from: OliverD on January 05, 2016, 09:10:23 am
Which Victorinox?
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Re: Watches
« Reply #972 on: January 08, 2016, 05:44:48 pm »
so no one here has the TIME to read autoextremist   WTFKBOW.................figure it out this place is slipping :'(
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Re: Watches
« Reply #973 on: January 11, 2016, 10:27:09 am »
Quote from: safristi on January 08, 2016, 05:44:48 pm
so no one here has the TIME to read autoextremist   WTFKBOW.................figure it out this place is slipping :'(

Actually, I did follow up after your post.  It's a good thing that somebody is trying; Detroit Watches has some interesting stuff (a fellow Montrealer too!). 

The fact that pretty much every component used in the making of the watch comes from elsewhere is simply facing the current reality.  I can only assume that their already high prices for their watches would only skyrocket higher should they source North American components as a new standard, assuming further that they or somebody else would even try to make those components in the first place.
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Re: Watches
« Reply #974 on: January 12, 2016, 01:40:17 pm »
personally I don't have the TIME for a watch...................has anyone done a study...prolly 100 from Hadrfart Uni that sez we waste  22.232327 minutes a day lookin at them and saying I'm LATE..Alice then disappear down a hole.... ;)




now if ya wear one to impress da chix...SHINOLA smells aboot right.... ;D   there be some crazy nice shyte out there and price IMHO don't necessary equate with Fab Looks
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Re: Watches
« Reply #975 on: February 02, 2016, 09:47:46 pm »
After posting my review of "The Martian," I realized I forgot to mention that a Hamilton watch makes a cameo appearance!  As soon as that scene started, my boyfriend (who has gotten a Khaki Pilot and Jazzmaster Slim from me over the past few years) yelled, "Hey!  That's a Hamilton watch!"

This article confirms it.  http://bestwatchbrandshq.com/matt-damon-watch-in-the-martian-movie/

Very cool!
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Re: Watches
« Reply #976 on: February 02, 2016, 11:23:11 pm »
Quote from: Brigitte on February 02, 2016, 09:47:46 pm
After posting my review of "The Martian," I realized I forgot to mention that a Hamilton watch makes a cameo appearance!  As soon as that scene started, my boyfriend (who has gotten a Khaki Pilot and Jazzmaster Slim from me over the past few years) yelled, "Hey!  That's a Hamilton watch!"

This article confirms it.  http://bestwatchbrandshq.com/matt-damon-watch-in-the-martian-movie/

Very cool!

http://www.hamiltonwatch.com/spirit-history/movie-brand/movie-star-watches
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Re: Watches
« Reply #977 on: February 03, 2016, 11:28:32 am »
I never really cared much for expensive watches, and still it's not so much a priority for me.

But when I was in Europe, I noted that there were a lot of nice watches that weren't as outrageously priced as they are in the US (the exchange rate helps too). Had my eyes on a Tissot T-race Quartz MotoGP watch......but ultimately the accountant in me dictated fiscal prudence was the way to go.
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Re: Watches
« Reply #978 on: February 07, 2016, 01:35:40 pm »
 ::)  Yup time is MONEY when ya BILL by the MINUTE..... :P ..................trust this post is free.


Have my fathers OMEGA gold watch retirement gift sitting in my safety deposit box..for 35 years,do you think it will know what time it is when I release it for good behaviour?? :-\
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Re: Watches
« Reply #979 on: February 07, 2016, 10:22:15 pm »
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