What is on your wrist?

Debo · 08-26-2010, 18:27

Look down at your wrist. What are you guys wearing for a timepiece? While this might be a good thread for the gear/kit forum, there are other occasions besides war in which proper time must be kept. Business meetings, kids football games, weekend dive trips, EMS calls, Dropkick Murphys concerts and yard mowing to name a few. After a year hem-hawing around and looking/wearing, I picked out this watch for my Father's Day present from the twins and wife. Omega Planet Ocean co-axial 45.5mm. Having worn it for a few months now, I still am more and more pleased with it. It is everyday wear for me and went on a couple of water jumps this month and some trips to the range. It gets most of the wrist time with the occasional wearing of my G-shock and Luminox to break things up. About the only thing I absolutely take it off for is running. I wear my Garmin 405cx HRM/GPS for that. What are you guys wearing and why? Any watch fanatics out there?

D.

Richard · 08-26-2010, 18:51

I used to wear one like this (pic 1) which also had a small compass (pic 2) on the band so that the compass was facing up on my right wrist when I was gripping my weapon. I am right handed and wore it on my right wrist so I could glance down at the compass without moving my hand from the pistol-grip and taking my finger off of the trigger. I also had a piece of black electrical tape covering the dial of the watch so it couldn't be seen at night - I would lift the tape by its corner if I needed to check the time.

I still wear my watch on my right wrist. This confuses people until I tell them how it all came about - and then they really give me strange looks.

I still wear a plain faced, self-winding, dial-face watch - I will not wear a watch which is digital or makes any sort of beeping noise. Old habits die hard.

And so it goes...

Richard

lksteve · 08-26-2010, 19:23

Same watch for 30 years...no beeping, no lights, no batteries...as long as I move, it works...

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Saoirse · 08-26-2010, 19:34

Sir Richard, that is the same type I wore for years when I was in the army, went to college and became a cop....then it just disappeared. I loved that watch.
Big H just bought me a new one...similar but with a bevel ring and two time zone settings, alarm, date and day, alarm and nite light. Only thing it won't do is make a martini for me.....

bost1751 · 08-26-2010, 19:36

IKsteve:

Excellent choice. Mine is 21 years and still great. No gadgets, no noise.

mark46th · 08-26-2010, 19:51

My Submariner is in 12.000 feet of water between San Pedro and Catalina Island. We were on our way to Catalina to go marlin fishing. A Broadbill Swordfish jumped, I yelled," Sword!" and pointed. As I pointed, the wrist band of my watch caught on the corner of the windshield of the boat, snapping one of the pins holding the band and Bye! Bye! Rolex. I had paid $172.00 for it at the PX in Bangkok in 1972. I went to get a new one and was a little shocked that they had gone up in cost a shade. About $3000.00 worth. I now have an Omega Sea Master. I think it is equal to or superior to the Submariner.

busa · 08-27-2010, 08:30

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Originally Posted by mark46th

My Submariner is in 12.000 feet of water between San Pedro and Catalina Island. We were on our way to Catalina to go marlin fishing. A Broadbill Swordfish jumped, I yelled," Sword!" and pointed. As I pointed, the wrist band of my watch caught on the corner of the windshield of the boat, snapping one of the pins holding the band and Bye! Bye! Rolex. I had paid $172.00 for it at the PX in Bangkok in 1972. I went to get a new one and was a little shocked that they had gone up in cost a shade. About $3000.00 worth. I now have an Omega Sea Master. I think it is equal to or superior to the Submariner.

Did you land the Bill?

Tatonka316 · 08-26-2010, 19:56

I wear a Suunto Observer. I got it years ago, gave it to Chris when he graduated the Q course and it was returned to me after he crossed over. I put a new battery in it in 2003 just before I gave it to him, and it had the SAME battery until about 3 months ago - just about 7 years!!!

With my lousy eyesight, it is hard to see the numbers at times, but I will NEVER not have that watch on!!!

... and this time, I truly mean this --- MOLON LABE!

ZonieDiver · 08-26-2010, 20:01

Seiko "Automatic" Dive Watch - arm movement keeps it working. I've had it since '71. (I was told SF no longer bought Rolex because a senior SGM had bought stock in Seiko.)

I lost it for 6 months in '89 (same type of incident as Mark46th), but someone found it at the bottom of the "Blue Hole" in Santa Rosa, NM and returned it to me.

alright4u · 08-27-2010, 18:18

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Originally Posted by lksteve

Same watch for 30 years...no beeping, no lights, no batteries...as long as I move, it works...

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Still have a Rolex , but; not the GMT master I bought in Baden Baden in early Jan 68 nor the Presidential I bought in China Fleet.. I have been through a lot of Rolex watches. I gave a few black saphires away to two NCO's I highly respect. One wanted one for his wife's ring. Hell, I cannot wear this stuff forever.

Irish_Army01 · 08-27-2010, 19:00

This thread has potential Gentlemen!

In my 16 years (to date) of conventional soldering I've been though a few time pieces..

went through a phase of analogue watches..Citizen promaster and Citizen automatic..

The promaster was an excellent watch cept the battery required changing approx every 2 years and it had to be sent to the UK to be be resealed (pressurized ) The automatic lasted all of 1 year before it started losing minutes( Kinetic wind up watch) so I decided to go back to G-shock.

I now have a G-shock Riseman.. Solar/atomic Clock/ altie / Barometer.

Trip_Wire (RIP) · 08-27-2010, 19:14

I have three watches two are SCUBA Dive computers and one is a Rolex GMT Master. I usually wear both the Rolex and the Citizen Dive Watch Eco drive Aqualand 20th Anniversary. The other dive watch is a Suunto Mosquito.

I'll post a picture of my Rolex GMT Master along with some other goodies and a video on the Citizen dive watch which I have been very happy with!

Video: Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3QVlKMpOnc

Part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ckGh...watch_response

BTW: I didn't make this video! lol

Detonics · 06-09-2013, 16:04

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Originally Posted by lksteve

Same watch for 30 years...no beeping, no lights, no batteries...as long as I move, it works...

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That's what I'm going to. I just sold my Oris F1 watch as it seemed not to wind itself as much as my old GMT and I was always resetting time & date. Nice watch!

MK262MOD1 · 01-04-2014, 21:58

Took my Doxa off for the first time in a long time and put my new Shumate Diver on today! This is a helluva watch and could be used as a weapon if needed. I really dig it.

DJ Urbanovsky · 01-05-2014, 14:12

I'm wearing this: