AimlessWanderer
Remember to forget me!
... or two.
The last time I bought a new watch, I bought three. Cheap ones of course That was eight or nine years ago when I was still working. Two of them have survived, and one bit the dust, working on the boat I had at the time. I traded for a G-Shock sometime after.
I've been quite content since then, but the Timex Watches thread got me looking at affordable watches again.
My cheap Casio, and the G-shock have been great everyday watches. They're both solar too, and so I just need to leave one one the windowsill for a day or two while I wear the other if the level drops. Not particularly dressy for socialising in though...
The other cheapo is the Sekonda chrono that I'm wearing today. Simple uncluttered face, that's easy to read, but also shows how long my dinner has been in the oven... useful things, chronographs.
Aside from my gold plated Half Hunter, it's also my dressiest watch. These are all the wristwatches I have. The strap has seen better days, and so I have ordered a replacement, but the Timex thread had whether the appetite for something new. At nine years old, that Sekonda could march on for another decade, or it could just as easily conk out as soon as I've put the replacement strain on it...
New watch justified, I reckon. Just a simple clean faced watch on a leather strap, in case the Sekonda decides not to be a watch anymore.
I saw a couple of simple Times watches that I liked the look of ... and bought neither. There were a couple of others I liked the look of more. A similar chronograph in brown, which only cost about double the price of the replacement strap for the other and another solar watch, but on a stainless strap.
That should keep me punctual for another decade, I reckon They should be here by the middle of next week, and I'll get pics up when they land.
The last time I bought a new watch, I bought three. Cheap ones of course That was eight or nine years ago when I was still working. Two of them have survived, and one bit the dust, working on the boat I had at the time. I traded for a G-Shock sometime after.
I've been quite content since then, but the Timex Watches thread got me looking at affordable watches again.
My cheap Casio, and the G-shock have been great everyday watches. They're both solar too, and so I just need to leave one one the windowsill for a day or two while I wear the other if the level drops. Not particularly dressy for socialising in though...
The other cheapo is the Sekonda chrono that I'm wearing today. Simple uncluttered face, that's easy to read, but also shows how long my dinner has been in the oven... useful things, chronographs.
Aside from my gold plated Half Hunter, it's also my dressiest watch. These are all the wristwatches I have. The strap has seen better days, and so I have ordered a replacement, but the Timex thread had whether the appetite for something new. At nine years old, that Sekonda could march on for another decade, or it could just as easily conk out as soon as I've put the replacement strain on it...
New watch justified, I reckon. Just a simple clean faced watch on a leather strap, in case the Sekonda decides not to be a watch anymore.
I saw a couple of simple Times watches that I liked the look of ... and bought neither. There were a couple of others I liked the look of more. A similar chronograph in brown, which only cost about double the price of the replacement strap for the other and another solar watch, but on a stainless strap.
That should keep me punctual for another decade, I reckon They should be here by the middle of next week, and I'll get pics up when they land.