Digital watches, anyone?

[coelacanth]

That Nomos is seriously gorgeous - I must look into it!

Only problem was that I couldn't find a place carrying them in the US. I could only find a few online shops. I ended up buying one when I went back to Japan for a week. The price point is very reasonable for a mechanical watch with sapphire glass both sides, in-house movement and the Bauhaus design that I love.


finguanzo,

Wow. Archimede timepieces look awesome, and I can't believe the prices! I must look into this. Looks like I can buy one from their online store. Thanks for the info.

 

[crawdiddy]

No digital watches for me.

 

[Spavinaw]

Right now I use a digital watch as my main day to day watch. It is an Ice Cream Cone watch with one piece plastic body and band. It was water resistant until I had to pry off the glued on back to replace the battery the first time. What? You don't remember Ice Cream Cone breakfast cereal? Well, it has been several years ago. I'm rather proud of the fact that I got this watch from the cereal company absolutely FREE. Now days when you get something with a company logo on it you usually have to pay them to wear their advertisement! Anyway, when I wear this watch it totally grosses my son out. In fact, because of it, he bought me a simple $20 Coleman (yes the camping equipment company) watch. This watch kept as good or better time than any I ever owned. However, after a few years it recently became inaccurate. For dress I have a thin gold Seiko with leather band. It's an analog quartz. For many years my daily watch was a Casio digital calculator. I wore out at least four of them.

 

[goffer]

Purchased one of these, well I guess "invested" in one:

Pebble: E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597507018/pebble-e-paper-watch-for-iphone-and-android

 

[Lawrence Sheperd]

I feel about digital watches the same way I feel about digital dashboards....

 

[panerai]

Never owned a digital watch >>

Never owned a digital watch >>

Closest to non manual or automatic was a Bulova Accutron.

Only two I've been wearing for the past 10 years have been Panerai

DON

 

[Archiver]

Although I've had mad crazes for digital watches in the past, the last digital I wore was a Casio MR-G with a purple internal light, back in the early 2000's. Since then I've bought a mix of mechanical and quartz watches, many of them Japan-only Seikos like the titanium Landmaster, black PVD 1000m Marinemaster, and the automatic 'Cocktail Time' dress watch with blue sunburst dial.

I also have a couple of the Noah Fuller/Jake Bourdeau Tsunami watches, which are modernized homages of the Seiko 6309. The quality of these things must be seen to be believed, particularly at their price point. I'd be very hard put to find a Seiko that sells for $550 that is as strong or well-finished as a Tsunami.

http://www.10watches.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=8207762

If I was to buy a digital watch these days, it would be a Ventura. They make amazing designs. Another good prospect would be the Seiko World Timer with active matrix screen.

https://www.tabibbs.com/asin/img/05/30/0530120330144536000a7_01.jpg

 

[rxmd]

coelacanth, I have a few german low budget automatics. They are made by a company Archimede, might even be cheaper than Nomos..

Some of those Archimedes are seriously gorgeous, especially the flight models without a brandname.