Digital watches, anyone?

Digital watches, anyone?

  • Yes! I have one of the early ones with red LEDs.

    Votes: 8 2.8%

  • Yes. It's cheaper and more accurate than a mechanical watch.

    Votes: 40 13.8%

  • Yes. And I placed my order for the M8, before it came out.

    Votes: 2 0.7%

  • No. But I did buy an M8.

    Votes: 27 9.3%

  • No. I listen to it ticking quietly as I fall into an analogue sleep.

    Votes: 130 44.8%

  • No. And I'm using a typewriter to browse the web.

    Votes: 18 6.2%

  • I don't wear watches. I just ask other people.

    Votes: 53 18.3%

  • Don't know.

    Votes: 12 4.1%
  • Total voters
    290
I can agree with the opinion that watches are more of jewellery than tools of necessity in this day and age. Even though quartz watches are cheaper and more accurate, I usually wear automatics during the weekdays at work as I prefer their classical look.

photobizzz said:
[I do wear a digital watch, it actually tells the time in 25 zones, has 5 alarms, tells temperture, barometer, compass, altimiter, oh and it is also solar with a titanium band. Over the top? Well I am in the military and am stationed in Iraq so I guess you wear what suits your needs.
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My weekend watches are Protreks too (PRG-80 & PRT-40) - love the barometer for forecasting the weather & the backlight. Used a Casio Diver style watch with hybrid analog & digital display when I was in the army (Protreks weren't out yet).

Take care out there.
 
I guess I am hopelessly behind the curve -- the idea of using your cell phone as a watch strikes me as ludicrous. But then, I'm one of those people who does not leave the cell phone on.

I have as my weekend watch a Casio that I spent $15 on over 20 years ago. It's only on its second battery. The other watches I wear are all inexpensive (with one exception) quartz analog jobs, one of which was a 10-year work anniversary gift. Digital display is not cool in an office/suit environment -- doesn't really fit in.
 
Digital watches make me grumpy, like beautiful women who hide their faces with hats or long bangs.

My analog watch is battery powered but I have recurring dreams of getting a true automatic. Strangely I'm always wearing an antique Omega automatic watch in the dreams where I'm photographing with an M2. A great mechanical instrument is so much more impressive than a clever electronic gizmo. Perhaps I'm biased working with computers all the time though...
 
Analog watches only (Breitling Blackbird currently)
Analog cameras only (Leica, Hasselblad, & Nikon)
And if I could buy a new car with carburetors instead of EFI I would too. Seriously.

I just don't trust electronics with the stuff I really care about.
 
I have Rolex Datejust, Omega Seamaster, Elgin gold analog - all these are in the safe and for sale if anyone needs one.

I WEAR a Casio G-shock digital (solar powered, downloads exact time everyday from the atomic clock in Colorado) and an Orvis white faced analog quartz on dress up days at work. These two watches cost less than $75. G-shock is perfect for swimming, bike riding, outdoor photography and rangefinder work ;>)

O.C.
 
I wear a Timex Camper. Digital? Analog? It has a battery and it has hands. Basic, reasonably water resistant, light, and cheap. Goes well with my Dixon Ticonderoga pencils.
I've spent rather more but none of those watches stood up to the kitchens I work in any better.
Rob
 
I usually prefer digital wrist watches and mechanical pocket watches, but I did break down recently and buy a cheap battery powered pocket watch.

I have a Timex Ironman Bodylink watch. The fancy one that has a heart rate monitor and keeps track of your mileage with a GPS unit. Its a fun watch, but it goes through batteries so quickly that I usually only use it when I am running, or otherwise do not need to know the time 😉

Richie
 
I don't wear watches, primary reason being is that suited up in a cleanroom suit all day, the watches don't hold up well under all the prespiration under the suit. And I have a pager with a clock on it. And every computer in the Fab has a clock on it. And my cell phone has a clock on it. And both car and truck have clocks on the dash. And I don't particularly care to know the time down to the exact second, especially on my off days.

But I was thinking of getting a wrist sundial... it would have a little light bulb, mounted on a rotating arm, that would mimick the motion of the sun and cast the approriate shadow. 🙂

~Joe
 
I'm looking for a cheap, used chronograph. The problem is that I have small wrists and a 40mm dial is about the largest I can take without looking like a (early 90's era?) rapper.

I like looking at digital watches, especially those with analog complications, but I don't think I could ever wear them.

Also on the list:
24 hour dials
slide rules (athough I cannot use them)
skeletons and open hearts

Clarence
 
Yes, silly indeed. But here I am. Using an analog Tissot watch, but my favourite alternative was this one:

"No. And I'm using a typewriter to browse the web."

Now, that's funny!

Jarle
 
I have automatic Breitling, Rolex, Invicta 26 jewel, ETA 25 Jewel, Omega, Movado.

I have quartz Seiko retro, Accutron, and my most accurate is Casio radiowave update from the atomic clock 6 times a day this is the Gshock wave/atomic/digital. This watck is $60 bucks I wear it to the gym and only wear the other watches socially.
 
clarence said:
I'm looking for a cheap, used chronograph. The problem is that I have small wrists and a 40mm dial is about the largest I can take without looking like a (early 90's era?) rapper.

I like looking at digital watches, especially those with analog complications, but I don't think I could ever wear them.

Also on the list:
24 hour dials
slide rules (athough I cannot use them)
skeletons and open hearts

Clarence
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Go here for more USED, vintage and a few new watches (almost all ads are person- to- person) from all over the world: http://www.elitedealseeker.com/inde...s&searchword=&ageupperlimit=1&function=Search. To send a message to some of these sellers, you must join the particular forum, but it's easy to do so, like RFF. Generally, the prices and sellers are better than godawfulbay. The watches range from cheap to sky-high and are all kinds under the sun.

I've been very happy w/ this site.

Have fun!!!!!
 
I'm damn near the only person my age (19) who seems to even wear a watch these days. One other guy at work wears one and its a big one like mine but his is quartz. I have a big mechanical diver myself (rolex style its an invicta) I love mechanical things including this watch
 
I can't stand digital watches. I have some quartz analogue ones. But my favorite is a Tag Heuer chronometer. I like the mechanical movement, even if it isn't as accurate. It's not a soulless wafer of silicon.
 
I have a Casio Sea Pathfinder (Titaneum). I purchased it so I would have a compass. It helps when I go to scout a location for photographing and I can calculate better where the sun position will be later in the day.
 
Cartier for my daily clock watching and a Polar for running .. you just can't miss a beat with the Heart Rate Monitor .. 😛
 
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