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I have a Beuchat and a Festina.
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rynostewie: It is by far one of the coolest watches I've ever owned.
Pretty cool indeed. Now I want one.
Post edited June 03, 2012 by Cambrey
I have a Casio my brother gave me for christmas. I don't know how old it is, it's been a long while, I'd say about five years. It doesn't even have a light, or fluorescent numbers, so at night it's difficult to tell the time and when I walk and I sweat, the back of my wrist and underneath the watch start to smell.

Then again, the watch is also a calculator and a remote control, which you can program to use on your TV, VCR (it's got to be pretty old to be able to use it on VCR's!) and copy or program the signals from other remote controls, so you can use it with other things as well, including air conditioners and remote controlled lights. It may not be fancy but it's quite practical, hence why I'm still wearing it.

Here's a pic of the model.
If I could afford it, I'd like a Qlocktwo W from Biegert & Funk when it comes out this fall. I'm betting it'll cost an arm and a leg, though.
Still using my pocket watch.

Will be getting myself one of these though when I can!
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hedwards: Buy a Timex, those things will outlast you pretty much every time. I've lost a few of them, but never had to give one up because it stopped working.

Hell, my first Timex literally broke my arm without becoming damaged.
I currently have a Timex which survived getting partially pulled into a 3T MRI scanner, which is a pretty hard experience for a watch. I had to reset the indicators (they were all pointing towards the magnet), but other than that - no problems.

I was lucky I pulled it out before it went too far into the magnetic field - I'm not sure if the bracelet would break before my hand would :-)
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xyem: Will be getting myself one of these though when I can!
Oh, that is on my watchlist now!
I also have a Timex but don't really wear it. My problem is that my wrists are really skinny and 95% of the watches out there look really out of place on my hand; this, coupled with the fact that it's now trendy to make OMGXBOXHUGE watches (both thickness and diameter), plus the price for the watches that would actually look good on me, means that I rely on my cell phone to tell the time.
   
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Still haven't had the time to put batteries in any of my watches. And now the battery in the clock on the wall has gone too. That now only moves when sufficiently strong earthquake jars it into operation for an hour or two.
Got this watch in the early 90's, the thickness is what I liked as it is extremely thin, liked the odd bezel as well.

I have mistreated it severely over the years as noted by the scratches. It has kept time flawlessly with a battery life of around 3 yrs having never been serviced or cleaned.
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I'm not really compatible with quartz watches. I mostly rely on older technologies. I have worn a Seiko Kinetic for years. I'm now using this one. Accurate, readable, maybe a bit on the heavy side, but that suits me.
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i have an active job and i need a watch that can take a beating, plus i don't need to worry about the battery or setting it... so... i rock a Casio G-Shock GW-500A

Features:
Atomic Time sync via radio waves
Solar powered
Auto suspend and sleep
Accelerometer for auto back-light and wake on move
Time memos
world time switch
5 alarms
Stopwatch
Can last 11 months in total darkness until battery is dead
Designed to function until 2039
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Watches are not needed when you've got your cellphone. It is only a piece of jewelery, and I don'[t like jewelery. Amen.

Watches' primary destiny nowadays is to show them off (as some of you try to do), and I'm not that kind of person. (sometimes it's also a memento after your father, etc)
Post edited June 04, 2012 by keeveek
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keeveek: Watches are not needed when you've got your cellphone
When your phone only lasts a few hours because you use it a lot.. it sucks as a timekeeping device :P
My phone battery lasts areound a week, cause I use it for it's purpose - CALLING and TEXTING only :P

In my entire life I never had a situation like in horror movies - that my phone battery suddenly dies :P
Post edited June 04, 2012 by keeveek