theloafer
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not worn a watch for 23 years now..... no need for one
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not worn a watch for 23 years now..... no need for one
Maz
Guru
As the saying goes: There's no present like the time.
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
I have a few watches. I like automatic ones. My most expensive is an Omega Seamaster Certified Chronometer. Not mega bucks and fairly understated. My dad thinks I am mad spending that much on a watch that is not as accurate as a cheapo quartz one, but I view it as a work of fine engineering. I will give it to my son when he is older.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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- lost somewhere
Likewise. I used to be obsessed with the time. Every night, I would take off my watch and feel a massive sense of relief.
One day I decided not to put it back on in the morning. I have never felt the need to wear one over the twenty-six years since.
Mad Doug Biker
I prefer animals to most people.
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- Craggy Island
Having brain damage, meaning that I can't organise things properly, a watch can often be vital for me so that I am not a couple of hours late for an appointment!
classic33
Leg End Member
If they sold them for my benefit, they never passed the money on. What did you say their name was?
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
They went bust.... there's only so many people in the world daft enough to want a lego watch!
swee'pea99
Squire
Friend of mine brought a fake back from Thailand, and I - never having been the slightest bit interested in watches - immediately spotted it and thought 'that's lovely!' It took about another ten years before I got a Christmas bonus sufficient to buy one (second hand). This isn't mine, but it's identical:
But even that didn't change my long-established habit, carried over from my travelling days, when I didn't wear a watch at all: take it off on Friday evening, back on Monday morning.
(Can't stand watches with multiple dials and all that kind of nonsense...bloody stupid watches, as I call them. Still, each to their own.)
But even that didn't change my long-established habit, carried over from my travelling days, when I didn't wear a watch at all: take it off on Friday evening, back on Monday morning.
(Can't stand watches with multiple dials and all that kind of nonsense...bloody stupid watches, as I call them. Still, each to their own.)
If I didn't wear a watch I would not know what day I was in, or the date, never mind what time it was!
All my watches have a date window, most have a day/date.
asterix
Comrade Member
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- Limoges or York
Hardly ever wear a watch and have the sun tan to prove it!
I do collect grandfather clocks and have 2. One is 320 years old and still works perfectly. It was made by one of the top London makers so I guess it is worth something. It has been in the family for a good hundred of its years.
I do collect grandfather clocks and have 2. One is 320 years old and still works perfectly. It was made by one of the top London makers so I guess it is worth something. It has been in the family for a good hundred of its years.
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
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- Northumberland
Thursday the 14th eh?
swee'pea99
Squire
Wow! And when you think it's probably been running 24/7 for many of those years, I'd guess that must have some kind of claim on being the longest running (maximum total number of hours running time) piece of machinery in the world. I can't imagine what could beat it.
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EltonFrog
Legendary Member
Maz
Guru
Same here!
Those watch faces look so cluttered, it almost defeats the object of being able to tell the time with them.