Mens Watches

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Originally Posted By: javacontour
Last year I got the Citizen Men's JY0040-59L Blue Angels Skyhawk A-T Stainless Steel Eco-Drive Watch as my 15 year service gift...


Nice.
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My company's 15-year watch is nowhere near as nice as that one.
 
Originally Posted By: Ducman
Jimkobb said:
The early Wrist watches were a bit on the big size because they were originally Pocket watches with a couple of lugs attached for a strap.



This statement is not necessarily true. Many of the early "lug soldered on" watches were lady's size pocket watch movements which are usually 6 size and smaller. I've seen plenty of early wrist watches that had 0 or 3/0 size movements. In "real world" terms, 6 size is 35mm, 0 size is 29.6mm, and 3/0 is 28mm.

A lot of today's "super size" wristwatches are based on the ETA/Unitas 6497/6498 or a copy of the same. This is really a pocket watch movement, and is 16.5 lignes(37.5mm), or roughly an American 10 size.
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Add me to the list of those that have no use for a watch the size of an Altoids can. I don't need a watch most of the time, but I still keep and wear one. I have two Omegas, one a 1960's DeVille that my dad got as a service award from GM and the other a late 1990's one that I wear almost daily.

Several years ago when I had to wear a dress shirt to work, I got a 1960's Lucien Piccard "Seashark" for around $60 on an ebay auction - swiss auto and quite thin. I love that watch because it won't catch the cuff on the shirt and is very comfortable (unfortunately the auto winding mechanism no longer works, but can be stem wound).
 
If you're a big guy there is nothing wrong with something 44-46mm. Styles do tend to evolve. We are not all wearing the same clothing we were in the 50s & 60s, why cant watches evolve? I agree that for the most part something in a 39-42mm is usually the sweet spot, but the way most people are talking here we'd be wearing 32mm watches.


I hear the argument all the time "why buy a watch your phone tells the time". Yea but I don't have to take my phone out of my pocket like some ancient pocket watch
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Originally Posted By: HemiHawk
I hear the argument all the time "why buy a watch your phone tells the time". Yea but I don't have to take my phone out of my pocket like some ancient pocket watch
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Hey, I've been known to wear pocket watches. That was basically all I wore for about 5 years(before getting my Rolex) and I still wear them on occasion. I'll often wear something interesting to shows or even at flea markets as sort of a "business card" to show that I know what I'm talking about and what I like.

Plus, in my profession, they actually make a lot of sense. I'm a full-time chemist who does actually spend some time working in the lab, and I don't really have to worry about getting chemicals on a pocket watch.

Aside from that, an open face watch is faster to check the time on than pushing a button on your cell phone(I rarely wear hunting case watches when I do wear one) and it's also not as "offensive" to some people to look at your watch as it is to look at your phone.
 
It`s got a big face Papa Bear but you have somewhat large wrists too , so that doesn`t look bad on you. Plus it doesn`t appear from that angle to be overly thick. Top that off with what you said about your vision you likely made a good choice for you.
 
Originally Posted By: HemiHawk
If you're a big guy there is nothing wrong with something 44-46mm. Styles do tend to evolve. We are not all wearing the same clothing we were in the 50s & 60s, why cant watches evolve? I agree that for the most part something in a 39-42mm is usually the sweet spot, but the way most people are talking here we'd be wearing 32mm watches.


I hear the argument all the time "why buy a watch your phone tells the time". Yea but I don't have to take my phone out of my pocket like some ancient pocket watch
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Agreed.
 
Originally Posted By: Papa Bear
I like my Gruen ... Easy to read for my 72 yr old eyes.
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And this is another reason to wear a watch of that size.

That's a beautiful watch by the way.
 
Check out your local Pawn Shop, I got a TAG Heuer watch Chronograph for $300.00!

Was it real and not counterfit? Well per the jeweler at Jared Gallery it was authentic and he appraised it at $2000 to $3000 bucks.
 
Watches to me are just a simple tool to tell time. Quality watches work well, but if the rise above a certain price, I'm out. These days the behavior of men toward watches seem to be mimicking the actions of females toward jewelry.

It's just a watch.
 
I think we all have our interests...and the desire in buying a high end watch is just another one where the value proposition is gonna mean one thing to one person and something else to another.

I wait on the semi-annual sale near me where they sell Seiko, Bulova, and Movado watches that retail in the $200-$275 range for $99 dollars...your choice. I think that Tag Hauer was a really great deal that would please somebody who was either into watches or into "bling" at a bargain price. I'm neither, so I don't think I qualify to speculate on someone's interests or preferences....or lump it under consumerism.
 
Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: andrewg
It's just a watch.

For a lot of folks, it is considered male jewelry indeed.



I get it. I'm just describing how I feel about a watch. Nothing more.
 
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