Deaver

Solar powered, Atomic clock sync

I know what time it is

Turbo Mini

Suunto Core

everything I need, lots I don't...

kmoy2002

Clean and simple; just what I need

surgeonstone

My Garmin 500, Blackberry, Car clock, computer clock, make a wristwatch totally, completely, without exception, a historic artifact of absolutely no value. I stopped wearing them years ago.

surgeonstone

Love the photo.

carleton

Hahaha!



That stuff looks like something Zidane would wear:

carleton

I've actually used this method to try to determine how much sunlight I had left to ride. I royally screwed it up and had to ride the last 30 minutes in pitch dark with no lights.


https://www.wikihow.com/How-to-Find-O...-Before-Sunset

But, mostly I use this when I ride:

surgeonstone

This monstrosity needs to be eliminated-forever.

zoltani

Until the apocalypse comes and none of that stuff works anymore....then you won't know what time it is

dookie

strong statement there, which sounds (to me) awfully self-righteous and shortsighted.

sure...there's lots of places to get your time. as has been pointed out, there are times & places where tech won't function and a mechanical artifact just might. besides, value is a bit subjective no? i value the retro gadgetry and idiosyncrasies of an automatic mechanical watch over the soulless perfection of quartz/digital/GPS/network time. you clearly do not. some folks find their watch value as a piece of jewelry. i do not, but that doesn't make them wrong. and so on.

consider your statement using car/bus/motorcycle/etc vs bicycle. a non-rider might very well make your same comment. would you agree with them?

carleton

"Soulless"? A mechanical watch has no soul either. It's a machine, a tool. Don't personify it.

We can all wax poetic about old stuff all day long, but bear in mind that some vintage timepiece was a-dime-a-dozen at one time and further, everything you own right now will be "vintage" one day. When you are 60 are gonna watch some hipster kid go nuts over a "Vintage G-Shock!!!" and laugh...as you try to find a photo of you wearing one when you were his age to show him.

JayNev

no way, turning your wrist is alot quicker than getting your iphone out of your pocket and hitting the "home" or "lock" button.

electrik

Unfortunately, wearing a watch is useless for me due to the large Lorentz factor produced by my velocity. This also may explain why I always seem to be early, but actually arrive late.

carleton

This is true, but we are more aware of the time than in times-past, being we have clocks all around us (computer, phones, vcrs, cable boxes, TVs, cars, etc...). I bet right now, those reading this can guess the time within about 15 minutes or better accuracy. And if not, a clock is just a glance away...even if you weren't on the computer.

carleton

To tell a little story...

When I was 11 or 12, I was given a GShock for my birthday or something. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS WATCH. I literally wore it every day until I went to college. I lost it around my sophomore year in college. Never even had to change the battery. This is the god-honest truth.

This, of course, was a time when there were no cell phones, computers where in school, there was only 1 vcr in the house, the cable box had physical buttons on it.

So, what do I think is an awesome gift for my 11 year old son? A GShock!! Yesss!!...Nooooo. I gave him one and I swear I don't think he's ever worn it. It simply doesn't solve any problems for him.

In college I wore Fossil watches, basically expensive-looking budget watches. They were shiny. I found that girls like shiny things. Gaudy, no. Shiny and tasteful, yes. Strange, but true.

These days, sometimes I'll use a Timex Expedition (below) and strap it to the handlebar when I'm doing interval workouts because it's easier to watch a second hand tick around than a digital seconds counter when I'm cross-eyed and about to pass out.

dookie

this mechanical engineer would beg to differ. in my opinion, the intricate mechanisms of a mechanical timepiece absolutely have more soul, more artistry, more personality than the zeroes and ones of the more precise, more functional digital timepiece. quartz analog? cyborg. a human exterior with a digital interior.

both tools, sure...but the question is tim allen or pam anderson? taiwanese robot built, or hand-crafted by sacha white? easy choice, if you ask me.

"perfection is imperfection." - richard sachs