Watches

[Thump]

These guys are pretty generic (sold on TV), but I've got a fancier variant that I'm perfectly happy with (as detailed above) and the one linked comes with a Seiko automatic movement, sapphire crystal, and decent specs as a nice but not huge size:

https://www.deepbluewatches.com/ma10ii44audi10.html

These guys make a zillion variants at different price points and all kinds of colors ... Don't know how much you're looking to spend or if a diver is even your thing.

Like these!

 

[Jagdaddy]

@Thump: Some blue options here from a boutique dive watch maker. On sale through Saturday. https://zeloswatches.com/collections/abyss-3-3000m-diver

 

[Thump]

@Thump: Some blue options here from a boutique dive watch maker. On sale through Saturday. https://zeloswatches.com/collections/abyss-3-3000m-diver

Little steep for my pay grade.

 

[Taosman]

The thing with watches nobody mentions is if you should drop one....... Even the most hardcore watch will die if you have a drop accident.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Its all fun and games until one of those motherfuckers fly across the room

Popped two of them never to be seen again trying to get the bracelet on the Alpina. Luckily, I had ordered a pack of 10 for $2.50.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Little steep for my pay grade.

But water resistant to one hundred atmospheres!

 

[Dryden]

Let's try it again. I signed up for a pic hosting service. Let me know if things are coming through. And if they are, I'm sure that it's just a matter of time before these jackals attempt to hold my pic hostage for a monthly fee a'la Photobucket.

I WILL purchase an Omega Seamaster in the next two years.

I have a love/hate relationship with my Apple Watch Series 3. Cellular, Bluetooth music, and Strava integration when I’m running are all revolutionary. I can exercise without my phone, which is a blessing. But I’m more and more seeing this as an exercise accessory like a Fitbit. It’s just not an everyday watch for me. Particularly, being a mid 40s old fart with dad bod that is increasingly coming home from work and wanting to take naps, I’m finding the Apple Watch is more of a curse because I get dings and haptic feedback from text messages at all hours of the day, like nap time. I’m actually now experiencing phantom haptic feedback in my wrist like the phantom vibrations in my thigh where my iPhone would normally be even when I’m not carrying it.

Im done. Going to go back to a classic watch for the 8 to 5 wear, and only wear the Apple Watch when I’m active.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

I WILL purchase an Omega Seamaster in the next two years.

Big range there: Planet Ocean, SMP, 300, Aqua Terra. Which one are you interested in?

 

[Jagdaddy]

But water resistant to one hundred atmospheres!

That's 150 atmospheres bitch! The extreme depth thing in the watch world is ridiculous, but as a person who likes to feel the weight of a watch (my Deep Blue weighs 9 ounces and can likely be used for self-defense in a pinch), tends to clumsily bash my wrist against stuff, and actually dives, something like the Zelos would work pretty well for me. I also actually like the turbine second hand subdial even though I'll concede that it's cheesy.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

I know, but I still have yet to see it at retail. I also suspect it'll be too big for my tastes. I've tried on a used Rolex GMT at an AD, but it was priced at 13K, which is not what i'm going to spend for a used watch (I understand that's the market price, but that just means I won't buy one). The Rolex GMT, though, was just perfect size...

Here you go. 40mm/12mm thick.

 

[jebussmurf]

Here you go. 40mm/12mm thick.

Thanks for the reference, I appreciate the thought. To be more specific, the features of a GMT watch that interest me are, in order, (1) the jumping hour hand and (2) the ability to read a second (or third) time zone. Please correct me if I'm wrong but a GMT based off of the ETA movement does not have the jumping hour hand. I'd rather buy a watch with a jumping hour hand but no ability to read another time zone, e.g., an Omega Constellation, over an ETA based GMT.

Long story short, thanks but no thanks. I'll just patiently wait for Rolex to go back to a 40mm case on their Explorer II (I've tried the 42mm and it's too big for my tastes) or for Omega to slim down their watches. I guess I could also work out a bunch and get bigger arms but who has time for that?

 

[Taosman]

FYI The limit to "sport diving" is 130ft! I have been to 110ft but you can only stay there for a couple minutes and there's usually little to see there. I took my Tag Huer diving a few times but got a dedicated dive computer after that. Salt water and expensive watches are a bad mix! Don't do it no matter what the watch is rated at.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Thanks for the reference, I appreciate the thought. To be more specific, the features of a GMT watch that interest me are, in order, (1) the jumping hour hand and (2) the ability to read a second (or third) time zone. Please correct me if I'm wrong but a GMT based off of the ETA movement does not have the jumping hour hand. I'd rather buy a watch with a jumping hour hand but no ability to read another time zone, e.g., an Omega Constellation, over an ETA based GMT.

Long story short, thanks but no thanks. I'll just patiently wait for Rolex to go back to a 40mm case on their Explorer II (I've tried the 42mm and it's too big for my tastes) or for Omega to slim down their watches. I guess I could also work out a bunch and get bigger arms but who has time for that?

You're right. You can get the 3rd timezone on any watch that has a 24 hour gmt hand and a 24 hour bezel. For the jumping hand (and things like being able to go backwards changing the date), you have to go upscale Omega-Rolex level. Don't know about the Tudor.

Supposed to be an Omega SMP GMT later this year. That should slim down a bit from a Planet Ocean, but I doubt it'll be 40mm. Think also about lug-to-lug dimensions and the design of how the bracelet meets the case. My PO is 49mm with straight drop off end links. That's only 1mm more than a Rolex GMT.

 

[jebussmurf]

You're right. You can get the 3rd timezone on any watch that has a 24 hour gmt hand and a 24 hour bezel. For the jumping hand (and things like being able to go backwards changing the date), you have to go upscale Omega-Rolex level. Don't know about the Tudor.

Supposed to be an Omega SMP GMT later this year. That should slim down a bit from a Planet Ocean, but I doubt it'll be 40mm. Think also about lug-to-lug dimensions and the design of how the bracelet meets the case. My PO is 49mm with straight drop off end links. That's only 1mm more than a Rolex GMT.

The Tudor GMT from a few years ago also has the jumping hour hand. Have yet to see one in person.

Omega SMP = Seamaster Professional? Sounds promising so will keep an eye out for that.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

The Tudor GMT from a few years ago also has the jumping hour hand. Have yet to see one in person.

Omega SMP = Seamaster Professional? Sounds promising so will keep an eye out for that.

Yeah, Seamaster Professional. My guy at the boutique said at some point probably a new Aqua Terra GMT too, though you won't get the bezel with that. BTW, all Aqua Terras have a jumping hour hand; they don't neednto be GMTs.