What's on your wrist?

[Paralytic]

Garmin 5 Plus Sapphire for me.



It's a touch over 2 years old now and the battery life is starting to fall, so might replace soon.

[WTFH]

I had a citizen eco drive that was really good, but not what you’d call quality (was good for an every day watch)

I had one over 20 years ago, but it stopped working after around a decade and was not economical to repair.
Currently have 2 others that are < 10 years old, both still going. One is casual, the other would be my normal "work" watch.
I've also got a TW Steel Canteen, which is really easy to read.

None of them are what I'd consider high quality, but they're all good.


And if we go back to the car analogy... why by an expensive Aston/Bugatti/Ferrari - a Panerai/Patek Philippe, when you could buy a Maserati/Lambourghini - Rolex/Omega, or drop down to an Audi/BMW/Porsche with a Tag/Citizen/Grand Seiko, when in reality, a Kia/Hyundai - Swatch/Fossil/etc will do the job just as well most of the time.

[wattaj]

Possibly, but the one I bought was more subtle looking with a blue face. I did look at Omegas etc but just preferred the look of the TAG. I didn't really do enough detailed research before buying and I only came to understand a few years later that TAG are really at the bottom end of what can be considered a quality watch.

I remember a phase in the 90s where every other guy I knew in their late 20s seemed to have a TAG. Only one person had a real one though!

I bought mine -- a real one -- because it was pretty.

[Halo Jones]

iwatch for the functionality

But I do get a new, unique, hand crafted, real leather strap for it on a regular basis

[SimonMac]

Still hanker after a Omega Speedmaster the one that went to the moon

Other than that all of mine are solar powered. Any of the quality makers cracked that yet?

I had a citizen eco drive that was really good, but not what you’d call quality (was good for an every day watch)

[northernladuk]

Still hanker after a Omega Speedmaster the one that went to the moon

Other than that all of mine are solar powered. Any of the quality makers cracked that yet?

Quality watchmakers won't give a stuff about solar power. It's all about the movement so this won't be an area they'll be remotely interested in cracking I wouldn't have thought.

[NigelJK]

Still hanker after a Omega Speedmaster the one that went to the moon

Other than that all of mine are solar powered. Any of the quality makers cracked that yet?

[OwlHoot]

Parts should still be available, you need to find a good watchmaker. ..

Apparently some Swiss company used for most watch repairs stopped making parts a couple of years ago.

[Antman]

I remember a phase in the 90s where every other guy I knew in their late 20s seemed to have a TAG. Only one person had a real one though!

Was it "Tell Charles I'm on my way"?

[edison]

Tag are for boy racers

Possibly, but the one I bought was more subtle looking with a blue face. I did look at Omegas etc but just preferred the look of the TAG. I didn't really do enough detailed research before buying and I only came to understand a few years later that TAG are really at the bottom end of what can be considered a quality watch.

I remember a phase in the 90s where every other guy I knew in their late 20s seemed to have a TAG. Only one person had a real one though!