Reply to: New watch

[WotNxt]

We divers have a name for people like you - It's not nice and I shan't repeat it for risk of getting banned - again!

PM it to me?

[Churchill]

Well mine says 300m on it and has the double clasp for easy fitting on the outside of your wetsuit.

I'm not a diver though (well, not that sort anyway) so I can't vouch for its abilities in the water. Only had it a year - last years Xmas pressie from other half ;-)

I didn't get it for bling but because I feel the plain understatedness and veiled quality fit with my own view of myself.

Also for when those times a girl asks you the time just to see what kind of watch you are wearing so she can work out if you are worth talking to a little longer ;-) Plastic just doesn't cut the mustard in those situations, does it.

We divers have a name for people like you - It's not nice and I shan't repeat it for risk of getting banned - again!

[TimberWolf]

Gosh, I've never lived in a red-light district but I have worked in a few!

When leaving the office after working late and having to leave via the back entrance because the front doors were locked I often had ladies ask if I was looking for business.

I must have set my prices a little high since strangely I never managed to turn any of these leads into actual sales.

Sounds like an ideal job, except for the lack of sales. A bit of a bummer when you have to pay them.

[WotNxt]

As somebody who's lived in a red-light district, I can assure you that when you're walking down the street and a woman asks "Have you got the time, deary" she's not actually looking for a conversation

Gosh, I've never lived in a red-light district but I have worked in a few!

When leaving the office after working late and having to leave via the back entrance because the front doors were locked I often had ladies ask if I was looking for business.

I must have set my prices a little high since strangely I never managed to turn any of these leads into actual sales.

[kirk]

£200,000

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2.5k - money well spent though, I could sell it for that again now if I wanted to (bought it 5 years or so ago)

[NickFitz]

I feel the plain understatedness and veiled quality fit with my own view of myself.

Also for when those times a girl asks you the time just to see what kind of watch you are wearing so she can work out if you are worth talking to a little longer ;-)

As somebody who's lived in a red-light district, I can assure you that when you're walking down the street and a woman asks "Have you got the time, deary" she's not actually looking for a conversation

[RandyW]

Anyone who pays more than £20 for a watch needs their head examined.

£200,000

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[Moscow Mule]

Underwater welding & residual current sorted it right out. It acted like a sacrificial anode

Pretty sure that's not covered in the warranty, but you can't really blame the watch - right tool for the job & all that.

[r0bly0ns]

[AtW]

Lasted about 9 years before the battery went, by then I fancied a change so ...

I thought you'd say that you divorced her and married younger one who made you forget about watches...

[r0bly0ns]

My wife bought me a Seiko as a wedding present (£100).

Lasted about 9 years before the battery went, by then I fancied a change so she bought me another Seiko for Christmas last year, slightly more expensive (she won't say how much more), but it gave up the ghost about a week ago, convieniently 12 months and 3 weeks after she bought it........


So I'm gonna get a new battery for the first one

[AtW]

Whenever I need to check time I teleport in front of Big Ben - if I happen to be late I teleport and go back in time to be just where and when I needed to be in the first place.

Oh, and at home I use solar watch gifted to me by Archimedus, though cheeky fellow he was with all that back slapping, I still liked him.

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[Cooperinliverp00l]

I had a Seiko Kinetic, after about 3 years the battery wouldn't hold a charge which defeated the object a bit and at £90 for a replacement battery it’s hardly economical, I now have Breil (swinky seiko) and the battery costs £2.99 every 5 years.

3 years i have had my latest one (auto relay) for 2 now so hopefully it won't stop in the next 9 months. Previously i had the normal Kinetic (big chunky one) and have had this for 6year no problem and am wearing in right now.

[lilelvis2000]

I have a Zodiac from about 10 years ago. still working fine. And the battery lasts about 5 years. Cost me about £150 then. Worth every penny as I've not had to buy a watch since.

[Zorba]

I think Citizen do one that is solar powered, has the kinetic gubbins and sets itself off the atomic clock in Rugby (or wherever you are). That's arguably the watch for a contractor, getting off planes all the time.