> Otherwise it’s [Apple watch] a lot of repetitive stuff my phone can do, I
> think.
Exactly. It's a phone _repeater_, putting notifications (and time!) at what
should be for you, if you had bothered to buy one, a more convenient location
for checking what's going on.
-- Jim
I would never have an Apple watch, but I can sort of see the value for some of
the uncommon capabilities it has, like the fall alert for an older person and
the health monitoring features. Otherwise it’s a lot of repetitive stuff my
phone can do, I think.
I like my iPhone’s capability to keep
I think the Apple watch is horrible, a big old chunk of plastic on the wrist.
Makes people that much more self important "Oh wait, I need to check my Dick
Tracy wrist indicator."
There are so many time pieces around I hardly need a watch. My Marine Star is
the only piece of jewelry I own
> I gave up watches when I got the first cell phone.
My first cell phone was a bag phone. Not much of a replacement
for a watch! But I gave up watches when I started getting Carpal
Tunnel Syndrome. Haven't worn one since.
It's ironic that with the advent of Fitbits and Apple watches, they're
In the lantern collecting world the standard offer for anything is $8. This
comes from the old days when lanterns were plentiful in yard sales and you
could sometimes get something super rare for cheap.
With that in mind, I'll live you $8 each for your watches ;)
-Curt
On Saturday, March
I've got a Bulova Marine Star that Angie gave me a few years ago. My favorite
watch ever. Sadly at the moment the battery is dead. I should maybe investigate
how to get the back off without scratching it...
-Curt
On Saturday, March 21, 2020, 11:31:39 AM EDT, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
The clock in the SL runs but there is a discontinuity in drive wheel, so it
does not keep time. The SDL and SD both had working clocks when sold. I have
not used a wrist mounted time piece for about 27 years and the one I last saw
was a Disney Winnie the Pooh watch in a desk drawer last time
Have reached the point where time of day is not important, I confess to
glancing at a calendar at least once a week and since I only use the "year
at a glance" style that has 12 months on one page, I never forget to turn
the page to the next month...
If the sun is in the east, it's morning, in the
My Wittnauer mechanical self-wind with a Speidoflex band goes well with any
vintage.
On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 5:08 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Scott Ritchey via Mercedes writes:
>
> > I still wear a rubber Timex. Probably because I always wore a watch.
> >
Scott Ritchey via Mercedes writes:
> I still wear a rubber Timex. Probably because I always wore a watch.
> After I retired I realized I needed a watch that showed the date as well as
> the day of the week.
> My Timex has two times (T1 and T2) that I use doe DST/EST switching
> But leap year
I still wear a rubber Timex. Probably because I always wore a watch.
After I retired I realized I needed a watch that showed the date as well as the
day of the week.
My Timex has two times (T1 and T2) that I use doe DST/EST switching
But leap year 2020 got me messed up; had to reset
I was wearing a Casio G-Shock for years. I am pretty rough on a watch, probably
because of the way I wear them (dominant left wrist, face on the bottom of my
wrist). I recently acquired a Fitbit Blaze, and I do like it, but it will
probably kack quickly. It doesn't seem particularly robust. I
On Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:03:14 -0500 OK Don via Mercedes
wrote:
> I gave up watches when I got the first cell phone. I hate wearing stuff
> that isn't essential. The Omega's and the Accutron are in a drawer
> somewhere ---
I have a Wenger S.A.K. Design Quartz good to a depth of 50 m of water
I gave up watches when I got the first cell phone. I hate wearing stuff
that isn't essential. The Omega's and the Accutron are in a drawer
somewhere ---
>
> --
OK Don
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
pause and reflect." Mark Twain
"There are three kinds of
Cassio g-shock. If you go below 350 feet then you
are probably dead anyway, unless you are a real
professional.
Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote:
Seiko 7009 no matter what I'm doing except when immersion in water is part of
it. Take it off then.
___
I wear a 20 year old citizen watch that self charges somehow. I feel naked
without it.
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> On Mar 21, 2020, at 10:04 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> No watch. Between cell phone and clocks they’re just not necessary anymore.
>
> -D
>
>> On Mar 21, 2020, at
I did buy a coupla SKMEI chinee watches for like $9 apiece, one has
about 437 functions and is about the size of a dinner plate so it looks
Very Official, the other one arrived with a dead battery, it was
supposed to be some kind of monitor watch. I guess I should put a
battery in it. I
Seiko 7009 no matter what I'm doing except when immersion in water is part of
it. Take it off then.
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No watch. Between cell phone and clocks they’re just not necessary anymore.
-D
> On Mar 21, 2020, at 11:00 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Let's all talk about what watch we wear when we (did you catch my
> alliteration there?) drive a particular car. Like for a diesel, a
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