> 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
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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 t
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 other
> 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
c
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 21
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
wro
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 I
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.
> > After
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 2
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 everything..
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 do
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
which
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 m
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.
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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 11:00
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 don't
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 gasser,
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
gasser, an SL, an E, an S, that sort of thing.
I myself don't wear a watch, the cars have clocks in them that more or
less work, and I generally don't particular
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