Anyone keen on watches?

[Marco]

A non-bling Rolex! Lovely.

Indeed, a simple timeless classic, worn by folk with class and sophistication, unlike the blinged-up to buggery variety, which are worn by pretentious idiots trying to make a 'statement' to others about themselves.

They make a 'statement', all right, but perhaps not the one they'd intended.....

Marco.

[SLS]

I never understood the watch thing. My father celebrated his divorce with gold Rolex, which wound up my mother. He has a solid gold Audemar but now wears an Apple Watch. I haven’t worn a watch for years. A friend has a collection of some 500 classic Tag Hauer watches, so I understand.


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[Roy S]

An update on the collection

[Ian7633]

I have this Bulova from the 1940s. My dad had one very much like it that he won playing cards with his crewmates in Singapore after the Korean war ended. When he died I asked my stepmother if I could have it but it never came my way. So although the one I have was never my father's it's a small reminder of times past.

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[Paulie72]

I am wearing an Alpina semi smartwatch but with classic design. My first watch in 10 years.

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[StanleyB]

The three watches that I still wear on a yearly basis are a Guess and two Citizen watches.
The middle one in the picture is the one I tend to wear most of the time these days. It doesn't require a battery change ever, and the time and date is automatically updated to wherever you are in the world, allegedly. I was getting fed up of the battery going dead every three years, and that I then ended up spending weeks before I finally got round to ordering a battery and fitting it myself. So that's why I bought this watch after shutting my eyes and handing over my card to pay for it.
The third one I bought in December 1999. I didn't want to use the same watch in the new millennium, which is why I bought it then.

[nonuffin]

Watches are not my thing really but I bought this for myself a few months ago



One thing I didn't want is a bezel that doesn't move and has useless numbers on it, so I like this watch because it doesn't have that nonsense.

[Roy S]

Ian reminded me, I have my Dad’s watch, still going strong, must be over 70 years old!



And I got this for my 18th so over 40 years old and also still working well

[Patrick Dixon]

I have this Bulova from the 1940s. My dad had one very much like it that he won playing cards with his crewmates in Singapore after the Korean war ended. When he died I asked my stepmother if I could have it but it never came my way. So although the one I have was never my father's it's a small reminder of times past.

Nice memento. Hopefully one day the actual one will come your way.

Ian reminded me, I have my Dad’s watch, still going strong, must be over 70 years old!

Looks 50s, so probably just over 60 years old.

[GrahamS]