Watch Photo Thread

[TapX]

Got my first watch recently, a Seiko 5. Replaced the strap with a leather & fabric one as well.

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[pansku]

Sumo on rubber:

Sumo

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[gogusrl]

Random Kinetic I got super cheap that's really starting to grow on me.



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another one

[pansku]

It's funny how Seikos are so popular on all the computing related forums I use, yet most average Joes see them as "just seikos"

[pansku]

New Seiko on a 5251

SBDX017

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[gogusrl]

Now that's a nice freakin' watch.

I got my hands on a vintage Tissot, still looking for the right strap for it.

[pansku]

Thanks! The fade in the dial looks great on that one. Were you thinking of a leather strap or something else?

[Mattr567]

Combo pic!

[gogusrl]

Another one

[0100010]

Tungsten carbide case and bracelet Android AD726 Hercules watch. 44mm black dial, luminous indexes/ hands, exhibition caseback, sapphire crystals, SII NH35A movement with date.

[Atomium12]

Another one

Hello, 0100010 ^^

Do you know where i can find this citizen watch please ?

[gogusrl]

Haven't posted here in ages. Since then the collection has grown a bit

Spoiler:

more to come.

@Atomium12 dunno what to tell you dude, I've sold that watch. Keep an eye out on ebay or something.

[danialameen6]

I like that .

[danialameen6]

Do you know where i can find this citizen watch please ?

[mr_a500]

About a year ago, I got one of these 1977 Birks LED (NOS!):


(photo from digital-watch.com)

I always heard LED was terrible with battery life, but I still haven't had to change the battery. It's light and comfortable and great for night visibility. One push shows time, second push shows day/date, third push shows seconds (that stay on without holding). Setting conveniently starts with date, so you can quickly change date after a non-31 day month.

[gogusrl]

Haven't posted here in a while.

Some new watches. My favorite by far is the little Citizen (34mm, late '70s early '80s).

[mr_a500]

Haven't posted here in a while.

Some new watches. My favorite by far is the little Citizen (34mm, late '70s early '80s).

I remember that Citizen. I thought it was mid-late 80's.

[gogusrl]

There's a reference to it here ( https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/1977-c ... 246635.htm ) from 1977. Mine is model 50-7016.

[mr_a500]

Yes, I see. They must have kept making that style for years - or they had a huge backlog that they still had years later. I remember seeing those in Canadian department stores in the mid-late 80's. I remember because I liked that style and was going to get one at the time. (but with gold/champagne or blue dial)

[gogusrl]

There's a blue dialed Cryston available locally that I've been eyeing for a few days, I think I'm gonna grab that one as well.

[JaredPuffin]

There's a reference to it here ( https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/1977-citizen-quartz-employees-monitoring-software-watch-ad-50-2111-50-50-7016-91-159246635.html ) from 1977. Mine is model 50-7016.

Nice one. But 15$ + 14$ for shipping to UK is too much (
P.S.
Why no one with fintess tracker here ?

[mr_a500]

1977 Birks LED

I love this watch. I've got a $5000 Grand Seiko ("Grando Seiko" as the Japanese say) and a bunch of nice watches, but this 1977 LED watch is the one I always put on when I need to see the time after dark. It's very comfortable, light, accurate (far more accurate than mechanical watches) and easy to see in the dark without being blinded. I still haven't had to replace the battery this year.

It's amazing (and disturbing) that this is still really "state of the art" in time telling technology - over 40 years later.

[vometia]

I got an LCD watch in about 1978/79 exactly because of the LEDs' reputation for battery drain. What I ended up with was something that was almost impossible to make out in any light and a nickel allergy.

[mr_a500]

Same here - except for the nickel allergy. I got my first LCD watch in 1979 (...as was the style at the time). The light was only bright enough to show the last digit.

Still, it was a major improvement over my previous watch - a cheap mechanical Timex piece of crap. It kept stopping, so I sent it back twice to be repaired and when I finally got it, the time went backwards.