Poor man's watch thread

[Crispyj]

Nice.

Nice. Is your Seiko an SKX007? The outline around the day-date window looks different, and the "Diver's 200m" text on mine is red. Otherwise looks the same. I've had mine for 15+ years. Always a good beater diver to bring out from time to time.

I bought the G Shock a few months ago to replace an ancient Casio that was scratched to hell. This one fits and looks much better. Only gripe is the difficulty in using the buttons because of how recessed they are.

Yes it's an Skx007. I modded the dial to an SKX171 dial, raised indices and no red texts. Looks a little nicer haha.

 

[Michigan Planner]

Cwc 1983 reissue

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CWC makes some very cool military watches.

Agreed that CWC makes some cool watches. I had a 1983 reissue just like the one that @Crispyj posted but ended up selling it because it wasn't getting worn too much. It's one of the few watches that I've sold over the years that I've seriously considered going back and getting again.

 

[shoewarma]

Monstrosity.

 

[Emospence]

Monstrosity.

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Makes me miss my first gen orange monster!

 

[Thin White Duke]

Makes me miss my first gen orange monster!

I like them and the steel bezel gives the impression of them being bulletproof, but what’s with the weird truncated hour hand?

 

[Genericuser1]

 

[shoewarma]

I like them and the steel bezel gives the impression of them being bulletproof, but what’s with the weird truncated hour hand?

That's what it's for.

 

[Thin White Duke]

What?
So twice a day (one of which in all likelihood you’ll miss through sleep) it will appear for a minute like you have a small rocket or torpedo in your watch?

Wow Seiko - next level engineering forethought on that one!😁

 

[Genericuser1]

Should be 24 times per day. 1:05, 2:10, 3:15, etc.

It’s just a fun Easter Egg.

 

[shoewarma]

What?
So twice a day (one of which in all likelihood you’ll miss through sleep) it will appear for a minute like you have a small rocket or torpedo in your watch?

Wow Seiko - next level engineering forethought on that one!😁

Seiko > NASA.

It's just a fun thing to look at. Better than lame dress watch hands with no lume.

 

[Thin White Duke]

Seiko > NASA.

It's just a fun thing to look at. Better than lame dress watch hands with no lume.

On that I agree.
Almost all my watches are sports watches (divers, drivers, pilots, sailors) with lume, turning bezels, subdials etc - the one exception is an IWC clone with those gorgeous hands that seem to transform from navy blue to baby blue depending on the light.

 

[freakersea]

Seiko snk805 with lightly polished case and Milanese strap

 

[Jazzmenco]

 

[Kappelan]

A new strap for my BB41.

 

[DrewMill]

Is there any consensus on where watches start hitting diminishing returns? Brands? Price levels?