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Ye Olde Watch Giveaway

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  • #212
    893bet
    Registered Users Posts: 8,727 ✭✭✭893bet


    Cienciano wrote: »
    Isis members will be turning up thanking the post

    Well no one seems to want this one so they would be in with a shout.


  • #213
    mrm
    Registered Users Posts: 414 ✭✭mrm


    Wibbs wrote: »
    I reckon keep it random and I'll keep an eye out for anyone who might be chancing their arm.

    Keep an eye out for Barack Obama....he probably lost his one from his college days.


  • #214
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users Posts: 14,963 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    Kintarō Hattori wrote: »
    Right, time to try this again. I've a classic Casio F-91W boxed that has never seen any wrist time. There's no point in hanging onto it so here we are.


    Birneybau had the good idea of saying if you want to be in the draw then thank the post. To be eligible you need to have had at least 10 posts in the forum that go back a while. This is to deter users who just want a free watch and haven't contributed anything to the forum. To also combat some of the silliness which was going on I'm going to revert back to a 'regular posters vote' scenario when we know who wants the watch. That means the regulars of the forum can vote for someone who genuinely deserves to get a watch.

    A week from today I'll tally who's interested and the names will go into a randomizer to pick a luck recipient.

    Right, the names went into a Randomizer and the name kicked out was........ SmartinMartin. Send me on a PM chief and I'll get this out in the post to you.


  • #215
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    https://youtu.be/kOzNsQyamvk

    Thanks KH, PM on the way.


  • #216
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    Thanks KH, nice to meet you. So that's two firsts for me today, met my first boardsie and got my first ever purely digital watch.

    IMG-20200205-233303.jpg


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  • #217
    penelope2012
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭penelope2012


    Good one
    SmartinMartin wrote: »
    Thanks KH, nice to meet you. So that's two firsts for me today, met my first boardsie and got my first ever purely digital watch.

    IMG-20200205-233303.jpg


  • #218
    penelope2012
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭penelope2012


    Great one!!
    Birneybau wrote: »
    Wow, right...


  • #219
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users Posts: 14,963 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    SmartinMartin wrote: »
    Thanks KH, nice to meet you. So that's two firsts for me today, met my first boardsie and got my first ever purely digital watch.

    It was an absolute pleasure, you're a lovely chap so I'm delighted where it's ended up. Hopefully I haven't put you off meeting other Boardsies!


  • #220
    Cienciano
    Registered Users Posts: 14,215 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    Nice one Kintarō, great to see the watch being used rather than sitting in a drawer gathering dust.


  • #221
    IrishPlayer
    Registered Users Posts: 703 ✭✭✭IrishPlayer


    ptacasio.gif

    (Another favorite film of mine :D)

    Great watch, fair play Kintarō, and enjoy it Smartin.


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  • #222
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    SmartinMartin wrote: »
    Thanks KH, nice to meet you. So that's two firsts for me today, met my first boardsie and got my first ever purely digital watch.

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    Casios really bring me back in time as it was my first digital watch, close to 40 years ago now.

    Your watch is "posh" with the water resistance feature :P

    Well ware ;)


  • #223
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    OK, as promised earlier I'm putting up for grabs my Timex Expedition chrono with indiglo. Bought last year, worn twice, it's a big handsome watch but for some unfathomable reason I don't get on with it. I'll throw in a matching nato with it. I'm pretty sure I have the box and receipt too. As per new rules, like the post to be in the draw. Wibbs will hopefully monitor. I'll let it run til 9pm next Saturday.

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    Let the games begin!


  • #224
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    I've throw my name in if that's OK but I don't have anything to donate in the short term :-)


  • #225
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,651 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    I'm interested in the Timex.

    The watches people offer up. Do they have to be fully working, with straps etc. I've a couple with no batteries, straps, that have no value, but someone might want them, they'll get dumped otherwise.


  • #226
    penelope2012
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭penelope2012


    I'm sure if someone is getting a watch they can stretch to put in a battery!!!! I'm not fully sure of the rules for giving though!


  • #227
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    Penelope and beauf, sorry but you do not qualify.


  • #228
    Ryath
    Registered Users Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭Ryath


    beauf actually does with 41 posts! Watches and timepices doesn't show in post history up as he as so many posts in other forums!

    https://www.boards.ie/search/submit/?query=&forum=1175&user=644236&date_from=&date_to=


  • #229
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    Ryath wrote: »
    beauf actually does with 41 posts! Watches and timepices doesn't show in post history up as he as so many posts in other forums!

    https://www.boards.ie/search/submit/?query=&forum=1175&user=644236&date_from=&date_to=

    Good to know, thanks R. Sorry beauf, thank the post if you want in.

    (think I'll leave it to Wibbs now)


  • #230
    penelope2012
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭penelope2012


    Of course, I do know that its 10 posts and to be honest I am not looking to enter at the moment!


  • #231
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    Well why did thank the post then?


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  • #232
    secman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,197 ✭✭✭secman


    Having had digital watches for decades, more than i care to remember ive recently reverted back to what my wife refers to as a manly watch.
    These latest fads of watches having to be charged every other day just doesn't appeal to me.
    My wife bought me a Seiko chronograph quartz watch with a silicon strap. Delighted with it, initially looked huge and heavy but really happy with it and have received a few compliments in the office :).
    Fair play to the donors in this thread, a lovely gesture in this day and age.


  • #233
    penelope2012
    Registered Users Posts: 227 ✭✭penelope2012


    I just thought that it was a nice watch and a nice thing to offer it.
    I am not saying I will never enter. I do think it is fine to thank a post as I never knew there was a rule not to thank!
    SmartinMartin wrote: »
    Well why did thank the post then?


  • #234
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,702 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    secman wrote: »
    These latest fads of watches having to be charged every other day just doesn't appeal to me.

    The latest fad? Automatic watches were there long before battery watches. And you don't need to charge them every other day. Just wear them ;)


  • #235
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    Thanking is entering, just for future reference.


  • #236
    Birneybau
    Registered Users Posts: 10,217 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    I'm not being belligerent here, but you could have just said nothing and not put the 2 people you called out into the draw. I'm actually going to retract my thanks on your post


  • #237
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    Do what you want, doesn't affect my day. I already admitted my innocence in the ways of the watch forum and decided to leave it to a higher power.
    BTW penelope, wasn't having a go at you personally, just mindful of the new criteria, sorry.


  • #238
    njburke
    Registered Users Posts: 1,012 ✭✭✭njburke


    I like the Timex, please put my name in the draw.


  • #239
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,651 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    secman wrote: »
    Having had digital watches for decades, more than i care to remember ive recently reverted back to what my wife refers to as a manly watch.
    ...

    I use a digital for work. I use the alarms and countdown a bit. But otherwise I prefer a analogue watch face. I find it's easier to read at a glance. Someone was saying to be that later generations will find digital easier to read. But I disagree. It's about UI/UX design not generational. I had digital watches as a kid.


  • #240
    hammerdub
    Registered Users Posts: 84 ✭✭hammerdub


    Lovly looking watch Smartinmartin and best wishes to the lucky winner.


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  • #241
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    Yes, looking at it now it is a lovely piece and I wondered for a minute why I'm giving it away, but I simply cannot take to it and I don't know quite why, so I'm happy to let someone appreciate it.


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