Who Watches the Watchmen (Our Chit Chat Thread)

Cyclingtourist · 02-11-2021 07:02AM

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No, I wear a watch and ride a non-motorised bicycle. It keeps me a bit fit.

scwazrh · 02-11-2021 08:56AM

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the fitbit luxe I use now and it was the fitbit inspire I had before , battery went crap after a year which is why I changed. I wear mine with "head " part under my wrist so it just looks like one of the rubber bracelets as someone else said earlier .Its not big enough to feel like you're wearing two watches.

Fitz II · 02-11-2021 09:30AM

I see a lot of people double fisting a smart watch and a mechanical watch, and the advantages of a smart watch over a quartz is undeniable. These fixed function quartz watches are in real trouble, very retro now. Like having a calculator and being impressed it has a graphing function. I think there is a quartz crysis but not mechanicals against quartz....its quartz versus smart watches. Any advantage you can level for a quartz against a mechanical you can level 10 fold to a smart watch over a quartz, mechanicals have positioned themselves outside the ring for this fight.

RMDrive · 02-11-2021 09:46AM

Despite my wife's assertions that I look like an eejit, I wear an apple watch and a mechanical watch every day. I need the apple watch to movitate myself towards some level of fitness, and I need the mechanical watch because they are cool (way cooler than quartz 😀).

Cyclingtourist · 02-11-2021 09:47AM

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Any cursory glance in a high street jeweller's window would tell you otherwise. Passed Duggan's in Fairview the other day and it was all quartz.

Yes the younger gen are either going bare wrists or Smart but there's still a lot of quartz fashion brand wrist jewellery watches being sold. Mechanical watches are a niche and luxury male thing.

Fitz II · 02-11-2021 10:16AM

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Any cursory glance into a Golden Disks would have you thinking CD's are going strong too. You dont buy a smart watch in a jewellers, have a look in a PC world. Agree that mechanical watches are a niche and luxury male thing, but by the same token old style fixed function quartz watches are becoming a niche thing too. Smartwatches are far more popular in this non luxury space.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/5/21125565/apple-watch-sales-2019-swiss-watch-market-estimates-outsold

Cyclingtourist · 02-11-2021 10:33AM

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https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118105887#Comment_118105887

Sorry I was referring to the mechanical v quartz debate and I did mention that Smart was the coming thing.

scwazrh · 02-11-2021 10:41AM

@Fitz II there is a quartz crysis but not mechanicals against quartz....its quartz versus smart watches

That’s spot on.I’ve some g-shocks that are Bluetooth connected to an app so act as a smart watch so they are starting to merge already. Battery powered watches can be a cheap bit of fun but I wouldn’t be spending more than a couple of hundred on any of them.Any that I currently have are shared with my son which if he wasn’t as interested in them I probably wouldn’t still be as keen on them. They don’t have the “soul” for want of a better word that mechanical watches have.

Really don’t get the “godtier “ waffle that pride and pinion are pushing with basic Casio’s .I see they have a clothing line being released with the branding as well now.

Cyclingtourist · 02-11-2021 10:47AM

I'm a subscriber to the AquaTerraMan YT channel and his latest video is a size comparison of the AT 8900 41mm with a few other watches including notably the Omega Seamaster Professional 300 black dial quartz.

Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 8900: Why is it so comfortable? Comparison to similar sized watches - YouTube

Fitz II · 02-11-2021 11:34AM

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I suppose the same thing applies. You go into a shop that sells mostly quartz watches you will find lots of quartz watches. Dont know that smart is the coming thing, seems to be well here already. Hell maybe these are all different things that are not really comparable as they fulfill different requirements for a non homogeneous group of people, and its as pointless hold the opinion that your quartz is great cause its more accurate and handy than a mechanical as it is hold the opinion that fixed function quartz is rubbish cause it doesnt have phone connectivity and healthy tracking.

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The Godtier thing is genius. In my limited experiance of youtube and social media, unless you are very positive about watches with large fan bases you get eaten alive. Punching up is fine, but punching down is a no no. Nico can ramble on about how much he loves God tier casio, throw on a few and give away a few and it insulates him from being called a snob. Its the watch equivalent of cancel culture, and being watch woke is like armour. As a man with a shop selling very expensive watches its easy see where his actual tastes are, but then he can sell shirts and hats to people who are not in a position to buy his watches. Its like Ferrari selling hats and jackets far and above their car sales figures. Nico and his team know how to play the social media game, but you are right that it could be seen as condescending and disingenuous not to hold a consistent opinion, but you watch enough youtube and read enough forums and you see that its rare find a person with the strength of their convictions over long periods of time....most just float like corks in the river of opinion. In a way the "microbrand" scene is more genuine. Vintage the same.

Wibbs · 02-11-2021 04:54PM

Aye the godtier spiel is spot on. The vast majority of those who would follow his social media/youtube stuff are not the guys buying his eleventy thousand quid watches, but it's a way of engaging them to keep attention going. Ages back I followed the link to his sub on reddit and outside of a tiny handful of Rolex stuff, much of it in long ownership/family heirloom, the rest of the pics of his fan's watches were fashion watches and Casio fare. And fair enough, but that's much of his audience on youtube.

And let's face it, if we were looking fo a "godtier" Japanese watch brand it would be Seiko by a country mile, several country miles. Not talking GS or any of that, just their long and deep history of innovation along with huge sales and popularity makes Casio look like a corner shop outfit. Their biggest innovation and public eye watch - and it was a good one - was the G-Shock, followed by their 80's calculator watches.

banie01 · 02-11-2021 10:02PM

I don't know about Godtier 😉

But! I've just pulled the trigger on a watch that may well turn out to be marmite, but if it is? I hope I acquire a taste for it because if I don't, I imagine it will be hard to shift on 🤣

Bought another Sinn, this time it's a limited edition 103 Destro. I may have an unhealthy attraction to German utilitarianism. The lume really suckered me in tho🥺

Fingers crossed that An Post are having a generous or inattentive day when it lands here 🤣

blue5000 · 02-11-2021 10:40PM

Nice one Banie, are you left handed? Have you somewhere stateside that it can be shipped to first? Lovely clean dial for a chrono.

banie01 · 02-11-2021 11:04PM

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Thanks 😊 not left handed but destro's are worn on the left. Pushers are then accessible if gloves are worn. That said, just as easily worn on the right.

It was the dial layout that caught my eye too tbh, then the lume. Noone in the states to send it to 1st. Will roll the dice with delivery but I negotiated a decent price with the expectation of VAT.

NIMAN · 02-11-2021 11:46PM

Most of the fitness watches, trackers or bands I see worn now are on the wrists of overweight people.

They obviously aren't working.

Pablo_Flox · 03-11-2021 08:48AM

Very nice watch Banie, and good luck with the delivery. Hopefully they seller did the electronic declaration correctly... My recent experience has been that as long as that is filled in the they are not taking a second look at packages ;-)

banie01 · 03-11-2021 09:19AM

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Fingers crossed their part is all done correctly, I think I'd be more upset if it gets returned to sender and I have to wait for it to be be re-posted 🤣 than I would be with the VAT bill.

Fitz II · 03-11-2021 09:35AM

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I think that maybe they are trying to make a positive change. Most of the people on diets are overweight too, does that mean diets dont work?

Cyclingtourist · 03-11-2021 09:46AM

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"does that mean diets dont work?"

Largely yes.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118110880#Comment_118110880

"I started with Fitbit and they kept breaking within warranty so I went for a garmin which is much better and more accurate for running and gym work"

So it's fair to say you'd be lost without your Garmin.

Wibbs · 03-11-2021 03:26PM

6 1/2 inch wrist eh? Hmmm, you're getting dangerously close to the vintage market at that size. 😮😀

Plus fair bloody play for dropping that amount of excess you! 😮 Serious kudos.

Fitz II · 03-11-2021 03:45PM

Fair play, lucky you didnt have a smart watch, a calorie deficit doesn't matter with one of those bad boys on I hear.

Time · 03-11-2021 08:28PM

The annual Patek exhibition which includes this years new releases is in Weirs at the moment, the last day in Sunday. Might be of interest to some here, great chance to try on some of the scarcer models.