Watches - another OCD problem

[kkibbey23]

Thanks! Yeah, I’ve tried on the titanium fifty fathoms and REALLY liked it, I also really like the look of the grade date. That open case back is amazing.

Resale doesn’t really matter to me personally. But I also would like it to hold some value. I know some can loose a lot of value if you ever needed to sell.

I’ve never seen a SD in person the only thing that spoke to me is it’s a little larger. As you can see from the pics I’ve got a decent sized wrist. I’ve also really liked the Big pilot and this green dial was pretty sweet

[mclaincausey]

There’s a Swatch FF coming out too that looks cool

[northsouthdenimguy]

@Mizmazzle I don’t know, but I can’t have one without the other. Thank you!

[northsouthdenimguy]

208 and SD 43

[Giles]

@mclaincausey has taught me to be very annoyed about war and peace adorning the face of watches.....

[Mizmazzle]

A boy can dream…I prefer the black dial, personally…course polar ain’t too shabby.

[Graeme]

@Giles said in Watches - another OCD problem:

@mclaincausey has taught me to be very annoyed about war and peace adorning the face of watches.....

And that is why @mclaincausey is eyeing up a Parmigiani Fleurieur with a minimalist dial.

[mclaincausey]

One of the things about the PF is that the minimalism extends to the GMT mechanism. Even to the extent that it disappears when not needed. Balancing economy of information and functionality is something I value. That means minimal but also instantly understandable.

[JDelage]

Except for the lack of a 24hr scale or day/night indicator that is... (I admit the PF is lovely.)

[Giles]

@mclaincausey said in Watches - another OCD problem:

the minimalism extends to the GMT mechanism. Even to the extent that it disappears when not needed. Balancing economy of information .

So does this (though economy is not a word that readily springs to mind)....

[mclaincausey]

@JDelage if you’re not on a multi day spelunking expedition or something those might not strictly be necessary, thus their inclusion could be superfluous depending upon use case

[Giles]

What does spelunking mean, getting as high as a kite? If I'm so out of it that I do not have a vague notion as to whether it is day or night, then knowing the time is pretty fucking irrelevant

[mclaincausey]

Hehe there’s that I suppose G.

I mentioned spelunking specifically because that was the Explorer II pitch: when you’re spelunking, or in a polar region, or whatever where you can’t tell if it’s day or night, you need this functionality.

That is what we call in product management an “edge case” that I don’t personally need to account for in a GMT.

[yannis]

Spelunking is a Greek origin word and has something to do with caves. I assume cave exploring or something of this short.

[TinMan]

Love me some radiation

[Graeme]

@kkibbey23 I took a look at a Bathyscaphe in titanium in November, and that was a nice piece. I'm on team large wrists, so I can get away with bigger watches.

I'm with @mclaincausey that I generally know roughly what the relative time will be compared to the local. For example, it's currently 8:30 pm on the East Coast of Australia, I know that the UK is earlier, so I'd figure out that the time on my 12-hour GMT would correspond to 9:30 am, not 9:30 pm.

But, of course, we need our watches to be over specified for diving in an Antarctic cave, even though they'll never see anything more extreme than an office desk...

[mclaincausey]

I don’t mind an over speced GMT function as much as a He escape valve. Talk about edge case. An edge case on the case edge

[JDelage]

@mclaincausey said in Watches - another OCD problem:

@JDelage if you’re not on a multi day spelunking expedition or something those might not strictly be necessary, thus their inclusion could be superfluous depending upon use case

Yes, in the most obvious case of a trip from Europe to the US, or reverse, it's fine. (Then again, in such a case one doesn't really "need" GMT at all generally.) In the case of a multi continent, multi leg trip involving much jet lag and sleep deprivation it can get more difficult.

Purely from a watch appreciation standpoint, it would be fun to see a watch go to the extremes of the 2 time zone functions, with some indication of day/night for home time (I prefer a 24hr scale personally) and a quick adjustment of the current time down to the 1/2hr (since some time zones require that). I don't know that any exist.

[mclaincausey]

I think 24 hour clocks are much better in general (see above about appreciating economy, understandability, etc) and that sounds like a great watch to me!

[ddtrash]

@JDelage I understand your preference for a full 24hr scale on a GMT watch. One of the nicest executions of this in my opinion is the LUC GMT One.