The (Less intimidating) Watch Thread
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I know in my heart that this is fugly but I'm still strangely attracted to it…
I know it’s not necessarily a “high end”
Watch, but Victronix makes some damn good watches.The jewelry store I bought my wife and I’s wedding rings from had a massive sale on some the week before our nuptials, so I bought myself and my father one.
He wears his ever single day, and it looks as good as it did the day I have it to him.
I wore mine primarily for the last 3.5 years and it was never more than a few seconds off time.
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Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical 38mm.
The picture's from Monochrome's piece.
It's a 38mm case (as the model names says), so not too big. It's got a hand-wound ETA movement, so should be accurate and reliable, as well as cheap and easy to get serviced.
I figured it might suit @neph93, as it looks like the baby brother of the Hamiltons he posted a couple of weeks back.
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conservative, and relatively straightforward…
So was John Major…
True, but I’m so Boris Johnson otherwise that I need a bit of Major for balance.
Does the Tissot have a grey face like Major too? I prefer a black face on my watches…maybe I'm more Diane Abbott in taste than John Major
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So the three will be easily confused with the eight and you’ll be unfairly vilified for it in the national media?
Hahaha. I had never heard of Hamilton watches but I'm really liking some of the models I've seen. I can never justify over £600 for a timepiece (the of it being f'ed up by my little boy). They have some really well priced models though.
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Some of us have to live in a world where £2000 watches are an absurd luxury . If that sort of money fell in my lap I'd used it to pay off some mortgage.
My Seiko does me pretty well, but if I save up I might look at a Hamilton.
It is such an irony that utilitarian work wear and accessories have become high end artefacts of desire.
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This is currently getting me to places on time
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Modern work wear is actually still relatively inexpensive. Mechanical watches are old tech.
Old technology costs more. Most entry level beater cars I see stateside are not offered in manual shift anymore.
Japanese, European, and US high end denim brands generally are aesthetically 'work wear' but production values and label esteem push prices up beyond the average punter's acceptable/disposable price range.
Even common place brands such as Carhartt have their genuine construction work wear and high street fashion versions. Dickies is another, but more affordable case in point.
In the late 80s/early 90s in London I could pick up denim and work wear from the 50s and 60s reasonably. My mate had a stall in Camden Market. Then Japanese collectors and buyers visited her and wholesale bought everything she could source in her numerous trips to the US where she bought her stock. Within 2 years prices went through the roof. I had a Vietnam satin tour jacket that I just wish I still had now!
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Actually, they just dramatically scaled back on their return policy.
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I almost picked up a Cocktail Time, but it's too dressy for me.
The Seiko JDM models are really the best values you can find in the market. I only have one, but it's more accurate than my COSC certified watches.
I wear it when I want to have something high quality but want to fly under the radar.
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Yes, I was trying to say, it's probably an excellent watch.
I just checked skywatches.com.sg for you, also sold out there.
Bought from them a couple times, they're pretty good
