The (Less intimidating) Watch Thread
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Hodinkee on sub $1000 watches.
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/best-new-watches-under-1000-dollar-2018
There are a few more suggestions in the comments.
By no means new, but the Hamliton Khaki pilot watch can be had in quartz or automatic day/date chronograph for less than $500. Without being able to speak to the quality and reliability of the movements, that seems to me to be a good deal, a large-faced, classic (and IMO attractive) design.
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IMO those are the best, or among the best (not an expert), budget watch choices in the market.
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The more I see that silly metal G-shock, the more I like it. The chrome one, not the gold, that is.
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I'm a watch monogamist today, but I have been itching for a 42mm+ pilot watch of late as a mistress in addition to my go-to Speedy. Hamilton is my main interest there, though there are a few other brands I've been keeping in mind as well. I really love to have a chronograph (as if I time things frequently) but for budgetary reasons may settle for day/date or date (the latter being essential to me, I tend to forget the date frequently).
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That metal G-Shock keeps grabbing my attention too.
The more time I spend with the square G-Shocks the more I like them. I literally find all the functions useful.
Time and date (obviously)
World Time-my business partner travels to India a lot for work, and they have a weird time zone that has half an hour built into it, so a GMT wouldn't work for me.
Alarms-I use this as a three minute warning for my next meeting, audibly lets people know I'm about to jump out of the current meeting so finish up
Stopwatch-for running (and I find the digital display much easier to read than a chronograph on a watch)
Timer-I do the bulk of the cooking in the house so it keeps me on point when I'm on multiple burnersIt really has become by do all watch. Which I hate because I have thousands of dollars locked up in mechanicals. But I'm a function over form kind of guy.
With that being said, I think I'm going to finally break down and buy an Apple watch. I hate carrying my cell phone on my back in this weird reverse brassiere looking thing. I need music, the ability to call in case I get hurt (like I sprain my ankle or I get hit by a car), and to be able to turn off my alarm system to the house.
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I like the metal G-Shock too.
It's got Bluetooth connectivity and an app, which allows time to be set and updated. I don't know what else it can do, and whether it'll give notifications from your phone, but it sounds like an interesting development.
I haven't looked at the Apple Watch. I've not bought into their ecosystem because I write apps for Android devices for a living, and I don't think that my phone would be compatible as a result.
Google are rumoured to be offering a Pixel watch, which will be unveiled in October. It's likely to use the new generation Qualcomm chipset that's just been announced. It might be hanging on to see what that offers if you can wait.
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I'm tied into Android because I've been developing for that platform for the last few years.
However, I think that Google is going to run into the same problems that Facebook is currently having, maybe significantly more so. They hold roughly ten times the data on you as Zuckerberg's mob. That alone is making me think that going Apple might make sense.
Still, I'm curious to see what Google come up with for their new line of Pixel devices in October.
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i think ben clymer gave the cellular version of the apple watch a thumbs up. so i guess you're safe..
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At £155 most would consider this a cheap watch. It is battery ok not mechanical, but for bumming about without caring about damage it's served me well in the 3 years I've owned it.
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Kinda liking this Todd Snyder x Timex
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@Maynard:
Can anyone recommend a good quality leather watch strap maker in the UK? I’ve found the Toshi website and the offerings there look pretty good? Does anyone have experience of these?
I bought a Toshi strap (cordovan I think?) about a year ago and it's served me really well. As with most things you get what you pay for and the strap wasn't cheap by any means but is in 9.5 condition a year later. I wear it every day, with the exception that if the strap becomes uncomfortably hot, I take the watch off, wipe the strap and put the watch somewhere safe where the strap can air and dry as needed. It could be described as over-engineered, in an understated way, so imo works well with IH stuff. NIce options for stitching, buckles etc - ymmv …
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Thanks @Bill C , that’s the type of review I like to hear.
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Hodinkee have published a week on the wrist review of the fullmetal G-Shock.
One of the comments to the article mentions the GMW-B5000TFC-1, which is a black, limited edition model, supplied with a Porter watch case.
