Timepieces.

Today it's a Luminox 1947 chronograph.

I'm not sure why I'm only now discovering this thread! After a year's stint wearing the Apple Watch, I decided to try giving it up for one of my mechanical watches and see how it went. Turns out I didn't miss the Apple Watch at all, and preferred the character, fashion, and, well, soul of a real mechanical watch. That got me back into looking into watches, which, as you all know, is a much more expensive enthusiasm than wet shaving. :-)

I've recently picked up two, both of which I'm just loving. First is a Nomos Ahoi Atlantik Datum, with the sort of Bauhaus style I tend to like. The other is a new Omega Seamaster Diver 300 ("SMPc"), which is an upgrade for my Seiko 5 diver-style watch. Both the Nomos and Omega are sporty, but both go casual or dressy quite easily.





Now to take a deep breath, calm down, and enjoy these beauties.

David (onethinline) that NOMOS is gorgeous! Wear it in the best of health.

Personally, I have never understood the appeal of smart watches. Aren't we plugged in more than enough in today's world? That's just my 70 year old opinion but there it is.

Beautiful David. Please allow me to offer my wrist as a winding service if either of those need it in the future. My wrist winding service has much more soul than those automatic winding machines.

David (onethinline) that NOMOS is gorgeous!  Wear it in the best of health.

Personally, I have never understood the appeal of smart watches.  Aren't we plugged in more than enough in today's world?  That's just my 70 year old opinion but there it is.

Freddy I know what you mean about the smart watch - my wife gave me an Apple watch for Father's day last year and I've felt compelled to wear it but I don't like it is as much as the mechanical watches I have or even the quartz chronographs. I like that it tracks my workouts heart rate etc not sure I appreciate being reminded to stand up and walk around though. I also don't care to make/receive phone calls, emails or text messages on it but I do like the calendar display when it says I've got nothing more scheduled for that day I'll probably eventually go back to a normal watch or even no watch at all which was my SOP - I only wore watches when working and I'm retired now so who cares what time it is?

David (onethinline) that NOMOS is gorgeous!  Wear it in the best of health.

Personally, I have never understood the appeal of smart watches.  Aren't we plugged in more than enough in today's world?  That's just my 70 year old opinion but there it is.

Freddy I know what you mean about the smart watch - my wife gave me an Apple watch for Father's day last year and I've felt compelled to wear it but I don't like it is as much as the mechanical watches I have or even  the quartz chronographs.  I like that it tracks my workouts heart rate etc not sure I appreciate being reminded to stand up and walk around though.  I also don't care to make/receive phone calls, emails or text messages on it  but I do like the calendar display when it says I've got nothing more scheduled for that day  I'll probably eventually go back to a normal watch or even no watch at all which was my SOP - I only wore watches when working and I'm retired now so who cares what time it is?

Mark, your reasons are exactly why I think it was an answer to a problem we didn't have.

However, putting on a watch in the morning is as much a part of my dress routine as putting on my shirt. I just don't feel completely dressed without one. That's just me, though.

Today I'm wearing an Orient 40th Anniversary LE watch.

Today I'm wearing an Orient 40th Anniversary LE watch.

Love it!!

Very nice pieces gents. I have collected watches since I was a teen, from Rolex Bubbles, WW2 Hamiltons, to Seikos. Throughout the years I have trimmed most of my collection to a few special pieces. Mostly because the hard part of watch collecting, in my experience, is the maintenance. It can be quite expensive.

A few years back I sold my Bubble collection and my Hamiltons to an auction house for a nice profit, so now what I own I wear, mostly, lol......I still look for rare or not so rare pieces, specially discontinued models. It is a beautiful hobby for sure.

Thanks for sharing your pieces. RobK, you are my hero!

As I have mentioned before, except for one "good" watch (which I have shown here) what I usually wear are cheap and cheerful knockabouts.  The one pictured here I purchased in Glasgow, Scotland and I do not believe I paid much more than £15.00, if that.  Once one gets used to the unusual readout, which is not all that difficult, it becomes a fun conversation piece.  The time is read from the red line.  The top numbers show the hour, the middle numbers show the minutes (in 5-minute intervals), and the bottom numbers show the seconds.  As the numbers move from left to right, the time can be read.  Therefore, the time shown here is 11:25 and 40 seconds.