Today... (and probably every day from here on out) a Luminox Sentry.
Been wearing G-Shocks for years. They keep good time, don't break the bank, and are pretty rugged. Then again, I'm not really a watch guy, so that's really all I need.
I do have a nice "dress watch" but it's a very old Waltham I inherited from my dad. According to mom, he got it when working on an small American air base in Argentia, Newfoundland back before they came to the states. When they were dating he ran the NCO club, and got mom (his then girlfriend) a job as a cashier. Being Canadian, even the watches sold on base said the days of the week in both English, and French, so setting the thing to read right is a nightmare.
Just a week ago, however, I picked up a Luminox here off INGO. My first expensive (to me) watch. It's called the Sentry, model XL.0201.SL. First I was happy, then kinda miffed, thinking I'd overpaid. Didn't come with a book though. Never got a watch (this was supposed to be "new") that didn't come with a book, so I go online looking... find it $85 cheaper on Amazon. (should have done more research prior) FTF guy says his girlfriend works in the business, and he gets big discounts. She even wears an $18,000 Cartier... After PMing him, he says he buys all his direct from Luminox so as not to get a fake...
Well, even though it's only been a week, it seems to be a good watch anyway. Keeps good time, has a simple regular watch face, and it glows enough to see it in the dark. The number window for the date is way the hell too small for my tired old eyes to see it, so I guess I'll never know the date... but by God I'll know what time of day it is.
Anyway I paid dearly for it, so I'm gonna wear it.
Not being a watch guy, (and living on VA disability) for me to drop $250 on a watch is crazy. Weather I got a good deal or not... IDK, but it seems to be a good watch, and I've seen some guys spend $500 or more.
It also has one more thing going for it.
I have yet to look at it, and find the stopwatch running from inadvertently pushing buttons by moving my wrist around... lol.
+1 for old school watches.
That reminds me. Next time a young person asks for the time... I won't tell them.
I'll just show them the watch, and see if they can figure out what the big hand, and little hand mean... lol.
Been wearing G-Shocks for years. They keep good time, don't break the bank, and are pretty rugged. Then again, I'm not really a watch guy, so that's really all I need.
I do have a nice "dress watch" but it's a very old Waltham I inherited from my dad. According to mom, he got it when working on an small American air base in Argentia, Newfoundland back before they came to the states. When they were dating he ran the NCO club, and got mom (his then girlfriend) a job as a cashier. Being Canadian, even the watches sold on base said the days of the week in both English, and French, so setting the thing to read right is a nightmare.
Just a week ago, however, I picked up a Luminox here off INGO. My first expensive (to me) watch. It's called the Sentry, model XL.0201.SL. First I was happy, then kinda miffed, thinking I'd overpaid. Didn't come with a book though. Never got a watch (this was supposed to be "new") that didn't come with a book, so I go online looking... find it $85 cheaper on Amazon. (should have done more research prior) FTF guy says his girlfriend works in the business, and he gets big discounts. She even wears an $18,000 Cartier... After PMing him, he says he buys all his direct from Luminox so as not to get a fake...
Well, even though it's only been a week, it seems to be a good watch anyway. Keeps good time, has a simple regular watch face, and it glows enough to see it in the dark. The number window for the date is way the hell too small for my tired old eyes to see it, so I guess I'll never know the date... but by God I'll know what time of day it is.
Anyway I paid dearly for it, so I'm gonna wear it.
Not being a watch guy, (and living on VA disability) for me to drop $250 on a watch is crazy. Weather I got a good deal or not... IDK, but it seems to be a good watch, and I've seen some guys spend $500 or more.
It also has one more thing going for it.
I have yet to look at it, and find the stopwatch running from inadvertently pushing buttons by moving my wrist around... lol.
+1 for old school watches.
That reminds me. Next time a young person asks for the time... I won't tell them.
I'll just show them the watch, and see if they can figure out what the big hand, and little hand mean... lol.
