Poor man's watch thread

[FatTuesday]

Happy Mardi Gras, All!

 

[Michigan Planner]

I always liked that big chunky Citizen Aqualand because of its ugliness, not in spite of it.

 

[Musicianized]

A beautiful chronograph for the poor man, the Yema Speedgraf.

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A $1600 timepiece for a poor man?

 

[Jazzmenco]

Yesterday and today

 

[hmlarsson]

Don't know how you can enjoy such un ugly watch.

I said it, as the poster himself said that the watch is ugly. And yes, for me it's really ugly. I always prefer to be honest and direct. You're free to think of me what you want.

I always liked that big chunky Citizen Aqualand because of its ugliness, not in spite of it.

Well, it's one of those watches that can be consider cool/fun/ugly/appreciated/stupid/attractive/repellent. It's really a matter of personal taste...
For me this watch has just the right amount of ugliness to be cool...and enjoyable...

It even comes with its own Bluetooth speaker?

Yep, Citizen was way ahead of their time with this feature!😁

 

[hmlarsson]

And now...a not so ugly watch!

 

[edmorel]

Don't know how you can enjoy such un ugly watch.

Eh, you’re at the watch store, all the nice pieces are being taken and you try to get one but you don’t pass muster to the sales associates and next thing you know it’s an hour before closing and you are about to leave empty handed and out of the corner of your eye you catch an Aqualand

 

[Musicianized]

Well, it's one of those watches that can be consider cool/fun/ugly/appreciated/stupid/attractive/repellent. It's really a matter of personal taste...
For me this watch has just the right amount of ugliness to be cool...and enjoyable...

Yep, Citizen was way ahead of their time with this feature!😁

Jokes aside, what actually is that for? Is that part of a depth guage?

 

[DorianGreen]

A $1600 timepiece for a poor man?

Admittedly $1600 is not little money, but compared to the prices commanded for the watches discussed in the other horological thread it's peanuts.

 

[Musicianized]

Admittedly $1600 is not little money, but compared to the prices commanded for the watches discussed in the other horological thread it's peanuts.

Yeah that's true.

 

[New Shoes1]

The very first post of this thread asking about an Omega as a PMW:

"Since I'm poor and only own an Omega, I figure I better have the right one! I have the opportunity to trade my SMP for a PO. If I do this I'd need to add some money (don't know about 1K) to sweeten the deal. What do you think of these two beasts? Right now I have the Seamaster Pro:

I could have the Planet Ocean instead (would need to add 1K):

Which would you recommend? (For the watch snobs, they're both the same co-axial movement, although the PO is 42mm and the SMP 41mm.) My attire is fancy, slim fit dress shirts and pants. I wear a suit every few weeks but not every day. I'm early thirties going on 17, and on weekends am more likely to be found wearing a nice polo and diesel jeans. Thanks in advance my esteemed SF members!"


We're pretty flexible on what constitutes a PMW in this thread.

 

[hmlarsson]

Jokes aside, what actually is that for? Is that part of a depth guage?

Correct! Pressure sensor to measure the depth.

 

[DorianGreen]

The new Longines Pilot Majetek.

With a price tag of just under 4k it's for the somewhat wealthier poor man, very attractive nonetheless.

 

[DorianGreen]

The new Longines Pilot Majetek.

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With a price tag of just under 4k it's for the somewhat wealthier poor man, very attractive nonetheless.

How to spoil a gorgeous watch with a totally useless and unattractive detail.

 

[DorianGreen]

At Longines they're specialists in how to spoil good-looking watches with ugly details.

Here the silly, redundant five stars.