Watches when cycling

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  • symo
    symo Posts: 1,743
    I have a Quartz BAttery run Omega Seamaster (Ie non Chrono) and I love it. Has lasted longer than any other watch I have ever owned. I used to end up scratching the glass of other watches to the point where they were unusable but this thing has been with me for over 7 years now and I only replaced the batteries once.

    I am thinking about buying a Tag Heure Monaco next though. I lkie the square ugliness of it.
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  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    my "proper" watch is a titanium Seiko - ridiculously light, i love it!

    but i cycle in a £15 casio "ironman" digital, which i can then wear in the shower to stop stinky strap syndrome..... :oops:
  • lastant
    lastant Posts: 526
    Ah, I'd love to get a decent watch - definitely on my things to get list!

    Had a couple of Swatches in the past, I do like the low profile of them all.

    Currently using this CASIO G-Shock. Decided to go for one that's pretty much indestructible whilst looking alright. Upgraded from this ultra-cheapo CASIO, it's basically it's bigger brother... :)

    For randomness. I've got one of the PIMP Pimpin' Ain't Easy LED watches that I ordered from tokyoflash.com. Unfortunately it appears to have broken (LEDs constantly on now, must be a contact rubbing somewhere) which is a shame - was always a good conversation starter in a bar!
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  • artaxerxes
    artaxerxes Posts: 612
    You could wear a PIMP watch on both arms and turn it on when indicating to turn left or right while cycling :)
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    lastant wrote:

    For randomness. I've got one of the PIMP Pimpin' Ain't Easy LED watches that I ordered from tokyoflash.com. Unfortunately it appears to have broken (LEDs constantly on now, must be a contact rubbing somewhere) which is a shame - was always a good conversation starter in a bar!

    At Uni I wanted a belt that could do that. I'd enter the message, "Down there".... Alas, on a night out I saw a gay guy with the same belt with exactly the same idea...
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Time bends anyway when I'm SCRing, so it's pointless me wearing a watch...

    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannyway, I've got a Rip Curl rubber strap style watch with hands on it. But I sometimes use a Timex HRM. There's also the clock on the Cateye speedo. Don't wear my nicer watch because of the weight and it's not a completely tight fit, so the movement when cycling is a bit irritating.
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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    My Grandad wa into his Horology.

    As such I inherited quite a few time pieces:

    1964 Heauer Carrera Automatic
    1960's Heuer Monza Automatic
    3 1960's Omega Seamasters with different options
    2 1960's Omega Speedmasters (including the very rare moonshot NASA type one!)
    4 Breitling Navitimers from various years
    1 Omega Seamaster (that I use daily!)

    I also have a fake U-Boat large faced watch that I use daily and a fake Heuer Carrera

    Also got left Marine Campasses, Theodolites from various years and all sorts of other instruments......!
  • artaxerxes
    artaxerxes Posts: 612
    I'm surprised by the number of Omegas being mentioned (whether inherited or bought) and the lack of Rolex. Not that I'd buy a Rolex but I always thought it was the luxury watch most people have heard of.
  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    artaxerxes wrote:
    I'm surprised by the number of Omegas being mentioned (whether inherited or bought) and the lack of Rolex. Not that I'd buy a Rolex but I always thought it was the luxury watch most people have heard of.

    My cousin got the Rolex collection......

    My mum got some mantel clocks and so on.
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    artaxerxes wrote:
    I'm surprised by the number of Omegas being mentioned (whether inherited or bought) and the lack of Rolex. Not that I'd buy a Rolex but I always thought it was the luxury watch most people have heard of.

    That's because all our money goes on bikes :wink:
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    gtvlusso wrote:
    My Grandad wa into his Horology.

    As such I inherited quite a few time pieces:

    1964 Heauer Carrera Automatic
    1960's Heuer Monza Automatic

    Collectors items. Especially as they re-released both the Monza and Carrera at around £2000.
    3 1960's Omega Seamasters with different options
    2 1960's Omega Speedmasters (including the very rare moonshot NASA type one!)

    Moon watch = Collectors items not sure about the others
    4 Breitling Navitimers from various years
    1 Omega Seamaster (that I use daily!)

    I also have a fake U-Boat large faced watch that I use daily and a fake Heuer Carrera

    Also got left Marine Campasses, Theodolites from various years and all sorts of other instruments......!

    Do you have an issue of Giant Sized X-men issue 1 as well?
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  • mrc1
    mrc1 Posts: 852
    gtvlusso wrote:
    My Grandad wa into his Horology.

    As such I inherited quite a few time pieces:

    1964 Heauer Carrera Automatic
    1960's Heuer Monza Automatic
    3 1960's Omega Seamasters with different options
    2 1960's Omega Speedmasters (including the very rare moonshot NASA type one!)
    4 Breitling Navitimers from various years
    1 Omega Seamaster (that I use daily!)

    I also have a fake U-Boat large faced watch that I use daily and a fake Heuer Carrera

    Also got left Marine Campasses, Theodolites from various years and all sorts of other instruments......!

    You have no excuse for ever being late for any occasion with that little assortment!
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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    gtvlusso wrote:
    My Grandad wa into his Horology.

    As such I inherited quite a few time pieces:

    1964 Heauer Carrera Automatic
    1960's Heuer Monza Automatic

    Collectors items. Especially as they re-released both the Monza and Carrera at around £2000.
    3 1960's Omega Seamasters with different options
    2 1960's Omega Speedmasters (including the very rare moonshot NASA type one!)

    Moon watch = Collectors items not sure about the others
    4 Breitling Navitimers from various years
    1 Omega Seamaster (that I use daily!)

    I also have a fake U-Boat large faced watch that I use daily and a fake Heuer Carrera

    Also got left Marine Campasses, Theodolites from various years and all sorts of other instruments......!

    Do you have an issue of Giant Sized X-men issue 1 as well?

    LOL!

    Funny thing is, as a kid I wanted comics to read but was given watches to play with when we visited my granparents!

    I wear my fake watches all the time, 70 Eur for the U-boat and 30Eur for the Carrera. Only wear the originals at formal events.
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    artaxerxes wrote:
    I'm surprised by the number of Omegas being mentioned (whether inherited or bought) and the lack of Rolex. Not that I'd buy a Rolex but I always thought it was the luxury watch most people have heard of.

    Rolex like a Ferrari is what people buy when they first come into money. Old money types buy Omega and TVR's and other rarities that the common folk have little to no concept of... <rolls tongue> DDDAAAAARRRRLLLLIIIIINNNGGGG </rolls tongue>

    Or so LiT tells me.....
    Food Chain number = 4

    A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
  • Eau Rouge
    Eau Rouge Posts: 1,118
    I definitely take the watch off when going for a "proper" ride, mainly in case of a fall, but I leave it n for the commute as I'll want the watch with me. That's probably not the most logical thing in the world.

    I would love a nice Omega. I don't think I could ever justify a new De Ville short of a lottery win or paying off the mortgage, but one day I'll talk myself into a 60's Seamaster De Ville. Until then, the automatic Tissot with it's date at the 4 oclock position will have to suffice.

    BTW, the story I've heard about the Moon watches was that NASA sent a guy down to a local Houston jewellers and told him to bring back a few of their watches. They ran some tests on them and the Omega was chosen and more ordered. The first Omega knew about their watches being NASA issue and in space was when they saw a photograph in the newspapers and recognised the watch!
  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    Eau Rouge wrote:
    I definitely take the watch off when going for a "proper" ride, mainly in case of a fall, but I leave it n for the commute as I'll want the watch with me. That's probably not the most logical thing in the world.

    I would love a nice Omega. I don't think I could ever justify a new De Ville short of a lottery win or paying off the mortgage, but one day I'll talk myself into a 60's Seamaster De Ville. Until then, the automatic Tissot with it's date at the 4 oclock position will have to suffice.

    BTW, the story I've heard about the Moon watches was that NASA sent a guy down to a local Houston jewellers and told him to bring back a few of their watches. They ran some tests on them and the Omega was chosen and more ordered. The first Omega knew about their watches being NASA issue and in space was when they saw a photograph in the newspapers and recognised the watch!

    Thats correct - it is not a specific watch. It is just the same model as in the photographs from the same batch of serial numbers sent to the USA for NASA (although it may not have been sent to NASA actually!). My grandfather was in the MOD for a long time and was a US liason for military stuff....
  • artaxerxes
    artaxerxes Posts: 612
    Rolex like a Ferrari is what people buy when they first come into money. Old money types buy Omega and TVR's and other rarities that the common folk have little to no concept of... <rolls tongue> DDDAAAAARRRRLLLLIIIIINNNGGGG </rolls tongue>

    I agree that Rolex is nouveau riche, guess thats why Hong Kong and China are the biggest markets for them.
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    artaxerxes wrote:
    Rolex like a Ferrari is what people buy when they first come into money. Old money types buy Omega and TVR's and other rarities that the common folk have little to no concept of... <rolls tongue> DDDAAAAARRRRLLLLIIIIINNNGGGG </rolls tongue>

    I agree that Rolex is nouveau riche, guess thats why Hong Kong and China are the biggest markets for them.

    Even for tacky me i wouldn't get one. I saw it all the time with my friends. Did some overtime "Gotta get da Rolex blud!"

    Turned 21 "I'm getting a Rolex for my birthday".

    First pay cheque/bonus "I'm moving on up to a Rolex"

    Nothing against them prestiege wise though I think they are surpassed in terms of quality by other brands. I just would venture towards something else. A little like I want an Alfa Romeo next over and above an Audi, BMW or VW.... Well that's what I'll be calling the Escort when I buy it.... :cry:
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  • symo
    symo Posts: 1,743
    I toyed with the idea of a Cartier Tank, but actually on they butt fugly.
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  • TommyEss
    TommyEss Posts: 1,855
    PBo wrote:
    my "proper" watch is a titanium Seiko - ridiculously light, i love it!

    but i cycle in a £15 casio "ironman" digital, which i can then wear in the shower to stop stinky strap syndrome..... :oops:

    Have you got the Arctura?! snl007.jpg Love mine - got it as my graduation present.
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    I'm a fan of chronographs but everytime I see that I watch I always have to think "Where on the dial is it actually telling me the time".

    Lovely watch though, very light!
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    A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    nah - had it quite a few years, non-kinetic (and cheaper!) version of this i645__SKA214P1.jpg
  • TommyEss
    TommyEss Posts: 1,855
    Haha - I know what you mean about "Where's the time...?"

    You know when someone asks for the time and they grab your wrist to look at your watch - they always go "Only 12 o'clock? It feels later than that..." and then you have to point out the actual clcok face and tell them the time for them.
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  • Sewinman
    Sewinman Posts: 2,131
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    artaxerxes wrote:
    I'm surprised by the number of Omegas being mentioned (whether inherited or bought) and the lack of Rolex. Not that I'd buy a Rolex but I always thought it was the luxury watch most people have heard of.

    Rolex like a Ferrari is what people buy when they first come into money. Old money types buy Omega and TVR's and other rarities that the common folk have little to no concept of... <rolls tongue> DDDAAAAARRRRLLLLIIIIINNNGGGG </rolls tongue>

    Or so LiT tells me.....

    Omega is a bit "Vice President".

    A simple IWC or Baume & Mercier is much classier. One day!
  • TommyEss
    TommyEss Posts: 1,855
    What about Flik Flak!?
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  • artaxerxes
    artaxerxes Posts: 612
    For what it's worth (not much) I wear a Pulsar chrono from the luxury retailer known as Argos.
    Its been around the world with me and refuses to die.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Sewinman wrote:
    A simple IWC

    Beautiful. Given the choice I'd opt for a Zenith, but it would be mighty close.
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    I'm a fan of chronographs but everytime I see that I watch I always have to think "Where on the dial is it actually telling me the time".

    Lovely watch though, very light!

    Don't take this the wrong way... if you want a watch for when you grow up don't get a chronograph

    basic elegance is what it's about.
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  • andrewlwood
    andrewlwood Posts: 224
    Love love LOVE my blue Tag monaco (non-chrono). To me it's different, but simple, classic and really solid. On the bike I usually wear a Polar HRM, or sometimes a chrono g-shock that's tough as boots and really 'trick' - solar powered, satellite-sync'ed, multi time zone etc etc.

    agree on Rolex - they don't look like they cost as much as they do, and they're a bit 'burberry'. Actually I'm thinking about the really, really classic Casios that are back on Amazon at the moment for about £8.
  • TommyEss
    TommyEss Posts: 1,855
    Clever Pun wrote:
    basic elegance is what it's about.

    Yeah, I know what you mean - my dad finally got his dad's old Omega serviced and working again, after keeping it in a drawer since before I was born. Nothing flashy, plain gold face, black leather strap, little greek symbol on the dial.

    Not my cup of tea - yet - but I dare-say I'll grow into it...!
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