Any watch lovers here????

I decided to retire my 15 year Citizen Eco-Drive (200M). I purchase this:

 

The oreint is a good solid watch

 

What does the pusher above the crown do?

 

It is for setting the day of the week. The watch has a double pivot design: selects/toggles language (English/Spanish), see below for example..


The day (number) changes at midnight. If the watch is in English, it will change the day of the week at 0130 to the next day in Spanish and than at 0300 it will show the day of the week in English.

Example: Watch set to English: Thu December 11, 2014.

At midnight, it will show Thu 12
At 0130, it will show Vie 12 (Spanish)
At 0300, it will show Fri 12 English.

I order on line so I should get by end of day tomorrow. And confirm.

 

I saw a Mako a while back, worn by a friend and I like it a lot.

I actually started the purchasing with the Mako in mind but I definitely like the blue on the ray and the absence of Arabian numbers.

I will most likely end of buying a few nato/leather straps for it.

In addition to a high purchase (luxury tool watch) end of year, I am also looking to purchase a legitimate dress watch. I think I may come back to Orient for that purchase as well.

 

My Explorer came today. I'm giddy like a school girl.



I was worried it would be too big, but it's perfect. It actually wears smaller than the 007 I was wearing today.



I've been lusting over this one for a while. Feels good.

 

Nice!

 

J

NICE!!!! :up:

Except now I want one.

 

I know they've been covered here, but my wife got me this for our anniversary last week:



It wears really nicely, smooth case with no sharp corners.

It's no TAG, but I dig it!

-T

 

Noice!

 

Thanks Jed and Dave! It was too good a deal to pass, and so far I love it. I like that it's well under the radar if you're not a watch nut.

Shinola is doing a good thing, I like the premise, and it's a really nice looking watch. Congrats!

I'd love to see them produce some mechanical options also.

 

I think I mentioned ball a hundred pages or so ago

They're AWESOME watches!

 

That is definetly "monster" sized.

 

Yeah, I stumbled across Ball the other day. Nice stuff at a fair price. I've been looking at their GMTs.

Too bad I now think that I can't just add watches. I now need to sell one when I add one.

I've been flirting with selling my Panerai but that's going to be tough. My daughter helped pick that one out when she was like 5.

 

I do like the Ti. The Orient should be here by end of day. It is going to be a shock.

I have been wearing my Citizen Eco Ti for nearly 15 years. And, I wear it as a bracelet. I don't believe that I will be able to pull the bracelet wear with the stainless steel. I will try though.

I will know by the beginning of the year, if I will need that extra zero. I have that one on one interview. If I need that extra zero, I suspect, that I will be also needing an extra zero on my next purchase.

I am listening to Dave (kill me). So, if there is not diving job, I may look at the Explorer or GMT.

 

That kind of leads me to ask about my personal opinion and questions on dive watches. I love that people still use them as the tool they were designed for (as they should) but, aren't there more accurate devices for long dives? What I'm asking is aren't there wrist mounted dive computers that are more accurate with more useful "aps" on them?