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In Reply to: My latest watch is retro posted by RGA on May 2, 2021 at 18:11:24:
I remember those gold and dark ruby glass watches in the 70's with the tiny bright red LED digital displays.
So groovy!
Trying to hide from entropy
John K
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - ANYONE still wear a watch? - pictureguy 21:41:10 05/1/21 (101)
- Are battery powered watches OBSOLETE? - jedrider 16:11:40 05/7/21 (1)
- RE: Are battery powered watches OBSOLETE? - pictureguy 16:29:19 05/7/21 (0)
- Solar G-Shock... - Waxxy 14:24:05 05/3/21 (3)
- RE: Solar G-Shock... - pictureguy 23:50:40 05/5/21 (2)
- That's the first time I've ever heard... - Waxxy 05:30:48 05/6/21 (1)
- RE: That's the first time I've ever heard... - pictureguy 11:24:15 05/6/21 (0)
- Yep! - jedrider 10:19:51 05/3/21 (5)
- RE: Yep! - pictureguy 12:12:04 05/3/21 (4)
- RE: Yep! - jedrider 14:01:51 05/4/21 (3)
- RE: Yep! - pictureguy 15:13:48 05/4/21 (2)
- Can I send my watch to them? - jedrider 09:11:52 05/5/21 (1)
- RE: Can I send my watch to them? - pictureguy 10:37:38 05/5/21 (0)
- RE: ANYONE still wear a watch? - dean_martin 07:11:38 05/3/21 (1)
- RE: ANYONE still wear a watch? - pictureguy 12:22:37 05/3/21 (0)
- Got this Tag Heuer from my employer in 1995 - AbeCollins 07:01:27 05/3/21 (4)
- RE: Got this Tag Heuer from my employer in 1995 - fantja 01:17:14 05/4/21 (0)
- RE: Got this Tag Heuer from my employer in 1995 - pictureguy 12:29:07 05/3/21 (0)
- Much better, than my HP watch :) - Victor Khomenko 07:34:27 05/3/21 (1)
- RE: Much better, than my HP watch :) - AbeCollins 07:51:25 05/3/21 (0)
- RE: ANYONE still wear a watch? - Green Lantern 06:58:41 05/3/21 (1)
- RE: ANYONE still wear a watch? - pictureguy 12:05:26 05/3/21 (0)
- RE: ANYONE still wear a watch? - fantja 21:57:27 05/2/21 (0)
- My latest watch is retro - RGA 18:11:24 05/2/21 (4)
- Everything old is new again! - JDK 03:42:13 05/3/21 (0)
- That is cool! - JDK 05/3/2103:26:09 05/3/21 (0)
- RE: My latest watch is retro - pictureguy 18:32:29 05/2/21 (1)
- RE: My latest watch is retro - RGA 20:56:32 05/2/21 (0)
- Every day since my birthday in... 1966... - Victor Khomenko 16:06:40 05/2/21 (0)
- RE: ANYONE still wear a watch? - pictureguy 16:02:34 05/2/21 (0)
- Fitbit here, but it's useless as a time piece - SamA 13:46:03 05/2/21 (1)
- RE: Fitbit here, but it's useless as a time piece - pictureguy 15:57:38 05/2/21 (0)
- Every day. Here's my latest acquisition... - SF tech 10:44:32 05/2/21 (14)
- And here's mine... - kootenay 09:01:22 05/3/21 (1)
- RE: And here's mine... - fantja 23:50:47 05/7/21 (0)
- RE: Every day. Here's my latest acquisition... - Wojciech 16:26:33 05/2/21 (1)
- Alain ! ... - reelsmith. 18:54:20 05/2/21 (0)
- Very nice ... - reelsmith. 13:26:56 05/2/21 (2)
- Thank you... I love the retro/vintage vibe. - SF tech 14:08:44 05/2/21 (1)
- Wow, I was guessing 40mm ... - reelsmith. 15:23:30 05/2/21 (0)
- RE: Every day. Here's my latest acquisition... - rivervalley817 11:26:36 05/2/21 (1)
- I see what you did there :-) nt - SF tech 13:12:51 05/2/21 (0)
- RE: Every day. Here's my latest acquisition... - tweaker456 11:23:00 05/2/21 (1)
- Indeed, she does... - SF tech 13:17:09 05/2/21 (0)
- RE: Every day. Here's my latest acquisition... - pictureguy 11:13:41 05/2/21 (2)
- Yes, they partnered with Ronda in Switzerland... - SF tech 13:56:34 05/2/21 (1)
- RE: Yes, they partnered with Ronda in Switzerland... - pictureguy 19:14:40 05/2/21 (0)
- nah. but how quaint - stan2 10:25:57 05/2/21 (0)
- RE: ANYONE still wear a watch? - Andy43 10:14:05 05/2/21 (0)
- Ever since second grade - E-Stat 09:23:43 05/2/21 (0)
- I wear one - Sondek 08:04:12 05/2/21 (6)
- Speaking of Gruen ... - reelsmith. 14:41:46 05/2/21 (1)
- I've got an old tackle box in the garage... - SF tech 14:54:24 05/2/21 (0)
- RE: A Cervex? Time for what? nt - B. Scarpia 14:12:07 05/2/21 (2)
- RE: A Cervex? Time for what? nt - rivervalley817 14:27:56 05/2/21 (0)
- It's the Rocky Rococo model. ~nt~ - Sondek 14:25:50 05/2/21 (0)
- RE: I wear one - pictureguy 11:09:20 05/2/21 (0)
- I bought a Rolex Explorer - free.ranger 07:51:52 05/2/21 (4)
- RE: I bought a Rolex Explorer - dark_dave56 04:10:07 05/3/21 (0)
- Sea Dweller in 1983 - Victor Khomenko 16:16:59 05/2/21 (1)
- Remember the Zodiac Seawolf? - free.ranger 16:33:06 05/2/21 (0)
- RE: I bought a Rolex Explorer - john65b 08:07:18 05/2/21 (0)
- Everyday since I was a kid ... - reelsmith. 07:00:54 05/2/21 (0)
- RE: ANYONE still wear a watch? - dark_dave56 06:56:21 05/2/21 (0)
- A cheap Chinese smart watch - John_the_Scot 05:46:46 05/2/21 (18)
- A cheap watch outperforms most expensive ones. They're jewelry. I'm okay - tinear 07:18:49 05/2/21 (17)
- How are they jewelry ? ... - reelsmith. 08:48:46 05/2/21 (16)
- Because their purpose is decoration - Dave_K 10:11:19 05/2/21 (9)
- RE: Because their purpose is decoration - pictureguy 16:07:28 05/2/21 (0)
- Seriously ? .... - reelsmith. 13:00:38 05/2/21 (7)
- There is no functional reason to own a wristwatch with a mechanical movement - Dave_K 14:21:45 05/2/21 (6)
- +1. Why the shyness about jewelry? "I'm a man and I enjoy wearing... jewelry." nt - tinear 14:27:16 05/2/21 (5)
- Yes, it's not meant to be a put-down (nt) - Dave_K 14:31:52 05/2/21 (4)
- I don't see it as a put down ... - reelsmith. 15:31:07 05/2/21 (1)
- LOL! - SF tech 15:41:30 05/2/21 (0)
- The advertisements for them seem to point to status, too. And identity. - tinear 14:43:39 05/2/21 (1)
- RE: The advertisements for them seem to point to status, too. And identity. - Wojciech 17:01:33 05/2/21 (0)
- They're jewelry because they're about form, not function and they're made - tinear 10:00:54 05/2/21 (5)
- Guys who care about design ... - reelsmith. 12:38:30 05/2/21 (3)
- I'm talking about regular guys, obviously. There's an American - tinear 14:32:23 05/2/21 (0)
- " Guys who care about design"... I'm one who does as well.... - TWB 13:42:40 05/2/21 (0)
- Agree. And that Panerai is a beautiful example... - SF tech 12:45:13 05/2/21 (0)
- Men care very much about design and looks. - free.ranger 10:36:47 05/2/21 (0)
- Only after I get my Tudor repaired for the second time. - Mr Steed 05:37:01 05/2/21 (0)
- No one under 70. Apparently, phones have killed 'em. nt - tinear 05:36:07 05/2/21 (2)
- Eight YO student told me what time it was yesterday using his wristwatch... N/T - musetap 13:07:29 05/4/21 (0)
- My wife's under 70 and she always wears a watch. - ghost of olddude55 04:25:37 05/3/21 (0)
- Timex Expedition... - Jim Pearce 03:51:14 05/2/21 (0)
- Didn't for 20 years, but a Garmin since last November - JDK 03:50:53 05/2/21 (1)
- Garmin do clever stuff - John_the_Scot 10:13:44 05/3/21 (0)
- Little did I know that my Vostok Kommandirskie watch. . . - Chris from Lafayette 00:35:23 05/2/21 (8)
- RE: Little did I know that my Vostok Kommandirskie watch. . . - rivervalley817 14:33:20 05/2/21 (2)
- That part of town? - speak for yourself, rv! - Chris from Lafayette 00:39:03 05/3/21 (1)
- RE: That part of town? - speak for yourself, rv! - rivervalley817 15:13:07 05/3/21 (0)
- Cool watch. - ghost of olddude55 03:53:24 05/2/21 (4)
- RE: Cool watch. - Chris from Lafayette 12:00:23 05/2/21 (2)
- The more I read up about these watches, the more inclined I am - JDK 22:51:04 05/2/21 (0)
- Saw 'em on that jungle website... - ghost of olddude55 14:13:42 05/2/21 (0)
- RE: Cool watch. - JDK 04:22:52 05/2/21 (0)
- I've always worn a watch and... - TWB 22:21:07 05/1/21 (0)
- Yes....Gruen... - kuma 21:52:13 05/1/21 (1)
- RE: Yes....Gruen... - pictureguy 22:27:03 05/1/21 (0)
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- That is cool! - JDK 05/3/2103:26:09 05/3/21 (0)