TAYLOR IS MAKING WATCHES?

[Murph]

18 hours ago, Narwhal6 said:

My sentiments as well, I feel off balance without a watch on.

I work in a warehouse on a loading dock, if you're caught looking at your phone while operating a hi/lo , even just to check the time, you could be fired.

My work watch is a Casio.

I like some of the Casio analog watches. Seems like the ones I like are expensive.

Never cared for digital time on a watch.

"The glance" is quicker with analog and seems to "connect" with my brain better.

Young people probably don't have this issue.

[fortyearspickn]

On 5/25/2023 at 9:39 AM, Whitefang said:

I have a couple of not very expensive watches that keep good time.  Analog.  I also have a Jean D'Eve Sectora I used to wear when doing weddings.  Needs batteries(it takes two)  and a jeweler who knows how to change them in that model of watch.  And then I'll have to relearn how to read the time on the damn thing.  

 

                                                                                                                                         

At my age I'll need a jeweler's loupe to see it clearly.  

Whitefang

Yeppers.  My son gave me one like that. A nice, plain, arabic numeral black and white Movado. Costs $70 to get a new battery - jewelers have to send it to "The Factory".    Sits in the drawer 99% of the time, but I have to wear it now and then, so  I have to keep it running.  Sort of like a Trojan Horse. 

[Narwhal6]

18 hours ago, Murph said:

I like some of the Casio analog watches. Seems like the ones I like are expensive.

Never cared for digital time on a watch.

"The glance" is quicker with analog and seems to "connect" with my brain better.

Young people probably don't have this issue.

Oh I like expensive watches too, I just don't own any 😆

Years ago when there used to be catalogs in the mail I remember seeing a watch inspired by Nicky Hayden Moto GP rider by citizen or Bulova. I remember it had a red face and was just really cool looking....but it cost $700.

And though I knew of him and was a fan of Moto GP, I just couldn't justify the price.

It's the same with the Taylor watches, I don't own a Taylor guitar nor do I plan to. The watches look cool, but can't justify the price.

So I'll keep my nondescript basic timekeepers and wait for an expensive one that I can justify the price of, like an old vintage something or other that I stumble across.

[merciful-evans]

I was given a Rotary 'Winsor' watch by my late partner Jan some 18 years ago. The glass is described as 'sapphire glass' and scratch resistant. It really is. There is not a mark on it to this day. I bought another as a back up. Same glass & no marks at all. My 3rd watch I bought in Gibraltar is a Seiko (I pronounce this as 'psycho') some 9 years ago and the glass is scuffed up as you might expect. That sapphire glass is astonishing. 

[Murph]

2 hours ago, merciful-evans said:

 That sapphire glass is astonishing. 

Tougher than John Wayne toilet paper...

[Whitefang]

On 5/27/2023 at 7:31 AM, Murph said:

I like some of the Casio analog watches. Seems like the ones I like are expensive.

Never cared for digital time on a watch.

"The glance" is quicker with analog and seems to "connect" with my brain better.

Young people probably don't have this issue.

The lingo used with analog time confuses them too.  When I first moved in with the woman who became my second wife, her 8 year old nephew was over and asked me the time.  I looked at my watch and told him, "It's a quarter after two."   He just stood there looking blank faced confused.  Then Alicia told me, "He doesn't understand that kind of time.  He's only used to digital clocks."   

But I recall when digital watches hit the market in the '70's.  The first one on the market cost $150.00 1970's dollars.  And required the wearer to press a tiny button on it's side to display the time(LED).   My brother in law back then shelled out that price for one.  Just a couple of weeks later(it seemed) the LCD watches came out at a fraction of the cost.  A guy my BIL worked with bought one at a K-Mart checkout for $9.95.  😄  Gary was not really too happy with himself then.

Whitefang

[fortyearspickn]

My wife bought me one of the early (Casio?) watches that had an alarm, because I was alway late picking her up.  Cut my lateness times in half !!!     She also bought me a "Clapper".  You attach it to your keys and clap your hands to find them.  Once the battery dies - they are more an annoyance than anything: a bracelet and a key fob!  

[Whitefang]

1 minute ago, fortyearspickn said:

My wife bought me one of the early (Casio?) watches that had an alarm, because I was alway late picking her up.  Cut my lateness times in half !!!     She also bought me a "Clapper".  You attach it to your keys and clap your hands to find them.  Once the battery dies - they are more an annoyance than anything: a bracelet and a key fob!  

🤪  Don't tell me......

Every time you went around the house clapping your hands looking for your keys the lights kept going on and off!    😄

Whitefang

[fortyearspickn]

Just now, Whitefang said:

🤪  Don't tell me......

Every time you went around the house clapping your hands looking for your keys the lights kept going on and off!    😄

Whitefang

Yep.   And the toilet flushed!