Nice, if you still wear a watch - I don't anymore.
You might also be interested in the Emerald Chronometer app for iOS, it comes with 16 differeht faces, the one i like most is their Mauna Kea face. A really awesome watch, and it syncs correctly to milliseconds (iPhones /iPads can be a few seconds off).
Nice, if you still wear a watch - I don't anymore.
You might also be interested in the Emerald Chronometer app for iOS, it comes with 16 differeht faces, the one i like most is their Mauna Kea face. A really awesome watch, and it syncs correctly to milliseconds (iPhones /iPads can be a few seconds off).
Emerald Chronometer is a stunning app. Their Observatory app is just as good!
Pocket watches were mostly superceded by wrist watches as they are much more convenient. Using a phone as a timepiece seems to be a step backwards.
I'll stick to my watch.
I like clocks and watches. I have a 140+year old rebuilt DropCase clock on the wall ( PsychoClock) and I wear a lovely Tissot Chronometer my wife bought for a (undisclosed age) birthday nearly 5 years ago.
On the other hand ( bad joke !! ) I hardly ever carry a mobile with me after work hours, and only occaisonally durng the weekend.
Not that I'm a techno aversionist, I work in IT but I think we need some seperation between the 'always connected world' and having some personal space to breathe in.
And a good watch always looks nice when you're all dressed up as well..
The Emerald Chronometer is a great App, I have been using it for several years.
I haven't worn a watch for about 10 years except for my Omega Deville dress watch.
Using my phone to tell the time I'm really starting to find a pain in the rear end. So can't wait till my Zulu arrives and I'm sure Anna is going to enjoy her Tati.
Like a few of the other ISS members I have not worn a watch for around 40 years. Neither do I have any other ready means of checking the time these days, unless I am home or in the car.
This is becoming a nuisance now that I use public transport a lot and the thing I notice these days that was not a problem 40 years ago is how few places now have visible clocks.
I think I will need to buy a watch but it will certainly be the cheapest that I can find. I would love one of those expensive ones that have been mentioned because then I may be able to sell it and buy some good astro equipment.
Barry
PS I remeber the old Bob Dyer "Pick a Box" show on radio. The top prize was a gold diamond studded watch valued at around 350 pounds (In 1950 this was about half the price of a new Holden.) B.G
I'd be lost without a watch! I have a lovely Tag Heuer which was given to me by my father-in-law as a wedding present, but I always wear my Seiko Kinetic-it has all the accuracy of a quartz watch, but never needs a battery.
PS I remeber the old Bob Dyer "Pick a Box" show on radio. The top prize was a gold diamond studded watch valued at around 350 pounds (In 1950 this was about half the price of a new Holden.) B.G
Being born in the 50's I can't remember the radio show but I certainly remember the TV show with Bob and Dolly and who could forget good old Barry Jones!
7 watches & you guessed it, one for each day of the week.
Nice!
Reminds me of the saying "A man with a watch always knows the time, A man with more than one is never quite sure".
Though I can't talk, I caught the watch bug a few years ago, just mechanical watches as there's something nice about wearing such a beautiful, precision machine on ones wrist.
Fortunately my AP hobby takes all my money now so I don't buy watches very often.
Here's one of my favorites, a Poljot Strela remake. The original was the watch worn by Alexey Leonov during the first ever spacewalk.
I have the same watch. My mother in law presented it to me back when I was still flying for a living. I wore it till I - you guessed it - broke it. Mechanically it is still perfect, but unfortunately I managed to make a whopping great chip in the glass. Haven't worn a watch since.
Watches are a pretty personal choice too. A bit like the refractor - reflector debate! Personally I don't know why I wear mine - it's easily scratched, needs to be wound every morning by hand, is only accurate to about 1 min/week and is quite plain looking. Plus it cost an outrageous amount of money!
My $600 Tissot chronometer looks almost the same and is a far better watch in every respect. Still - I keep putting this one on every morning instead.
Every now and then someone recognises it and comments, it all seems worthwhile, then I ponder my own vanity...
Cheers,
Andrew.
I have the same watch. My mother in law presented it to me back when I was still flying for a living. I wore it till I - you guessed it - broke it. Mechanically it is still perfect, but unfortunately I managed to make a whopping great chip in the glass. Haven't worn a watch since.
Bugger Lewis, I can see how that could happen as the glass bulge sticks out a lot.
I only wear mine occasionally, partly because it isn't waterproof at all (forget what it says) and partly because it's too light - I like a watch with a bit of weight. My daily beater is a Steinhart GMT which is nice and solid and I find the gmt hand very useful when travelling. Nice to have a Swiss movement too though but, without investing time/money in having it adjusted, I find this one less accurate than most of my watches with movements from Russia/USSR, China and Japan. If I need accuracy I have GPS time on my phone anyway.
Hey John, makes sure you post some photos when the watches arrive. I want to see you and Anna, catwalk style, showing these watches to their best advantage!
