This is my latest object of horological lust. I know it doesn’t look like much but it’s super readble and clean, and the indices are tritium tubes which means they will glow in the dark for the next 20 years. This watch also has a 10 year lithium battery. I love the idea of being able to look down at my watch in the middle of the night and actually read the time. $520 USD. It’s British but nothing’s perfect.
And at night…
the face of that watch is very busy
one might say cluttered
who needs that kind of division?
Which watch is busy, Bill?
the one from the quote i quote quoted unquote
This Vacheron?
I suppose it’s not a super-clean three hander, but I can easily read the time on it. Vacheron makes a very famous watch called the Overseas which comes in some beautiful 3 hand versions. I really like it, too, because it comes with a quick-release strap and ships with steel, leather and rubber so one watch really does everything.
Vacheron Constantin is one of the “holy trinity” in watchmaking which means their stuff doesn’t come cheap. I’m not sure I want to spend that much on a watch.
form should follow function
it’s a very busy watch
In the era of smartphones, the function of a watch is 10% to tell time and 90% to look pretty.
Just curious, do you find both Vacherons busy or just the first one (the Quai de l’ile)?
i wear a granite sun-dial on my wrist
the granite was mined by blind nuns
it has chisel marks for every time
it’s a chiseled circle but only fat mothers would mention it
i think three is a good number
it feels about right
it’s as high as humans can reliably count
and it’s the number of things i can juggle
which reason did you use?
or is there a fourth?
cuz i have only three
i got a watch that says-
get up now and you’ll have time to do all that and be eating breakfast when the sun comes in that window.
if i was adrift in columbia, i might use a watch like that to determine my longitude
We didn’t even have to wait a week. Even within one brand you can’t choose just one watch. In one day you went from a plain watch to a watch with lines and then one that glows in the dark, which is not you at all. Decisions, decisions. How will you decide.
Michele, that’s the same watch. It just glows in the dark.
It’s still not the same as watch your brain “snapped” on.
You might not understand me. I have no desire to get down to one watch. I’m not a collector but having a few watches is a nice idea to me.
No one thinks that, Reg, since we all know you do have a day and nightwear collection. I only made the observation that you wouldn’t be able to just wear one watch for even a week and you would be moving to the next, I believe I said touchscreen. All you did was confirm it. I consider the conversation over. My only regret is that we didn’t bet on it.
That’s not how I do it. Today I am packing. I’ll dress casually and wear a casual watch. Tomorrow I’m flying. I’ll dress better and wear a dress watch. I don’t wear one for a few weeks and then switch to another.
Yes, Reg, I know. That was the whole point of the conversation. Day and night wear. Wear for every occasion but rarely wear no watch at all unless you are at home and probably only while taking a shower. Unless you have a waterproof and then it wouldn’t surprise me if you changed watches for your showers.
I own no watch. I have a clock on my phone that tells me everything I need to know about what time it is.
Watches are the only jewelry men should permit themselves.
do you have casual underwear and travel underwear?
perhaps sequins on your fancy underwear?
are you a fancy boy?
