What time is it? The watch thread!

i've got a g-shock and it's awesome, down with the haters!

To be fair, the white one Eminem was rocking in the new Dre video looked quite cool, so maybe I was a tad harsh earlier.

Nope...

You can get a Formula 1 for WAY cheaper than that, $1300 you're getting ripped. Sub $1000 easy, pay with cash you should be looking at around $800 I'd say.

And by mechanism, I take it you mean movement?
Tag use the following movements:
Primarily in house: Calibre & Mikrograph
Outsourced: Zenith, ETA, Rhonda and some other swiss manufacturers

Don't think you're going to find any swiss made quartz movement for $42 mate, not even an  IWC or swatch... You can't even get a Tag opened and resealed for $42 and that's a fact.

Owned plenty of them ranging from the shitty formula to the links series, the aquaracer which I just got rid off and right up to the kirium.

So yeah, there you have it.

And just my 2 cents, if you're going to throw down big dollars on a timepiece check out Omega or Audemars Piguet, if you want a nice one without spending that much look at Raymond Weil.

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Got Tony this for Christmas.  Not expensive but I liked it cos it was different.

Looks like something out of Star Trek but it's not tacky. Nice.

Do the coloured line bits represent anything? Perhaps a binary clock kind of thing?

that's cool. I dig it

Yea the coloured bits act as the seconds counter.  The dial turns to the second instead of having a ticking hand.  You prolly worked it out but the big numbers are the hours and the smaller ones are the minutes.  So that watch is saying it's just after 10:10

Ah OK, that's cool.

I just found their website...man they have some pretty crazy designs!

http://www.stormwatches.com

I wonder sometimes why I post on AM 

First off let me start with, I never stated the labour cost involved with any replacement or fix on a Tag.

I merely explained the the movement of said watch is no more then $42 USD total.
This was the supplier / repairer cost of the entire movement in 2005.

It's also a fact, that you can't have any watch opened and resealed, even just for a battery for $42 at a consumer price... 
 
Lastly - If you have purchased as many as you claim, at a retail cost or near (cash price / whatever) Sorry, But you're getting ripped.

A timepiece is a serious investment. Don't fuck about - buy the best you can afford and buy Swedish.

Never wear your timepiece it in the shower (steam will rust the internals) and service it every 5 years.

It will last a lifetime if properly looked after and, if you buy carefully, will appreciate in value.

I rock Omega:

Uh.

Where do we buy from again?

This almost seems like a joke post man! Are you being serious?

As Oli pointed out, Omega is a Swiss brand, it's hard to miss the tag in the pic! (I'm sure you probably meant to say Swiss instead of Swedish, unless maybe you're thinking of meatballs or cheap furniture. )

Also, who the fuck wears their watch in the shower? You'd have to be a moron, it's not like they're hard to take off or anything.

Rob Frost - Geography King

At least the two countries are in the same timezone.

If i didn't personally know Rob, I'd ask this very question about 95% of his posts

I like a lot of the watches at Toyko Flash.

http://www.tokyoflash.com/en/watches/1/

I like the fact someone can ask me the time, I can stare intently at the device on my arm, and respond with all honesty "I have no fucking idea".

This one is concept only, but I like it...
http://gizmodo.com/#!5778696/a-watch-this-awesomely-sci+fi-could-have-only-come-from-the-future