Pardon me, but do you have the time?

scotchandcigar said:
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At times, I considered selling all my other watches, and just getting one of these (about $3k on eBay). But I didn't.
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But it's such a beautiful timepiece. I bet it would look great on you! :sneaky::\m/\m/::sneaky:
 
Remember way back when I said this?

JHDK said:
I can use insane logic to rationalize just about anything, but even I can't rationalize spending nearly $200 on a second watch when I just got one 2 months ago and I'm convinced I'm going to lose my job in the next few weeks or months.
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Well, at least 1 part of it was true:

JHDK said:
I can use insane logic to rationalize just about anything,
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That didn't take long.

So I now have 2 watches being delivered tomorrow. I will most likely return the cheap one and make this bad boy my primary watch. The more I read and watched videos about it, the more I wanted it.

I think I managed to rationalize the purchase pretty well, let me explain:

Like I imagine most people do, I have a monthly budget. There are 3 categories: monthly expenses, savings and bullshit. Bullshit is for things like video games and (now) watches. Usually the budget is the same month to month so I know how much I allow myself to spend on bullshit. Since it is basically April this watch will come out of the April bullshit fund and thus it's not really an extravagance. Of course now that fund is perilously low for the entire month but that's fine, I can be happy with 1 big bullshit purchase instead of 3 or 4 smaller ones.

And that's how I spun myself into believing buying a 3rd watch, when the 2nd one hasn't even arrived yet, was a good idea.

Once I get it and play with it a bit I'll post my thoughts on my new toy.

scotchandcigar said:
That's the sickness of the watch enthusiast.
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Yup.

scotchandcigar said:
I've adopted the AA's "One Day at a Time" motto,
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I may need to go to a meeting.
 
JHDK said:
Like I imagine most people do, I have a monthly budget. There are 3 categories: monthly expenses, savings and bullshit. Bullshit is for things like video games and (now) watches. Usually the budget is the same month to month so I know how much I allow myself to spend on bullshit. Since it is basically April this watch will come out of the April bullshit fund and thus it's not really an extravagance. Of course now that fund is perilously low for the entire month but that's fine, I can be happy with 1 big bullshit purchase instead of 3 or 4 smaller ones.
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Many people who buy nice watches do this. Or really, you can do this with anything.

The problem is, no matter what your income level is, the bullshit budget always comes at the expense of more practical things: a mortgage, a car, college, clothing, a vacation, retirement savings. It's a choice most people make.
 
memebag said:
Probably not. Pebble went out of business. The support structure for apps and such is gone. My watch is an actual fossil.
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In my whirlwind of watch research during these past few days I came across a lot of Pebble talk. People seemed to love how they were smartwatch that didn't try to do everything but what they did focus on they did right. Apparently they got into a bunch of debt and Fitbit bought them for almost exactly what they owed. They said they would support Pebble through 2017.

Was that true? Did support just end at the start of this year?
 
JHDK said:
In my whirlwind of watch research during these past few days I came across a lot of Pebble talk. People seemed to love how they were smartwatch that didn't try to do everything but what they did focus on they did right. Apparently they got into a bunch of debt and Fitbit bought them for almost exactly what they owed. They said they would support Pebble through 2017.

Was that true? Did support just end at the start of this year?
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I don't know. I haven't bothered with their apps for a long time. I never really wanted apps on my watch. I wanted watch stuff, plus weather and notifications from my phone. Replying to messages by voice was kind of cool. Pebble did all of those things perfectly, the display is always on and the battery charge lasts 7 days or so.

I'm not really interested in a FitBit. I already know how fit I am.
 
In the inner bezel, on the right side, starting at 1 o'clock and going to 5 o'clock there are markings that read 10, 5, 0, -5, -10. Can anyone explain to me what they mean? I can't find it in the manual and I know it will drive me crazy if I don't figure it out.

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EDIT: Never mind, it was in the manual. It's the barometric pressure differential. When in the barometer setting a little indicator comes to on alert to the change in pressure. Problem solved, I won't go crazy now.
 
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Congrats on your new watch purchase Koop. That LED watch is ugly, I personally wouldn't wear one of those.

All my watches are still doing great, but a couple. One needs a new battery and another one uses solar power as its battery usage. I took it to some watch store and they said something went out in it and right now I don't have the funds to fix it. I don't want to part ways with it because of it a really nice watch and it was pricey when I bought it.
 
Wolf said:
Congrats on your new watch purchase Koop. That LED watch is ugly, I personally wouldn't wear one of those.

All my watches are still doing great, but a couple. One needs a new battery and another one uses solar power as its battery usage. I took it to some watch store and they said something went out in it and right now I don't have the funds to fix it. I don't want to part ways with it because of it a really nice watch and it was pricey when I bought it.
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Thanks!

Can we get an updated pic of that snazzy watch box?
 
Wolf said:
I mainly wear my Apple Watch and the 2 in the front center are the ones that are not working right now.
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Sweet! I really dig that display case and you have filled it out nicely.

Why aren't your iwatches in there? And do you have any digital, non-smart watches?
 
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