Pardon me, but do you have the time?

[JHDK]

I paid a silly amount to get next day shipping and this thing is sweet! It's sleek and just pretty. I get a kick out of writing those reviews so I'll do one up for it sometime soon.

 

[HecticArt]

Let us know how it performs when you throw it off of a roof.

 

[memebag]

Is there a watch that is slim and elegant looking but would enrage WISes if they saw it? Some kind of poser watch?

 

[scotchandcigar]

Is there a watch that is slim and elegant looking but would enrage WISes if they saw it? Some kind of poser watch?

Skagen.

 

[HecticArt]

Skagen.

Amen.
Skagen was pretty cool when they started out in Denmark in the 1980's. They were well made, clean designs, and affordable. (Japanese movements kept the cost low.)
As they grew, the quality started to decline in the early 2000's, and when Fossil bought them in 2012 and they turned to complete crap.

Think of them as Movados for welfare recipients that want to look important when they go to Olive Garden.

 

[JHDK]

Is there a watch that is slim and elegant looking but would enrage WISes if they saw it? Some kind of poser watch?

Not all are slim and elegant but fashion watches will make a WIS's skin crawl:

 

[memebag]

Skagen.

How can it be a poser watch when it costs $200?

 

[JHDK]

How can it be a poser watch when it costs $200?

Hardy har har.

 

[scotchandcigar]

Hardy har har.

That, and you can get one for $60.

 

[HecticArt]

$200 watches shouldn't fall apart in 2 years.

 

[memebag]

Hardy har har.

No joke. I saw a bunch of $200 watches on the Skagen site.

Amazon has this one for $21:

 

[memebag]

And what's the deal with black on black? How do you read these in the dark?

 

[Wolf]

No joke. I saw a bunch of $200 watches on the Skagen site.

Amazon has this one for $21:

Now that a nice looking watch, I definitely like the thin design. I just checked them out on Amazon, pretty good reviews and I might want to order one?

And what's the deal with black on black? How do you read these in the dark?

I have some that don't light up at night and it doesn't bother me. I would prefer a blue dial face.

 

[Wolf]

Amazon product ASIN B074WPW913
The Black Leather, Black & Golden are my favorites. But the silver on the Violet Blue is a bit much.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

And what's the deal with black on black? How do you read these in the dark?

It is pretty obvious that the least important function of these watches is to tell the time.

 

[HecticArt]

There's nothing wrong with inexpensive watches. Most of mine are under &200.
Skagen is a brand that started off with a good reputation that didn't decline when it's quality did.

I've got a MVMT. It looks nice, it's not expensive, but I certainly don't think that it's on the same level as a Tag.

 

[scotchandcigar]

And what's the deal with black on black? How do you read these in the dark?

If a watch has no lume (as many don't), it doesn't much matter what color combo it has if it's in the dark. That's when you get out the cell phone.

 

[JHDK]

I'm really digging this square. There are 2 flaws that annoy me but besides that everything is great about it. I'll get into that when I write my review. Seeing how I plan on doing nothing but play Zelda and browse watches for the next 11 days I should have plenty of time for that.

Here I want to post my current Amazon shopping list of watches. All Casios. it won't be in an exact order of most to least wanted but a general idea of the ones I want most will be at the top.

Amazon product ASIN B071J99SMY
Amazon product ASIN B005OVCF8U
Amazon product ASIN B00MAOH1UG
Amazon product ASIN B0753GRXY3
Amazon product ASIN B0094BKAWO
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00272NBJ...olid=1ZCC5FEXCE8DD&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007EGYEL...olid=1ZCC5FEXCE8DD&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

For some reason those last two won't show the little ad pic instead of the link. They are both some version of the square.

As you can see I'm all in on the squares now. Besides that there are both fancy and cheap one I have my eye on.

 

[scotchandcigar]

You've officially lost me. You now have 2 round Casio digital display watches, and a square Casio digital display watch. I'd think you'd be done with Casio digital display watches. No?

 

[JHDK]

You've officially lost me. You now have 2 round Casio digital display watches, and a square Casio digital display watch. I'd think you'd be done with Casio digital display watches. No?

One of the round ones is more analog than digital but I hear ya.

Listen, I know I've gone off the deep end with my rapid onset Casio addiction. After I got the first one I was hooked. I know many of the models look quite similar but to me the little differences make a huge impact on my like/desire for whatever model.

Somehow I got it in my head I want one with a moon phase gauge. Now I have absolutely zero need for such a feature but I think it looks cool. That square GShock has it but I just found out today the stopwatch on that model is only 1 hour. That's a deal breaker for me. Since I got these watches one of the surprise benifits is that I use the stopwatch and countdown timers daily and they are very convenient. Right now I've had my stopwatch going for 9 hours 7 minutes because I'm timing how long a candle I bought will burn. So now that the GShock model is out, I set my gaze on the old model Protrek. I love the 2 Protreks I already have and this older model has the moon + tide phase graphs along with all the other ABC features. And it all shows on the home screen which I really like. The downside to this one is that it's the older model with older sensor tech.

That's pretty much how all this goes. I find something I like, research it to death, find out it's never perfect and then decide if the good features and the price outweigh the flaws. I guess that's how it goes for buying anything but I do a extensive amount of research in a short time.