Pardon me, but do you have the time?

While I was out shopping today I saw this guy in the wild:

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Target had it for around $15 more than Amazon. IRL I really liked the look of the thing. It's smaller than I expected which I like these days and those rings look cool. I just bought my most expensive Casio last time so now I'm thinking I should by my cheapest Casio this time. It's solar and atomic which are my benchmarks (until I change my mind for the 10,000,000th time) plus it has all the features of my square.

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That watch I talked about 2 posts up is currently on sale at Walmart for $55. I may need to go get it but I'm going to try to resist until I get my first paycheck.
 
I still like that $60 one I talked about but I have somewhat lost interest. I now want this guy:

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I know it says $550 but it has gone on sale for $250 twice in the two months since I've been watching it. It has all the features Casio offers. The only downside I see it that it's a bit big but I could get used to that.

I like the blue.

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Instead of making thoroughly but quickly researched impulse buy, I decided to save up for a month to get that watch I posted about above. I now have the cash burning a hole in my pocket while I'm waiting for this thing to go back on sale for $250. It's sitting at a crazy $900 something now from a few random Amazon sellers and it's around $500+ on eBay. I've been checking daily and when it drops back down I'll be ordering it right away.
 
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Today I'm wearing a Tissot Quadrato, with a tan leather strap. It's got a Tommy Bahama type of style, which makes it a good choice for summer wear. It's Tissot's version of the Ulysse Nardin Quadrato watch. I like having a square watch in the collection. This one is quartz; they also make an automatic one, but I was going more for the look than the movement.

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Invictas catch some shit online for their many homage models to other brands but I think they have some very nice and reasonably priced watches. Seiko also sells a lot of movements to them so the internals will be pretty solid.
 
Oh and while I'm thinking about watches I found a major flaw in that Casio I want...It only has a 1 hour countdown clock. I like starting a countdown clock for all sorts of things that take longer than an hour. The 2 use all the time are to time the dryer and to time my work day. It has pretty much every other feature modern Casios offer so this is a big bummer that is making me reconsider buying the watch. We'll see where I eventually land.
 
JHDK said:
Invictas catch some shit online for their many homage models to other brands but I think they have some very nice and reasonably priced watches. Seiko also sells a lot of movements to them so the internals will be pretty solid.
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They catch shit because they're known to be marginally made, unreliable watches. I don't know how many have Seiko movements, but I think many have cheap Chinese movements. They also catch shit because some are labeled "Swiss Made", even though 99.8% of the watch is made in China. And most of their watches are clown-big. Seiko, Orient, and Citizen have much better reputations, and similarly broad ranges of styles.
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I like starting a countdown clock for all sorts of things that take longer than an hour. The 2 use all the time are to time the dryer and to time my work day.
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The dryer takes more than an hour? Are we talking about a laundromat? You can't just look at your watch and say "it's 5:15, so I'll come back at 6:15"? Same with work. I look at what time I came in, to determine when I can leave. I don't need to time the entire 10 1/2 hours that I'm here. Please clarify.
 
scotchandcigar said:
The dryer takes more than an hour?
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80 minutes for the dryer. If I don't set an alarm it's crazy how often I will forget and go get my clothes an hour late when they are all wrinkled from sitting there too long.

Yes I know it is easy to look at the clock and see how many hours are left on my work day but I enjoy having a countdown to glance at a few times per shift.
 
I set a timer for laundry too.
Otherwise I get caught up in doing something that's more interesting than laundry......well......anything....because anything is more interesting than laundry.....or talking about laundry.....
 
HecticArt said:
I set a timer for laundry too.
Otherwise I get caught up in doing something that's more interesting than laundry......well......anything....because anything is more interesting than laundry.....or talking about laundry.....
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You guys are losing me on this. When my dryer finishes, it plays a happy Korean tune that sounds like a vintage Nintendo game. So when we hear that, we know it's done, and we can decide if we want to unload it right then, or later. Am I missing something?
 
My clothes dryer is at least 25 years old, no exaggeration. No bells and whistles... I'm determined to use it until it dies.

I never thought this watch thread would last so long.
 
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