Watcha wearing?

My casio rangeman is solar powered and it sets itself from WWV. 13 years I've never set it wound it or replaced a battery and it is zero seconds off

 

There’s just something about a mechanical watch that does it for me. Quartz is far more accurate over longer periods without a doubt.

 

Funny this is brought up. I just sold my Seiko 5 automatic because of accuracy. I have several watches I want to wear and the fact that it would lose power and time kinda annoyed me. Lol. I loved the watch but would rather have one that kept accurate time. A Bulova Precisionist will be a future watch because it's a smooth sweeping quartz. But my next watch will be a Casio Oceanus OCW-T150-2AJF. Solar, titanium and gets a radio signal from the atomic clock.

 

I use a free app on the phone. Not sure how well it works in comparison to a real timegrapher but it appears to be consistent between watches and how it runs on the wrist.

It's always a cool feeling when a good watch has been set to the network time and the second hand sweeps past 12 almost perfectly with your phone after it's been running for a good while.

 

Took the bike and G-shock out for a ride today.

 

Found a decent Chinese knock off Speedmaster that’s nice enough to wear but not be worried about $6000 getting banged into stuff.

 

Another cheap watch, this one designed to look similar to a Blancpain 50 Fathoms but not cost $20k. It uses the common Seiko NH35/38 movement so it should be reliable and accurate and has better lume than some more expensive watches I own. Came with a black nylon nato strap but I dislike the extra thickness with the layer under the watch body and swapped this rubber strap in from the parts bin.

 

I currently have a crush on this one.
Christopher Ward
39mm Sealander GMT in Dragonfly blue.

 

Grand Seiko behind the wheel of our MRAP.

 

Probably just as waterproof as the OG anyways!

 

Testing out the macro setting on the iPhone 16

 

haven't been around here for a while. today I picked up an Omega Speedmaster 329.30
it looks like this

 

That’s the one part I have a hard time trusting on Chinese watches. The movement, crystal, style, etc is pretty easy to verify but there’s only one way to find out if it has o-rings and can handle being submerged.

 

Which G-shock is that? I love it. I haven’t worn a G-shock in years but that makes me consider getting another one.

 

Just bought one of these online for my son as a high school graduation gift. He should love it and it will last a lifetime.

 

that is a great gift. Excellent choice.

 

https://www.casio.com/sg/watches/gshock/support.GW-A1100-1A3/

I had to look it up and re learned some of the features. Forgot it has a sapphire crystal and the second hand is carbon fiber. It's almost 10 years old and the solar and atomic time keeping is still on point.

 

That’s awesome, thanks! I might have to get one for myself.

Edit: looks like they might not sell that model anymore

 

OG Speedmasters have a 50M water resistance so even a cheap set of o-rings should be able to match that. I love speedies and their history, but they are a bit fragile for my use cases.