"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
05/09/2015 at 11:41 • Filed to: watches
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"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
05/09/2015 at 11:41 • Filed to: watches | 1
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My company mandated uniform compliance timepiece - we have to wear a watch. Employee handbook says so - was mistaken for a Brietling from ten feet away. This is the exact watch. It’s sexy enigmatic features include a digital half that couldn’t keep time and a mechanical part that kept amazing time, courtesy of the China V2 movement. The casing slowly wore to it’s natural brown metal color and when it broke after four years, I figured I got my money’s worth.
The story goes as follows. I got out of the airplane. In the jetway the next crew was about to get in and one of the pilots said, “Dude, is that a Brietling?”
(my first clue was the introduction of, Dude! )
“Nope!” I smiled big, “It’s a Coleman camping. It’s twelve bucks!” another smile followed as I proudly displayed my fabulous showcase prize.
“Oh...” He quickly went out the side door and down the stairs to the ramp to do a walk-around inspection of the plane. Quickly.
Quite a few pilots out there love big watches. Fancy watches. I’m really not caring anymore. It’s an accessory to proper dress if anyone is interested in being properly dressed and viewed by the public (I don’t care about that either) and lately Apple want’s you to believe it’s part of your life and you’re missing out on the style (notice how the commercials dont say anything about what it actually does?). But, I disagree. It’s for telling the time. I’m not interested in displaying my wealth. I’m interested in saving my money and I was not dumping $2,500 on the the cheap TAG/Heuer, or a used real Brietling, when I was still renting a small apartment. Some people I work with do just that. They also have weird ideas about stuff and things. Now, I’m not playing down luck here. Some guys got theirs as a graduation present or something like that.
So, I’m proud to have proven in a scientific environment (real life at work) that fancy watches only mean something to people when you’re right next to them and you can tell them all about it, assuming they care of course.
beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
> Grindintosecond
05/09/2015 at 12:20 |
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funnily enough, some Colemans are collectible and it might be worth a whole $40 now.
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Grindintosecond
> beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
05/09/2015 at 12:37 |
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What? How is it collectible? No, really how?
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Grindintosecond
05/09/2015 at 12:49 |
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I like a well-done digital combo watch. I bought this Timex Expedition used for $15 and it was definitely a good purchase. It looks respectable without being too flashy, and it’s supposed to be one of the toughest watches that Timex makes. A new one is $75, which is still pretty decent.
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Grindintosecond
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
05/09/2015 at 13:53 |
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It’s hard to find the digital combo watch anymore. I found one of those expedition metal (similar to yours but more angular digits and a red second hand) for $50 on amazon...it turned out to be discontinued and a year old. Very tough things but getting tough to find.
JGrabowMSt
> Grindintosecond
05/09/2015 at 14:04 |
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Company mandated watch? Thats ridiculous, sorry.
I keep my hands and wrists free at work. Until I have to wear a ring.
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Grindintosecond
> JGrabowMSt
05/09/2015 at 14:53 |
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I don’t know. It goes with the uniform. I agree it’s crap.
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Grindintosecond
05/09/2015 at 15:08 |
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Timex still sells it on their site. It’s waaaay down at the bottom of the page.
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JGrabowMSt
> Grindintosecond
05/09/2015 at 15:34 |
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I work with live power and electronics, its a hazard if I have a watch on. This guy I work with has this huge watch he wears and he always has to take it off before doing work because it gets in the way of everything, and hes misplaced it many times.
Just silly. My next timepiece will be a pocket watch for when I have to get dressed up, but Im picky, so it’ll be a while before finding the right one.
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beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
> Grindintosecond
05/09/2015 at 19:31 |
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watch collecters will collect just about anything that’s discontinued.