Amazon has some great deals on watches right now.
Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/s/&node=377110011&hidden-keywords=swi-dec-sale&emi=ATVPDKIKX0DER/ref=xs_gb_bd_AsBFZvGAxDAA?%5Fencoding=UTF8&pf_rd_p=441937801&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_t=701&pf_rd_i=20&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0SP25RSPW062SG0J2DS2)
There are a couple of watches made by some company called Invicta that are 90% off the $1500 price!
I don't know if Invicta is a crappy overpriced brand or something, but I looked around the net a bit and didn't find anything bad about them. Amazon has generally good reviews of the watches too.
Get someone a nice watch cheap.
Quote from: Puke on December 16, 2008, 04:39 PM NHFT
There are a couple of watches made by some company called Invicta that are 90% off the $1500 price!
Any watch over $10 is jewelry. And you know the old joke about the jewelry business, right?
(Okay, just in case you don't... )
A fellow had been very excited to start his new job in the jewelry store. For most of the morning he followed the owner around, learned the products, learned how to operate the cash register, etc., etc.. Late in the afternoon the owner was impressed with him, and trusted him enough to let him run the store by himself so he could catch up on books back in the office.
An hour or so later the apprentice knocked nervously at the office door and said he had a problem.
"I'm sorry, but I just realized that I sold a necklace for $19.95, when it should have been $1,995.00," he stammered.
"Nineteen ninety-five! Nineteen ninety-five!" yelled the owner. "That's terrible! How could you make such a mistake?"
"I don't know, I'm sorry! I'll do whatever I have to do to make up the loss. I know you're going to fire me, but I promise I'll pay you back."
The owner drummed his fingers on the desk and stewed, then said, "Ah, don't worry about it. I still made ten bucks on it!"
Quote from: KBCraig on December 16, 2008, 08:07 PM NHFT
Quote from: Puke on December 16, 2008, 04:39 PM NHFT
There are a couple of watches made by some company called Invicta that are 90% off the $1500 price!
Any watch over $10 is jewelry. And you know the old joke about the jewelry business, right?
What kind of cheap ass watches do you buy?
My cheap digital watch cost $20.
There are few reasons to buy a watch that costs more than $10.00
It should be rugged enough not to break in a few months. I like stainless steel and titanium. base metal sucks. plastic is better than base metal.
It should be at least 100 meters water resistant so you can get it wet and not fill it with moisture.
It shouldn't be cheap enough to break your wrist out in a rash.
My last 2 watches retailed at $295 and $475. That isn't what I paid for them but I have had them for 10 and 8 years.
I've never owned a fancy watch.
So I decided that with the ridiculous discount I should buy one.
Why not?
In other news, people still buy watches! :o
http://amazon.freetalklive.com - Buy it here and Free Talk Live gets a %!
Good heads up, Puke. I bought one.
Couple of rules about watches I subscribe to:
1) Anyone who doesn't wear a watch is not a punctual person, and therefore unreliable (this rule has been watered down a bit by the prevailance of people using their cell-phones to keep time...but generally still a good rule).
2) When sizing up a man, generally for financial status clues, his watch is the #1 indictor. I've seen a lot of rich guys who dress like bums and drive cheap cars, but their watch is always good. Sunglasses, too.
3) Buy a quality, durable watch. Never take it off. My current watch is over 5 years on my wrist. I've had it off maybe twenty times.
And a watch-related observation: Have you noticed how when a politician hits the campaign trail, the Rolex or Piaget or whatever goes in the drawer and out comes the "working man" watch. They usually have some cheap-o, purely functional time-piece, as if to say they're just "one of the boys."
Don't get me wrong, I love nice watches. Perhaps too much, which is why I trivialize the importance some people attach to watches worn as jewelry. I don't dare let myself indulge in nice watches, or I'd be deeply in debt to have one of those auto-rocking cases that keep all those high-dollar mechanicals wound.
For
function, the $6.88 digital from Wal-Mart keeps better time than a $3,000 mechanical. It doesn't have to be rated to 100m to be splash-resistant, and who doesn't remove their watch before it's exposed to anything more than a splash (especially one on which you've spent more than a grand)? If it's ruined through an accidental dunk, *feh*... toss another one in the cart next time you're in the store.
MattLeft, I disagree with your statement:
Quote1) Anyone who doesn't wear a watch is not a punctual person, and therefore unreliable (this rule has been watered down a bit by the prevailance of people using their cell-phones to keep time...but generally still a good rule).
I know people who wear very expensive watches, who are the most rude, inconsiderate, self-absorbed, unapologetically never-on-time bastards you'll ever curse under your breath. They've got a big expensive watch on, although they probably never bother to set it.
I know working people who never wear a watch (it's a hazard when you work with your hands), but who will always be 15-30 minutes early for any appointment, so as to not risk being late.
MattLeft? I know it's anecdotes and statistics but...
Try working on a 11KV electric line with that fancy piece of metal attached to your body.
Try soldering copper pipe over your head between floor joists with nails sticking out of them.
Try repairing heating/cooling ductwork with that snag magnet hanging from your wrist.
Try changing the spark plugs on the back of a FWD V-6 vehicle where you can just barely fit your wrench.
There are many jobs in this world that don't involve suits and ties. There are many "blue-collar" workers who are better off financially than many Rolex wearing stuffed suits. Look around you at the people you get service from. They are not all dirt-poor late-to-work bums.
...
I was going to delete this after writing it because that's what I was taught to do with off the cuff rants, but...
Well, who knew watches where such a hot topic? :-\
I just thought I'd point out a (possibly) good deal that I found.
Geesh.
Quote from: Puke on December 18, 2008, 05:17 AM NHFT
Well, who knew watches where such a hot topic? :-\
I just thought I'd point out a (possibly) good deal that I found.
Geesh.
Sorry, Puke.
Those are very good prices for the Invictas. If I wore watches and had the spare cash I wouldn't mind having one. They are very well-made timepieces.
No problem. I'm exaggerating a bit about being mad.
It's the fun of the interwebs.
Quote from: Puke on December 16, 2008, 04:39 PM NHFT
Amazon has some great deals on watches right now.
Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/s/&node=377110011&hidden-keywords=swi-dec-sale&emi=ATVPDKIKX0DER/ref=xs_gb_bd_AsBFZvGAxDAA?%5Fencoding=UTF8&pf_rd_p=441937801&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_t=701&pf_rd_i=20&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0SP25RSPW062SG0J2DS2)
There are a couple of watches made by some company called Invicta that are 90% off the $1500 price!
I don't know if Invicta is a crappy overpriced brand or something, but I looked around the net a bit and didn't find anything bad about them. Amazon has generally good reviews of the watches too.
Get someone a nice watch cheap.
Wow, thanks Puke! :D I'll check it out.
Quote from: Pat McCotter on December 18, 2008, 02:16 AM NHFT
I was going to delete this after writing it because that's what I was taught to do with off the cuff rants, but...
I'm glad you didn't. People need a good reality bitch-slapping every now and again. I shall think on your words.
most people use their cell phones to tell the time now. . . watches are in my opinion a fashion piece.
that said, I have a cool watch I love to wear.
Quote from: MattLeft on December 18, 2008, 09:48 PM NHFT
Quote from: Pat McCotter on December 18, 2008, 02:16 AM NHFT
I was going to delete this after writing it because that's what I was taught to do with off the cuff rants, but...
I'm glad you didn't. People need a good reality bitch-slapping every now and again. I shall think on your words.
Thank you for taking it so well, Matt.
A nice watch is a joy to hold and wear. It's just a major inconvenience when doing all kinds of work. The only jewelry I wear is my wedding ring and that goes in my wallet when I do electrical or snag-prone work.
Most of the work I have done did not involve being somewhere at a certain time, just getting the job done safely and efficiently.
Quote from: AntonLee on December 18, 2008, 09:57 PM NHFT
most people use their cell phones to tell the time now. . . watches are in my opinion a fashion piece.
That's true, but I hate carrying a phone. So many times I'm without a time piece.
I'm the type that is obsessed with knowing the time.
When I was in the Army in the '80s, I found myself so obsessed with time that it was actually making me sick. So many things to do, on such a tight schedule, that I was checking my watch every thirty seconds.
Solution? I quit wearing a watch.
Result? I found that I kept my schedule much better. Instead of constantly evaluating my tasks and priorities and juggling my schedule, I started the day with a rough guide of what I needed to have done by what time. I would work through most tasks to completion ahead of schedule and then start on the next one. My overall time management was greatly improved, and instead of blowing in at the last second (or late), I was on time or even early.
As a bonus, I learned to fix in my mind what the day's date was, rather than instinctively looking at my watch every time I wrote the date.
Whether I wear a watch now depends on what job I'm doing. If I'm primarily going to be at a desk working on a computer, I don't bother. Not only would I just take it off because it's irritating to be on a keyboard while wearing a watch, the computer constantly displays the time for me.
As for longevity, I still have the Casio Databank watch I wore in the Army. It wasn't expensive at less than 30 bucks from the PX. It was very handy for storing numbers and info... if anyone needs to know the combination for the Red Team locks to the NRAS vault at 1/11 ACR, Fulda, in 1988, just let me know. ;)
I have several other watches now, none of them over $30. I prefer analog over digital; I think my Timex was $26.
I'm one of the few people I know who regularly wears a watch.
This is very handy at events like Porc Fest since cell phone batteries don't last nearly as long as watch batteries.
I can't tell you how many cheap watches I went thru when I was still painting cars and bikes.
I was a stickler for prep, and finish, so I wet sanded everything before and after paint...
well when you keep submerging your wrist into a 5 gallon pail of water every 30 seconds or so..
it doesn't take long to ruin one. Ooooops!
I have had the same Casio WallyWorld 20 dollar watch for about 7 years now.
like 'captain america' said at the end of "Wild Hogs"
"lose the watches"
(that was also an easy rider reference)
I only miss my watch when my phone has no signal. >:( Why can't cel phones have a watch without a damn signal?
Quote from: FreeKeene.com's Ian on January 11, 2009, 01:14 AM NHFT
I only miss my watch when my phone has no signal. >:( Why can't cel phones have a watch without a damn signal?
They's in kahoots with Timex!