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Poll: New watch, you like?
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2024-06-18 at 12:07 PM UTCMy watches come between now and 10pm today.
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2024-06-18 at 2:46 PM UTC
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2024-06-18 at 2:49 PM UTCThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2024-06-18 at 2:57 PM UTCGet a smart watch so you can always know what your blood pressure is and how many steps you've walked that day. Also you can communicate with it like some old scifi movie shit.
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2024-06-18 at 2:59 PM UTCNo thanks. I was talking to aldra about that yesterday
BadBrad:
Ya I just need one to make me look gentlemanly and tell me what time it is
not tell the police my location, my heart rate, where I was at 8:22pm when something bad happened, etc -
2024-06-18 at 3 PM UTC
Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Get a smart watch so you can always know what your blood pressure is and how many steps you've walked that day. Also you can communicate with it like some old scifi movie shit.
I always look for a G-Shock if somebody seems like a glowie but smart watches are probably a lot more practical. Apple is probably already recording everything for the government right out of the box. -
2024-06-18 at 3:01 PM UTCAnd what's the point of sperging out about your water if your watch is giving you cancer?
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2024-06-18 at 4:24 PM UTCYea not a fan of NATO straps either.
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2024-06-18 at 4:27 PM UTCAlso the dial markings are now used as an aesthetic choice but back in the day they were supposed to be for diving watches, e.g. to use as a dive timer, especially the rotating bezels. So like you could rotate the bezel so the arrow points at the current time, then the minute hand will tell you exactly how many minutes have elapsed along the marked bezel. So say you have a 20 minute oxygen tank, you can mark and time 10 minutes exactly rather than remembering "I went in at 10:33, now it's 10:47, 47-33=14 minutes I've been under".The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2024-06-18 at 4:30 PM UTC
Originally posted by MEGA MOLE Also the dial markings are now used as an aesthetic choice but back in the day they were supposed to be for diving watches, e.g. to use as a dive timer, especially the rotating bezels. So like you could rotate the bezel so the arrow points at the current time, then the minute hand will tell you exactly how many minutes have elapsed along the marked bezel. So say you have a 20 minute oxygen tank, you can mark and time 10 minutes exactly rather than remembering "I went in at 10:33, now it's 10:47, 47-33=14 minutes I've been under".
Back when diver's watches were a thing only 1% of owners actually dived. -
2024-06-18 at 4:38 PM UTC
Originally posted by MEGA MOLE Also the dial markings are now used as an aesthetic choice but back in the day they were supposed to be for diving watches, e.g. to use as a dive timer, especially the rotating bezels. So like you could rotate the bezel so the arrow points at the current time, then the minute hand will tell you exactly how many minutes have elapsed along the marked bezel. So say you have a 20 minute oxygen tank, you can mark and time 10 minutes exactly rather than remembering "I went in at 10:33, now it's 10:47, 47-33=14 minutes I've been under".
They're still good to glow in the dark and I use a rotating bezel to time shit all the time. That part is definitely 100% more convenient than a phone alarm.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2024-06-18 at 5:07 PM UTC
Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Back when diver's watches were a thing only 1% of owners actually dived.
You can use it to time literally anything though, the point was that it's a mechanically completely simple way to include a timer functionality with no additional mechanisms other than just a rotating bezel that can be separate from the waterproofed envelope and is easy to interact with.
It's just a "current time when I started" marker. -
2024-06-18 at 5:09 PM UTC
Originally posted by Cowboy2013 They're still good to glow in the dark and I use a rotating bezel to time shit all the time. That part is definitely 100% more convenient than a phone alarm.
I am totally not into "active wear/rugged/outdoor" style watches that wannabe "operator" types wear and those are usually more with glow in the dark bezels etc but I get the utility. -
2024-06-18 at 5:17 PM UTC
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2024-06-18 at 5:50 PM UTC
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2024-06-18 at 6:06 PM UTCThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2024-06-18 at 6:40 PM UTC
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2024-06-18 at 6:42 PM UTCI kinda like looking up the worst of something
IDK why always have
"Worst shoes"
"Worst meals."
"Worst watches."
Imagine you hire a jedieler and you're like hey bro u and this watch maker are gonna team up with this random black guy I hired and design the most blinge dout watch
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2024-06-18 at 7:23 PM UTC
Originally posted by MEGA MOLE I am totally not into "active wear/rugged/outdoor" style watches that wannabe "operator" types wear and those are usually more with glow in the dark bezels etc but I get the utility.
I mean glow in the dark markings on the watch. But mine needs light to kind of charge it. I like divers though because I think one with a black silicone band can go with anything. You mean something with an olive drab band or all divers?
I'm a little annoyed by people who wear Columbia clothes when they're not camping and it's not raining. Or those hiking/combat err...shoes. That would be strike 2 on my glow appraisal too. -
2024-06-18 at 7:23 PM UTCSomething else if you have any kind of compass as a fashion accessory I'm betting you also own a "tactical pen".