Invicta Men’s 8926OB Pro Diver
Casio Men’s MDV106-1AV
During the last 18months of COVID shutdown I ordered way too many things online including the Invicta last year - I always an automatic - and the Casio earlier this year. The time difference between the two tells the Invicta story - it loses a minute or so every week.
I didn’t wear a watch a lot the last 20 years but thought the Invicta looked ok for a budget. I read online that friends don’t let friends buy Invicta but I’ve received only compliment on it IRL The Casio is for backup and my son borrows it sometimes for occasions when it would be rude to pull out a phone to check time.
Slightly off topic, I feel like people don’t notice when you sneak a quick peak at a wrist watch these days whereas you get looks if you glance at your phone. Anyone other watch wearers find similar? Do people still tap their wrist when they ask you for the time?
Not sure how it is in your country, but over here I was taught (some decades ago) that if a guy does that to another guy (“Do you have the time?”), he’s propositioning for an encounter. Not sure if the practice is still the same nowadays though; it’s been a long time since I’ve been asked.
There is something to it, yeah. Although, when people look at their phones, you don’t know if it’s to check time or to check some notifications/alerts.
But yeah, I much prefer looking at my wrist than pulling the phone out of my pocket to check time.
I honestly can’t remember the last time someone has asked me for the time.
Are you takin the piss??!? Never heard of that living in Europe and Australia. Think of all the lost opportunities if I was that way inclined.
I can’t remember either but that’s more ’cause of many, many COVID lockdown days in Melbourne. Also maybe I’m not ridiculously good looking, see above.
I’ve also never heard that. I’ve lived in the USA my entire life (60 years), and every person who asked me for the time was clearly interested in knowing the correct time, and nothing else.
These are all reasons why I still wear a watch. I now use a watch that is powered by the sun and has atomic-clock syncing, which helps me with the bus and subway schedule…but the irony is that I don’t receive the atomic clock signal well enough during the warmer months to set my watch through my east-facing windows, so I have to use a phone app to sync the watch to the atomic clock. :person_facepalming:
Not for me. If I’m at home the time is on practically every device. I take my phone with me when I go out. I’m never more than 2 seconds from knowing the time. You might beat me on the draw by 1 second but it’s not a contest usually.
The watch doesn’t need to charge all the time, is simple and doesn’t need to be replaced as often. Cool, but I already HAVE a phone and I need it despite the flaws you mention. I don’t have a landline.
There are many times during my commute when my cell phone is safely tucked away in a belt pouch or briefcase, and it is significantly faster and more convenient to look at my watch. Where I live, there are places in my commute and in my non-work routine where it is wise not to be displaying my phone, or risk dropping my phone. In certain other circumstances, it is less conspicuous to check the time on a watch than to use a phone for that purpose and reveal one isn’t paying attention to someone “important” during that moment. In those circumstances, it is nice to have a watch.