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I've always liked wristwatches.. My wife and I visited Europe recently (Paris, Edinburgh, and London), and while in Paris, I bought a watch from a company called Charlie Paris (I looked them up beforehand, and they're a French watch company). The one I bought was their Initial Calendar Sage:
https://charlie-paris.com/en/products/initial-calendrier-vert
It's an automatic mechanical watch, and it's the first mechanical watch I've had (I've always had quartz watches).
I don't wear wristwatches. I've had several, but only for the sake of knowing the time. Not as a stylish accessory.
I don't wear wristwatches. I've had several, but only for the sake of
knowing the time. Not as a stylish accessory.
Yes, that's the main reason I like to wear a wristwatch. But if it also looks nice, I think that's a bonus. :) I've been collecting watches recently though (including relatively inexpensive ones), so I suppose being a stylish accessory is a factor too. :)
last one i had was a Casio "g-shock look-alike" inverted lc-display watch =) 29,-EUR (39,-EUR now, see they increase in value LOL). I liked the retro look. https://www.timeshop24.de/casio-ae-1500wh-8bvef-collection.html
what i actually wanted was something where the digits really emit light / glow.
Could it be that people are increasingly looking for old, cheap digital watches like this? Something like a Casio calculator watch from the 80s etc?
Could it be that people are increasingly looking for old, cheap digital watches like this?
Could it be that people are increasingly looking for old, cheap digital
watches like this? Something like a Casio calculator watch from the 80s
Yes, actually, some people (including myself) like retro watches. One of the watches I have is one of these Casio 'vintage' watches:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000LAKYW8/
I wore that watch when visiting Europe recently - It's a fairly inexpensive watch, so if it happened to get stolen, I wouldn't be very upset. But also, I like its classic look and simple operation. I do like being able to just look at a wristwatch to see the time. Also while in Europe, I often kept my phone in a zipped pocket for safety, so wearing a wristwatch made it easy to check the time.
Casio also has this model, which they released just a couple years ago (I think) which has a similar vintage look but with a couple modern features, such as a step tracker and Bluetooth connectivity to sync the time with your phone & help keep track of your steps with your phone:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9HNTTPK/
And of course, their calculator watches: htpps://www.amazon.com/dp/B000AQVRWO/
And of course, their calculator watches:
htpps://www.amazon.com/dp/B000AQVRWO/
what a retro beauty! 8-P
I would never use the calculator anyway, but it just looks so outrageously pompous and 80s :D
Could it be that people are increasingly looking for old, cheap digital
watches like this?
I'm using two digital watches. First is a Casio F91W-1. Battery capacity is by 7 years - and very nice to wear. The (very!) big disadvantage:
The time is very difficult to read at night, despite the "lighting".
So I prefer, as an everyday (and night) watch, the bigger brother Casio GW-M5610U-1ER. Battery (solar power) capacity 10 years, radio signal reception and very easy to see in darkness.
Unfortunately, this is a typical weakness of LCD displays. Whether normal or inverted, it is difficult to read the time in poor lighting conditions.
Unfortunately, this is a typical weakness of LCD displays. Whether normal
or inverted, it is difficult to read the time in poor lighting
conditions.
I think lights such as Casio's Illuminator and Timex's Indiglo are pretty good for providing light to LCD displays. Not all digital watches have lighting like that though.
Smart watches are better about that, because a smartwatch screen has a backlight similar to a smartphone or laptop, so its screen is easily readable in the dark.
Sure you can display anything on a smartwatch screen, but i'm not sure if i like that concept.
I would probably be bothered by the fact that the display isn't always on and that you would be very dependent on the small battery inside the smartwatch. I don't know how long a smartwatch can stay in operation on one battery charge, but that's something that would bother me a little. The fact that the smartwatch often doesn't display anything for energy-saving reasons.
That's a G-Shock right? well, it seems to have LCDisplay as well. But it has better contrast and backlight yes?
With a smartwatch, usually there's an option to toggle whether you want the screen to be on all the time or not, so you should be able to change that. But yeah, smartwatches have a much shorter battery life than a traditional watch. I think it's funny to think that a smartwathc might last maybe 2-4 days on a charge (and it helps if you turn it off at night when you aren't using it), whereas some Casio watches have a 10-year battery life. :) Also, a traditional mechanical watch doesn't even use a battery at all and will keep going as long as you wind it (and some have an automatic winding mechanism, too).
about mechanical automatic watches. i think i remember having a swatch watch that was loading the spring automatically via a little internal flywheel. So for as long as you would move your arm, it would always be "charged". should have been this one from 1993. Not that beatiful if i look at it today. But swatch was producing masses of different inexpensive designs back then. i dont know about swatch today. If they still are that brand with tons of designs per watch model. Maybe just for their lower price segment.
https://www.watchpapst.de/de/nachtigall-sak104.html
