Author Topic: Wearing a watch  (Read 126681 times)

Rhys W

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Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #250 on: 10 October, 2012, 08:14:29 pm »
Gosh - Vostok watches aren't the bargains they were!  New ones are about £400!

No, they're Vostok Europe, a joint venture between Vostok and some Lithuanian company. They used to use the same movements in different casings, seems now they use Japanese movements.

Russian Vostok Amphibias are about £43 on ebay.

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Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #251 on: 10 October, 2012, 08:18:19 pm »
Yay for old Soviet technology!
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Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #252 on: 10 October, 2012, 08:26:31 pm »
Yay for old Soviet technology!

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Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #253 on: 10 October, 2012, 08:35:45 pm »
Prof Brian Cox must've managed his time ok to get where he is today.  He uses a mobile phone as a watch (as well as a time travel machine, probably).

I rely on the clock on my Cateye Mity 3 for the time out on the road.  It's accurate to about 1 min/month; only takes a couple of button pushes to correct.
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Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #254 on: 10 October, 2012, 08:49:08 pm »
I rely on the clock on my Cateye Mity 3 for the time out on the road.  It's accurate to about 1 min/month; only takes a couple of button pushes to correct.

Synchronising my bike computer with the clock on my Garmin is one of those things I do to pass the time while waiting for trains and the like.  This seems to happen often enough that it's never more than a minute or so out.

Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #255 on: 10 October, 2012, 09:05:54 pm »
Nickel sensitivity?  The best thing I've found it to either get a watch made with one of the new low-Ni steels or coat the back with clear nail varnish (which has to be reapplied on an infrequent basis).

I did the nail varnish thing for a while, but the best thing I've found was using the clock on my mobile phone instead (this was in the days when mobile phones had batteries that lasted a week and mono reflective LCDs that you could read the time off in standby mode, rather than this modern rubbish).

One less thing to remove while sticking your arm perilously close to live bussbars, too.

I can confirm that a watch made of titanium doesn't set off my nickel allergy. The disconcerting thing when the parcel arrived was that it felt like there was nothing in the box because the thing is so light.

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Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #256 on: 10 October, 2012, 09:09:00 pm »
I bought Mrs Z a Seiko titanium weatch a few years ago.  They have a design fault where the little hook on the clasp breaks.  This costs £35 to repair, and stocks of spares are beginning to run low as it's an oldish model.  After the second one broke I got a leather strap fitted.  She lost it a fortnight later  ::-)
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Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #257 on: 10 October, 2012, 09:16:34 pm »
I can confirm that a watch made of titanium doesn't set off my nickel allergy.

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Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #258 on: 10 October, 2012, 10:12:31 pm »
I can confirm that a watch made of titanium doesn't set off my nickel allergy.

Lalalalalala not listening....

Ditto that.  Also watches with straps that run under the bezel.

I have one of each  :)



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Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #259 on: 10 October, 2012, 10:28:41 pm »
*turns away and whistles*

FFS.  You can't say anything in this place anymore without invoking a smirk and a raised eyebrow.  >:(
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Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #260 on: 11 October, 2012, 08:21:11 am »
My everyday watch is an Animal W003 SAS (Surfers Against Sewerage) special, my interviews/casual smart night out watch is a Seiko 7782-0al0 (bought in Aus for $not_a_lot, but genuine), one of two Briels (one Ducati and one normal, octagonal face) or my other, steel bracletted, Animal.  For formal occasions I have one of these:



I still hanker after a Tag Monaco or a Breitling though.

Now that watch pictured, is lovely.  Elegant and tasteful.  I would however point out that your Animal SAS watch is for Surfers against sewage, not sewerage, think about it... (i.e. the putting of sewage into sewers and dealing with it properly, being a good thing.  Sewage being the bad stuff, and sewerage being the system of dealing with said sewage).  in danger of getting tied up in knots, there  ;D

Don't get me wrong, I'm not condemning anyone else for having an interest or passion in fine watches, (unless it is for status, in which case, up yours, sunshine) its just that I do not get it.  I daresay a lot of forum members would not get all steamy about, well, a model steam engine, whereas I might well do so...  Show me a Moulton and I start dribbling!  I can hardly ride these days, but I still want one - illogical?, yes it is!
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Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #261 on: 11 October, 2012, 08:31:22 am »
Good point wombat, Sewage it is then :)

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rogerzilla

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Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #262 on: 11 October, 2012, 10:17:32 am »
So it's a shit watch, but it's also good?
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Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #263 on: 11 October, 2012, 10:19:56 am »
My everyday watch is an Animal W003 SAS (Surfers Against Sewerage) special, my interviews/casual smart night out watch is a Seiko 7782-0al0 (bought in Aus for $not_a_lot, but genuine), one of two Briels (one Ducati and one normal, octagonal face) or my other, steel bracletted, Animal.  For formal occasions I have one of these:



I still hanker after a Tag Monaco or a Breitling though.

Now that watch pictured, is lovely.  Elegant and tasteful.  I would however point out that your Animal SAS watch is for Surfers against sewage, not sewerage, think about it... (i.e. the putting of sewage into sewers and dealing with it properly, being a good thing.  Sewage being the bad stuff, and sewerage being the system of dealing with said sewage).  in danger of getting tied up in knots, there  ;D

Don't get me wrong, I'm not condemning anyone else for having an interest or passion in fine watches, (unless it is for status, in which case, up yours, sunshine) its just that I do not get it.  I daresay a lot of forum members would not get all steamy about, well, a model steam engine, whereas I might well do so...  Show me a Moulton and I start dribbling!  I can hardly ride these days, but I still want one - illogical?, yes it is!

Just to be uber-pedantic, 'sewage' and 'sewerage' can be used interchangeably to refer to the effluent and the infrastructure for carry it - although 'sewerage' is most often used to refer to the infrastructure (e.g. see the Cambridge English Dictionary).

But the group is definitely Surfers Against Sewage...
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tiermat

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Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #264 on: 11 October, 2012, 10:36:50 am »
:) Good old YACF, the only forum I know where a thread about watches can descend into a discussion on shit and shit transport :)
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Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #265 on: 11 October, 2012, 10:51:32 am »
:) Good old YACF, the only forum I know where a thread about watches can descend into a discussion on shit and shit transport :)

You can also guarantee someone will be checking this thread for the correct use of apostrophe's.

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Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #266 on: 11 October, 2012, 11:01:02 am »
Wow, that was fast.

I ordered my new watch from www.watchshop.com yesterday at 1230hrs, it arrived (free delivery) today at 0945hrs!

It took a bit of fiddling to set up - the instruction manual is definitely required! But fortunately I'm a RTFM kinda guy.



It's cool! It is pretty large and in charge, but I was hoping for that as I thought my Timex was too small on my wrist.





http://www.watchshop.com/mens-casio-g-shock-g-rescue-alarm-chronograph-watch-g-7900-1er-p99932159.html

Each to their own.

The area given to displaying the actual time to total area of watch ratio is the smallest I've ever seen.

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Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #267 on: 11 October, 2012, 12:54:18 pm »
Just to be uber-pedantic, 'sewage' and 'sewerage' can be used interchangeably to refer to the effluent and the infrastructure for carry it - although 'sewerage' is most often used to refer to the infrastructure (e.g. see the Cambridge English Dictionary).

The terms are not interchangeable when you work in the business.
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Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #268 on: 11 October, 2012, 01:21:00 pm »
Nickel sensitivity?  The best thing I've found it to either get a watch made with one of the new low-Ni steels or coat the back with clear nail varnish (which has to be reapplied on an infrequent basis).
I used to wear plastic watches, lego were my favourite. Cheap enough that it doesn't matter if they don't last.
I wore my watch on my left wrist. I think we can safely say those days are not returning:

Even seams on sleeves irritate it.

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Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #269 on: 11 October, 2012, 01:35:16 pm »
I used to have a Vostok, a Soviet naval model that I bought in a Kiev department store around 1989. I paid more like 40 rubles than £40 but it never kept good time. Probably there was some simple remedial action that I should have taken as soon as I bought it, that every Soviet citizen would take for granted. The name, if anyone's interested, is Russian for East. The direction not the fashion house.
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Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #270 on: 11 October, 2012, 02:32:20 pm »
Nickel sensitivity?  The best thing I've found it to either get a watch made with one of the new low-Ni steels or coat the back with clear nail varnish (which has to be reapplied on an infrequent basis).
I used to wear plastic watches, lego were my favourite. Cheap enough that it doesn't matter if they don't last.
I wore my watch on my left wrist. I think we can safely say those days are not returning:

Even seams on sleeves irritate it.

If you haven't already been doing orthpod scar treatment trick number one, I recommend it.

Basically E45 (or equivalent), lots of it, at least once if not more times a day massaged in as firmly as you can stand it.  What happens is scar tissue can end up with this hypersensitivity and by massaging you break up the actual tissue so it heals better but also help the body learn to resolve pain signals from it.   

I did that to my not-so-huge scar (and all of my previous complex scars) and I've had physios and orthopod specialists asking me how I got it so good.  I started as soon as there was no broken skin. 

I also hear good things about the bio-oil (http://www.bio-oil.com/en/application/scars) or silica gel sheets (http://www.chemistdirect.co.uk/cica-care-silicone-gel-sheet-12cm-x-6cm_1_10991.html) which I've never managed to be organised enough to use but were recommended by wound-nurse woman who was 200% right on everything else she said to me. 

Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #271 on: 11 October, 2012, 02:46:46 pm »
Thanks b. I did massage hand cream in when it was newer, but it makes me feel nauseous- the scar is right on top of a tendon. I'm allergic to bio oil. I'm tempted by the gel sheets, but isn't it too late? The scar is 6 months old now.

Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #272 on: 11 October, 2012, 03:08:09 pm »
I used the gel type plastery thing on a scar I had several years after it first formed.  It has made a significant difference, despite the late treatment.



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Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #273 on: 11 October, 2012, 03:40:56 pm »
Yeah, 6 months is certainly still fresh enough for the gel to work reasonably well.

Barakta was going to use them on some scars from the 80s that were limiting the movement in her thumb, but it turns out that it's really annoying to precision-bandage between the fingers of your one good hand every night, and similarly annoying to get Kim to do it for you.  Fortunately the nice plastics guy sorted it surgically last year while they were jibbling her wrist.

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Re: Wearing a watch
« Reply #274 on: 11 October, 2012, 08:44:33 pm »
Nah, it's never too late to do scar jibbling, mine were 17yrs old when I was first recommended the silica sheet stuff.  It's expensive to buy initially but you use the same sheet for several months and it may well help with the sensitivity. I expect it'll flatten your scar which would be good as it looks quite lumpy in the pic.

I found the sensitivity in my latest scar from my late 2009 surgery did improve with the massaging and the electrical nerve nastiness is much better for it, but I do understand that nauseatingness.  Can be worth mentioning if you have any followup to see if they have any advice for you.

How's the use of the hand is that still affected?