You want a bifl belt, you need full grain bull hide.

Exactly why I started collecting vintage Timexes. I’m amazed at the engineering it took to produce such hardy pieces at affordable prices, and I really like how the designs are so distinctive to their era. One of my everyday watches is from the 1950s and it’s still accurate.

There is also the nekkid watchmaker, he's phenom and has a more relaxing voice / vibe.

He's also a professional horologist, rather than wristwatch revivals channel made by a hobbiest (albeit one of the best hobbiest horologists I've ever seen)

Nice watch, reminds me of the Timex Weekender.

For sure! They are awesome. That's why I have several including the one I had as a kid in the 70s (it still runs fine too).

The old ads are true ("takes a licking..."). Those old Timex watches really are tough as nails. For example, the balance staff, instead of a thin, easily broken thing like in typical mechanicals, is 10x thicker with cone ends that ride in inverse cone dishes. You're not gonna break that, I don't care what you do. That design is inherently shock proof without needing to add any tiny, expensive shock protection parts (diashock, incaboc, etc).

I have a early Seiko Quartz 0624 LCD from 1974 that still functions perfectly along with an early Zenith Defy Quartz from 1975 that also keeps great time. If you maintain older Quartz watches and make sure to regularly change the battery so the internals don’t get ruined they literally pretty much last forever. The massive exception to the rule being LED watches as eventually the LED anode will deteriorate with regular use, especially with older LEDs.

Not tongs but I have a high efficiency grate from Grate Wall of Fire. Game changer

The wristwatch equivalent of a malaise era Detroit automobile. You just showed us a pristine Chevy Vega with 300,000 miles on the ODO still running fine with no rust!

The manufacturer simply never intended that product to last 50 years

>A quartz watch is more accurate, but it breaks faster

A quartz watch with a sapphire crystal and stainless steel case would last just as long as a good mechanical while requiring much less maintenance.

It blew my mind when I realized the Wristwatch Revival guy is longtime Magic the Gathering personality Marshall Sutcliffe.

I prefer to think of it as being fashionably late 😛

365 minutes / 60 minutes in an hour = 6.08 hours per year

Great watch. Doesn't tell the time accurately but it still makes that ticking noise and that's all that matters right?

I don't know why someone would shoot at your watch. All I know is that you are constantly late.

Have you had it serviced? Even just a basic adjustment on the rate would help a lot.

I didn't buy it for the accuracy. I'm a manufacturing engineer, so I jump between working in my office to being out on the shop floor pretty regularly. Nothing heavy-duty, but I wanted something that would still work if I accidentally knocked it. And I wanted something mechanical because I just like mechanical objects.

I'd also like to point out that the Timex movement while inaccurate and crude to some is pretty ingenious in that they were able to break down a complicated watch movement into its most basic components for mass manufacture. From a watchmaker's perspective, it's a junk nightmare. But for me, it's an example of manufacturing engineering at its finest.

You mis-spelled Longines

That's quite literally any mechanical watch. Even the cheapest one is terribly overpriced and inferior to a much cheaper quartz casio in functionality. It's jewelry :)

I have nothing against them, and enjoy a good mechanical watch, but that's what they are. For style and performance, something like a Citizen Ecodrive is probably the best balance.

That’s is a dope ass watch

Yeah but Rolex are also overpriced and overhyped (though certainly not bad watches)

Edit: oh no fanboys found me

Tongs are a game changer

I've got one from the 2010s, and I've had to replace the pins holding the bands in place multiple times, but the old ad slogan was right - Timex takes a licking & keeps on ticking!

I bought a second hand SWISS MILITARY by Chrono quartz watch at a local Pawn Shop for $35 and the watch haven't missed a beat and is a solid performer.

Came here to say welding gloves. Feels like cheating.

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