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big_D
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I like to know what the time is... I don't always have my handy with me and don't always have access to a wall clock, computer etc. so I like having something that can quickly tell me what the time is, especially useful if I am going to a meeting, I can see how long I have to get there, at a glance.
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HeatherKay
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I have a ladies' one of those. Never going to need new batteries or winding ever again. I wear it when I'm not likely to have access to another timepiece, for example if I'm out photosnapticating. Yes, I know my phone will have a clock, but it takes so long to wake from screen sleep mode, it's much quicker to glance at my wrist. _________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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timark_uk
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Same as the one I have. (8+) Mark
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dogbert10
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Some of those watches appear to make telling the time a secondary function - massive bezels, umpteen superfluous dials within the face and so may hands moving around it's a wonder you can tell anything from it. Bring back simplicity - a plain single dial, three hands and the date. What else do you need?
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timark_uk
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Which is exactly what mine has. Mark
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HeatherKay
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+1 This one, about five or six years old now.  Clicky_________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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paulzolo
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I have a few watches. The current one I wear a lot is a Fossil one. It has an analogue mechanism, but displays the time in a digital watch kind of way. When I can photograph it, i’ll post a picture. I also have a couple of Swatches - one is a Tintin anniversary one, as well as a couple of others. The posh watch is a gold Rotary which was my grandad’s. It has an inscription on the back from the company he worked for.
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pcernie
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A couple of Alchemy Gothic ones here; both are the same design, just different faces  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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timark_uk
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pcernie
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They're slightly fancy, but not that fancy  I actually can't find any pics as AG seem to have headed more down the route you've suggested, but here's the faces:   _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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timark_uk
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brataccas
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well someone needs to buy one of these, I want one REALLY bad, when I do buy it eventually ill probably end up arrested lol http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... Track=truebest device ever tbh  _________________
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belchingmatt
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You could cause mayhem with one of those. 
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big_D
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We had a stand mounted one. Used to take it to the Beaulieu Autojumble each year, with the Austin Healey club. When we sold something from the stand, they'd crank up the siren!
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finlay666
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Bet she didn't like that _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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