Slow Watches.....

Sporky

Some of those Meistersingers are quite nice, and I'd rather £720ish for an automatic than £260ish for a quartz. I like this one.

p90fool

stickyfiddle said:

Pretentious toss imo. 

Some of us actually have meetings and appointments that have to be kept!

Exactly. I was in a band once with a guy from north London who jacked in his job as a regional manager at Currys and moved to mid Wales. As a gesture at escaping his old life he threw his watch in the sea at Aberystwyth, because "life in Wales is less pressurised". 

Wrong. HIS life might've been - he'd sold his semi and bought a five bedroom barn conversion in three acres here - but the rest of us still have to make a living. 

Every time he asked me what the time was I told him to fuck off. 

Ravenous

Has anybody mentioned sundials yet?   I think I remember Fred Flintstone wearing one on his wrist...

fields5069

stickyfiddle said:

Pretentious toss imo. 

Some of us actually have meetings and appointments that have to be kept!

Depends which country you're in though, and whether it's a social appointment or business. These, I guess, are firmly in the social camp.

martinw

I don't know what some people do socially, but if you ever need to catch a bus or a train, or go to the pictures or a gig, or meet someone outside on a cold night, or get to a shop before it closes.....
Thats the beauty of a two handed analogue watch; it can be as vague as you want it to be.

It answers the question most of us are asking when we look at a watch: How long have I got left, before......? It gives you a rough visual indication when you glance at it quickly, but can be precise if you study it.

A digital time readout tells you the time, whereupon you then need to do the maths.

Sporky

stickyfiddle said:

Pretentious toss imo. 

Some of us actually have meetings and appointments that have to be kept!

I'm not sure one of these is going to preclude being on time for meetings.

I can't remember ever being fifteen seconds late, for instance. Or a minute late. You're either very early, a bit early, on time, or late. I think you could reasonably read one of these watches to within 15 minutes (each little division being either 10 or 12 minutes on most of them). That's probably good enough if you're reasonably organised.

However, I do also sort-of agree; this looks (as others have said) like a watch for social use, where you just want to know what hour it is and whether it's closer to the next hour yet or not. I quite like that as a concept.

ESBlonde

Haven't worn a watch for decades. I have  a mobile, a PC, a clock on the wall, a clock on the car dashboard, the time comes up on the TV guide, a clock radio beside the bed...I'm not going to wear another clock on my wrist in this day and age.

beed84

Personally I like the concept and almost bought into the spiel about "slowing down time". However, for this sort of thing to actually have any merit, it would rely on everyone else wearing one and thinking the same way, which, at £250 a pop, is pretty unlikely. I'll stick to the traditional mechanical snobbery instead 

EDIT: If you're looking for something a bit different, maybe consider this company instead

https://www.nitewatches.com/store/gb/

BigMonka

Ravenous said:

Has anybody mentioned sundials yet?   I think I remember Fred Flintstone wearing one on his wrist...

How about this:
http://www.craftsnclocks.com/fossil-sundial-watch-vintage-collectible-novelty-wristwatch/

Iamnobody

ESBlonde said:

Haven't worn a watch for decades. I have  a mobile, a PC, a clock on the wall, a clock on the car dashboard, the time comes up on the TV guide, a clock radio beside the bed...I'm not going to wear another clock on my wrist in this day and age.

That was my attitude for years. However I’m now a watch wearer. 

Come on over to the dark side...

chillidoggy

My first thought was to buy one for our drummer who’d be late for his own funeral, but then I realised that as he has no concept of timing, it won’t make a blind bit of difference anyway.

Freebird

martinw said:

I don't know what some people do socially, but if you ever need to catch a bus or a train, or go to the pictures or a gig, or meet someone outside on a cold night, or get to a shop before it closes.....
Thats the beauty of a two handed analogue watch; it can be as vague as you want it to be.

It answers the question most of us are asking when we look at a watch: How long have I got left, before......? It gives you a rough visual indication when you glance at it quickly, but can be precise if you study it.

A digital time readout tells you the time, whereupon you then need to do the maths.

I bet you love the second hand.

Freebird

Has anybody else noticed that if you don't wear a watch you more or less know what the time is anyway?

martinw

Freebird said:

martinw said:

I don't know what some people do socially, but if you ever need to catch a bus or a train, or go to the pictures or a gig, or meet someone outside on a cold night, or get to a shop before it closes.....
Thats the beauty of a two handed analogue watch; it can be as vague as you want it to be.

It answers the question most of us are asking when we look at a watch: How long have I got left, before......? It gives you a rough visual indication when you glance at it quickly, but can be precise if you study it.

A digital time readout tells you the time, whereupon you then need to do the maths.

I bet you love the second hand.

What?

Freebird

martinw said:

Freebird said:

martinw said:

I don't know what some people do socially, but if you ever need to catch a bus or a train, or go to the pictures or a gig, or meet someone outside on a cold night, or get to a shop before it closes.....
Thats the beauty of a two handed analogue watch; it can be as vague as you want it to be.

It answers the question most of us are asking when we look at a watch: How long have I got left, before......? It gives you a rough visual indication when you glance at it quickly, but can be precise if you study it.

A digital time readout tells you the time, whereupon you then need to do the maths.

I bet you love the second hand.

What?

I find it essential for impressive time keeping, I plan everything down to the last second 

martinw

Freebird said:

martinw said:

Freebird said:

martinw said:

I don't know what some people do socially, but if you ever need to catch a bus or a train, or go to the pictures or a gig, or meet someone outside on a cold night, or get to a shop before it closes.....
Thats the beauty of a two handed analogue watch; it can be as vague as you want it to be.

It answers the question most of us are asking when we look at a watch: How long have I got left, before......? It gives you a rough visual indication when you glance at it quickly, but can be precise if you study it.

A digital time readout tells you the time, whereupon you then need to do the maths.

I bet you love the second hand.

What?

I find it essential for impressive time keeping, I plan everything down to the last second 

Just being a dick then?

Freebird

martinw said:

Freebird said:

martinw said:

Freebird said:

martinw said:

I don't know what some people do socially, but if you ever need to catch a bus or a train, or go to the pictures or a gig, or meet someone outside on a cold night, or get to a shop before it closes.....
Thats the beauty of a two handed analogue watch; it can be as vague as you want it to be.

It answers the question most of us are asking when we look at a watch: How long have I got left, before......? It gives you a rough visual indication when you glance at it quickly, but can be precise if you study it.

A digital time readout tells you the time, whereupon you then need to do the maths.

I bet you love the second hand.

What?

I find it essential for impressive time keeping, I plan everything down to the last second 

Just being a dick then?

On the contrary, I was just admiring your observations regarding chronological order.

martinw

Not really. If you read my post I was saying how good a normal watch can be at being a bit ish with timekeeping, as well as accurate if you want. 

Freebird

I must admit I do find the second hand the most thrilling out of all those available, especially when waiting for an important phone call or the end of an eBay auction, so I'm guessing the Slow Watch isn't really for me  

usedtobe

One handed watches aren’t anything new!