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FREDMAYCOIN
路I would just grab my safe deposit box and take all 30 with me.
As the end of times is approaching... which watch do you grab as you bug out?
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Unfamiliar_Moon
路To play by the posted rules, the BLNR.
To play by what's currently in my watch box - my Milgauss for similar reasons already posted. No battery, longevity without needed service/battery, resistance to whatever we've done to the magnetosphere, bracelet durability and quick-adjust for the wild temperature swings. Dates won't matter but hours in the day could still be important.
All that and it's the one with the most sentimental value, so there's that, too.
To play by what's currently in my watch box - my Milgauss for similar reasons already posted. No battery, longevity without needed service/battery, resistance to whatever we've done to the magnetosphere, bracelet durability and quick-adjust for the wild temperature swings. Dates won't matter but hours in the day could still be important.
All that and it's the one with the most sentimental value, so there's that, too.
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MTROIS
路I would just grab my safe deposit box and take all 30 with me.
But why would you need all 30??!馃檮
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MTROIS
路To play by the posted rules, the BLNR.
To play by what's currently in my watch box - my Milgauss for similar reasons already posted. No battery, longevity without needed service/battery, resistance to whatever we've done to the magnetosphere, bracelet durability and quick-adjust for the wild temperature swings. Dates won't matter but hours in the day could still be important.
All that and it's the one with the most sentimental value, so there's that, too.
Interesting choice! This was also my first pick, mostly due to the date, automatic movement and water resistance... but I would also be worried that its shininess would attract too much attention... so maybe I would put it on a NATO strap.
Otherwise, I must admit that the GW5000 JDM with tough solar would seem to be a very rugged option. No batteries needed. Would fly under the radar and definitely tough enough.
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gostang9
路Apparently some didn't like my take on this poll... 馃榿
So I think I understand the premise... I'm in a hurry, world might be ending, I need a watch quick...
Speedy Pro: manual wind, shows me the time and allows me to use the chronograph to time how long between additional bad events...? Perhaps this would be a good option if it had a Pulsometer bezel so I could check my heart rate as I wait for the world to end?
X-33: I don't know how to read. Looks complicate!
G-shock: not for me
Rolex BLNR: seriously, the world is ending and you think I'm going to ring up my AD and see if I'm FINALLY next on the wait list! Is that what it takes to finally get a Rolex sports model...? 馃槻 馃槈
I would grab a Speedy Pro. Why? It's the only 1 of your 4 options I have at home, and I have 4 to choose from!
鈥ut in case you need to bug-out in a hurry to escape whatever imminent threat you have identified, which watch do you grab on your way out:
X-33: I don't know how to read. Looks complicate!
G-shock: not for me
Rolex BLNR: seriously, the world is ending and you think I'm going to ring up my AD and see if I'm FINALLY next on the wait list! Is that what it takes to finally get a Rolex sports model...? 馃槻 馃槈
These, and ONLY THESE are your options. Which one do YOU grab and why? 馃槑
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JPE.88305
路This one:
or this one:
Or maybe this one:
or this one:
Or maybe this one:
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Unfamiliar_Moon
路This modern Speedmaster Pro with the full set, of course. Eventually, civilization will return, and I'd want to be prepared for that, too.
Date complication? In a world without toilet tissue or Keurigs who cares about the date?
馃憤 well played. probably the best bet.
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Professor
路Yes but why would you want a spirit level? For post apocalypse shelving??
With a little luck you can then crashland on a nice little island where the inhabitants seeing your killer watch will make you their new god, and live out your days sipping coconut wine brought to you by monkey butlers.
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watch3s
路rolex explorer 1 and 2
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jhross98
路Enicar Sherpa mk1a
Go big or go home
And maybe the virus won't like radium
Go big or go home
And maybe the virus won't like radium
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MTROIS
路Apparently some didn't like my take on this poll... 馃榿
So I think I understand the premise... I'm in a hurry, world might be ending, I need a watch quick...
Speedy Pro: manual wind, shows me the time and allows me to use the chronograph to time how long between additional bad events...? Perhaps this would be a good option if it had a Pulsometer bezel so I could check my heart rate as I wait for the world to end?
X-33: I don't know how to read. Looks complicate!
G-shock: not for me
Rolex BLNR: seriously, the world is ending and you think I'm going to ring up my AD and see if I'm FINALLY next on the wait list! Is that what it takes to finally get a Rolex sports model...? 馃槻 馃槈
I would grab a Speedy Pro. Why? It's the only 1 of your 4 options I have at home, and I have 4 to choose from!
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MTROIS
路When the electronics on the airliner you are on go out you can tape the watch to the instrument panel and keep the aircraft level when lost in the clouds and fog.
With a little luck you can then crashland on a nice little island where the inhabitants seeing your killer watch will make you their new god, and live out your days sipping coconut wine brought to you by monkey butlers.
@Mad Dog .....help!!!!! We need you to chime in. 馃榿
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gostang9
路Seeeeee..... when you want, you can follow some rules. 馃榿
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noelekal
路路Home For Wayward WatchesEither I'm "bugging in" or else am heading to our place on the lake with large acreage. Water, fish and game and Mrs. noelake to supervise the garden.
Expect that the ol' Glycine beater will serve any timekeeping needs. If it's end times then that won't be critical anyway.
It's a forum. Any member attempt to limit topic discussion and thread drift is bound to come to grief.
Realistically, I'm staying put at home in this small town where folks pull together. Besides, I don't expect that we've reached any end times anyway.
Expect that the ol' Glycine beater will serve any timekeeping needs. If it's end times then that won't be critical anyway.
It's a forum. Any member attempt to limit topic discussion and thread drift is bound to come to grief.
Realistically, I'm staying put at home in this small town where folks pull together. Besides, I don't expect that we've reached any end times anyway.
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Wetworks
路Given the choices, I guess I would go with the Speedy as it's the most toolish on the list without any electronics. Unfortunately, it doesn't have much in the way of water resistance.
Off the list and in my watchbox, it's between the Tudor Pelagos or Breitling Blackbird; both are Ti, have all the WR I would ever need, and lume that glows like torches. Added bonus for the Breitling; it has a nifty conversion chart on the caseback for gallons, liters, pounds, and Kg.
Off the list and in my watchbox, it's between the Tudor Pelagos or Breitling Blackbird; both are Ti, have all the WR I would ever need, and lume that glows like torches. Added bonus for the Breitling; it has a nifty conversion chart on the caseback for gallons, liters, pounds, and Kg.
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jhross98
路Wow. No likes for my enicar Sherpa graph mk1a.
I am officially fking panicking
I am officially fking panicking
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tikkathree
路I'm taking to the woods with a rifle and this...
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asrnj77
路As others have mentioned this is:
1) Waterproof
2) still legible at night (thanks super luminova)
3) Has recognizable value. It鈥檚 the equivalent of a pilot carrying a gold coin to barter with if crash landing in hostile territory
I don鈥檛 think I鈥檒l be able to explain the value of an Abercrombie and Fitch Seafarer to a post-apocalyptic doomsday prepper
1) Waterproof
2) still legible at night (thanks super luminova)
3) Has recognizable value. It鈥檚 the equivalent of a pilot carrying a gold coin to barter with if crash landing in hostile territory
I don鈥檛 think I鈥檒l be able to explain the value of an Abercrombie and Fitch Seafarer to a post-apocalyptic doomsday prepper
