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  1. pongster Jul 30, 2020

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    Are one hand watches unique enough for this sub forum?
     
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  2. JwRosenthal Jul 30, 2020

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    The name says it all!
    If you don’t care about being exactly on time, you are either important enough that they can’t start without you, or you’re unemployed.
     
  3. Spruce Sunburst dial fan Jul 30, 2020

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    So, it’s 9.30. What’s the problem?
     
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  4. janice&fred Jul 30, 2020

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    Or you're like my wife who doesn't wind or set the time on any of her mechanical watches. She just couldn't be bothered and just straps them on :D
     
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  5. pongster Jul 30, 2020

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    not wearing a watch is one thing in common between the ultra rich and the super poor.
     
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  6. janice&fred Jul 30, 2020

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    The name would actually make better sense if the watch didn't have the date function. Kind of louses up the whole contrived Bauhaus effect.
     
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  7. pongster Jul 30, 2020

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    Here’s more from https://medium.com/@JohnLeFevre/50-things-rich-people-poor-people-have-in-common-48972e4cc116

    Here are 50 things that rich and poor people have in common, but only rich people can get away with:

    1. Day drinking

    2. Inbreeding

    3. Eating cheese by itself

    4. Stealing money

    5. F***ing barnyard animals (à la David Cameron)

    6. Paying with cash

    7. Riding your bike to work

    8. Eating pigeons and rabbits

    9. Repurposed wood furniture

    10. Being a minority in Connecticut (maybe Janice&Fred can explain :))

    11. Not working

    12. Wearing animal print

    13. Letting other people pay for dinner

    14. Florida

    15. Yard games

    16. Drinking from mason jars

    17. Going to rehab

    18. Hookers

    19. Having a bunch of kids

    20. Taxidermy

    21. Getting someone else to drive you around

    22. Gambling

    23. Moving to a foreign country (One’s an expat; the other is a migrant)

    24. Cocaine

    25. Not knowing how to use the internet (à la Lindsey Graham)

    26. A really long driveway

    27. Cheating on a spouse

    28. Owning a horse

    29. Old cars

    30. Wearing ragged clothes

    31. Taking financial handouts from the government

    32. Alcoholism

    33. Having a tan

    34. Nepotism (affirmative action for the rich)

    35. A criminal record

    36. Living in a hotel

    37. PBR

    38. Going to the racetrack

    39. Drinking on a boat

    40. The dad bod

    41. Naming your daughter Mercedes or Porsche

    42. A vegetable garden and a chicken coup in the backyard

    43. Getting married at home

    44. Dating someone half your age

    45. VCRs (If you’ve ever stayed in an old rich guy’s guest house, you know what I’m talking about)

    46. Adult children who still live at home

    47. Orgies

    48. Having a pool and a pond in the backyard

    49. Letting someone else raise your kids

    50. Bankruptcy
     
  8. pongster Jul 30, 2020

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    I agree. Better without the date.
     
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  9. janice&fred Jul 30, 2020

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    Oh don't get me wrong as I would definitely wear that watch as I like the look and integrated bracelet with no lugs. Any idea what the movement is and who made it? I could simply google but that ruins fun discussions.
     
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  10. pongster Jul 30, 2020

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    nothing wrong taken. now i also prefer no dates (though i wouldnt mind having dates).

    Two were shipped to me (long story). Returned the other. Should have sent it your way.

    ETA movement i believe. Made by Botta Design.

    Pic of movement
     
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  11. janice&fred Jul 30, 2020

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    Yea me too. Back in high school I spent most of my time stealing hub caps and car radios as no one was about to date me. Didn't get any better as I got older either. I did manage to at least get married but my life of crime continued although I'm just a bag man, a small cog in a large family-run criminal conspiracy :D
     
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  12. pongster Aug 16, 2020

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    Didnt realize i already asked the question before.
     
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  13. janice&fred Aug 16, 2020

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    Nice but I like the white one above more :)
     
  14. pongster Aug 16, 2020

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    Ty sir

    prefer white to ...? :)

    The margin of error for the white is about 5 mins. For the blue one it’s about 15 mins. Margin escalates with poorer eyesight like me. :)

    but the whole point of these watches is that there is no rush and no need to be precise. 745am and 750am, what’s the difference? :)
     
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  15. Paulomega Aug 16, 2020

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    No shit Sherlock!! Now tell me is that am or pm? :D:D
     
  16. Paulomega Aug 16, 2020

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    The real benefit of these watches - with only one hand you don't have to be ambidextrous to tell time.
     
  17. OmegaP99 Aug 16, 2020

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  18. AveConscientia Aug 16, 2020

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    Dont own one but these Slavic Luchs are very cheap and quite pretty.
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  19. janice&fred Aug 16, 2020

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    Perfect for the Philippines :D
     
  20. pongster Aug 17, 2020

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    the filipino watch is always one hour late (at least). :)
     
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