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[philmophlegm]

Late last year my watch broke. And apparently that's it - it's dead. I've had this watch since I was ten years old, so it's over a quarter of a century old. It's a Casio AX-250, like this one only black rather than blue: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360022022529&ih=023&category=31387&ssPageName=WDVW&rd=1 .

I was very attached to this watch, and now I have to say goodbye. I could buy a second-hand one, but that would also be a quarter of a century old and probably wouldn't last much longer (and because they are very collectable now, they can go for quite large sums).

I'm currently using my 'new' watch, a Gucci analogue one with a red and green face and lizard-skin strap (like this one, except for the strap: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RARE-Genuine-Mens-Gucci-Watch-needs-Repairing_W0QQitemZ120219567327QQihZ002QQcategoryZ31387QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem ).
I say 'new', but it was the watch my parents bought me when I passed my A-levels, so it's seventeen years old in its own right. I have only had four watches in my entire life.

The Gucci one is nice, but I want a digital. Because I've worn a digital for so long now, it takes me a while to work out what the time is when I look at an analogue watch.

And whereas digital watches were, for most of the last twenty years, very un-hip, all of a sudden, they're very trendy. The fashion thing obviously doesn't matter to me that much (I was after all wearing the digital watch all through that 20 year period), but it does mean that now there are lots of digital watches out there that appeal to me.

So I thought I would ask for some advice. Do any of you like any of these watches?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Quiksilver-Mens-Designer-Digital-Watch/dp/B000PI0232

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nooka-ZEN-V-Unisex-Digital-Leather/dp/B000WTSQFU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=watch&qid=1202813889&sr=1-3

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philippe-Starck-PH1082-Unisex-Digital/dp/B000KLJF4G/ref=pd_sbs_jw?ie=UTF8&qid=1202813889&sr=1-8

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Storm-4337-BK-Rubber-Digital/dp/B000X5JKUS/ref=pd_sbs_jw?ie=UTF8&qid=1202813889&sr=1-8

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Dice-BD-018-01-Digital-Leather/dp/B000KKIFW0/ref=pd_sbs_jw?ie=UTF8&qid=1202813889&sr=1-8

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Dice-BD-018-02-Digital-Leather/dp/B000KHPCJW/ref=sr_1_86?ie=UTF8&s=watch&qid=1202814566&sr=1-86

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diesel-dz7071-DZ7071-Mens-Watch/dp/B0012UOYDQ/ref=sr_1_87?ie=UTF8&s=watch&qid=1202814566&sr=1-87

http://www.zgwatches.co.uk/lambretta-monza-digital-menÂ's-watch-la2073bro-p-568.html

http://www.zgwatches.co.uk/mens-jacob-jensen-watch-digital-bangle-530-p-415.html
(I think these two look a bit like Liberator teleport bracelets!)
http://www.zgwatches.co.uk/mens-jacob-jensen-watch-digital-bangle-533-p-417.html

http://ledwatchstop.com/store/matrix-retro-watch-neoclassic-p-131.html

http://ledwatchstop.com/store/watch-galaxy-programmable-display-blue-p-196.html

http://www.shadestation.co.uk/cPath/-2_440/products_id/6681/osCsid/3648dd0b2c8d1e77fb91212a1e2c3412/product_info.php

And weirdest of all:
http://ledwatchstop.com/store/unique-watch-tokyoflash-biohazard-leather-p-252.html

Comments

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I actually do want something fashionable!

I'm gonna wear this to work, so I need something that will go just as well with an Aquascutum suit and a Thomas Pink shirt as it will with a black t-shirt!

[the-marquis.livejournal.com]

Well in that case why not go the whole hog and get a waistcoat and digital fob watch?

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I have two fob watches, although neither of them is digital ...

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

"Well in that case why not go the whole hog and get a waistcoat..."

Because it's 2008, not 1908...?


(Stands back and waits for eruption from certain LJ subscribers...)