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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]

The fact that you are a Girl (tm) makes your opinion more important. Girls are generally better at deciding what looks stylish on men than men are. (Vice versa too to some extent.)

I must admit, I quite like the Biohazard too, but I'm thinking that it would still leave me with a watch where you couldn't tell the time just by reading it! I am really tempted by it though, just because it's so gloriously stupid.

The real shop advice is good advice. I don't know of any shops that sell these sort of watches though (certainly not the Biohazard), and it would be nice to feel the thing first. I also agree with you about straps - I'd prefer leather or metal (or for that matter lizard skin) to plastic or rubber - and you're probably right about the Liberator ones.

Dunno about strap colour though. A hell of a lot of my clothes seem to be brown or green, so brown would go!

I guess what I'm coming round to is maybe needing two new watches...