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Your favorite gimmick watch?

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 2009-04-20 05:23:45

I'm not really a watch fan, I don't wear one and don't appreciate the aesthetics of most watches. (except the oris posted here, very nice) I haven't been impressed with watches since I was a kid in the 80's... those were exciting times! The radio watch, the water powered watch and the calculator watch... what would they…

20-04-2009 5:23am

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DonkeyStyle \o/

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I'm not really a watch fan, I don't wear one and don't appreciate the aesthetics of most watches. (except the oris posted here, very nice)

I haven't been impressed with watches since I was a kid in the 80's... those were exciting times! The radio watch, the water powered watch and the calculator watch... what would they think of next.
So my question for you watch-lovers is... what did they think of next?
Have you found anything interesting or ridiculous on your travels?

Maybe if you were travelling back in time to the 1950s, what gimmick watch would you bring back with you as proof of your futuristic origins?

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#2 20-04-2009 8:14am

Owen

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I used to love my radio watch - my dad got it with Texaco stamps IIRC, and the water watch was bought in the local pound shop. Have never been able to find the water watch for sale since!

A friend of mine had an old Seiko watch that came with a personal organiser, you'd sit the watch down into a clamp on the personal organiser, and it would upload the data through the watch's backplate. Very trick.

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#3 22-04-2009 9:24am

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I quite like the Tokyo Flash watches. Mad looking yokes altogether.
http://www.tokyoflash.com/en/watches/1/

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#4 14-02-2022 2:11pm

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Casio plunger watch is what I call it, you dont get many 1000/second watches
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/casio-str-1000-sports-watch-unique-511684211

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#5 14-02-2022 5:14pm

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A zombie thread! Thing is, most very expensive watches are really gimmick watches. I'd go with the Mondaine stop2go. Great looking watch and the gimmick of the second hand stopping for a second at 12 before the minute ticks over is great. Eas going to get one but after googling them it seems its just constant problems with them. Still, great looking watch and great gimmick

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