drifter
Well-known Member
Let me be serious a minute. Here’s an observation and a comment I want to share with you. It may be you have noticed what I am about to point out as most of you are further ahead of the curve than am I.
Nevertheless, let me say first I have owned a number of pretty good watches in my time. No, I’m not talking about that Swiss watch we can see advertised in Gentleman’s Quarterly, or the expensive Rolex, but a watch an average Joe’s wife or girlfriend might buy for him. Many of these watches of the past kept good time. They were slim and tasteful in appearance, and wore well with whatever we chose to wear. But we’re talking about time pieces, that thing on your wrist you glanced at and immediately thought, “I must hurry, I’m going to be late.”
Time pieces. There were many names slapped on these watches. Longines, Bulova; Heuer Chronograph; Omega; TagHueur; and many, many other names that time has made me forget. But you get the picture of the watches we wore in our early years. They all kept pretty good time and looked good. But here’s the point.
I now have a big, ugly watch I bought at Walmart. I took the band off it and threw it away and replaced it with a band I once wore on a favorite Seiko. None of these clunkers compare in looks with what we once wore, but most of them keep excellent time. We must have learned something about watch making in the last twenty years.
The watch I have now and the one I had previously, lost because the leather band around my wrist had been strapped on a half dozen earlier watches I have wore in past years, until finally it wore thin and snapped at one of it’s connecting points. The watch and band fell away unnoticed. Over the long haul I have never worn a watch that kept better time than some of these cheap watches on the market today.
The time on my TV and computer or my iPad has features that tell me the exact time necessary to format my life with the things that need doing, yet are no more accurate than the heavy hulk of metal currently laying on my desk. I don't wear it. It's an ugly rascal but I will give it this, it keeps accurate time. We used to pay good money for accuracy. The tasteful good looks that came with that accuracy were just thrown in for good measure.
I no longer wear a watch but I don’t fault anyone for wearing the watch he or she wants, but time changes things and what we’re seeing today in time piece accuracy is nothing short of amazing. They're not as elegant as what we once bought at Zales, or the more upscale jeweler, but when they say it's twelve noon, you can be sure its time to eat.
Nevertheless, let me say first I have owned a number of pretty good watches in my time. No, I’m not talking about that Swiss watch we can see advertised in Gentleman’s Quarterly, or the expensive Rolex, but a watch an average Joe’s wife or girlfriend might buy for him. Many of these watches of the past kept good time. They were slim and tasteful in appearance, and wore well with whatever we chose to wear. But we’re talking about time pieces, that thing on your wrist you glanced at and immediately thought, “I must hurry, I’m going to be late.”
Time pieces. There were many names slapped on these watches. Longines, Bulova; Heuer Chronograph; Omega; TagHueur; and many, many other names that time has made me forget. But you get the picture of the watches we wore in our early years. They all kept pretty good time and looked good. But here’s the point.
I now have a big, ugly watch I bought at Walmart. I took the band off it and threw it away and replaced it with a band I once wore on a favorite Seiko. None of these clunkers compare in looks with what we once wore, but most of them keep excellent time. We must have learned something about watch making in the last twenty years.
The watch I have now and the one I had previously, lost because the leather band around my wrist had been strapped on a half dozen earlier watches I have wore in past years, until finally it wore thin and snapped at one of it’s connecting points. The watch and band fell away unnoticed. Over the long haul I have never worn a watch that kept better time than some of these cheap watches on the market today.
The time on my TV and computer or my iPad has features that tell me the exact time necessary to format my life with the things that need doing, yet are no more accurate than the heavy hulk of metal currently laying on my desk. I don't wear it. It's an ugly rascal but I will give it this, it keeps accurate time. We used to pay good money for accuracy. The tasteful good looks that came with that accuracy were just thrown in for good measure.
I no longer wear a watch but I don’t fault anyone for wearing the watch he or she wants, but time changes things and what we’re seeing today in time piece accuracy is nothing short of amazing. They're not as elegant as what we once bought at Zales, or the more upscale jeweler, but when they say it's twelve noon, you can be sure its time to eat.
