Well I ended up selling my Omega Aqua Terra automatic and have bought this retro Casio as a long-term replacement.
I love it ...



At new prices, the Omega is 400 times more expensive, but I prefer the Casio by a country mile ...

1. I don't have to concern myself with how much 'wrist action' the Casio gets to maintain accurate and consistent timekeeping.  The Omega is a bit like a dog that you have to take for a walk a couple of times a day to keep it exercised!
2. It is much more comfortable on my wrist - the Omega was just too heavy for me and the bracelet was either too tight or too lose and I was forever changing the links
3. The Casio won't cost upwards of £350 to get it serviced every 5 years
4. Battery life is around 7 years

Happy days ...

I have just one watch that still works. All the 'modern' quartz this and digital that bits have died a death of one kind or another.

My watch is a Timex, bought for my 18th birthday. So its 49 years young, has two hands to tell me the time and a second hand that goes round rather more quickly. It probably cost about £5 at most, probably a lot less.

For me, any watch does does other than tell the time is just jewelry and I don't do that sort of stuff. I appreciate lots do though and like anything else, if something is designed well it can be attractive just for that. I'd have old Quad stuff on the shelf just to look at.

Most of the time, I don't wear the one I have and find it irritates my wrist. I'm pleased  to say, I rarely have to worry about time these days.

I'm surprised no-one has pitched up yet with a Russian military watch. They have an attraction all of their own.

An eBay purchase, lesser known Swiss make, if I remember it was £70 and is a genuine automatic:

Certina3 by losenotaminute, on Flickr

There's some crackers here. That Constellation is lovely and I agree that styling seems to be swinging back that way. And nodrog - it was looking at a Quad amp in a shop window years ago that got me into valve amps. 25 years later I bought one!

I can't post pics just now(piss poor net out here) but I own a Tag WM1112 which ,like losenotaminutes,is priceless to me. I wear it to work and it gets a right hiding and just comes back for more. Needs a service and the bezel sorted out the now but that's not bad after 12 years.
I also own a G Shock G1000,a non working CWC and another one I can't remember. Will look when I'm home.

My next one will probably be a Sinn 556i with the metal strap but whether I will be able to part with the cash I don't know. Well worth a look the Sinn range.

Any recommendations on where to get the Tag serviced?

Cheers,I will have a look.
I bought my G Shock from EBay Argos - total bargain at £40. Well worth a rake about there for a bargain and hotukdeals usually has a couple of gs on offer.

I am no way affiliated to either,just saying.

The battery in my Longines lasts 5 years, however it always has to be sent off to them as no jewellers can re-seal the back. So I'm without my watch for a couple of weeks every 5 years

I fancy an old school Casio like the "batteryless" one that used the capacitor and solar panel.