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Question: I have a Seiko SNK803. I don’t know if you have or have had an SNK80x, but do you know if the SNZG11 date is any bigger than the SNK80x ones?
i don’t have an SNK but I do have the very similar EcoDrive. The date isn’t much larger despite the faces being very different in size. 38 vs 42 IIRC.
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i don’t have an SNK but I do have the very similar EcoDrive. The date isn’t much larger despite the faces being very different in size. 38 vs 42 IIRC.
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Thanks for the pic. I could use dates a little larger than they make them. Even just a bit more border around the date would help.
 
Thanks for the pic. I could use dates a little larger than they make them. Even just a bit more border around the date would help.
I can't see the date on my Citizenship Primo 45 unless I put on reading glasses.
 
I can't see the date on my Citizenship Primo 45 unless I put on reading glasses.
This is what gets me. I used to like the "tool" watches - slide rule bezels, chronos, all that - until these old eyes showed up :confused: I used to actually USE all that stuff. Now I only want a watch with features I can read. It's amazing (and aggravating) how many watches have fairly unreadable dates. (I do have multi-focal contacts, and they help, but not as much as full-fledged readers - and I'm not hauling readers around just to read the date on the flippin' watch...)
 
You can get date magnifiers. They are cemented on the crystal over the date aperture. Similar to the Rolex cyclops crystal.
 
You can get date magnifiers. They are cemented on the crystal over the date aperture. Similar to the Rolex cyclops crystal.
Ugh. I'd rather have one integrated into the crystal.

Or they could just make them a little bigger :) This is why it's nice to lay eyes on a watch before buying. Which is not always possible.
 
I did some research on water resistance ratings and unless they're ISO certified ratings, be careful doing anything more than washing your hands or swimming in your pool. 100M non-ISO rating just means that in a lab controlled setting the mfg is claiming the watch's seals can withstand 10 bar of momentary pressure before leaking. If it's not ISO, don't trust it. 10-50M means nothing.

That said I have a lot of watches but only 1 ISO certified dive watch, a Seiko SKX007, but I don't plan on swimming with any of my watches on except for my G-Shock.

Tagging @KnotRight : Yes, huge difference between water resistant and waterproof. ALL dive watches and G-Shocks should be good to at least 2 ATM; most are good far deeper. An Eco Drive should be good to go for a boat unless you dump it and have to swim to shore.
 
They are all water resistant. The Waterproof terminology hasn’t been allowed to be used since the 1970’s I believe. There was a lawsuit over it, because none of them are truly waterproof.
 
Ugh. I'd rather have one integrated into the crystal.

Or they could just make them a little bigger :) This is why it's nice to lay eyes on a watch before buying. Which is not always possible.

I’ve put a few on, they actually look better than you’d think. But I’m with you, I like the ones that are on the underside or incorporated into the crystal like the old Omegas. Since everything’s gone to mineral or sapphire crystals, it’s harder to do.
 
This is what gets me. I used to like the "tool" watches - slide rule bezels, chronos, all that - until these old eyes showed up :confused: I used to actually USE all that stuff. Now I only want a watch with features I can read. It's amazing (and aggravating) how many watches have fairly unreadable dates. (I do have multi-focal contacts, and they help, but not as much as full-fledged readers - and I'm not hauling readers around just to read the date on the flippin' watch...)

Does anyone make a watch for old folks kinda like the Jitterbug phone?
 
They are all water resistant. The Waterproof terminology hasn’t been allowed to be used since the 1970’s I believe. There was a lawsuit over it, because none of them are truly waterproof.

I have a dive watch that states "waterproof 100 ATM" on the back. I will dig it out and see what brand and see how old it might be.

But the watches that are really "waterproof" aren't only when the user screws with it or if it defective.
 
Does anyone make a watch for old folks kinda like the Jitterbug phone?
Well, if you take the Jitterbug phone and shrink the numbers on the keys...you'll get what some of these watches are like :p
(I'm only 54, but you just wait until presbyopia strikes...I miss being able to look at really tiny things with no visual augmentation.)
 
Well, if you take the Jitterbug phone and shrink the numbers on the keys...you'll get what some of these watches are like :p
(I'm only 54, but you just wait until presbyopia strikes...I miss being able to look at really tiny things with no visual augmentation.)

I'm 59 so I don't have too long to wait.
 
Does anyone make a watch for old folks kinda like the Jitterbug phone?
Yup! 55mm Laco. No date feature because old people don’t need calendars, they’re mostly all retired. They do need the time for their medicine regimine.
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I'm 59 so I don't have too long to wait.
I could tell a difference before I was 40, compared to what I could do earlier. I used to be able to hold a processed wafer up and assess some of its quality. Not any more! And the past 8 years or so, I have to use an Optivisor even to work on stuff with leaded components. I'm grateful that I can see, but it also sucks!
 
Alpina Startimer with big date is pretty friendly for old eyes.

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I like the Startimer, but I need to stay around or below 42mm. It's funny...the 38mm Seiko 5 line seems just on the too small size. It's a narrow range of diameters that look and feel good. To me, that is. I like the 40-41m mostly. I have this Citizen https://www.amazon.com/Citizen-Eco-...itizen+chrono&qid=1550683353&s=gateway&sr=8-5 and I like it pretty well, but the date is amazingly hard to read.
 
My watches came today, Im VERY excited about the blue-faced, brown leather band timex.
 
Still Loving the old school Omega.
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sorry for the focus, i tried with cell... can't hold everything still long enough and still hit the switch :(

Mostly a pocketwatch junkie, but have wristies for some daily...

been a daily for me for a while now, Ball Trainmaster with 24hr dial,
automatic believe from the 50's as long as worn daily a time keeper for certain.
vintage JB Champlain hong kong deployant band, all stainless

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Picked up a basic Timex Expedition from Amazon.

The strap is a bit short. I am on the last hole. Does a NATO ban fit this watch?
 
Picked up a basic Timex Expedition from Amazon.

The strap is a bit short. I am on the last hole. Does a NATO ban fit this watch?
It does fit. I hated the strap on the one I had. Replaced it with a NATO.
 
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Just got this in the mail today. Vintage Omega Seamaster with minty fresh service.

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While my EDW (every day wear) watch is getting service, I broke the old school Seiko (from maybe 1980) and a Timex Expedition.
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Yeah. The gshocks are awesome as I hear and have seen. But the body is wider than my wrist lol.

If it makes my wrist a third bigger or more, it's in the way. I'm trying to find a "medium glove" small wrist version that's that good (as I hear), at the under $100 price.

I'm awkardly built in general. Clumsy too. Plus my job means lots of abuse to everything I put on me.

In another life, I would have watch companies sending me their best "small bezel" watches to be tested. Knowing I break em all.

But for now. I just have to be disappointed and know I can kill em all. In the "I won't give it special treatment" price range.

One day I shall find my true love.
No idea what you do, but for many years I wore a watch on the inside of my wrist rather than on the outside. Would still remove it for certain activities like sports and wrenching.
 
No idea what you do, but for many years I wore a watch on the inside of my wrist rather than on the outside. Would still remove it for certain activities like sports and wrenching.
I did that when I was a teen working for my dad roofing houses, keeps the face from getting scratched up.
 
No idea what you do, but for many years I wore a watch on the inside of my wrist rather than on the outside. Would still remove it for certain activities like sports and wrenching.


I'm a builder. I've tried that but wacked the body on everything. So went back to normal.

I don't keep my phone on me when I'm working because I'll break that too:rolleyes: so a watch is necessary. I'll take it off if I'm working in tight areas or if I'm using concrete but otherwise it's on.

At least for now the Seiko is holding up ok. Just a couple of light scratches. But it is winter so it's typically covered up. The band pin coming loose is annoying. It'll prolly get lost come tshirt weather:oops:
 
I am thinking about starting two collections of brands.

luminox
Timex Expedition

Mostly low cost on both fronts but i like the designs of these two
 
I am thinking about starting two collections of brands.

luminox
Timex Expedition

Mostly low cost on both fronts but i like the designs of these two
I like a lot of the Times styles, but they are loud as hell (if you still have halfway decent hearing). TICK...TICK...TICK...
 
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