What's new
The Shaving Cadre

Welcome to The Shaving Cadre, a forum dedicated to gentlemanly discourse about wet shaving and other topics of common interests. Membership is always free so register today and join in the fun

TSC Watch List

today
usP8TeQl.jpg
 
I dunno. It's obviously super cool to have photo-realistic watch faces you can swap every day, but I don't see many people replacing a collection of the real ones. But like you said if you can't afford the real ones I like these options a lot more than what Apple offers.
 
BarberDave said:
After my last watch post got to thinking ( I know a scary thought )

As a collector of “all things” LOL watches were the gateway drug. Over the years my accumulation has grown. As some of you know. That being said, the paradigm has changed for me in that regard and quite frankly it was due to the recent gift of the Tag Heuer Connected that Sharon gave me for our anniversary. It literally was a game changer for me and in essence has literally stopped my desire for purchase of any more watches…. I know SHOCKING huh!

I will explain. As a connoisseur of all that is horological, I like many was a timepiece snob, not from a cost or brand standpoint mind you, but more from what is really considered a watch.
I have watches that I love as cheap as $10.00 and some that have five zeros attached to the price tag. I love them all, but with technology, a completely new type of horology has become mainstay, and the luxury brands are jumping in to the pool

Many of the new generation no longer wear watches, as with tech, your phone is the new timepiece. Enter the manufacturers and artists of the digital face. As mentioned before, I was a wristwatch snob! Digital…. No way!, a smartwatch?…. Are you kidding me? Although admittedly I do have a Hamilton LCD digi throwback as I remember my dad owning a Pulsar digi back in the 70’s and it was just high tech cool back then.

As an “Apple” guy, I finally relented and bought an apple watch. A fantastic piece of tech, has everything you would ever want, and a phone! Yes folks I am Dick Tracy. The future is now!

one BIG problem….. it did not look like a “real” watch. Big problem! Convenience aside, the snob in me was bubbling up. I know there were others that were more “watch like”. But was ignorant on what they were like, they ran on Android, and looked cheap!

Here comes Tag Heuer! As an owner of a few “Tags” already it was worth a look and research. Hmmm this might be a winner, but how would the watch faces look? Hmmm this may be a winner. The Tag designed faces were spot on to their non-digital line so now i had immediately had 10 more Heuers including a few Carerras, which if purchased as a “real watch” would have been multiple thousands. They are geniuses!

not only do I get a quality wristwatch, with multiple faces, but also all the techy info needed from our need to be completely informed on seemingly everything….. But wait there is more!!!

Now, enter “high end” Swiss watch makers endorsing digital faces for these “next generation” smart watches and watch wearers. Now only do you now have “branded faces” that replicate their standard line, but you know have digital artists that are changing the watch world, and even bringing the digital watch into actually manufactured time pieces. Everyone is a winner

Companies such as, Tag Heuer, AVI-8, Maurice La Croix, Formex, Waldhoff, MVMT, Shinola, Sinn, Straton, and many more are now creating digital “faces” that are barely discernible from the actual watch

Of course many of your “big guy” companies like Rolex, Panerai, Omega, and others have yet to jump on, but I suspect it is only a matter of time, as the “wristwatch wearing” generation is losing ground and watch sales are in the tank.

Why would a company do this? When they can get thousands for the real watch? Well…. You get 50 people to spend $5,000 on a timepiece you have $250,000. That is a select few and they may never buy another.

On the flip side, the same company gets 100,000 digital watch wearers to spend $1.99 you have about $200,000 with taxes. However here is the jackpot. If you have multiple faces of your most desired watches, these same “wearers” will now buy multiple faces. That is millions

Online face vendors such as Facer, Watchmaker, as well as many more now offer over 100,000 different faces, from both manufacturers and the new digital artists and have created some of the most unique faces available from analog to digital, branded to original. Most of which you can customize yourself so literally millions of combinations

You could literally have a new watch on your wrist every day for the rest of your life and never repeat!

Can’t afford a Rolex, Tag, Panerai, Sinn, Omega, La Croix. Get a digital one, and most of them are endorsed by the actual manufacturer. So it is a “real one” in digital form. To quote Flynn from Tron “Digital Jazz Man”

Will this replace the real deal for me, of course not, but it will most likely be the last watch I purchase, maybe ( haha i know you are laughing ).

it is worth a look gents, especially for those that want to enjoy all the good of horology without too much of a major investment

here is an example. This watch retails for about $4500. Digital face $1.99 +the cost of your smart watch

View attachment 55717
Just some thoughts. What say you?

Cheers
Click to expand...

ENABLER. WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME. HAHA Got my thinking.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
NurseDave said:
I dunno. It's obviously super cool to have photo-realistic watch faces you can swap every day, but I don't see many people replacing a collection of the real ones. But like you said if you can't afford the real ones I like these options a lot more than what Apple offers.
Click to expand...
indeed, it will never replace, and there are a few Bucket list watches I would love to find as most are one offs and numbered items like some of the Omega Moon Mission watches to add to my Omegas , or some vintage ones, but this lets you play alot more for alot less
ED3054 said:
ENABLER. WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME. HAHA Got my thinking.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
"Your Enablement is our priority" LOL
 
ED3054 said:
ENABLER. WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME. HAHA Got my thinking.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Me too, I spent much of last evening looking at smart watches, and I DON"T EVEN LIKE WEARING A WATCH!

But if I was going to get one, are the ones under $100 worth looking at? I know that many of the features I probably would not use, but I do like the idea of changing the faces.
 
NurseDave said:
I mentioned this watch to my wife when Dave first posted it. Pretty sure she laughed in my face when I got to the price.
Click to expand...
You've spent more on Frags, Scotch, Razors, Disney Stuff, etc, etc So think of it as a "preventative" for future spending LOL// BTW @NurseDave did you get that Scotch Hawaiian Shirt yet?
 
BarberDave said:
BTW @NurseDave did you get that Scotch Hawaiian Shirt yet?
Click to expand...
I did not. I was really looking forward to it and finally found reviews about the company and such. Printed on-demand, terrible quality, ill-fitting, never showed up, etc, etc. I was really bummed. I was looking forward to embarrassing a lot of people and getting to wear it to tastings!
 
Fenster said:
But if I was going to get one, are the ones under $100 worth looking at? I know that many of the features I probably would not use, but I do like the idea of changing the faces.
Click to expand...
Which ones were you eyeballing?
 
NurseDave said:
I did not. I was really looking forward to it and finally found reviews about the company and such. Printed on-demand, terrible quality, ill-fitting, never showed up, etc, etc. I was really bummed. I was looking forward to embarrassing a lot of people and getting to wear it to tastings!
Click to expand...
I had a feeling as it was a Facebook ad. too bad
 
Any Android smart watch will work there are a ton out there, but you can change the watch snob, but not take away the watch snob when it comes to branding, and my other Tags were getting lonely, and heck the new Apple watch is not inexpensive either.

I think for Sharon it was a preemptive strike as she saw me eyeballing some other watches north of 4 digits and figured for under 2K , and the fact it was a present, a limited addition, and for our anniversary, she had plenty of ammo in case I fall off the watch wagon LOL. Not to mention I had done my research and planted the seed with

"You know honey.... This could really curtail any future watch purchases... " LOL. She did not buy that, but maybe bought some time. HEHE. Plus the quality, of the build for a smart watch is outstanding. closest to a "real watch" so to speak
 
Fenster said:
was looking at this Watch
View attachment 55780 View attachment 55784
Click to expand...
ED3054 said:
This one looks good. Amazon $299.00— 45 mm case diameter.
Just my size.
342c8901c22ff3b418ddd1a1188b4d67.jpg



Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Usually best to just try and put out the little extra for a known brand. I got my Garmin Fenix 5X Sapphire brand new for about $350. Sure it’s last gen but it’s top of the line last gen and still supported.

Amazon has some good deals on new and like new or refurbished (knocking a good chunk of cost off just because the package was opened).
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top