Reply With QuoteI can't help, but just think how good it would be if one watch covered all the bases.
I can't help, but just think how good it would be if one watch covered all the bases.
Tough decision to make Tony, if you had hung on to the Great White you would only have to take one thereby not compromising the baggage allowance!!!
Just take the MM300 with bracelet and rubber - sorted.
David
You clearly need an evening watch. So the Daytona or the Reverso will cover that. The MM300 will cover anything the GW5000 will, so no need to take that anywhere (ever)
The GO PC is a perfect daytime watch.
Depends where you are going on holiday, if it was my holiday the GW-5000 would do all roles it would be safer.
I usually take one nice watch (2254.50) and a survive everything and everywhere watch ( GXW-56 ), all bases covered.
Have a nice holiday.
:)
The husband of my mothers carer was attacked by two men one afternoon this summer upon leaving a supermarket whilst holidaying in Greece.
They were attempting to steal the Rolex he was wearing, but as a handy mechanic he managed to fight them off. The whole incident was witnessed by his wife who was waiting outside the supermarket and who was also wearing a Rolex, though thankfully hers was concealed by her sleeve.
I think the GO is more discreet than the Daytona.
Tony.
Just had a look at your collection and I am thinking of a Panerai, I am leaning towards the 268 have you any more pictures particularly a wrist shots.
I have a 7.5" wrist and wondered if the external strap system it uses would hang over ?, I am leaning towards the 268 because it uses the same hand wound inhouse movement as the 233 but don't need the GMT, I have a Pam 24 Luminor so that covers the classic case, but I also like the look of a sandwich dial, this looks like it covers all my wants + it's a fair bit less stress on the wallet.
Many thanks Regards Mark
Just take the G Shock, or maybe buy a new watch? ;)
It's just a matter of time...
68 will sort out all three. Oh no, you've sold it. Whoops.
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
Thank you :)Originally Posted by pastrana72
Interesting perspective, and i'll give that some serious thought.
The 268 is a wonderful watch, Mark, and you'll have no problem with it of your wrist is 7". Have a search on my blog under Panerai and you'll see photos/wrist shots of both that and the 380 (same sized case but it sits a little lower than the 268).
You should have kept one of the SDs that have come and gone. Too late now.
Take one mate.
Waterproof, one you'd be gutted if damaged or lost but not suicidal, certainly not a teenage plastic jobbie and you could actually try to be cool too...
Any of the two Seiko's it is then, a couple of straps and a changing tool.
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Found the Pictures thanks, I find my Pam 24 a bit clunky on the wrist as well hopefully the 268 will sit a little better.
G-Shock for the beach, MM for the daytime and Glashutte for evening.
Too much choice maybe?
Thanks chaps, and there's one other factor to take into account in deciding on the Daytona or the GO. Due to the very specific strap/case design, the GO can't be stored flat in a travel case and has to either be worn or kept as it would be on a watch roll with the strap curved. That alone makes the Daytona more convenient to travel with.
Top 50 First World Problems:
•It's boiling hot outside but freezing in the air-conditioned office
•My personal trainer took the week off so I have to workout alone
•My wallet won't close because there's too much money in it
•I bought a dishwasher and now spend longer packing and unpacking it than I did washing up
•My Brie is too hard
•No semi-skimmed milk in the supermarket, just full fat
•Earphones getting tangled up in your bag
•Chipped nail varnish
•Warm Pimms
•The cleaner taking a day off
•Trying to keep electricals out of the sun while sunbathing
•Watch / jewellery causing unsightly tan lines
•Spotting someone wearing the same outfit as you
•Squeaky new shoes which hurt while breaking them in
•Snagging designer clothing
•Over / under brewed tea
•Remote control batteries running out
•A disappointing air freshener
•The wind blowing your summer dress or skirt up
•Stepping on something wet while wearing socks
•Hair sticking to lipstick or lip balm in the slightest breeze
•Updating your mobile phone and losing all your contacts
•Sitting on your designer sunglasses
•Getting a fishbone stuck in your throat
•Two Weetabix not fitting in a round bowl properly, resulting in one becoming soggy and the other dry
•Having to watch movies on a phone because the tablet battery died
•Wanting another car, but not having room on the driveway
•Wanting to take your laptop outside but the wire doesn't reach far enough
•The living room isn't big enough for a coffee table and recliner sofas
•Getting suntan lotion in your eyes while reading outdoors in the sunshine
•Getting popcorn in your teeth
•Forgetting your phone charger
•Cold leather car seats in the winter
•Car won't play MP3s
•The football match being on Sky and not terrestrial TV
•The hairdresser moving house
•Having to go to the Post Office to collect a parcel
•Being out when a parcel gets delivered
•Supermarket checkout staff scanning faster than you can pack
•Sky+ recordings clashing
•Having a restaurant table indoors on a sunny day
•Nail polish clashing with lipstick
•Batteries going in the Sky remote
•The cash machine giving you a £50 note
•The shop not stocking a coke bottle with your name on
•Heel getting stuck in the decking of a boat/yacht
•Living somewhere too posh for a cheap corner shop
•Having the last edition of the iPhone
•The sun glare on your iPad / phone tablet
•A neighbour using the same Laura Ashley wallpaper
Sadly no mention of what watch should one take with one, innit!!
Blimey.. When did the Daytona arrive....
tough one.. I wore a gshock to the Caribbean.. And the the kids nicked it and I wore nothing for the rest of the holiday.. Nicely filled in the wrist tan patch :)
The JLC is gorgeous but for me it would be more useful as a watch if the evening's are more formal or semi formal. So on that score I'd be more inclined to wear the GO as a more versatile watch which still looks the part.
Daytime for me would be the Heur Atavia, that is one cool looking watch, original without drawing too much attention with the added advantage you can use the GMT function on it for UK time.
Beach, any of the Seiko's that had a sapphire crystal as guaranteed the sand will scratch any mineral one.
Still not convinced that a white gold Daytona will be 'de rigeur' at the Paradise Lounge, Butlins !
Seiko Day Date and maybe a couple of straps.
I recommend just the MM300 on Zulu for all three proposea. Just take the bracelet and change if you want to, but just the Zulu strap is good enough. That watch can take the beach, just wash the bezel under running water at the end of day and you'll be good. Free yourself from having to choose a watch!
This will tell you if you really want to keep the watch in you're collection as well :)
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Just the Seiko!
If you want your others storing safely, i'll look after them
Stop being so needy - just take one and enjoy it FFS.
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
I can't believe how many people have to ask OTHER people what they should take on holiday.......I can't believe how many peeps would take one watch on holiday
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
I can't see any reason why you wouldn't ;)I can't believe how many peeps would take one watch on holiday
Just take the G shock, leave all the other expensive watches at home.
Afterall, you wouldn't want to disapoint all the burglars who were looking forward to helping themselves to your collection, having just read your announcement to the whole world that you are going away on holiday.
;-)
Ah, rumbled..........soz.I can't believe you can't believe...
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
Agreed
“Don’t look back, you’re not heading that way.”
Take the MM300 and sell the rest of them.
"A man of little significance"
I take cheap watches on holiday, and leave the nice ones in the safe. Took a £28 solar-powered Casio and a £7 military-ish quartz that I got off Amazon this year.
Casio 2000 for the beach, JLC for the evening and Panerai for the rest of the day, would be my choice.
But I probably wouldn't take 3 watches and spend half of the day rotating watches :p. One or maximum two, in order to have a cheap tough watch for the beach and a nice watch for the rest of the day.
If it had to be one, it would be the MM300. If it had to be two, a Casio 2000 for the beach and Panerai for the rest of the day.
wot he said ^ then you have no worries about damage or losing it ... I can never take two or more watches on holiday, just seems more to worry about.. I think the day dates are really useful on holiday as after 4 or 5 days or so I forget which day it is ! have fun whatever you take :)
This is why I bought a Rolex Explorer I. All bases covered.
If you're on hols why not take a break from WISdom - take the Casio and chill.........
Have a good one!
I think it depends, to some extent, on where you're going and what your accommodation is like. If you're in a grass hut on a beach on a small Fijian island, then it's probably a different answer to a 5-star hotel in Queensland. Is there a secure storage for your spares? Apart from the sock drawer, that is.
Personally, I like to have a watch with a quick-set hour hand when crossing time zones, so if the main watch I'm taking doesn't have that, I'd take a Casio as a time check to most places. It also doubles as an alarm. For third world countries, I'd probably avoid something that looks too expensive, so the Daytona would be out.
Of my selection, I'd put the SMP 2264 on a NATO and wear it for everything. Of yours, I'd take the Seiko diver, since everyone from taxi drivers to rock stars wears them, and they won't stand out, irrespective of their value. But you can enjoy a MM300 just about anywhere.
Sounds like you should have kept the 5513 would have covered all bases.....;-)))))
1. I don´t go to the beach. Drop my gf and son off and go read/flirt on a terrace or visit Málaga with a ladyfriend.
For the former a sporty nice quality not conspicuous yet not invisible watch. Gold on tan leather looks good on well tanned skin.
For the latter anything with a nice story which if opportune one coúld tell with humour; be it the Elektronika1, lugless Amphibia, early quartz, early lcd, the lcd I got from one of the lcd inventors, the pre serie SAR I got from one of the testing Baltic Sea coastal guard captains, the Cornavin ´Jessica´, something I put together myself, my virgin oil filled F91W etc.
2. That is simple; I have two beaters:
3. Something dressy in the classical sense, on leather offcourse; quality yet inconspicuous to the point of near invisible. Several of my vintage steel white dial no date and the SBGX009 will do.
Go on, you know you are busting to do it!
Stop Press: The former iconic Daytona is on SC!!
Enough said.
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