Reply With QuoteNot way out wacky, but whenever I wear this..
...I feel the need to wear flares, a paisley shirt and a velvet jacket (with very wide lapels)
Regards
David
While my taste in watches generally runs to the simple and clear designs, I like the odd bit of quirkiness along the way. This is my current example, a LE Oris Flight Timer:
The contraption at 2 o'clock rotates the inner bezel in half hour steps to track a second time zone, just in case you're wondering.
What constitutes quirky? Well, I reckon the design needs to divide opinion, and should really elicit a bit of a "Huh, WTF?" response from people when they first look at it.
So, what have you got?
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
Not way out wacky, but whenever I wear this..
...I feel the need to wear flares, a paisley shirt and a velvet jacket (with very wide lapels)
Regards
David
I reckon this fits both of your criteria:Originally Posted by Dave E
R
Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
This...
Sorry for rubbish photo.
Little edit...
Glad I bought it when I did, it would be £70 more now from Seiya due to the fall in the exchange rate (around 15% more) and then there would be more VAT on top.
The "five eyes" G-SHOCK atomic Mudman, which I sometimes appear to be in a minority of one even on the G-SHOCK forum in liking.
Probably a 24 hour, can't quite get used to it!
This Raketa probably falls into the 'quirky' category.
I think it's a great design:
Cheers :)
Waving Mao for me
The Russian watch and the MAO WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW those are to cool :bounce:
Some interesting bits and bobs shown - love hte Meistersinger.
I don't think I've got a quirky watches, sorry - I think that the truely quirky will probably only be a small part of anyone's collection, and that no one will ever own one watch, and have that watch be a really odd one. I would be suprised if a Meistersinger were owned by someone who only had one watch, if that makes sense. What do people think?
I was given one of these by my missus for Christmas (not my pic)
I think her logic was "he likes watches" + "he likes Oakley (sunglasses)" = "he must love this" (plus it was on special)! :roll:
Needless to say it went back.
Paul
has to be this one ....
Gerald Genta!!
I think you're probably right, it's certainly only a very small part of my collection. Mind you, I deliberately said quirky rather than just plain weird because they still need to be usable watches!
Some interesting stuff here. I've been tempted by a one hand watch a few times, but have never quite jumped. The 24hr thing does confuse people as well, especially the non-WIS (I've had a couple of Glycine Airmans which had that effect on people).
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
I used to have one of those and quite liked it, it's just that I like the Atomic Gulfman more and I only really have room for one G in the collection. Have you dyed yours?
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
I've no quirky watches .. although having a collection of watches can be seen as quirky by most normal folk!
/vince ..
No quirky ones for me either :(
Respect the past, live the present, protect the future
This is pretty quirky:
I don’t know if it counts as quirky, but the Seagull 1963 tends to make people take a second glance and ask the inevitable “what’s that”.
Zim
:bounce: Ha! That’s fifty. Bodes ill for my bank balance. :bounce:
That's a handsome watch, that's what!
Ha! Congrats! Welcome to your full membership! :)
I do not whether or not this one is "quirky"..., it is different from my other watches at least.
This for me is the quirkiest-
Or it could be the one with a 256Mb USB memory in it but I don't have a picture of that.
Cheers,
Steve
I do not whether or not this one is "quirky"..., it is different from my other watches at least.
i think you could have your arm amputated and that would do a better job :shock: :shock: :shock:
I've got this one...
4.43?
Yup.
It's actually a great watch for going out with at night due to the super bright white LEDs. No lume issues with this one!.
It does get a bit trickier telling the time after a few shandies right enough... and you do you look like you've been 'tagged'..
:lol:
WooHoo - a thread I feel I have something to contribute to;
Wacky?
A Chromochron - tell the time by colour
I like that a lot - love and peace :)
That's fantastic, but what is the time there?
I really want one of those though. :)
WooHoo - a thread I feel I have something to contribute to;
Wacky?
A Chromochron - tell the time by colour
This is my unusual..
RIAC
Chromochron - what a great concept - its 3 blues past 10 purples :lol:
What a fantastic collection of bizzare watches!
Every second watch from every second manufacturer seems to be a Rolex copy - it's great to see some makers trying to do something a bit different.
See you all back here at 4 dots past light-blue-o'clock!
Here's the bumf:That's fantastic, but what is the time there?
I really want one of those though. :)
"Tian Harlan, architect, engineer, artist develops the communication system 'Chromachron' (Chroma=Colour ; Chronos=Time) in 1971. Timekeeping is approximated with a rotating disk revolving around a colored timezone. Rotation is gauged by motion without demarcation of minutes or seconds. Each colour represents an hour and as the cutaway passes through each - time is visualized, as he hoped, with less rigidity. Detailed in Pieter Doensen's book 'Watch - History of the Modern Wristwatch' as the 'anti-stress watch' freeing us from the 'dictatorship of exact time.'"
...so in that pic - about 9:55 (...ish)
The colours are supposedly based on the time of day - so the yellow/orange for when the sun is at it's height and the blues/green for dawn...
this aeromatic....the hands are read on 2 scales over half the dial...extra long hands do 6 hrs or 30 mins each end...
strangely enough i put it in sales corner yesterday!
ktmog6uk
marchingontogether!
Wow! Look at that!has to be this one ....
I wonder what it does?
My brother gave me a digital TV remote controller watch one Christmas...I went to a local sports bar on New Years Day and spent a happy couple of hours changing the channels on all 10 of the big screen TV's during college football bowl games.
:twisted:
I want them all! :)
It's just a matter of time...
And I don't want any of them. :blackeye:
john
Costume jewellery. Ouch!!!
Spoilsport! :DAnd I don't want any of them. :blackeye:
john
Thanks for joining in, guys. It's nice to take a look at the odder bits from people's collections once in a while. :)
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
AS1802, without a doubt. I like it a lot and wear it a lot. But, once in a while it goes belly up. Then I fix it, and it runs like a champ for a while longer. Last April it was gunk from somewhere. Now it is the offset cannon pinon, I think (slipping). So, I take it apart, clean it, then put it back together.
Best wishes,
Bob
It'll be this one for me... :D :D :D
I suppose this is the closest I have to quirky: Vostok albatross radio room
(not my pic, but exactly the same)
This is the best thread here.. WOW is all I can say..
Probably this one:
A present from a couple of years ago.
This one's a little unusual, too:
Closest thing to quirky is this -
This Raketa probably falls into the 'quirky' category.
I think it's a great design:
Cheers :)
Snap :D :D :D :D
Best Regards - Peter
I'd hate to be with you when you're on your own.
I've handled one of these - most impressive IMO, a worthy alternative to the B-1.Closest thing to quirky is this -
R
Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
It's nearly 10, and that's the beauty of the chromochron, it tells the time in the way most of us do, i.e. its nearl 10, not its 12 minutes to 10! My only objection is that most of them are rather cheap quartz watches. I did have a 17J manual wind version but sold it once the novelty wore off :DWooHoo - a thread I feel I have something to contribute to;
Wacky?
A Chromochron - tell the time by colour
And if your color blind? :cyclopsani:
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