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I've (we've all) wasted tens of thousands of dollars..
The title is in jest of course, but this is my Citizen Nighthawk - Bought in 2007 for $175 on eBay. Eco-drive means no battery changes for 17 years and still ticking.. it's been diving (properly) in Thailand and is doing pool duty in Mexico right now.. still waterproof and never been pressure tested or had seals changed.. All those $$ (guilty as charged) chasing perfect GADA.. 😅😅
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I've (we've all) wasted tens of thousands of dollars..
The title is in jest of course, but this is my Citizen Nighthawk - Bought in 2007 for $175 on eBay. Eco-drive means no battery changes for 17 years and still ticking.. it's been diving (properly) in Thailand and is doing pool duty in Mexico right now.. st...
Thank you both - this one has 200M WR and I've got even older ECO-Drives in the collection still going strong..
I'll admit I think it's been at least 3 years since I've worn this.. Grabbed it as I was headed out the door, figured since it cost less than a service on other watches it's about as carefree a watch as I could bring along. It's great to reconnect with it...
Money well spent!
The money save could be used for the nice vacation like those in your pics.
I agree, I've got two G-Shocks that I keep for that very reason:
No maintenance, no worry, can be taken really anywhere. And they have functions like alarms, chronograph, countdown, multi timezones, etc. that make a phone redundant. Yours have been tempting me for a while, but I never pulled the trigger. GMT function i...
My Eco-Drive is lovely
Except for the extremely sad excuse of a bracelet, I love everything about it — titanium, solar, accurate enough, handsome. And also $175 in 2013, from a pal. ...
This cost me nothing many years ago. Discovered working in 10' of water at Corral Bay, Cyprus . . . .
. . . where it had been lying long enough for the crystal to have been sand-blasted opaque by the undercurrent. It glinted in sunlight catching my eye as I snorkelled above. Since then it is my beach and snorkel watch. Contains two batteries, which last a...