Most pointless and/or useless watch related item out there?

[WatchScout]

Is this it?

[ASK3L]

Got to be watch Forums :lol:

[WatchScout]

Find a more tangible item - you do not get off that easy :lol:

[PhiloStan]

I would love to have a cool-looking pen like that.

On the other hand, I found a pretty useful watch related item:
A smartphone by Ulysse Nardin: http://www.luxurylaunches.com/gadgets/u ... luxury.php

[gray]

I have an Omega branded money clip :roll:

[Fas]

That pen actually looks quite interesting, any more details?

[seikopath]

any 'stealth' model

[.olli.]

Watch winders!

[yonsson]

Watch winders!

I was just about to say the same thing.

[andy tims]

Watch winders!

I was just about to say the same thing.

+ 2

[Seb d]

[quote=andy tims]

Watch winders!

I was just about to say the same thing.

+ 2[/quote:3lgaf65o]

Got to disagree - when I go on holiday and take one of my travel watches or am away on business for a few days, I like to keep my daily wearer sitting on my £20 winder so it's ready to go when I get back.

[WatchScout]

Your watch will still be ready for you, regardless of you not using it for a couple of days. you just need to set it :lol:

Winders are indeed pointless and put needless wear on your watch.

[Richie_101]

"Like the watch, the fragrance conveys the essence of the wearer’s personality. Just as there is a subtle complicity between the watch and its owner, there is an understated bond between a man and the fragrance he chooses.

Like the watch, the fragrance is in direct contact with his skin. His watch is the first accessory he puts on in the morning and the last one he takes off at night (if, indeed, he takes it off). He also puts his fragrance on before he leaves the house in the morning and it will be an intimate expression of his personality throughout the day.

Like the watch, the fragrance is made in Switzerland.

Master perfumer Alberto Morillas, the legendary “nose” behind some of the world’s most successful perfumes for women and men, was asked to create a fragrance which would express the essence of OMEGA: authenticity, substance and innovation. It also needed to project the qualities which characterize OMEGA’s customers: courage, self-confidence and independence."

Sorry, but... :bs:

[WatchScout]

any 'stealth' model

Okay, as a concept, they seem silly; why go out of your way to tone DOWN a watch dial, I will give you that. But I do not quite agree. While some "Stealth" watches are close to useless, the Ocean7 Shadow and the Lum Tec Series C (Stealth version - there are other versions) are actually quite legible (if legibility or lack there of is what makes you think, that they are useless/pointless).

As opposed to the LumZilla, which is silly sized, the Series C are 38mm. I am looking forward to hearing what makes them tick.

[Andyg]

I have a Rolex paper weight

Andy

[Chris_in_the_UK]

I once had a Rolex Dealer 'Point of Sale' folder (POS - lol!) which I thought would be great, but it was an expensive folder full of stuff I already knew

[Omegary]

I've got an Omegamania pen somewhere. I'm hoping that one day it'll reach the same heady heights as the watches sold at the auction :lol:

Cheers,
Gary

[yonsson]

I like to keep my daily wearer sitting on my £20 winder so it's ready to go when I get back.

Your daily watch should be on your wrist. That's what makes it your daily. :wink:

Most pointless is this one, or an equivalent piece of clothing that screams: please look at my wrist. I bought an expensive watch so you would think I'm an interesting guy, but in reality I'm insecure and I have a really small p**is. -And yes, that's my SUV parked outside.

[theoriginaldigger]

This case opening tool is completely useless - or is it me - either way I'm not going to get the back off that watch without knackering it .....................



any suggestions .............

Digger

[tabula rasa]

Watch box?!? :lol:

[WatchScout]

Folders, paper weights and perfume - must admit, they sound pretty useless/pointless to me :lol:

[Seb d]

I like to keep my daily wearer sitting on my £20 winder so it's ready to go when I get back.

Your daily watch should be on your wrist. That's what makes it your daily. :wink:

Well it's my daily watch when on home soil, but I take different ones travelling :)

[WatchScout]

This case opening tool is completely useless - or is it me - either way I'm not going to get the back off that watch without knackering it .....................



any suggestions .............

Digger

I have the exact same looking case back tool but in the cheapest version possible. To my great surprise, I have removed several case backs WITHOUT leaving any marks.

I have how ever, not quite worked up the nerve to use it on expensive watches.

[ASK3L]

OH, just remembered i have a Rolex golf tee pouch!

[horrovac]

[quote=Richie_101]

"Like the watch, the fragrance conveys the essence of the wearer’s personality. Just as there is a subtle complicity between the watch and its owner, there is an understated bond between a man and the fragrance he chooses.

Like the watch, the fragrance is in direct contact with his skin. His watch is the first accessory he puts on in the morning and the last one he takes off at night (if, indeed, he takes it off). He also puts his fragrance on before he leaves the house in the morning and it will be an intimate expression of his personality throughout the day.

Like the watch, the fragrance is made in Switzerland.

Master perfumer Alberto Morillas, the legendary “nose” behind some of the world’s most successful perfumes for women and men, was asked to create a fragrance which would express the essence of OMEGA: authenticity, substance and innovation. It also needed to project the qualities which characterize OMEGA’s customers: courage, self-confidence and independence."

Sorry, but... :bs:[/quote:dfj93iae]

Bloody hell, that could put you right off Omega.

[th0m]

I have some leather business card holder (at least I think that's what it is) from JLC in a drawer somewhere that I've never even used. I think I won it in a raffle many years ago.

Maybe someday I'll be important enough to have a need for business cards...

[abraxas]

[quote=andy tims]

Watch winders!

I was just about to say the same thing.

+ 2[/quote:gwugwkls]

+3

I call them wife f**ckers. Those who do the wife when you can't be bothered to do her yourself. :twisted: :twisted:

john

[WatchScout]

:twisted: Agreed. Dislike winders :D

Why anybody would do that to their watches is beyond me ...

[europa]

Any TAG Heuer mobile phone :roll:

[halfscrew]

Rolex anchor. In reality just another bit of tat.

[TakesALickin]

A friend sent me some Rolex branded "handling gloves" (I don't even own a Rolex). As a concept about the goofiest thing I can think of - as if this stainless steel watch is so precious it shouldn't be sullied with your finger oil.

[gray]

I've owned several deluxe Rolex Tea Spoons and a "very rare and desirable" Bucherer one too :-)

[seikopath]

A friend sent me some Rolex branded "handling gloves" (I don't even own a Rolex). As a concept about the goofiest thing I can think of - as if this stainless steel watch is so precious it shouldn't be sullied with your finger oil.

or indeed, heaven forbid, unbranded gloves

[Neil.C]

I have loads of watch paraphenalia here and I'll pick up anything I see of interest.

If you collect watches it is just an interesting sideline, have you ever seen Jockes museum? :wink:

Judging by how quickly my Rolex stuff goes out the door on SC there are fair few fanciers on here too. :)



I agree on watchwinders though....stupid.

[markl]

Rolex anchor. In reality just another bit of tat.

+ 1

[spluurfg]

I dunno, a watch-related pen can still write, a paperweight still holds down papers, and a cap still covers your forehead from the sun. Those Rolex anchors, however... far too small to meaningfully anchor any boat.

[Murdoc]

To all those who don't like watch winders, how about a manually wound watch winder?

Yes, it's a manually wound watch winder for manually wound watches :idea:



http://www.luxist.com/2009/05/07/irony- ... wn-winder/

[europa]

To all those who don't like watch winders, how about a manually wound watch winder?

Yes, it's a manually wound watch winder for manually wound watches :idea:



http://www.luxist.com/2009/05/07/irony- ... wn-winder/

We have a winner !!

[TakesALickin]

To all those who don't like watch winders, how about a manually wound watch winder?

Yes, it's a manually wound watch winder for manually wound watches :idea:



http://www.luxist.com/2009/05/07/irony- ... wn-winder/

We have a winner !!

Yeah, I throw in the towel. Can't beat that for sheer idiocy.

[bobbymonks]

Winders are indeed pointless and put needless wear on your watch.

I have to agree, except for they're not and they don't

[horrovac]

We have a winner !!

Yeah, I throw in the towel. Can't beat that for sheer idiocy.

That said, watchmakers do use a device to wind hand wound watches - a kind of grip or pen vice that grips the crown and lets you wind by rotating the shaft. I can't see a lot of point therein, but it seems to be rather common and thus probably useful.

[toastie]

Could be helpfull if you had a disability or injury I would have thought?

[minimadgriff]

Your watch will still be ready for you, regardless of you not using it for a couple of days. you just need to set it :lol:

Winders are indeed pointless and put needless wear on your watch.

I thought I read somewhere that it causes problems if they are left unwound? Or is that a whole other thread?

[horrovac]

We have a winner !!

Yeah, I throw in the towel. Can't beat that for sheer idiocy.

That said, watchmakers do use a device to wind hand wound watches - a kind of grip or pen vice that grips the crown and lets you wind by rotating the shaft. I can't see a lot of point therein, but it seems to be rather common and thus probably useful.

I'm guessing that it maybe prevents overwinding?

:lol:

If you wind a lot of watches it will hurt your fingers, a shaft is easier to turn then a crown. However I would not have thought that a watchmaker winds enough watches a day as to make a difference.

[horrovac]

Your watch will still be ready for you, regardless of you not using it for a couple of days. you just need to set it :lol:

Winders are indeed pointless and put needless wear on your watch.

I thought I read somewhere that it causes problems if they are left unwound?

It does not, that's a myth.

[WatchScout]

Your watch will still be ready for you, regardless of you not using it for a couple of days. you just need to set it :lol:

Winders are indeed pointless and put needless wear on your watch.

I thought I read somewhere that it causes problems if they are left unwound? Or is that a whole other thread?

Nah, leaving watches unwound should not cause a problem.

....or rather I hope not, as I have had several watches, that I only occasionally use and no winder :lol:

Seriously, none of them ever developed a problem due to being left unwound.

Watch winders are abominations.

[minimadgriff]

I got a watch winder last weekend and sit one of my Seiko's in it. Is nice going to put it in and not having to set it.

[horrovac]

I got a watch winder last weekend and sit one of my Seiko's in it. Is nice going to put it in and not having to set it.

Yes, there is a legitimate use for them - if you wear a watch occasionally but don't want to set it each time you pick it up. The myth is that you need a winder to keep your watch from deteriorating because it is supposedly being damaged by standing still. It even sounds silly :)

[100thmonkey]

Branded Watch Stands

Right up there with Rolex Diarys & Breitling Baseball Caps

[theoriginaldigger]

This case opening tool is completely useless - or is it me - either way I'm not going to get the back off that watch without knackering it .....................



any suggestions .............

Digger

To make that work effectively you really could do with a watch and movement holder, something like this:

Many thanks I will give that a go.

Digger