I saw a beat up 62MAS from one of the other members and it an allure to it. I wear a watch constantly but switch out daily and they have very few marks on them. It makes feel like I’m babying them…. Let’s see those hard working, hard playing “beaters”!
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Here's a Casio TGW-100 from 1991. It's not even a G-Shock. I just put a new battery in it yesterday (pic was taken a while ago).
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This watch was an impulse buy in the checkout lane at the grocery store. It cost $6.00 new. I think Xventure is a rebranded Skmei, as I've seen Skmei with this exact case shape, although not in this color or with this display.
This is a comfortable watch with a very bright, colorful and legible display. I've replaced the strap once, after the original blue silicone strap got brittle and broke. The new strap cost quite a bit more than the entire watch had cost. I've also replaced the battery several times, at very long intervals like 7-8 years.
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This watch was an impulse buy in the checkout lane at the grocery store. It cost $6.00 new. I think Xventure is a rebranded Skmei, as I've seen Skmei with this exact case shape, although not in this color or with this display.
This is a comfortable watch with a very bright, colorful and legible display. I've replaced the strap once, after the original blue silicone strap got brittle and broke. The new strap cost quite a bit more than the entire watch had cost. I've also replaced the battery several times, at very long intervals like 7-8 years.
Mine is a G100. The same size as the Baby G but isn't a Baby G.
The case cover has rotted to crumbles. Quit wearing it about 8 years ago.
I won't go into the era of my life I wore it but it's been through it all. Now it sits, asleep, in a glass cabinet. I won't take pictures because they never comes out right. Very private watch.
The case cover has rotted to crumbles. Quit wearing it about 8 years ago.
I won't go into the era of my life I wore it but it's been through it all. Now it sits, asleep, in a glass cabinet. I won't take pictures because they never comes out right. Very private watch.
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I didn’t show my beater. Three be oken watches thrown together. The one I wear when in the shop. Oil filled. Not a Citizen.
my best beater was a Timex Expedition. The cost of changing the strap and the battery after 2 years was more than the cost of buying a new watch.
I think my last Expedition before this one is at the bottom of the Mediterranean. I went cliff jumping with it on, and it wasn't on my wrist when I climbed back up the cliff....
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I think my last Expedition before this one is at the bottom of the Mediterranean. I went cliff jumping with it on, and it wasn't on my wrist when I climbed back up the cliff....
These two (left) were GADA for 20 years each. The third is the new GADA, but its hardened sub steel – so far no marks on it.
Somehow I managed to scratch the sapphire on the Bulova on the left. The bands and bezels certainly show the wear and tear
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Somehow I managed to scratch the sapphire on the Bulova on the left. The bands and bezels certainly show the wear and tear
My cheapy old Fossil. If it could only talk, there would be tears and a listening therapist. Replaced the band a few times already including just recently.
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in need of a service, so I’m not wearing it currently… but this gold plated Seiko has become a bronze(ish) Seiko.
this Timex was my daily watch for a long time until it took some road rash. I put in a drawer and pulled back out an old quartz Invicta to wear for a while, until it fogged up.
Then I decided to buy a "real" watch and ended up with one of the new Seiko 5s and started down the wus rabbit hole. The Timex became a beater for painting and other house projects.
The watch in my avatar. I'm not close to my laptop where I can re-upload the pic. I will as soon as I can. It's a Seiko BFK. Someone in a similar thread several years ago asked me if I had used it as a break pad! Lol! Nope. Just wore it every day for about 10 years and didn't baby it. And one motorcycle wreck too.
not a beater, It’s a really nice watch. Also happens to be built like a tank, so I have no hesitation to wear it anywhere. This one has earned a spot in the permanent collection.
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Not sure this watch qualifies as a beater watch, but it was certainly beaten. Honestly, it was very much loved by six-year-old me. It was the first watch I wore, while patiently waiting for my mom to decide it was OK for me to wear my grandfather’s Wittnauer. At 36mm, it must have looked huge on my six-year-old wrist!
I loved the watch so much, I purchased a few others on ebay that are running, for those times I’m feeling nostalgic. It is the watch that gets the most comments and compliments, even though it’s a cheap, no jewel watch.
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The original on top, the functional duplicate below it. Dig that groovy suede strap, man!
I loved the watch so much, I purchased a few others on ebay that are running, for those times I’m feeling nostalgic. It is the watch that gets the most comments and compliments, even though it’s a cheap, no jewel watch.
The original on top, the functional duplicate below it. Dig that groovy suede strap, man!
I'm not a child, so I know where my limbs are and therefore don't bang my watch into things all day long. I also remove a watch before going into a trona mine. So I don't have wear on any watch, even beaters.
But here's a watch that I've literly worn while running and cycling more than the distance around the world (30,905 miles as of today). That's about as beat up as it comes for me.
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But here's a watch that I've literly worn while running and cycling more than the distance around the world (30,905 miles as of today). That's about as beat up as it comes for me.
It's my Citizen monocoque I bought in South Africa in 2008. Has not had a battery replacement and isn't terribly beaten up because I don't do manual work, although I have worn it gardening and doing woodwork. It's only now beginning to lose time and the perpetual date setting has been a pain in the butt ever since I bought it, but I do like the watch. It's one of my favourites. I made the paracord strap for it.
I hate to say this, but my BB58.
Before I seriously got into watches, it would've been one of my (no-longer with the living) Invicta Pro-Divers. Both of them were abused (and TBH, handled the abuse rather well). One of them broke [drunken night out, got shattered and the mainspring got bent to hell and back], and I dissected it to learn more about movements; the other one disappeared from the face of the earth, lost it about 5-6 years ago, no idea where the hell it is.
Been meaning to get some kind of inexpensive g-shock or other watch to use it when working on cars or with tools.
Before I seriously got into watches, it would've been one of my (no-longer with the living) Invicta Pro-Divers. Both of them were abused (and TBH, handled the abuse rather well). One of them broke [drunken night out, got shattered and the mainspring got bent to hell and back], and I dissected it to learn more about movements; the other one disappeared from the face of the earth, lost it about 5-6 years ago, no idea where the hell it is.
Been meaning to get some kind of inexpensive g-shock or other watch to use it when working on cars or with tools.
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