Finally! Growing up as a guy pays off...

[Tina_N]

Oh, and Sarah, honey, you mis-spelled "tire". Just thought I'd let you know.<g> Only teasing.

Pssst -- Joni -- Sarah is from Ireland. That's the way they spell it over there.

I don't wear a watch anymore. I got tired of the band acting as an epilator. There was a constant indentation in the skin where the watch would sit, very noticable when I'd take the watch off for the night or when dressing.

I'm tethered to a cell phone anyway and it has a clock.

Works for me....

[TSchapes]

Luxury brands such as Tissot, Rolex, Patek Phillipe and Girard-Perregaux can go into the 6 figures, and some Patek's are over $1 milion USD.

Top of the list on this page (The Watchery) is a Girard for $360K.

As for the self-winding and sitting at a desk all day, my self-winding watch does just fine. It's not an expensive model by any means either.

Thanks Kristi!

I have a Tissot and it's self-winding and I got it while in Swizterland. I'm all for facts and good English, but sheesh.

We have a small jeweler in the town next to us that replaces batteries for free. Doesn't matter what kind of watch. They usually have a donation box for a local that needs help on the counter which I donate too instead of paying for the battery.

But back to the thread! Yea!!!! Guy skills and tool skills - yes - come in handy. My wife calls them "Secret Guy Tools"! I pulled out my dad's Yankee screwdriver one time and she pointed at it and said, "What's That? Is that another one of those 'Secret Guy Tools?' " LOL

-Tracy

[windycissy]

And, I'll bet you did it without even cracking a nail!!!!!

Yep, although I've gotten very adept at fixing broken nails with Krazy Glue, the things we do!

[Deborah Jane]

Imagine her surprise when I asked her if she had any tools...she fumbled around in a drawer and found a box full of miniature screwdrivers, etc and looked on in amazement as the lady in the white skirt and sugar pink top coolly popped off the back of her watch, swapped out the battery and snapped it back together. Finally, growing up as a guy paid off!

OMG.....I saw Sheila change a watch battery yesterday.....Is she hiding something from me?

[Leslie Langford]

Well, it is handy knowing things like how to change a flat or or put a new sparkplug in the lawnmower, but I'd still rather know how to style a wig and have been playing with makeup since I was nine.

Oh, and Sarah, honey, you mis-spelled "tire". Just thought I'd let you know.<g> Only teasing.

Hugs...Joni Mari

That's because she keeps the spare in the boot of her saloon car and only checks the air pressure from time to time when she fills up her tank with petrol.

And really, why can't all people drive on the proper side of the road - especially if it means having to shift gears with your left hand. What's up with that??!!

[Leslie Langford]

We've all bemoaned how we missed out not growing up as little girls, all those wasted years not learning about clothes, ballet and makeup...well, last week my boyhood finally paid off: my pink watch stopped working, so I wore it to Target and asked the lady behind the jewelry counter to put in a new battery. She told me she could sell me one, but they wouldn't take responsibility for putting it in, I'd have to do that at home! Imagine her surprise when I asked her if she had any tools...she fumbled around in a drawer and found a box full of miniature screwdrivers, etc and looked on in amazement as the lady in the white skirt and sugar pink top coolly popped off the back of her watch, swapped out the battery and snapped it back together. Finally, growing up as a guy paid off!

...if you had really wanted to impress her, you could have offered to change her oil, clean out her eaves-troughs, and kill a couple of spiders for her

[Leslie Langford]

Thanks Kristi!

I have a Tissot and it's self-winding and I got it while in Swizterland. I'm all for facts and good English, but sheesh.

We have a small jeweler in the town next to us that replaces batteries for free. Doesn't matter what kind of watch. They usually have a donation box for a local that needs help on the counter which I donate too instead of paying for the battery.

But back to the thread! Yea!!!! Guy skills and tool skills - yes - come in handy. My wife calls them "Secret Guy Tools"! I pulled out my dad's Yankee screwdriver one time and she pointed at it and said, "What's That? Is that another one of those 'Secret Guy Tools?' " LOL

-Tracy

...just like - Oh, never mind...

[sheridan]

yes because as we all know girls/ women never learn any of these sort of skills. We all learn how to bake/clean. Way to enforce the female stereotype. You should get out more often and visit the real world where girls learn how to fix cars/ computers/ etc... Heck I am willing to put down good money that a girl built your little pink watch.

[JaytoJillian]

I cash in daily on man skills:

changing the spark plugs on both cars at home-- $600 saved

changing the oil and filter for both cars at home--$500(est.) a year saved

home brake job on my car-----------------------$400 saved

never ceasing to amaze my SO with my mechanical ability-- priceless

I know she's thinking, "he likes to dress as a woman--how'd he know how to do that?" LoL

[windycissy]

yes because as we all know girls/ women never learn any of these sort of skills. We all learn how to bake/clean. Way to enforce the female stereotype. You should get out more often and visit the real world where girls learn how to fix cars/ computers/ etc... Heck I am willing to put down good money that a girl built your little pink watch.

It's true what you say, like it always amuses me when the Xerox machine gets jammed in the office, the suits expect one of the secretaries to fix it...women seem to be much better at multi-tasking: "I can make a dress out of a feedbag and a man out of you!"

[Hope]

Luxury brands such as Tissot, Rolex, Patek Phillipe and Girard-Perregaux can go into the 6 figures, and some Patek's are over $1 milion USD.

Top of the list on this page (The Watchery) is a Girard for $360K.

As for the self-winding and sitting at a desk all day, my self-winding watch does just fine. It's not an expensive model by any means either.

Yup.

And no one is taking one of those to Target for a new battery.

The reason why the big box stores refuse to change your battery isn't so much the liability issue (though that may be a small part of it) the reason they won't change your battery is because they want you to throw your old "dead" watch away and buy a new one.

[swiss_susan]

Sorry Kiddo but I have to point out that Rolex's have no Battery. They don't even have a whinder. The movement from you body , arm movement whind's the watch. At least all the Rolex's I have seen and heard about.

Ok when it comes to luxury watches ladies listen to the Swiss

Originally Rolex did not make watches but rather imported movements from Switzerland to the UK.

The first Automatic movement created by Rolex came from their factory in La Chaud-de-Fonds in 1931. A fun place to tour if you are ever here in the land of chocolate, cheese and watches.

Since they began to build their own watch movements they have a long history of, Automatic, Mechanical (requires winding), and Quartz models.

The only problem with Rolex is the look, they are just too damn flashy. There are many more quality watchmakers in switzerland who can deliver better quality coupled with a much more tasteful design.

Any who, just my 2 cents