Adidas Duramo ADP6034 Digital Watch

Christmas is just round the corner, hoping to find a gift for myself.  The day before purchase I was in department selling men's apparel. There I saw a few brand. One of them, Adidas. At the same time I scan for prices. RM149 the lowest for men's digital wristwatch. Others cost more than RM200. The next logical step I have taken is to browse the internet. Trying to find other models that would be low in price too. At the same time checking on the design. I was not looking for a many functions on a digital wristwatch. Mainly for it to tell me time. And it must be in reverse color. Mean the numbers are lighter color and background is black. There are 2 model caught my interest. Nike+ GPS watch and Phosphor e-Ink digital. But these watches are expensive to me. What I like about these watches is the way the numbers are displayed. There is no lines within a number.

So on the purchasing day. I was hoping a Christmas gift from my wife. Was windows shopping to check various model available. And I met the same RM149 digital wristwatch by Adidas. Get the salesman to let me try it out on my wrist with few others Adidas model. And found I like this one not only for the lowest price but it also fitted my wrist well. The rest is history.

A box with brand logo and a manual. Just a simple box, which I have already stowed it away in the store room.

Adidas and it's logo printed in white just outside the digital box. This model is having the reversed display. Only get to see the numbers from near. On the face, I get to see time, day and date. Which is  sufficient for me.

 The 3 lines on the strap is as per Adidas logo. There are same design watches from Adidas with the 3 lines in different colours.

Side view of the wristwatch. As can be seen the straps are angled downward in 90 degree. This has gave me the comfortable fitting on my wrist. Other models I have tried on my wrist, making the wristwatches look big with gaps on both sides. This is a plus point for me. Not sure how it will fit on other people wrist.

 On end of the strap, Adidas logo is imprinted on it. The strap has 3 rows of holes but only the centre is used for buckling.

On the buckle, Adidas logo is imprinted on it too.

At the back is where the most alphabets and numbers are found. Not sure where this one is made.

On my wrist, it looks like a black straps. Or a wrist band from far.

Finally got one digital wristwatch besides my mechanical ones. Mainly to tell me time. Other functions on the wristwatch will stay in the wristwatch, except for the button for brightening the numbers, to view in  the dark. Oh, I like the lights too, it is in blue instead of yellowy white. wish it does not have the white imprints in the digital box. Maybe the white imprints can be placed on the side of the buttons. The numbers are big enough for me to see. As I am getting older, the eyes are deteriorating in quality vision.

There maybe other cheaper ones, but this one appeals to me more as of the price and design. Hope to see some same price range of wristwatches but with a smooth number displayed instead of being divided as sticks, or boxes and traingles. This is for the future, when I am looking for a replacement.

Merry Christmas !

Minorva 1898 Automatic Mechanical wristwatch

This one time piece is tracking second, minute, hour, date, day, and month. I have not own one with a month tracking in a wrist watch.

It is given a name MINORVA with year 1898 written on it. Not sure if it is meant to tell that MINORVA was around since that year. On the dial, 4 circles is displayed. One with a window to show the moving parts, where a second hand is place on it. The hand that point to months is operated manually via a given button at the side. Something I can live with. The circle at 12, has 3 hands. A pair hands for second timing, hence dual time, together with date hand.

Automatic, can be seen via a window at the back of the wristwatch. Blue screws are used. It even printed some words on the surrounding the window.

There goes the 2 buttons on right side. One for the month and the other one for the dates. The crown is shaped to display a classic look.

On the left side, one button for the day. When I got this wristwatch, it is didn't come with a tool to push those buttons. So I used a ballpoint pen to push the buttons.

Buckle, with a wide holes pin. A choice of mine.

Not sure if this is my last piece of wristwatch. Most likely not. So am waiting for something different to move me in forking out the dough.

50mm PARNIS watch

I just can't recalled what pushed me to go bidding again. I was in eBay and seen a watch

then I realized I was putting my price for the wristwatch. The best thing is that I started only when there was about 3 hours left for bidding the wristwatch. Now I know why I started the bidding. Actually I wanted a wristwatch with diameter of 50mm. It is huge on my wrist. The one watch I don't have in my collection.

In the past, I never got myself to commit on it. So made a move, now got it. It has a good finishing. Actually I am amazed with what I see.

Just love the way it look.

Ingersoll

This one is a manual winding with stopwatch function by Ingersoll. Illuminated in green. The first time I saw this, I immediately turn the watch over to see the back of it. Yes! This is what I am looking for! And it came in a hefty price for not known watch. Maybe it is catching up or should I say it may make a name in future. Anyway, I might as well enjoy it, since I have owned it.

The second shot is the back of the watch. The mechanism can be viewed. This mechanism displayed is for the stop watch.

BUZZ B8010

I was hunting for watches to collect. Been to internet and discovered some very low price watch that functioned similar as those made in Swiss. The last I was banking on a Russian made watch, which has 24 hours dial. Found some at Red Army in Pavilion and Tropicana City. But the design was not to my liking.

On net, found Alpha watches made in Hong Kong. They are priced to my capability to purchase. Next was hoping for it to appeared in Klang Valley. So Sungai Wang was my first target. Found something in Bukit Bintang as per the picture above. But in gold color. Too bad gold is not a color I like.

At the same time a colleague was looking for a watch on his wrist. This is where I poisoned him with mechanical watches instead of quartz. Then he agreed to tag along to see the choices of mechanical watches. That is when I discovered the stainless steel color of the same model. So I bought one. I was really gaga over it. As the price is something I can afford compared to a Swiss made one. So here me go sharing with you the photos I have taken.

This is my fourth mechanical watches. A hand winding is required in order for the time piece to work. If forgotten, it will sleep until the next energy is put into it. And this is my first hand winding watch, as the first 3 are automatic winding watches.

Brand: BUZZ

Model: B8010

From: Germany

Purchase at: Million Precision Time, Lot 10, KL

Price at: RM958.00

Seagull - my new wrist watch

The un-open box, it is made of wood. The finishing is glossy, gave the feel of high quality. But this top half of the box does not aligned with the bottom half. It is on purpose so that the box can be opened?

In side the box, a manual in chinese and a wooden pin is provided. The wooden pin is to adjust the date. My surprise is, this is provided in a China Made watch but not in a Swiss Made watch that I purchased for my wife few years back. This shows the manufacturer of Seagull is particular. Definitely makes me look highly on this watch.
There goes the button to adjust the date. This is where the wodden pin is used.






The back of the watch is a see-through, where the rotor is displayed with other gears. The model of the watch is printed on the glass. Four screws are used to hold the back cover. This is my first time seeing this way of locking the back cover on a automatic watch.

On the crown, there is a letter "S" lightly embosed. The leather straps are hold by screws on both sides.

On the dial, arabic numeral is used. It is black and flat, it seems to be placed on the dial surface. The dial surface have little pyramids as pattern. Retrograde date, power reserve and a flywheel. I have been eyeing on this watch for some time. At last I have it with me. And the best part, it is presented to me.

My collection

I have been crazy about time piece for sometime. Above is my new addition. With it's low price, and quality finishing, I am glad I am one of the owner. This watch is mechanical, no battery is required but it relies on human energy. The watch is skeletonised, where most of the mechanical parts can be viewed. The box looks like it is made of wood, actually it is something hard but not wood, more like a plastic. Looking at the box, I was surprised it look this good. This watch tells time, of course it does, besides that, it tells the date, the day and 24 hours. The brand is printed on the watch. The model is AR100. It is good that in Malaysia have this. I am hoping more watches similar to this is brought into Malaysia too.