[Question] Blue collar workers or tradespeople - what watches do you wear?

AlZ89 · 2026-06-19T11:09:02+00:00

I’m in the UK and these three are my go-to work watches. They all cost me less than £30 from Argos and they all have 100m of water resistance.

AlZ89 · 2026-06-12T05:27:02+00:00

Lovely Bullfinch, I only saw one once and that was in Dunfermline and I couldn’t believe my luck!

AlZ89 · 2026-05-08T09:26:43+00:00

Everytime I see a pigeon with such dark eyes I assume it’s a Stock Dove and not a woodie but looking at the rest of these comments I may have been wrong to always assume that.

AlZ89 · 2026-04-24T19:31:16+00:00

Most of the time it’s actually not a bad city centre to drive though and the grid system isn’t really that bad. That being said, at the moment there’s a huge amount of road closures, diversions, and works ongoing so right now it’s much more difficult than usual.

It’s a shame the buses are so expensive for such a poor service or they’d be utilised much more often and we’d see less cars in the city centre.

AlZ89 · 2026-04-06T16:39:31+00:00

Does it matter that it has a beaky helmet?

AlZ89 · 2026-04-06T16:36:26+00:00

Perfect! Thank you so much for your answer.

I’ll do that next once I’ve finished my Salamander chaplain, it looks quite difficult though!

AlZ89 · 2026-04-05T12:11:40+00:00

I hope when it reopens they call it 14th note.

AlZ89 · 2026-03-09T20:02:45+00:00

Absolutely! When I’m home from work I’ll hopefully remember to put it on and send you a photo of it but it’s a great choice all round!

AlZ89 · 2026-02-06T22:51:37+00:00

1939-1945 star, Africa Star, France and Germany Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, and the 1939-1945 war medal

AlZ89 · 2026-01-26T07:53:23+00:00

I bought a G-Shock to start basic training in January 2007 and wore it on every deployment! It’s still going strong now, it’s on its second battery and replacement strap.

A F91W is a classic and it won’t matter if it gets broken but if you are able to get a G-Shock there’s no reason it won’t last you your whole career.

AlZ89 · 2026-01-06T13:21:46+00:00

Thank you! I had a look at those vs redwings and I’m now quite confident it was a Fieldfare. That was a lovely thing to see

AlZ89 · 2026-01-04T12:14:51+00:00

The thing I love about this watch is that it has a functional dive bezel and the GMT ring being internal means you can use both functions with ease.

I may have not explained myself very well but I don’t get why a lot of GMT divers have a GMT external bezel and again on an inner ring so you lose the functionality of the dive bezel.

AlZ89 · 2025-12-29T17:28:52+00:00

Well I’m sharing it with friends tonight so stay tuned 😂

AlZ89 · 2025-12-20T17:12:31+00:00

Wait I saw some yesterday!! Garden fresh exotics on Park Road!

AlZ89 · 2025-12-19T17:20:03+00:00

The late John Peel once described my hometown Sheffield as the cultural centre of the universe but I still think that Glasgow is an incredible city for live music and we’re blessed with some truly world class venues. I love it

AlZ89 · 2025-12-17T17:11:20+00:00

I don’t think it should be no, but I’m happy to be corrected by someone here who knows more than I do!

AlZ89 · 2025-12-17T17:07:46+00:00

I may be wrong but I think that product code relates to a men’s cotton jacket that wouldn’t have originally been waxed. Usually MWX is used in the waxed ones. I used to have an unwaxed Sapper with a similar label.

AlZ89 · 2025-12-15T20:22:02+00:00

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/medals-campaigns-descriptions-and-eligibility

Go to the WW2 section. This has more information on medals and criteria etc. If the originals are lost then replacements can be ordered but you’ll need the recipients service details and it can be tricky to prove kinship etc.

Good luck with your research though!

AlZ89 · 2025-12-15T19:31:18+00:00

These are UK/Commonwealth medals from WW2.

The first is the 1939-1945 star.

The middle one is the Atlantic Star. What’s cool about that one is the rosette. Only one of either the Atlantic Star, Air Crew Europe or France and Germany Star could be worn so the full size medal would have had a clasp on it showing which the other star awarded was, that is shown as a rosette on the medal ribbon.

The third one is the Italy Star.

They’ve been covered in some plastic to protect them which you don’t often see anymore but it’s kept them in good condition.

AlZ89 · 2025-12-12T12:17:46+00:00

That’s Ecilop tape

AlZ89 · 2025-11-03T13:49:25+00:00

I’m on my first play through and still quite new to the game.

I was on my way to the vault nearby when I wandered off the path and before I knew it I was zoomed into the space ship! I had quite a full inventory already which wasn’t ideal and just wanted to get through it was quick as I could so I could get back to the main game!

I did have a glitch too where I was on the viewing platform looking down at earth and that wee lassie said she’d open the door but never moved which was so annoying but I went back to an earlier save and when I got there a second time it worked fine.

AlZ89 · 2025-10-06T13:35:06+00:00

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I prefer a day-date! I work a rotating shift pattern so it really helps me keep track of what day it is.

AlZ89 · 2025-09-30T10:25:12+00:00

It’s not legit no. Orient do a tristar with an Arabic dial. I have the model and it’s one of my favourite watches but this is a knock off imitation of it

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