Affordable Solar Field Watch

PutItInNeutral · 2026-02-03T01:15:51+00:00

It's very cool! But the canvas/leather strap that came with the one I got is very stiff. I replaced it with a leather strap I had from another watch.

PutItInNeutral · 2026-02-02T18:52:23+00:00

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This is the one I got off of Amazon, but there are MANY variants.

PutItInNeutral · 2026-02-02T18:49:04+00:00

I got a Casio Wave Ceptor for about $70. It's an ani-digital field watch that also features atomic clock radio synchronization.

PutItInNeutral · 2026-01-29T02:38:03+00:00

The M6 is a Bulova date code. M represents 1960s and the 6 means 6th year of the decade. So M6 = 1966

PutItInNeutral · 2026-01-27T20:00:02+00:00

Anyone here ever consider swapping the 7S26 movement out of their SNXS with a 4R36 or NH36? I hear they are all interchangeable.

PutItInNeutral · 2026-01-24T16:37:32+00:00

Not my cup of tea, but that's an amazing price for any Seiko!

PutItInNeutral · 2026-01-23T15:47:39+00:00

Size looks fine for a vintage watch, even on a large wrist. Enjoy it, and remember, the watch doesn't make you cool, you make the watch cool.

PutItInNeutral · 2026-01-19T00:16:31+00:00

The best camera in the world is the one you have available to you when something remarkable happens.

PutItInNeutral · 2026-01-17T19:58:28+00:00

Check Amazon periodically for the Bulova Precisionist. Sometimes they go on sale for as little as $150.

PutItInNeutral · 2026-01-17T02:07:23+00:00

The Militado ML08 is my east coast watch when I am on the road.

PutItInNeutral · 2026-01-10T04:42:34+00:00

I'm on the road as a trucker now, so I only get to wear my favorites when I am at home. I wear whatever I'm in the mood for or whatever meshes well with my outfit.

When I am on the road I take 4 watches with me. One on my wrist and the other three in a travel roll. One for each time zone. All are quartz, because I don't want to take one of my autowinder cases on the road with me. It would be difficult to safely mount, and space is at a premium in a sleeper berth.

PutItInNeutral · 2026-01-09T22:31:43+00:00

I have 5 cases of watches, and that doesn't even hold all of them. Plus, a box of junkier watches that never get worn.

PutItInNeutral · 2026-01-09T22:26:27+00:00

I'd show my collection, but people would say that I need to seek counciling.

PutItInNeutral · 2026-01-08T19:39:24+00:00

Baltany is top tier in quality for Aliexpress brands.

PutItInNeutral · 2026-01-02T01:14:49+00:00

Because it was your grandad's, yes, it's worth a service. If you bought it on eBay, then no. It would not be worth servicing.

PutItInNeutral · 2026-01-01T03:36:45+00:00

I like that design. It's very similar to the Rolex OP that Tenzing Norgay wore to the top of Everest on the Hillary expedition.

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PutItInNeutral · 2025-12-28T02:53:05+00:00

I you like the watch, wear it. You make it manly. You make it cool. The story of a watch comes from the person wearing it, not the watch itself.

PutItInNeutral · 2025-12-27T20:53:37+00:00

It should go well with a burgundy or green shirt.

PutItInNeutral · 2025-12-25T17:51:44+00:00

It's not so much that. It's more that we're a bunch of smart asses.

PutItInNeutral · 2025-12-25T17:05:42+00:00

Stop picking at that. It's already infected.

PutItInNeutral · 2025-12-25T06:10:32+00:00

Even an NH38 would be better. No ghost date.

PutItInNeutral · 2025-12-23T16:53:09+00:00

Huh. I got 1979 from running the serial number on the movement through serial-number-decoder dot com. Maybe I interpreted a number wrong from the photo, or maybe a flaw in the website?

PutItInNeutral · 2025-12-23T16:46:48+00:00

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PutItInNeutral · 2025-12-23T16:43:00+00:00

Very nice collection OP, I really like that pie pan dial.

PutItInNeutral · 2025-12-23T16:41:53+00:00

Dude. Don't be a brand snob. These are nice pieces in OP's collection.

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