Let’s see your watch. What’s the story behind it?

[Mike Schoby]

Rolex Explorer II

 

[Omega Watch Guy]

THE Omega SMP 300M. I got it on the rubber strap, but the OEM Rubber Strap is showing wear, so I swapped it over to a Forstner 3 link flat bracelet. Always buy the OEM bracelet!

 

[fuchsmatt]

I tend to change my watches like I change my socks, but usually have a Longines Hydroconquest on when traveling or one of my Sangins on as a daily driver.

 

[demetrius.tex98]

I would have to say the winfield is thus far my favorite watch. I came upon it accidently when they were making Civil Affairs marked watches and snagged it to mark moving over from combat arms to a new realm. So far she's seen many offices and my old uni though lately she saw some fun while working in New Mexico and survived a decent coating of fuel and airbag dust responding to a semi wreck while off duty. Gotta admit wasn't a bad pick for around $500 and survived well in the desert.

 

[sullifrog166]

RESCO Patriot. First run of watches built by a former SEAL Teammate.

 

[evh1evh1]

Hook & Gaff Field Edition. Simple and rugged. Dive rubber watch band will not hold sweat and fish odors and smell like your crotch. They are out of Charleston SC and have a nice selection. Note, the watch movement knob is located correctly unlike most other watches. It’s on the left side of the face so when you bend your wrist, it doesn’t bind or pinch or grab hairs. Thoughtful. Great clasp on the band too. Never comes unlatched till you want it to.

 

[aenglehardt1]

Rolex Explorer II View attachment 237View attachment 238

I like the look of that explorer II, have you found the stainless link band holds up better/more comfortable than a cheap NATO band that can be changed out?

 

[csmcclain]

One of the two Seamasters I own, but the other one is a vintage dress watch. As my son grows up, I want him to see it as a watch that is very special to me before I give it to him. Unsure why, but I snapped this picture of it when I took him of his first “duck hunt” (shooting woodies in a slough) last week.

 

[drewmrigsby]

Beat up SKX009

 

[s.a.stassi1811]

Current everyday is my Garmin Delta Tactix w/ applied ballistics. A gift from work as it has been great to have my long range data available at any second on my wrist. It’s been all across the country, most notably on the roof top of the US Capitol during some presidential inaugurations.

However, I look forward to swapping it out for our unit Tudor & Sangin coming in 2026..more to follow.

 

[dadeutsch]

Rolex Datejust. Wife bought it for me when I hit 30 years in Education.

 

[deadeyejunior]

Marathon GSAR, one of the best bang for the buck bombproof watches in my opinion.

 

[kleinermatthew]

Mine is a Filson Mackinaw Field watch chronograph. Strap I made out of cordovan years ago. I managed at Filson for a few years and when the watches first came out, the company gave all employees one. Subsequently, I secured the most presale out of anyone in the company in part due to the bonus promised, though I moved n and am still waiting for that bonus lol .

 

[mharmon756]

Mine is a Tudor Pelagos LHD I bought last year on a layover in Frankfurt. It’s been diving, crossed the Huayhuash mountain range in Peru, the Greenland ice sheet (in the picture), and in the control room for a lot of test flights in the Mojave desert.

 

[emerituslandscaping]

1999 Rolex Submariner no date. Bought it when my son was born. It will be his one day which is good since it is currently being repaired from him borrowing it and falling off a rent a scooter in downtown Denver at my daughter’s wedding. As my father would say “ Son you could fuck up a steel ball”

 

[jeff]

Ocean of Storms

A Blancpain X Swatch collaboration honoring the “original” dive watch. Bioceramic case, Sistem51 mechanical movement. Only 51 parts make up the movement using a single, central screw. Pictured with a Crown & Buckle Bond strap.

I bought this in Scotland on our anniversary trip. A real Blancpain Fifty Fathoms is way, way out of my budget. I’m an affordable watch guy.

 

[adam.d.windler]

I’m a slut for GMT’s

 

[larrabeeknives]

Recently picked up this Tudor BB58 gmt, other main watch is the seamaster 300 in my main pic.

 

[jwdepenning]

Sea Dweller this week in the Alps. Putting the extension to use not as intended, but equally effective. A proper beater, and something a little more niche than the beloved sub, plus if I ever find myself saturation diving I’m golden….

Tight lines, hot barrels and full glasses gentleman.

 

[peytonaukland39]

Likely the cheapest watch that’ll be posted here and one of the cheaper ones I’ll ever own, but you’d have to kill me to ever take it from me. My grandfather wore this beat-to-hell old Seiko everywhere. Hunting in Wyoming and Montana, fishing the salmon run in Washington, taking me to the gun range for the first time. This watch has witnessed it all. It’s also The last watch he wore before he passed from cancer last summer. I have now taken it on many a trip and it’s earned many new scratches and dents. I hope I can build half the list of stories with this watch that he did and tell them all to my own son if I am ever blessed with one. That’s what the old man would’ve wanted.