perfectlykevin wrote:Looks like Mr. Higgins has something else in common with Mr. Bond...
http://www.jamesbondwatchphotos.com/201 ... ers-003-2/
No, totally different watch!
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perfectlykevin wrote:Looks like Mr. Higgins has something else in common with Mr. Bond...
http://www.jamesbondwatchphotos.com/201 ... ers-003-2/
Bondtoys.de wrote:perfectlykevin wrote:Looks like Mr. Higgins has something else in common with Mr. Bond...
http://www.jamesbondwatchphotos.com/201 ... ers-003-2/
No, totally different watch!
All that I remember about the digital watch my dad’s friend had in the late 70’s, besides being very impressed by it as a boy, was that he had to push a button to see the time. It was not displayed continuously. I assume this was a battery issue with the new digital technology. I think it was also a dark screen with light numbers, but I’m not certain about that detail.Mad Kudu Buck wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 8:22 pm I think I've mentioned this before, but when Higgins bought his digital watch in the 70's, they were still very high quality, the latest technology and expensive. They weren't the cheap disposable junk of the mid/late 80's or the plastic throwaway trash of the 90's. It's very believable that Higgins would buy an accurate, high-tech digital watch in the 70's.
I recently got a new old stock 1976 digital watch and I'm amazed by the quality. It's solidly built and nicely styled, without the cheap cost-cutting signs of later watches. When I saw the movement, I was stunned - all gold plated contacts on light blue circuit-board. It's beautiful. (I don't know if Higgins' 1977 watch movement looks this nice, but being a '77 Seiko, you'd expect good made-in-Japan quality.)
It's understandable that costs had to come down to make digital watches more accessible to to the general population, but it's a pity that the 70's quality was lost. My point is that not many people know (especially in modern times) that the early digital watches weren't just cheap ordinary boring junk, but the latest in high technology, well made and a welcome change from unreliable (relatively inaccurate) mechanical watches.
I might be detecting some more of this anti-social behavior in your blowing up the bridge comment! Thanks for the details either way.Mad Kudu Buck wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 3:53 amThat would be an LED watch, not LCD. LED used too much battery to remain on constantly so you had to push to see the time. The newer LCD displays used much less power and time could be displayed continually. By the end of the 70's, LED was dead.Pahonu wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 10:40 pm All that I remember about the digital watch my dad’s friend had in the late 70’s, besides being very impressed by it as a boy, was that he had to push a button to see the time. It was not displayed continuously. I assume this was a battery issue with the new digital technology. I think it was also a dark screen with light numbers, but I’m not certain about that detail.
I have a 1977 LED watch (bought new) and I think it's great. I haven't changed the battery yet - and I've had it for over a year. Either the battery problem was exaggerated or modern batteries last much longer.
(Birks was a high-end Canadian jewellery store - probably similar to the American Tiffany's)
It's a great watch for reading the time at night. If I ever need to blow up a bridge (...and occasionally I do...) I'll take this watch, for its accuracy and night time legibility.
What - you've never had to blow up a bridge? Not even one with a train on it? I envy your laid back lifestyle.
Well, you see, I travelled back in time to 1978, bought it and came back. (I could have gone to 1977 to get it, but I wanted to wait for the clearance sale.)
I cross this bridge to go home so I’d be screwed.Mad Kudu Buck wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:44 amWhat - you've never had to blow up a bridge? Not even one with a train on it? I envy your laid back lifestyle.
Well, you see, I travelled back in time to 1978, bought it and came back. (I could have gone to 1977 to get it, but I wanted to wait for the clearance sale.)
Wow, the girl in that 1978 jewellery store was so much nicer than the one in the 2018 store - polite, friendly, knowledgeable and oh so much thinner. (no tattoos or nose piercings either)
I'm with you on the tattoos or nose piercings. I want to vomit every time I see it. I'll never get used to this new "style". Or those huge holes that people make in their ear lobes. Man, that's gross!!!Mad Kudu Buck wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:44 am Wow, the girl in that 1978 jewellery store was so much nicer than the one in the 2018 store - polite, friendly, knowledgeable and oh so much thinner. (no tattoos or nose piercings either)
Come on guys, this is becoming curmudgeon central! Times change, we're getting old, kids these days, yada, yada. Now what are your thoughts on Higgins' watch??IvanTheTerrible wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:32 pmI'm with you on the tattoos or nose piercings. I want to vomit every time I see it. I'll never get used to this new "style". Or those huge holes that people make in their ear lobes. Man, that's gross!!!Mad Kudu Buck wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:44 am Wow, the girl in that 1978 jewellery store was so much nicer than the one in the 2018 store - polite, friendly, knowledgeable and oh so much thinner. (no tattoos or nose piercings either)
I honestly can't understand how people today can just accept this as "normal" behavior. Ok, I understand that the kids and younger generation don't know any better because that's all they know and have been exposed to. But us older generation who grew up when this wasn't a "thing" surely must be more than just a little repulsed by this. I'm talking to a store rep at Lowe's and all I can see is those gigantic gaping holes in the dude's earlobes. Looks like he was tortured or something. I have to look past him as I talk to him because it's so disgusting. I don't even know how they hire someone like that. Shouldn't there be a proper appearance code when showing up for work? Or is this just a part of your identity now so we don't want to discriminate? Man, society is screwed up today. I still remember a time when NBA players didn't have any tattoos on them. Nowadays they're covered with them head to toe. Can't even watch the game anymore.
Ivan, these are the kind of comments about your opinions on society today that get us started in our debates! I won’t make any points on this one particularly, but I think I see a common thread running through all your comments: everything is worse today and it was all better in the past.IvanTheTerrible wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:32 pmI'm with you on the tattoos or nose piercings. I want to vomit every time I see it. I'll never get used to this new "style". Or those huge holes that people make in their ear lobes. Man, that's gross!!!Mad Kudu Buck wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:44 am Wow, the girl in that 1978 jewellery store was so much nicer than the one in the 2018 store - polite, friendly, knowledgeable and oh so much thinner. (no tattoos or nose piercings either)
I honestly can't understand how people today can just accept this as "normal" behavior. Ok, I understand that the kids and younger generation don't know any better because that's all they know and have been exposed to. But us older generation who grew up when this wasn't a "thing" surely must be more than just a little repulsed by this. I'm talking to a store rep at Lowe's and all I can see is those gigantic gaping holes in the dude's earlobes. Looks like he was tortured or something. I have to look past him as I talk to him because it's so disgusting. I don't even know how they hire someone like that. Shouldn't there be a proper appearance code when showing up for work? Or is this just a part of your identity now so we don't want to discriminate? Man, society is screwed up today. I still remember a time when NBA players didn't have any tattoos on them. Nowadays they're covered with them head to toe. Can't even watch the game anymore.
Tell me more!Mad Kudu Buck wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 7:06 pm Let's talk about inconsistencies in the colour of Tom Selleck shirt #43...