Let's Pick The Next Challenge!

Sporkboy · Post by **Sporkboy** » Fri May 01, 2020 2:11 pm

OK, I've been able to narrow down the poll choices thanks to the preliminary poll. Let's try a poll within the forum itself to see if we can get more people engaged here. If you are on TapaTalk, you'll need to log into the forum proper in order to vote. You can select up to two options.

If a spending limit isn't specified, it will likely default to $30.

PetWatch · Post by **PetWatch** » Fri May 01, 2020 5:43 pm

Voted from Tapatalk, seems to have worked.

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Sporkboy · Post by **Sporkboy** » Fri May 01, 2020 5:59 pm

PetWatch wrote:Voted from Tapatalk, seems to have worked.

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Funny, I can’t even see the poll in TapaTalk.

PetWatch · Post by **PetWatch** » Fri May 01, 2020 6:02 pm

Sporkboy wrote:
PetWatch wrote:Voted from Tapatalk, seems to have worked.

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
Funny, I can’t even see the poll in TapaTalk.

Lol, No point trying to figure this out.

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Stretch44 · Post by **Stretch44** » Fri May 01, 2020 6:43 pm

Good selections, [mention]ManOnTime[/mention]!

whoagorgeous · Post by **whoagorgeous** » Sat May 02, 2020 6:27 pm

Voted.

Sporkboy · Post by **Sporkboy** » Sun May 03, 2020 6:15 am

PetWatch wrote:
Sporkboy wrote:
PetWatch wrote:Voted from Tapatalk, seems to have worked.

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
Funny, I can’t even see the poll in TapaTalk.
Lol, No point trying to figure this out.

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

Agreed. There are some mysteries that just aren’t worth looking into.

Sporkboy · Post by **Sporkboy** » Mon May 04, 2020 10:49 am

OK, I thought I posted a response here, but I guess not.

The results are pretty decisive, and we are going to be hunting for sub-$35 mechanical field watches as our second challenge.

Stretch44 · Post by **Stretch44** » Mon May 04, 2020 9:34 pm

Sounds good to me. Guess we need to set the rules.

Sporkboy · Post by **Sporkboy** » Tue May 05, 2020 10:25 am

Stretch44 wrote:Sounds good to me. Guess we need to set the rules.

Yes. Rules. That will be in another post. I can do that (tomorrow likely) unless AM wants to do it again. We will need to integrate the feedback from the post challenge discussion, and I think that there was one idea left undiscussed.

For now let’s talk about what a field watch is. Of course, finding loopholes and creatively breaking the rules is encouraged.

Post by **TheJohnP** » Tue May 05, 2020 10:35 am

Sporkboy wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2020 10:25 am
Stretch44 wrote:Sounds good to me. Guess we need to set the rules.
Yes. Rules. That will be in another post. I can do that (tomorrow likely) unless AM wants to do it again. We will need to integrate the feedback from the post challenge discussion, and I think that there was one idea left undiscussed.

For now let’s talk about what a field watch is. Of course, finding loopholes and creatively breaking the rules is encouraged.

Thinking a discussion on rules, qualifications, etc might be a good conversation in the Discord channel.

Post by **watchpalooza** » Tue May 05, 2020 3:49 pm

Some background:

https://watchranker.com/field-watch/

Split-Time · Post by **Split-Time** » Tue May 05, 2020 10:53 pm

watchpalooza wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2020 3:49 pm Some background:

https://watchranker.com/field-watch/

Thank you for that article. I am enjoying that website as well.

Post by **MoT** » Tue May 05, 2020 11:01 pm

If I may make a suggestion, I think to be a "field watch" it should at least have a 12-hour dial with every hour marked out numerically, and also a 24-hour track, either inside, or outside the 12-hour ring.

Sporkboy · Post by **Sporkboy** » Wed May 06, 2020 5:53 am

ManOnTime wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2020 11:01 pm If I may make a suggestion, I think to be a "field watch" it should at least have a 12-hour dial with every hour marked out numerically, and also a 24-hour track, either inside, or outside the 12-hour ring.

While this is mostly true, I would say that most of the numerals should be on the dial. A trench watch or trench-style watch with the sub-seconds hand doesn't have the 6 or a 13-24 hour track.

I still think this is going to be a tough challenge, but I hope that you guys are having an easier time than I am.

Edit: I did some digging and I am finding some watches, though the conditions are unknown. Here are some screen grabs of field watches that don’t have that 24 hour track...

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MoT's WDF