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2020 is a Leap Year. Leap Years are quirky, weird and don't come around very often. In recognition of this I'd like to set a challenge.
During the month of February, those who join in with this challenge are to find and purchase a used watch, however, in recognition to the 29 days of February 2020 the watch must be special, weird, quirky or interesting. It's up to you to determine if you think it fits that category.
The rules:
The watch should cost no more than US$29, GBP£22, CAD$38, EUR€29, or equivalent (ok, a few extra cents/pence here and there is no issue).
The watch should be for you, a friend or a loved one to actually own and use.
The watch should be in a useable condition (it's ok if you need to stick a new strap on it or similar).
The watch must be used.
The watch must be purchased within the month of February.
The watch must be presented to the forum on this page from the 1st March 2020, with the watch in use and the reason why it's special, weird, quirky or interesting.
All competitors must be "signed up" by the 1st Feb.
The other competitors collectively determine who "won" the challenge.
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Funny, the rules didn’t show up for me in Tapatalk. For some reason it doesn’t like bullet points. I am still in, The idea appealed to me and regardless of the rules I just should have read them first.
Edit:
Rules clarification question. The watch should be in usable condition. Just as you would need to add power to a manual watch by winding, I am assuming that I can add a new battery to a quartz/digital watch to get it going. Is that correct?
Sporkboy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 7:06 pm
Funny, the rules didn’t show up for me in Tapatalk. For some reason it doesn’t like bullet points. I am still in, The idea appealed to me and regardless of the rules I just should have read them first.
Edit:
Rules clarification question. The watch should be in usable condition. Just as you would need to add power to a manual watch by winding, I am assuming that I can add a new battery to a quartz/digital watch to get it going. Is that correct?
Yes, that's no problem. As is adding a strap, a bit of a service, etc.
Sporkboy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 7:06 pm
Funny, the rules didn’t show up for me in Tapatalk. For some reason it doesn’t like bullet points. I am still in, The idea appealed to me and regardless of the rules I just should have read them first.
Edit:
Rules clarification question. The watch should be in usable condition. Just as you would need to add power to a manual watch by winding, I am assuming that I can add a new battery to a quartz/digital watch to get it going. Is that correct?
Yes, that's no problem. As is adding a strap, a bit of a service, etc.
That’s great. Buying a used watch can be a crapshoot, so doing some light service is always needed. They all need cleaning.
I am curious to see everyone’s approach to this challenge. One type of watch popped into my
mind immediately, and it is within budget, but I am trying to keep an open mind. I will also be trying to find some quirky watch lots with bad/fuzzy pictures.
Did a particular watch type or specific watch pop into your mind or are you going into this blind and seeing what you find?
Sporkboy wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 7:06 pm
Funny, the rules didn’t show up for me in Tapatalk. For some reason it doesn’t like bullet points. I am still in, The idea appealed to me and regardless of the rules I just should have read them first.
Edit:
Rules clarification question. The watch should be in usable condition. Just as you would need to add power to a manual watch by winding, I am assuming that I can add a new battery to a quartz/digital watch to get it going. Is that correct?
Yes, that's no problem. As is adding a strap, a bit of a service, etc.
That’s great. Buying a used watch can be a crapshoot, so doing some light service is always needed. They all need cleaning.
I am curious to see everyone’s approach to this challenge. One type of watch popped into my
mind immediately, and it is within budget, but I am trying to keep an open mind. I will also be trying to find some quirky watch lots with bad/fuzzy pictures.
Did a particular watch type or specific watch pop into your mind or are you going into this blind and seeing what you find?
My first thought was a “jump hour” in line with “leap year”, but I am going less restrictive with “unusual” or “unique” and aiming for something not totally weird that I might actually wear.
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Animal Mother wrote:
Yes, that's no problem. As is adding a strap, a bit of a service, etc.
That’s great. Buying a used watch can be a crapshoot, so doing some light service is always needed. They all need cleaning.
I am curious to see everyone’s approach to this challenge. One type of watch popped into my
mind immediately, and it is within budget, but I am trying to keep an open mind. I will also be trying to find some quirky watch lots with bad/fuzzy pictures.
Did a particular watch type or specific watch pop into your mind or are you going into this blind and seeing what you find?
My first thought was a “jump hour” in line with “leap year”, but I am going less restrictive with “unusual” or “unique” and aiming for something not totally weird that I might actually wear.
My mind did register a jump hour as a possibility, but I do have a strong use case for the one that I am thinking about. I may hunt for a funky vintage digital, but I have a fallback option with my first thought.
One thing that I noted about the challenge is that it stipulates used and not vintage, so the field is wide open, only restricted by the price.
I do like the idea of the challenge, and would likely participate in similar challenges in the future that stated at or below this price point. I will have to think about other challenges that could be posed in the future.
Sporkboy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 8:30 am
That’s great. Buying a used watch can be a crapshoot, so doing some light service is always needed. They all need cleaning.
I am curious to see everyone’s approach to this challenge. One type of watch popped into my
mind immediately, and it is within budget, but I am trying to keep an open mind. I will also be trying to find some quirky watch lots with bad/fuzzy pictures.
Did a particular watch type or specific watch pop into your mind or are you going into this blind and seeing what you find?
My first thought was a “jump hour” in line with “leap year”, but I am going less restrictive with “unusual” or “unique” and aiming for something not totally weird that I might actually wear.
My mind did register a jump hour as a possibility, but I do have a strong use case for the one that I am thinking about. I may hunt for a funky vintage digital, but I have a fallback option with my first thought.
One thing that I noted about the challenge is that it stipulates used and not vintage, so the field is wide open, only restricted by the price.
I do like the idea of the challenge, and would likely participate in similar challenges in the future that stated at or below this price point. I will have to think about other challenges that could be posed in the future.
True...not necessarily vintage. I have a few ideas that could be interesting either way. There are so many possibilities for future challenges....already thinking about these here as well. Too much fun to be had!
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