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I found my little Seamaster buried on a skeet field, and it started when I wound it. I have shot with it for at least thirty years since. I guess you can say it has stood some shooting. I still don't know whether that is the right thing to do.

Another reason for liking my Seiko diver's watch, even after 20 plus years, the dial still glows so bright it is worth its weight in gold whe waking up in the middle of the night in a hotel on a biz trip in a strange city.

I bought a Rolex GMT in 1982. It has not left and never has left my wrist since then. Shooting, swimming, hot tubs, showers, etc. The only time I take it off is if my arm won't fit in a small work area with it on like working on a car. It has had a clean/lube twice (NOT by the Rolex people) since then and still keeps perfect time. Would I buy another one?? No. But, I am sure as hell glad I have this one. I bought this one as I was going through watches of every kind on a yearly basis.

Mike, that's a gorgeous watch. Is 1874 the year of mfg. or model #? Gil

I'm always around wetlands, and so water getting into a watch movement is what kills most of my watches sooner or later. Usually they're fine until they have their first battery replaced. Then the seal gets damaged or wears out. Most jewelers in this part of the world don't have the factory seals.

I was in a gun shop, of all places, and they had 2 watches for sale, last of a batch and given to them to sell by a valued customer, a Citizen manager. They're Citizen eco-drives. They never need a battery as they're charged by sunlight. Some years down the line, my one is doing just fine - no water! It's quite accurate and, if you read Wikipedia, they go for decades. In fact, so long that no one quite knows yet when they'll stop.

The price was a good bit cheaper than a Rolex too.

Of course, nobody has pointed out the real reason why some of us wear big watches, so we can tell the time without having to put on our reading glasses, true in my case anyway!

I knew a guy who used to say big watch, small...well, you know.