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These are great! For less than $10 each, I’ve bought a bunch of them and left them scattered around my apartment and various other places so I can always find a watch. If it’s starting to take me too long to find a watch then the watch density must be getting too low, so I order some more.
End artificial scarcities to increase productivity
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Arguably made famous by James Bond, a Nato strap is an alternative to a metal bracelet or rubber strap for a watch. Basically, a sort of fabric similar to the material your seat belt is made of, is used to strap the watch to your wrist. Lots of exciting colorways. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_watch_strap Here's my Vostok Amphibia on a NATO https://photos.app.goo.gl/vqpq31QVcBKpRbTP8
I collect mechanical watches, and the F-91W is the only digital watch I own. Really nice to see a Vostok shared! I've got the Komandirskie and Amphibian, along with a bunch of other vintage Soviet pieces (Rateka, etc). Cheap, and cheerful, and always eye-catching.
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> There's some great charger bricks that go on sale for ~$10, so I have a lot of those. Is it against HN norms to put a specific recommendation here? I'd love to know some reliable chargers in that range.
60w charger: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08786SHXV/ 90w charger: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B083ZBXXN5/
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60w charger: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08786SHXV/ 90w charger: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B083ZBXXN5/
Thanks! I'm glad to see the recommendation for Nekteck; they looked kind of generic knock-off-y to me, but I went for https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0712252ZQ a while ago, and have been very happy with it as essentially my sole charger.
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If the BIPM redefines how long an hour is, I guess we'll just have to ditch our Casios and start using Swatch internet time.
One can only hope, it's a beautiful concept that would make life easier for non Americans consuming a lot of live media produced in the US
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Beg your pardon? G-Shocks come in a wide variety of designs and price ranges. At a glance, mine could easily pass for an F-91W - a cheap, digital watch about as far from pretence as it is possible to get. Durable, radio sync'ed, solar cell driven, and watertight down to some ridiculous level of pressure. Just about the most functional piece of hardware I have ever owned. The unflashiest of black boxes, just there whe…
> And it doubles as a signaler, a very neat expression of who I am or at least would like to be. This is a lot of weight for a mass-produced, low-cost piece of consumer electronics to bear.