The term ... Tool Watch

[T.R.]

Hey, so if I masterbate with my watch/take a dump and then go wash my car with that same watch would it be considered a "tool watch"?

Obviously, yes. Holy shit, man.

As much as you love to talk about whacking off you should at least learn how to spell it. And yes, if you learn how to spell it while not giving a crap about your watch then it is a tool watch.

You know I love you.

[JBZ]

Any watch can be considered a tool watch in the sense that their primary purpose is to tell time. I'm a lawyer - the only "tool watch" I need is a three hand dress watch, date optional (when it comes down to it, I don't even need that, as I can always get the time from my phone, my desk computer, my office phone display, or a wall clock).

That said, while I own a nice dress watch, I find it kind of boring. I grew up watching James Bond movies and The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, so I find myself gravitating toward sport watches. I'd much rather wear my SD, Speedy, or Doxa - they just look cooler to me. I'm under no illusions that I'm using them as "tool watches" however, other than to tell time (somtimes I use my Speedy Pro to time my son's math homework ).

As others pointed out, many seem to use the term to denote a rugged looking watch with a matte finish. I hear the term associated a lot with the Tudor Pelagos, which is obviously very similar to a Rolex Sub. It clearly gets the "tool" moniker because of the way it looks.

[dukerules]

It's a bit of an unfortunate term, but it is shorthand for a certain type of watch.

[CGSshorty]

My wife will tell you that any watch I am wearing is a tool's watch.

[mattcantwin]

When I first started out, I had a lot more tool watches...


I was a tool for buying them.

[RALAustin]

I agree with Rahul, it is used as another way to describe a utilitarian looking watch (i.e., Pelagos, Sinn) that happens to have good water resistence or a cool chrono. Think monochromatic colors without bells and whistles or shiny surfaces. Call it tactical-light (to open up another can of worms)!

[toxicavenger]

Hey, so if I masterbate with my watch/take a dump and then go wash my car with that same watch would it be considered a "tool watch"?

Obviously, yes. Holy shit, man.

As much as you love to talk about whacking off you should at least learn how to spell it. And yes, if you learn how to spell it while not giving a crap about your watch then it is a tool watch.

You know I love you.

sounds like you want pics.........................

[hazmatman]

My wife will tell you that any watch I am wearing is a tool's watch.

^That.

[Panerai7]

I still think watches like a UTS 3000, Sinn U series, are tool (dive watches)..

Ok...so with that said ...what makes them more appropriate dive watches or a tool watch than say a Seiko Monster or a Rolex Sub or Orient Saturation Diver???

If you take any watch that is spec'd to be a diver...200m or more water resistance...minute marked rotating bezel with lume pip(internal or external bezel) , screw down crown., lumed hands , markers and second hand tip...divers extension on bracelet etc...aren't they all not tool watches...as they can be used as a tool in diving?

I think your mention of the UTS or the Sinn is part of this perceived look or style of a "tool" watch...which I have been guilty of myself in the past.

I think a lot of people believe that plain looking matte finish divers are "tool watches", while blingy man jewelry are not. Consider the IWC 3536. I've heard the Ti version called the best recent tool diver many times, yet the SS version is never mentioned.

This. Agree a 100%. As soon as the watch reflects no light or can't be spotted from a helicopter it's immediately called a tool watch.
Unfortunately I don't do anything that requires my watch to be a tool. I'm a tool on my own

[Panerai7]

I agree with Rahul, it is used as another way to describe a utilitarian looking watch (i.e., Pelagos, Sinn) that happens to have good water resistence or a cool chrono. Think monochromatic colors without bells and whistles or shiny surfaces. Call it tactical-light (to open up another can of worms)!

So what would be an ultimate tool watch for a circus clown? Silberstein?

[braeburn]

You mean you guys actually expose your watches to oxygen? You know you're supposed to keep them in a sealed humidor that circulates argon gas and Moebius 9010 vapour, right?

You mean you guys actually wear your watches? I thought they just stayed in the box and you imagined what they looked and felt like in real life on your wrist.

[braeburn]

I've worn my automatics and speedy while cutting ductile iron pipe with a gigantic handheld cutoff saw, while running a chainsaw, gluing PVC pipe together, working in control cabinets with really sharp edges and screwdrivers, drills, etc, etc.

I don't just bang the crap out of it but I do try and pay attention that its on my arm. I do remember one time taking off an automatic when I was cutting pipe in my hand with a dull sawzall blade. I was holding the pipe in one hand and it vibrated so much I looked down at my watch it was definitely being shock and vibration tested. It looked 3d it was moving so fast.

Any watch I am wearing is a tool for me but I'm not wearing dressy watches. I like matte finishes with easy to read dials. The tool function comes into timing and keeping track of how long an operation takes. I'm always cataloging that info to improve estimates and profitability. That is a tool to me.

Now I have seen a lot of tools wearing a Rolex though.

[jeckyll]

I never thought about it much.

Seems easy though: A tool watch is specifically designed to allow someone to do their job. So, dive watches, pilot watches would quality for instance. You can't hold the watch responsible because some douchebag wears his 'hard-core dive watch' desk diving. Still a tool watch.

If someone drives a screw with a hammer, the hammer is still a tool, even if not used in the way it was intended.

[SRMKNIVES]

Besides one maybe two watches that sit in the box for bling-bling events ALL my watches get the crap beat out of them above and below the water. I DO time all kinds of dumb stuff with the bezel----ITS A TOOL!!!

TOOL

SHARP TOOLS

DUMB TOOL

[Sponon]

Hey man, as long as the watch tells you the time, its a goddamn tool

I am using the term often, but only on rugged watches that can handle a beating

[Sponon]

Hey man, as long as the watch tells you the time, its a goddamn tool

I am using the term often, but only on rugged watches that can handle a beating

Smart dude

Tool is one thing, but the term "grail" and "holy grail" are used way too often in watch forums.

"I just bought my grail watch" and two months later its in the sales forums

[Sponon]

Hey man, as long as the watch tells you the time, its a goddamn tool

I am using the term often, but only on rugged watches that can handle a beating

Smart dude

Tool is one thing, but the term "grail" and "holy grail" are used way too often in watch forums.

"I just bought my grail watch" and two months later its in the sales forums

Exactly.

Especially true for me.

[jimyritz]

Hey man, as long as the watch tells you the time, its a goddamn tool

I am using the term often, but only on rugged watches that can handle a beating

Smart dude

Tool is one thing, but the term "grail" and "holy grail" are used way too often in watch forums.

"I just bought my grail watch" and two months later its in the sales forums

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No kidding, huh...

[jimyritz]

Hey man, as long as the watch tells you the time, its a goddamn tool

I am using the term often, but only on rugged watches that can handle a beating

Smart dude

Tool is one thing, but the term "grail" and "holy grail" are used way too often in watch forums.

"I just bought my grail watch" and two months later its in the sales forums

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No kidding, huh...

[foodle]

Tool is one thing, but the term "grail" and "holy grail" are used way too often in watch forums.
"I just bought my grail watch" and two months later its in the sales forums

4 pages of "grail" usage discussion ...
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=28333

[Sponon]

Tool is one thing, but the term "grail" and "holy grail" are used way too often in watch forums.
"I just bought my grail watch" and two months later its in the sales forums

4 pages of "grail" usage discussion ...
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=28333

So its not just me then.. Haha.

Didn't see that thread.

[fastward]

Hey man, as long as the watch tells you the time, its a goddamn tool

I am using the term often, but only on rugged watches that can handle a beating

Smart dude

Tool is one thing, but the term "grail" and "holy grail" are used way too often in watch forums.

"I just bought my grail watch" and two months later its in the sales forums

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No kidding, huh...

If even that long, the best is when the watch is flipped within a week.

[braeburn]

Hey man, as long as the watch tells you the time, its a goddamn tool

I am using the term often, but only on rugged watches that can handle a beating

Smart dude

Tool is one thing, but the term "grail" and "holy grail" are used way too often in watch forums.

"I just bought my grail watch" and two months later its in the sales forums

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No kidding, huh...

If even that long, the best is when the watch is flipped within a week.

Always in chase of another grail too.

I always lol at that BS, aka.... I just got this one in but have a shot at another grail so this one has to go.

There is but one grail. It's the object of a rather extensive or difficult quest. Even Monty Python knew that.

[lexvil]

It's amusing that non divers spend so much time tossing this term around and the the ones spending so much energy worrying about depth ratings, lume and gigantic domes. Every running watch can be considered a tool watch.

[jeckyll]

It's amusing that non divers spend so much time tossing this term around and the the ones spending so much energy worrying about depth ratings, lume and gigantic domes. Every running watch can be considered a tool watch.

Non-divers as compared to what, non-flyers? Pilot & Dive watches are the quintessential tool watches IMO.

I've said this many times, I dive with watches rated to 200 or 300m. But for serious desk diving you need 500 or 1000m minimum and that shit better come with an He valve!