Thanks for the warm welcome gentlemen. For most of my life I've more or less considered a watch nothing more than a tool. I wore mostly Timex's that I could buy cheaply from Walmart. When they quit or got destroyed, I'd go buy another and trash the non working one. About 6-8yrs ago, I can't really remember, I bought a Gshock. That thing has been a warrior. It's been through some knocks and scrapes. I'm a corrections officer. I retired from TDCJ back in 2013 with nearly 31yrs of service, took a year off, and went back to double dip in 2014. I now have a bit over 36yrs with the agency. In my line of work watches sometimes take a beating. So, the Gshock was a natural choice. Now that I'm a bit older, I'm getting into better grade watches. I like Seiko, and have a couple divers, plus a Seiko 5 Limited Edition. I'm using my Casio's for beaters. The Victorinox that's incoming is an Officers 125 model with the silver face, and SS bracelet. It's a discontinued model that I found on a site fairly inexpensive. If I like it well enough I suspect I'll be getting more Vic's. Their new INOX models are claiming to be very tough, going through 130 different tests. If they're as tough as they say they are, they'll fit right in where I work. Besides being tough, the Vic's have some great styling. I never thought I'd care about styling. Shucks, at 54 I'm a bald headed middle aged fella with a bit of a gut on him. So, style and fashion really hasn't crossed my mind to often, but by gosh those Vic's look nice to me. So, they're on my short list of watches I'll be going after.
Thanks again for the warm welcome. I'll try to post some pics when I get a chance.
Marty