Bites: Someone explain 'Fun' to me.

Thanks for the mention 🫶🏼. AE 19 with Typsim will hit the podcast feeds for everyone this weekend 🎙️

This is the definition of “fun watch”…

It’s as ugly as this…

.. and less tasteful.

Which is precisely why I must have it!

you really should lighten up 😀

Fun is in the eye of the beholder, as you allude to in this post. It is an immeasurable quality as one person's fun might be another person's torture (see this year's Scav Hunt 😂). Fun watches can be a number of things, chiefly, how it relates to the person wearing it.

Personally, it wouldn't be fun wearing a $3M watch on my wrist, for fear of getting robbed. That's still a thing right?

To me, a fun watch is one that serves a purpose without me having the think or worry too much about it. Timex, Casio, and Seiko divers are fun. Or do I just lack imagination?😜

Heyyyyyyy alright! Thanks for the mention.

I find my omega 300m mid sized 1990s quartz on a watch gecko Milanese to be very fun! And budget friendly!

The GameBoy watch is AMAZING

Moonswatch Mission to Mars/Sun/Etc - fun!

Moonswatch Mission to Mercury - not fun because it's too close to the original... it's plastic, go crazy on the color!

Oris Pro Pilot Kermit - fun!

Rolex Kermit.... not so fun.

Mr. Jones Watches - very fun!

fun is a non sustainable emotion and wears off quickly as in too much of a good thing. Joy on the other hand is sustainable and long lasting. So what your looking for is a cotton candy watch you can wear for a thrill before going back to the watch you love to wear.

Fun, to me anyway, would indicate a couple things.

BrIght colors are generally seen as fun.

Cartoon characters remind us of our youth,, which most will agree represents a happier, carefree time in our lives.

You usually don't don a colorful Swatch or Snoopy dial to a formal or business setting, so the circumstances around wearing one tend to be more festive.

There's also a degree of not taking one's self too seriously, so Casios & Timex come in to play.

Along those lines, a cheaper watch will be appropriate for "fun" activities where a more expensive watch might incur expensive damage.

(I say this knowing full well some wear their pricier watches regardless since they were designed to handle it).

In the end though, as stated, fun can mean something different from one person to the next.

I do think we all can agree a Casio calculator watch is fun. Aways fun. 🤓

Just some thoughts.

Looking forward to it!

And this is exactly the way to be, surely??? Why bother collecting if it isn't fun? Just buy your one watch and be done.

My Viagra watch was fun but I lost it. I had patients ask me if it made my arm stiff. It took a minute for that to register.

I personally find all watches to be enjoyable...except when there are issues and then they are not fun.

But I think "fun" here mainly refers to a level of not taking oneself too seriously and wearing a watch that would be the equivalent of wearing sneakers with a tuxedo.

So, this is what I would consider as fun watches...

My fun watch!

Most of my watches are 'fun', that's why I buy them. Of course some styles lend themselves to be more fun than others, bit more colour, more out there designs. But it doesn't have stop with just the watch, do a strap change and quite a staid looking watch can be transformed into something quite different

To this

Or this

To this

'Upfunning' i call it.

Of course there's some you just totally wear for fun, bit like a hawaiian shirt

(or a red dress, and thanks for sharing that on Tuesdays most read post😄)

Like this the world's most useless gmt watch, but fun all the same. But don't let just style or genre stop you classifying any watch as a fun watch, its just a genre. Wear your vintage chrono to the game, a datejust on the beach make them fun, because that's what it's all about.

The watch you wear to a funeral is not a fun watch!

The watch you wear swimming, mountain biking, or skiing and also a watch that’s different than your serious watches is my fun watch.

"Fun" is individual to each person. Look at the post above mine to see an example of that...

When dealing with watches, "fun" is usually used to describe a watch that is not intended by the maker or the wearer to be seen as "serious". Lots of examples have been given so far, but here examples from my collection:

1. Fun

A colourful play on a watch designed for professional use, that is intended to look pretty, and not be used as a daily work watch.

2. Serious

A watch designed to government specifications for Search and Rescue, and military dive usage. Designed to be durable and legible in complete darkness.

Thank you for the mention!! I'm a firm believer of making memories with your watches. The best watches come from the best people in your life and that has no price tag

OMG, this is your second post that I really want see the watches and the app doesn't show them to me. whaaaaaatttttttttt are those?

Clean up on aisle 11:00.

"When are we having dinner"?

"Half-past missionary. Don't be late”.

"Brodinkee x Straphabit men wear pink 2023 watch straps " - @StrapHabit

Thanks for the shout out!

Here are two of my more fun current watches!

Fun?

My thoughts- might, but doesn’t need to be a ‘high end’ watch, but can’t be too serious. Makes me smile when I wear it. Fun story. Some of my examples (one overlaps with your pick!)

@DeeperRed Thanks for sharing/mentioning my post, mam. Much appreciated!

Love the Grand Seiko. What’s the reference number?

Thanks! SBGX341

https://straphabit.com/blogs/straphabit-reviews/grand-seiko-tough-quartz-anti-magnetic-watch-review-sbgx341

Thanks for the shoutout @DeeperRed 🙂👍