The rubber strap on the ancient Casio F-91W watch that I’ve worn for work for the last five or six years finally broke a couple of nights ago, so I’m currently on the look-out for a new watch to replace it.
Normally, I wouldn’t go to the expense of buying a brand new watch – I’d just order a replacement strap online. But the F-91W sits right at the bottom of Casio’s range of digital watches, and is so cheap that a new one currently costs just £7.87 on Amazon, so it’s just not cost effective to buy a new strap – you might as well buy a brand new watch.
As someone who’s quite fussy about watches, instead of simply replacing my old F-91W, I’ve decided to buy something a bit more substantial for my next work watch, though I haven’t quite decided on which one just yet.
I pre-ordered a Pebble smart watch at the beginning of January, but although they put out an email last week to say that they’ve actually started to ship some watches, I wouldn’t be surprised if I’m still waiting to receive mine at the end of the year.
For the time-being I’m going to be wearing my Casio G-Shock DW-5600CS for work until I decide which watch to go for, but one thing’s for certain – I’ll be keeping my Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch for when I’m not at work.