@conandlibrarian Well worth the money. I actually bought two of these the last go round and I was very, very surprised at how nice they are. $35 is a steal.
@MEHcus I have to agree. I bought the Capsule Midnight last time. It’s a gorgeous watch, I’ve gotten a lot of compliments on it, and the wood inlay is beautiful.
The worst part is that the dark face and dark hands makes it impossible to read in anything other than strong light. Honestly, wearing a watch in modern times is almost entirely for fashion and not for practicality anyway, so it’s not terrible.
I do like these watches so much though, I’ll be buying a second.
watch (n.) Look up watch at Dictionary.com
Old English wæcce “a watching, state of being or remaining awake, wakefulness;” also “act or practice of refraining from sleep for devotional or penitential purposes;” from wæccan (see watch (v.)). From c. 1200 as “one of the periods into which the night is divided,” in reference to ancient times translating Latin vigilia, Greek phylake, Hebrew ashmoreth.
The Hebrews divided the night into three watches, the Greeks usually into four (sometimes five), the Romans (followed by the Jews in New Testament times) into four. [OED]
On þis niht beð fowuer niht wecches: Biforen euen þe bilimpeð to children; Mid-niht ðe bilimpeð to frumberdligges; hanecrau þe bilimpeð þowuene men; morgewile to alde men. [Trinity Homilies, c. 1200]
From mid-13c. as “a shift of guard duty; an assignment as municipal watchman;” late 13c. as “person or group obligated to patrol a town (especially at night) to keep order, etc.” Also in Middle English, “the practice of remaining awake at night for purposes of debauchery and dissipation;” hence wacches of wodnesse “late-night revels and debauchery.” The alliterative combination watch and ward preserves the old distinction of watch for night-time municipal patrols and ward for guarding by day; in combination, they meant “continuous vigilance.”
Military sense of “military guard, sentinel” is from late 14c. General sense of “careful observation, watchfulness, vigilance” is from late 14c.; to keep watch is from late 14c. Meaning “period of time in which a division of a ship’s crew remains on deck” is from 1580s.
The meaning “small timepiece” is from 1580s, developing from that of “a clock to wake up sleepers” (mid-15c.).
Interesting the link between “keeping watch” and the watch that you wear, especially since the earliest didn’t have alarms. To keep you awake … you had to watch it.
@Stallion@mcemanuel Still way faster for me to glance at my wrist than pull my phone out of my pocket, hit a button, and wait for the thing to come to life.
@5665150 great points by all, but I’m still meh about this item… I think it’s rude to look at your watch at dinner anyway! I buy lots on junk here, but I’m passing on this one.
@mcemanuel I love watches. The one on my wrist now is the Omega Planet Ocean 45mm. This watch is my favorite for work and play. Good at depths of 2000 ft. it would be a salvage mission at that depth and hopefully my wrist wouldn’t be attached.
Oh good, the wood is from a sustainable source. I was really worried that they had to burn the forest down to get to the single tree they needed for an entire year’s production of these things.
There’s a saying old, says that love is blind.
Still we’re often told "Seek and ye shall find."
So I’m going to go seek a certain lad I’ve had
in mind.
Looking everywhere,
haven’t found him yet.
He’s the big affair
I cannot forget.
Only man I ever think of with regret.
I like to add his initial to my monogram
Tell me, where is the shepherd for this lost lamb?
There’s a somebody I’m longing to see.
I hope that he turns out to be
Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me.
@earlwallace at $35, it could not be anything other than a POS quartz. Not saying all quartz movements are POS, I’m wearing one right now (but it’s high quality professional grade). There is, however, ultra-cheap quartz, which is the worst kind.
@Mandamm shit. you’re right. ah well. billet harvest is nice as well. but damn, i probably would have gotten the billet iron as well if it was available.
I’m in for the Billet Harvest ( courageous-traumatic-pan ). I already have the white version and I like it, like it, like it. The black one will be my semi-formal one.
@Pantheist 12.7mm isn’t that thick for modern watches. The Apple watch is 11.5mm thick and it doesn’t have a crystal, dial, and hands to fit in there. It’s not a cuff, it isn’t going to be molded to your wrist.
@DonberKon hm… maybe I need to look at an old cheap watch then. I have no interest in a smartwatch, but I could understand them being thick since they have a little computer and transmitter for communicating with your cellphone
@DonberKon
In the past, a thinner watch meant a better and more refined complication. This is why many luxury watches are thinner than lower-priced models. Now, watches are becoming larger and larger for aesthetic desires. Many watches have a case much larger than necessary for their movements.
(Source: https://www.truefacet.com/guide/guide-watch-size-fit/ )
Not an aesthetic I like.
@dylanjstewart I had the same problem with one caveat. I set it for 24 hr time, so I was only right once a day. Really right once a day or twice a day made no practical difference. I actually took it to a pawn shop, where I discovered it’s real purpose in the universe. They laughed so hard, they started to fart. They all agreed it releaved pressure in there abdomen. Bad side is, that it made a mehss (phew). All agreed it created a fetid, feculent, mephitic, loathsome odor. Other than that it was not very useful. so I rate it 2 out of 4 stars. That’s only because of the pressure I feel to give high ratings. I hate the thought of all the cool dudes and duddetes who work here, losing the only job they ever had that was fun. Having a fun job is the secert of the universe. 10/ 4.
M
@DonberKon very true I did consider that, but this one is mechanical - actually it runs for 1 minute until the second hand gets to the 29-second mark and then it gets stuck. If i adjust the time it will run again until the same position. In fact, every time I look at it it shows a different time, so it’s running sometimes and then getting stuck for a bit on that 29-second mark.
LUCKILY, it does come with a warranty I just have to overcome my meh-induced apathy and send the thing in.
I bought one of these the last time they were on. Good looking piece, high quality band, but it doesn’t actually keep time very well. I don’t wear it daily, but every time I put it on I have to reset the time. By the end of the day it’s usually off by a few minutes. Sometimes overnight it will jump ahead or fall behind a few hours…maybe I just got unlucky?
Great watch! I bought one the last time they were up for purchase. I get a ton of compliments and have had no issues with it other than keeping the white band clean.
really… adminishing? I would love to see what spell checker you use… (even the one in this posting software picked it up as wrong…)
Also, your spec sheet is cut off by the column width…
When i think of Jamaica or Marley I don’t think of being concerned with time or being on time. I think yah mon no problem mon. Then again I also don’t think bobsled until they proved me wrong.
So, I am glad I didn’t buy one, well, since they didn’t have the one they showed, found a nice looking Woman’s watch today for 8.99…@ DD’s. Looks good with my silver. so…Glad I went MEH
Specs
Condition: New
Warranty: 2 years House of Marley
Estimated Delivery: 6/28 - 6/30
Shipping: $5 or free with VMP
What’s in the Box?
1x Watch
Pictures
Billet Iron Front
Billet Iron on arm
Billet Iron Back
Billet Harvest Front
Billet Harvest on arm
Billet Harvest Back
Capsule Iron Front
Capsule Iron on arm
Capsule Iron Back
Capsule Midnight Front
Capsule Midnight on arm
Capsule Midnight Back
Capsule Harvest Front
Capsule Harvest on arm
Capsule Harvest Back
Retail box
Price Comparison
Capsule Iron: $159.98 at Amazon
Billet Iron: $79.77 at Amazon
Hitch: $149.99 at Amazon for similar
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Warranty
90 days
Only if it was smart
I really like this watch, but a little too pricey for me.
@conandlibrarian Well worth the money. I actually bought two of these the last go round and I was very, very surprised at how nice they are. $35 is a steal.
@MEHcus I have to agree. I bought the Capsule Midnight last time. It’s a gorgeous watch, I’ve gotten a lot of compliments on it, and the wood inlay is beautiful.
The worst part is that the dark face and dark hands makes it impossible to read in anything other than strong light. Honestly, wearing a watch in modern times is almost entirely for fashion and not for practicality anyway, so it’s not terrible.
I do like these watches so much though, I’ll be buying a second.
analog? meh.
@clonetek analog is the only way to go. Everyone already has “digital” time displays in their pockets.
@clonetek I find reading an analog clock to be considerably quicker. It’s like two instantly glanceable pie charts of time.
Watch me click the “meh” button…
My answer is still meh.
Just not a watch guy.
(Now if you offered some swag pocket watches, I’d be tempted!)
/giphy pocket watch
If only you sold the mechanical one, I might be interested. Then again, looks like a crappy Chinese movement. Can’t tell.
From the specs above your post, is either a 3- or 6-hand Japanese movement.
@Nexar
Yeah, I have had my eye on that one, too. http://www.thehouseofmarley.nl/watches/hitch-auto-watch.html
That’s on amazon now for 80 bucks. I first saw it on backcountry.com.
The dutch site says 28 jewel japanese.
Oh, great write-up, too. The wife danced with me for the first time to “High Tide or Low Tide.”
Got the Capsule Midnight the last time these were up. Really comfortable and good-looking watch.
Baby arm compatible, but still too big for moi.
Last time meh sold a house of Marley item, it wasn’t even using the same amazon item for comparison.
End your website. It is garbage, just like you, meh founder and your incompetent staff.
@kdyzol
/giphy well that’s just like your opinion man
@kdyzol
/giphy cheer up sucker
@kdyzol glad to have you as part of the team, nice profile stats too!
@kdyzol you can increase your altuism score by a bazillion percent if you like this post
/giphy black holes collide
/giphy somebody’s got the case of the Monday’s
@kdyzol
@kdyzol does this come in blue? I’m looking for a light to medium blue. Scuba blue would be too dark. Thank you.
Oh. Also are batteries included?
@kdyzol “Delete your account” - Hillary Clinton
Ain’t nobody got time for that!
I really like the House of Marley watch I got the first time around. Tempted to add a second.
these are pretty large on a young girl’s wrist,
F this watch.
watch (n.) Look up watch at Dictionary.com
Old English wæcce “a watching, state of being or remaining awake, wakefulness;” also “act or practice of refraining from sleep for devotional or penitential purposes;” from wæccan (see watch (v.)). From c. 1200 as “one of the periods into which the night is divided,” in reference to ancient times translating Latin vigilia, Greek phylake, Hebrew ashmoreth.
The Hebrews divided the night into three watches, the Greeks usually into four (sometimes five), the Romans (followed by the Jews in New Testament times) into four. [OED]
On þis niht beð fowuer niht wecches: Biforen euen þe bilimpeð to children; Mid-niht ðe bilimpeð to frumberdligges; hanecrau þe bilimpeð þowuene men; morgewile to alde men. [Trinity Homilies, c. 1200]
From mid-13c. as “a shift of guard duty; an assignment as municipal watchman;” late 13c. as “person or group obligated to patrol a town (especially at night) to keep order, etc.” Also in Middle English, “the practice of remaining awake at night for purposes of debauchery and dissipation;” hence wacches of wodnesse “late-night revels and debauchery.” The alliterative combination watch and ward preserves the old distinction of watch for night-time municipal patrols and ward for guarding by day; in combination, they meant “continuous vigilance.”
Military sense of “military guard, sentinel” is from late 14c. General sense of “careful observation, watchfulness, vigilance” is from late 14c.; to keep watch is from late 14c. Meaning “period of time in which a division of a ship’s crew remains on deck” is from 1580s.
The meaning “small timepiece” is from 1580s, developing from that of “a clock to wake up sleepers” (mid-15c.).
Interesting the link between “keeping watch” and the watch that you wear, especially since the earliest didn’t have alarms. To keep you awake … you had to watch it.
@MehnofLaMehncha And it’s House of Marley, so you can put your weed in it.
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/you-put-your-weed-in-there/989437/
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Wish I could work direct links to imgur images on my phone. Sorry.
@MehnofLaMehncha
Got “Time on your hand”-er “wrist” then you won’t need to buy this watch…all others meh up!
Who wears watches anymore anyway?
@mcemanuel Lots of people but it’s more a statement or jewelry, the real question is, do they actually use it to tell the time:)
@Stallion @mcemanuel Still way faster for me to glance at my wrist than pull my phone out of my pocket, hit a button, and wait for the thing to come to life.
@brhfl Get a Samsung Galaxy S7 with an Always-on Display. It will save you a step.
@mcemanuel I wear watches every day. In the evening it seems terribly rude to take one’s electronic devices to dinner so I wear a watch.
I prefer skeleton back, tourbillion, and exotic leather bands.
@Stallion I use mine to tell the time, and I got a nice skeletonized mechanical one so I can watch the gears if I’m bored.
@mcemanuel running with a cell phone in your pocket sucks, some of us aren’t allowed to have camera phones at work.
@5665150 great points by all, but I’m still meh about this item… I think it’s rude to look at your watch at dinner anyway! I buy lots on junk here, but I’m passing on this one.
@mcemanuel i saw an ad for a fitbit watch, first time today
@mcemanuel I love watches. The one on my wrist now is the Omega Planet Ocean 45mm. This watch is my favorite for work and play. Good at depths of 2000 ft. it would be a salvage mission at that depth and hopefully my wrist wouldn’t be attached.
Oh good, the wood is from a sustainable source. I was really worried that they had to burn the forest down to get to the single tree they needed for an entire year’s production of these things.
There’s a saying old, says that love is blind.
Still we’re often told "Seek and ye shall find."
So I’m going to go seek a certain lad I’ve had
in mind.
Looking everywhere,
haven’t found him yet.
He’s the big affair
I cannot forget.
Only man I ever think of with regret.
I like to add his initial to my monogram
Tell me, where is the shepherd for this lost lamb?
There’s a somebody I’m longing to see.
I hope that he turns out to be
Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me.
Can you do this in a reggae mode?
Again…
In for one billet harvest
near-toxic-centipede
Where are the women’s watches?
The description does’nt say whether its a windup or electric or self-winding! I am not CSI here!
@earlwallace On the chart thingy they got there it lists them as all having a quartz movement, so battery powered.
Enhance!
@earlwallace at $35, it could not be anything other than a POS quartz. Not saying all quartz movements are POS, I’m wearing one right now (but it’s high quality professional grade). There is, however, ultra-cheap quartz, which is the worst kind.
/image operatic navigable pump
So, I finally decided which one I wanted, only to see that it is only for show, not for sale, WTF is up with that? so, MEH. Billet Iron
@Mandamm shit. you’re right. ah well. billet harvest is nice as well. but damn, i probably would have gotten the billet iron as well if it was available.
MEH has me figured out: dangling-illiterate-peacock
@cire5671 let me image that for you.
/image dangling illiterate peacock
I’m in for the Billet Harvest ( courageous-traumatic-pan ). I already have the white version and I like it, like it, like it. The black one will be my semi-formal one.
Looking for a watch, but half an inch seems very thick for something I’m going to wear on my wrist.
@Pantheist 12.7mm isn’t that thick for modern watches. The Apple watch is 11.5mm thick and it doesn’t have a crystal, dial, and hands to fit in there. It’s not a cuff, it isn’t going to be molded to your wrist.
@DonberKon hm… maybe I need to look at an old cheap watch then. I have no interest in a smartwatch, but I could understand them being thick since they have a little computer and transmitter for communicating with your cellphone
@DonberKon
In the past, a thinner watch meant a better and more refined complication. This is why many luxury watches are thinner than lower-priced models. Now, watches are becoming larger and larger for aesthetic desires. Many watches have a case much larger than necessary for their movements.
(Source: https://www.truefacet.com/guide/guide-watch-size-fit/ )
Not an aesthetic I like.
I got one last time and it was dead on arrival, just sayin. It looks pretty sharp, though. And it’s correct twice a day!
@dylanjstewart Replace the battery, maybe. Could have been sitting on the shelf for years.
@dylanjstewart I had the same problem with one caveat. I set it for 24 hr time, so I was only right once a day. Really right once a day or twice a day made no practical difference. I actually took it to a pawn shop, where I discovered it’s real purpose in the universe. They laughed so hard, they started to fart. They all agreed it releaved pressure in there abdomen. Bad side is, that it made a mehss (phew). All agreed it created a fetid, feculent, mephitic, loathsome odor. Other than that it was not very useful. so I rate it 2 out of 4 stars. That’s only because of the pressure I feel to give high ratings. I hate the thought of all the cool dudes and duddetes who work here, losing the only job they ever had that was fun. Having a fun job is the secert of the universe. 10/ 4.
M
@DonberKon very true I did consider that, but this one is mechanical - actually it runs for 1 minute until the second hand gets to the 29-second mark and then it gets stuck. If i adjust the time it will run again until the same position. In fact, every time I look at it it shows a different time, so it’s running sometimes and then getting stuck for a bit on that 29-second mark.
LUCKILY, it does come with a warranty I just have to overcome my meh-induced apathy and send the thing in.
You’ll have to peel my Casio MQ24s from my cold, lifeless wrist.
@vanslaterco Sigh. I was busy sleeping, but if I have to, …
@vanslaterco it would make it easier if we could first peel your hand away from your cold lifeless dick, I don’t want that job.
@veffiebear @gak0090 Tricked you both. The watch is stashed away, hidden and kept safe.
@vanslaterco But… why? Any Walmart Timex is just as good
@compunaut It was by pure chance. I found the cheapest white face/black band on Amazon, and it happened to be a MQ24-7E. I’ve been hooked ever since.
I have recently acquired some kind of Timex that I really enjoy, as well.
bronze-grubbing-passenger
They’re really big. I like my Midnight, but you need a light source to read it in anything but direct sun (black hands on black face).
@mahu These don’t have lume?
Can the built-in bluetooth speaker play Bunny Wailer and Avion Blackman, or is it only Bob and Ziggy and family?
Also, how do I dock my iPod on this?
Even for meh this is anew low
Did the Marley factory have a fire sale? I can’t wait for the Marley Bluetooth quadcopter four pack to show up! Meh.
I bought one of these the last time they were on. Good looking piece, high quality band, but it doesn’t actually keep time very well. I don’t wear it daily, but every time I put it on I have to reset the time. By the end of the day it’s usually off by a few minutes. Sometimes overnight it will jump ahead or fall behind a few hours…maybe I just got unlucky?
Great watch! I bought one the last time they were up for purchase. I get a ton of compliments and have had no issues with it other than keeping the white band clean.
really… adminishing? I would love to see what spell checker you use… (even the one in this posting software picked it up as wrong…)
Also, your spec sheet is cut off by the column width…
When i think of Jamaica or Marley I don’t think of being concerned with time or being on time. I think yah mon no problem mon. Then again I also don’t think bobsled until they proved me wrong.
I’ve got an abnormally large sized…wrist. Whats the length on the bands?
@Lurcher99 You might want to ping @moose for questions like this
Woot is selling suits and you guys have watches? CONSPIRACY.
Tried the cammo one, but it didn’t fit. Burned a new hole in the band; it still didn’t fit. Looks like it’s made for a 7-inch in circumference wrist.
So, I am glad I didn’t buy one, well, since they didn’t have the one they showed, found a nice looking Woman’s watch today for 8.99…@ DD’s. Looks good with my silver. so…Glad I went MEH
@Mandamm Dunkin’ Donuts?
I feel like I was supposed to do something, but I am not sure what it was…
Holy crap this thing is huge. Maybe not the best watch to experiment with wearing a watch again…?
Oh well, the capsule models are clearly marked 48mm, which apparently means “bigger than your head.”
I thought my old Nautica watch was on the heavyish side, but I think if I fell in the water with this one it would drag me to the bottom.
The Marley watch was well worth the $. Great watch!
Is any one can explain how to make this one work?