My Better Half loves his Submariner. I don't think he dives with it though. He thought I should have a "real" watch too, so he got me a pretty Lady Datejust. It is positively the worst watch I have ever owned. Whenever he asks me what time it is I tell him I have no idea.
I miss my old Mickey Mouse watch. That kept good time.
Heysoos Toke, we must be related! My wife had one too and our daughter now wears it. The trouble with Ann's was that she didn't wear it all day - she liked the sense of freedom - so it kept running out of puff and had to be restarted. The trouble with
both watches is that they require regular servicing to keep them waterproof as advertised, and here, that means around three months separation from them.
Regarding our kid, she teaches, and one day a young boy came up to her in class and asked if she was wearing a Rolex. When she said yes, he told her he knew people that would kill her to steal it. Great incentive both to having such an item and/or wearing it.
Our next door neighbour's wife has one too, and she remarked that she'd never have another: trouble with it all its life so far. The practical problem with the girl one is that its very difficult to tell which is the minute hand and which the second; you have to pause, focus, and then guess!
I bought mine in '72 or '73 for the simple reason that I thought it the most beautiful bit of watch design I'd ever seen and also because I loved the sea and worked near or in it a lot. These days, if I have to go to the Big Smoke to buy anything, I go there watchless. Why die for a watch?
Rob C