I'm looking for a watch (it can be digital) that shows the year and let me use the Holocene calendar on it.

If you don't know, the Holocene calendar counts the year starting from the beginning of human civilization. Long story short, today's date is 10/05/11,725.

In the short term it will probably be easier and cheaper to get a digital one.

I'm right now in a love&hate relationship with this metal. I love how it shines and how it is lightweight. But this thing is a goddamned scratch magnet.

How is your exp with it?

The ML was scratched in the first day, and in one week I can already see tree scratches in some angles of the light. Nothing major so far.

I'm not going to buy now, just looking for options.

What I'm looking for is:

• Swiss
• Cosc
• 10bar
• Day-date & month

This is it, not looking for chronographs, just calendars.
Which one do you recommend?

• Automatic caliber BALL RR1102-C
• Chronometer certified COSC
• magnified date
• 5,000Gs shock resistance
• Amortiser® patented anti-shock system
• Water Resistance 100m/330ft
• 1,000 Gauss (80,000A/m)
• 904L Stainless steel case and bracelet with folding buckle
• Size (case): Ø 40mm, height 13 mm
• Screwed-in crown

Pics:

The dial looks blueish in the pics, but it is actually black.

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My second Ball just dropped

• Automatic caliber BALL RR1102-C
• Chronometer certified COSC
• magnified date
• 5,000Gs shock resistance
• Amortiser® patented anti-shock system
• Water Resistance 100m/330ft
• 1,000 Gauss (80,000A/m)
• 904L Stainless steel case and bracelet with folding buckle
• Size (case): Ø 40mm, height 13 mm
• Screwed-in crown

Pics:

The dial looks blueish in the pics, but it is actually black.

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My second Ball just droped

CONTEXT: I live in Europe, more precisely in Malta.

I work in the igaming industries and I'm done with it. Two months ago I decided to start study watchmaking (with focus on Swiss Mechanical) as a possible future business.

Since there is nothing regards this here in Malta I had (and have) to import almost everything.

So, last month I bought the complete kit and it arrived today.

The unboxing (don't mind…

My tools arrived!

Woke up today and went straight to the shower. 5 min after I realized that I forgot to take my Ball out (Victory Fireman).

What it is the worst case scenario?
And what signs should I look for?

Yesterday I bought a watch on uhrinstinkt.de on a very good price. Today I woke up and I was greeted with a email from them saying that they don't have the watch and they are ordering.

I asked if I could get the money back and they said yes, but in the end I decided to wait for it because I don't think I will get the same deal again.

I don't need the money, in the sense that I can wait for the watch and it is a quarter bonus money, so it won't mess with my finance. But I need…

Is Uhrinstinkt trustworthy?

Almost forgot to post it, took those pics before work today.

They have other watches, but I was in a hurry so I only saw the Omegas.

So, I have a Fireman Victory (NM2098C-S6J-BK). And I'm hunting for my next one that could replace the Aquaterra (220.10.41.21.01.002) in my queue.

• Black dial
• Small markers
• No numbers
• Only Date
• At least 10bar of water resistance
• Cyclops
• Thin bezel
• Anti-magnetic
• Shock-resistant
• More rounded like the Aquaterra and less edges then the Fireman Victory.

Lets put this way, for me the Fireman Victory with it edges and squared…

Aquaterra alternative