Impressed !

Hi all , long time G-Shock owner and lover but only for work as I am a Boilermaker welder and watches need to be tough and G-Shock has done themselves proud for over 25 years , TOUGH !
Anyway , I watched a You-Tube video of the ‘ Mad Watch Collector ‘ the other week on a G-Shock that he fell in love with and so did I , sad but true .

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Anyway down here in Australia I could not find the exact one I seen on You-Tube but I did find this sweety , DW9052GBX-1A9…

Impressed !

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After 50 years of watches , my first Seiko 5

Well I got bitten by the Seiko advertising bug .
This bad boy is the sweet biter , took ,,,
$200aud of my blood whish is sweet when these are $400 – 700aud on ebay etc here .
Well it arrived today and the superstitious amongst us will note the ‘ Day Date ‘ 2 of the Seiko 5’s build and design works .

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Its almost mid winter here in Australia 8 degrees cold , so the photos are 2nd rate with the phone , sorry .

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But…

After 50 years of watches , my first Seiko 5

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You know you have to many watches when ,,,,,,

Well , Sunday morning here and I was going through a box I found sitting in the back of my cabinet and pulled this watch out , I forgot I even owned it , it was stopped .

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Thinking it’s battery had died I pulled the back off to replace the battery and WOAW !!! this is a hand wind,, forgot completely about it .

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She is a Red Star that is well made in all ways , nice movement .

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Dial…

You know you have to many watches when ,,,,,,

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Raymond Weil today .

Decided to pull out my sweet Raymond Weil ‘ Freelander ‘ chronograph for the weekend , its a very nice watch in all ways .
Look at these numbers !!! , basically perfect . It has the Valjoux 7755 chronograph movement inside .

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A shot of the said movement , well done .

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And the wrist shot out in the sun . It looks big on wrist but its only the photo as the watch is 41mm in diameter , I like this watch in every way …

Raymond Weil today .

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Time for rotation.

I grabbed this bad boy off Drop .com when they still did watches about 6 years ago .
Pulled it out this morning for it’s turn in the sun , it’s a big boy but very well made and solid at 226 gms.
200m diver with nice bezel action .

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The dial is very nice with a wave pattern carved into it and wicked sunburst effect that works well and the blue is intense ! , cyclops that actually works well .

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And of course the Seiko…

Time for rotation.

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