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Was checking out Ali the other week and stumbled upon this , $95aud which is $60 usd delivered in 6 days to me , impressive service .

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Was checking out Ali the other week and stumbled upon this , $95aud which is $60 usd delivered in 6 days to me , impressive service .

Took 10 minutes to fit , and would have been quicker if I had fitted the bracelet first then the case cover because the tolerances are so good the bracelet is to tight to fit past the case cover and the spring bars did not like being forced past , very nice .

I like the red accents on…

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]]> King of G ‘ Red Eye ‘ arrives . https://rkwatchservice.com/king-of-g-red-eye-arrives/ Sat, 09 Aug 2025 09:13:49 +0000 https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/king-of-g-red-eye-arrives.5638045/ Watch Repair & Restoration Services in Northbrook & North Chicago Suburbs. Contact us for a free estimate at 224-213-7371. Learn more from our news blog.
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Grabbed this bad boy last week , it arrived on Thursday and man !!!! , I can see why they call this " King of G-Shock " its awesome !

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Grabbed this bad boy last week , it arrived on Thursday and man !!!! , I can see why they call this " King of G-Shock " its awesome !

Huge and so comfortable I hardly feel it on wrist , amazing .
I pulled a few of my Casio's out for a group photo , I could not be bothered digging them all out as I have just got home from a 10 hour Saturday Boiler making , a bit tired .

But I do like this Red Eye monster , it has…

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]]> Birth year ( reissue ) Watch https://rkwatchservice.com/birth-year-reissue-watch/ Fri, 18 Jul 2025 10:15:27 +0000 https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/birth-year-reissue-watch.5635367/ Watch Repair & Restoration Services in Northbrook & North Chicago Suburbs. Contact us for a free estimate at 224-213-7371. Learn more from our news blog.
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Hi all , come upon this being a ,, ' Star Member ' ,, of StarBuy Sydney here in Australia and they offered me this sweety for $750aud down from $1650aud for one day .

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Hi all , come upon this being a ,, ' Star Member ' ,, of StarBuy Sydney here in Australia and they offered me this sweety for $750aud down from $1650aud for one day .

I grabbed it because its a reissue of a watch made for one year only 1961 ,, the year of my birth ,, cooool .
Sorry about the photos but its mid winter here and getting dark by 5pm when I get home from work so these are taken under basic lights .

The…

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]]> Well , I have the disease . https://rkwatchservice.com/well-i-have-the-disease/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 10:20:50 +0000 https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/well-i-have-the-disease.5633491/ Watch Repair & Restoration Services in Northbrook & North Chicago Suburbs. Contact us for a free estimate at 224-213-7371. Learn more from our news blog.
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Hi all , as you probably know I grabbed a DW9025 in black with gold accents , buckle etc and love it ! .

Refresher photo .
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Hi all , as you probably know I grabbed a DW9025 in black with gold accents , buckle etc and love it ! .

Refresher photo .
Anyway that thread got quite a few replies and one or 2 had owners of these in blue and I want one !! but sadly a week or 2 searching here in Australia for one drew a blank , but I did find this yes !

Its a DW5600 , of course but in white ,, nice .

It was…

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]]> Impressed ! https://rkwatchservice.com/impressed/ Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:52:07 +0000 https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/impressed.5632518/ Watch Repair & Restoration Services in Northbrook & North Chicago Suburbs. Contact us for a free estimate at 224-213-7371. Learn more from our news blog.
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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 .

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...

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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 https://rkwatchservice.com/after-50-years-of-watches-my-first-seiko-5/ Fri, 13 Jun 2025 14:22:47 +0000 https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/after-50-years-of-watches-my-first-seiko-5.5630929/ Watch Repair & Restoration Services in Northbrook & North Chicago Suburbs. Contact us for a free estimate at 224-213-7371. Learn more from our news blog.
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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 ' D...

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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 .

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

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After 50 years of watches , my first Seiko 5

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]]> You know you have to many watches when ,,,,,, https://rkwatchservice.com/you-know-you-have-to-many-watches-when/ Sun, 18 May 2025 02:10:43 +0000 https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/you-know-you-have-to-many-watches-when.5627548/ Watch Repair & Restoration Services in Northbrook & North Chicago Suburbs. Contact us for a free estimate at 224-213-7371. Learn more from our news blog.
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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 .

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 .

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

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

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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 .

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 .

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

Dial…

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

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]]> 4W’s White , wavy dial , Watchdives , Willard https://rkwatchservice.com/4ws-white-wavy-dial-watchdives-willard/ Fri, 02 May 2025 02:52:15 +0000 https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/4ws-white-wavy-dial-watchdives-willard.5625331/ Watch Repair & Restoration Services in Northbrook & North Chicago Suburbs. Contact us for a free estimate at 224-213-7371. Learn more from our news blog.
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Morning all on the 2nd May ,

Its Willard day , have a good one all from Australia .

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Morning all on the 2nd May ,

Its Willard day , have a good one all from Australia .

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Going through my watch cabinet this morning and decided that this long weekend ( ANZAC day ) will be pilot watches weekend .
left to right .
Addiesdive in stainless steel , NH35
Mysterious Code in Titanium , NH35
Tandorio in Brass , NH35
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So cool they deserve a little Macro .

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]]> Probably the last bargain before tariffs . https://rkwatchservice.com/probably-the-last-bargain-before-tariffs/ Sat, 19 Apr 2025 08:22:28 +0000 https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/probably-the-last-bargain-before-tariffs.5622985/ Watch Repair & Restoration Services in Northbrook & North Chicago Suburbs. Contact us for a free estimate at 224-213-7371. Learn more from our news blog.
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This was waiting for me when I got home from work yesterday , A Tandorio no name dial , Grand Seiko GMT homage in titanium .
72 grms .

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This was waiting for me when I got home from work yesterday , A Tandorio no name dial , Grand Seiko GMT homage in titanium .
72 grms .

It was $130aud which = $83usd delivered , a bargain , here it is as it arrived .

The leather strap is of fairly good quality and case back is not overdone .

But I went through my bracelet tin this morning and found this 20mm oldish Omega bracelet…

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