How right or wrong is the “24” at the top of a GMT bezel or chapter ring?
Treat me like a noob who doesn't want to make a mistake.
I'm looking at two affordable traveler GMT watches, both fit, nice design language, easy price. The problem is both have the 24 at the top instead of a triangle, lume pip or lume tria…
Continue readingSecond hand snapped on my chronograph!
Yeah, snapped clean thru at the disc, and now the hand ia just laying on the dial while the disc and the tail of the hand is still spinning on the pinion. I did pull out the crown to prevent any potential metal shards (there shouldn't be any, was …
Continue readingAre there any brands that use a sterile dial?
…say, with the brand's info elsewhere on the watch? Just curious. Not looking for one, but trying to reconcile a sterile Roman dial build with my desire to… Finish the aesthetics. "This is a 2025 F. P. Forays, mister, not 'a quick an…
Continue readingLeather Strap Fit/Hole Issues- anybody here know how to fill/plug a hole in leather?
I’m between holes and they’re too close together to just punch one between them. I’ve already done the common sense thing and tried the tighter hole for a few days, but that’s not how my watches are worn. I use the loosest hole that will allow the leather to “adhere” to my skin and keep the watch from moving. In this case, the looser hole is allowing a slight movement circumference wise, and that has to go. If I could close one off (the one closer to the end of the tongue, as the pull would…
Continue readingLeather Strap Fit/Hole Issues- anybody here know how to fill/plug a hole in leather?
