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Two Great WIS Experiences with My CW

Twice in the last month I was dropping my kid off somewhere, and each time another dad/WIS stopped me to talk to me about my CW Aqu…

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Would You Buy a G-Shock as a Milestone Watch?

I was looking for a watch to celebrate a work milestone 20 years in the making – something that met as much of the following as possible:

On the smaller side (sub 40 mm, sub 47 mm l-t-l, sub 10 mm height)
No 3 o'clock date (6 o'clock or othe…

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Funny Watch/Parenting Question: What Would You Do?

My 10 year old son has started show an interest in my watches. He doesn’t like automatics – he thinks it’s silly to purposefully wear something that is less precise – but likes digital. I bought him an f-91w, which he liked and wore most days. He very …

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Anyone Wear a Watch More Expensive than their Car?

Realized the other day that my 20-year-old Honda is worth about $2k-$3k and my CW Aquitaine probably has a present value of about $1k. Hoping I can add a new watch at some point to leave the car’s value behind, as I have zero interest in buying a new …

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Demagnetizing Fail

I bought a bronze CW Aquitaine in May 2024. Love the watch, wear it daily, and it kept great time (+/- 1 second per day) for the first 3 months or so that I wore it, which is nice because it’s COSC.

After the first 3 months, it started running 7-10 se…

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Best Sport/Tool Watch with a lug-to-lug under 45mm?

I tend to like smaller watches and sport/tool watches. Seems like there’s a larger selection of watches with 46-48 mm lug-to-lug, but there are very few smaller than that (even the 37mm BB54 has a lug-to-lug of 46).

Since I don’t have a watch that mee…

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