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What’s with Hong Kong?

I'm toying with Chrono24 and looking for used JLC watches. When i select a model of interest i sort hits by price, the lowest offers always come from Hong Kong dealers. And the numbers of JLC watches from Hong Kong are also on the top.

Why? Is J…

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Omg, I found my first “real” watch in a drawer

It's damn impressive for a kid/teen watch 30 – 35 years ago.

Two tone, titanium, quartz chronograph by Festina 😅
I really liked wave pattern on the dial but you can't see it well on this photo. Memories.

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State of my collection and need for another watch

This is my collection right now. I'm very happy with it. All watches are here to stay because I love them or have extra sentimental reasons. I've also sold some watches to make it happen. After I've done all that I realized I sold all dr…

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After 3 years…i got the call.

I was always very outspoken about Rolex and their AD antics. But i did like couple of their watches and one i really liked was always the Rhodium dialed Yachtmaster. It wasn't as popular as Subs, Dayjusts, Daytonas, etc. but this model just spoke …

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Manual winding of watches. Should be a fun experience but mostly isn’t. Discuss

When i started "collecting" watches, mechanical movement was a must. I loved to see it, set the time/date and mostly, i loved winding it.
I even didn't like automatics because "if you go mechanical, buy manual movement options and w…

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Another Rolex rant

So my wife decided she would like to get a two tone Rolex Lady Datejust. She configured her model online. The only problem, she couldn't decide about the size (28mm or 31mm).

No problem right. That's why we have Rolex Ads. To see the watche…

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Adding a sports watch to my collection

I decided to lower the number of my watches in collection to make room for a sports watch with a dial color that is NOT black.
My wrist is 17cm so my sweet spot is 39 – 41mm size watch with lug to lug less then 48mm. I want a comfortable watch on brac…

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White dial sports watch, but vintage?

I'm trying to find a fun strap monster type watch (a bracelet as original would be great too) from 38mm to 41mm in size (40mm is my sweet spot). White dial (not silver) and it should be older or vintage. I don't want a dress or dressy type of…

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Broken Panerai

Well, it happened. I was very lucky so far with my watches. None broke or needed any service until today.
My oldest in the collection was 18 years old Panerai Luminor Zero. I just got a new strap for it and loved wearing it again but today i felt a sn…

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Would you buy it or not?

I fell in love in a certain watch that costs..a lot (for me). I decided to sell some watches to keep my collection down in numbers and then i'll walk into a boutique, get a nice discount, because it's a brand i thought gives discounts and the…

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