Need advice on watch boxes

I have bought 3 cases over the years to store my watches in and none of them have been suitable. As I have a large wrist none of the inserts supplied are big enough and the slots aren’t deep enough. My watches end up sticking up way too proud of where they should be and they slope to the side bashing into each other due to the small inserts.

I’m preferably wanting the briefcase style with 8-10 slots but will consider any suitably sized case or box at this point!:D

Any ideas?

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Handwinding feel/resistance

I have a Willard with the 6R movement which is super-light to wind. A real joy.

My 4R Turtle is much heavier to wind, there is noticeably more resistance when handwinding. It’s not dreadful like a Sellita SW200 or anything but shouldn’t the 4R be as light if not lighter than the 6R? Or does it signify a lack of lubrication of sorts?

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Why don’t Seiko make any orange dial divers anymore?

As per the title really. Seiko used to offer awesome orange dials on their divers. Over the years I’ve owned an orange Monster, an orange SKX and an orange Samurai.

Why isn’t there an orange Turtle, an orange Willard, an orange Samurai etc in the range anymore? I’m not aware of them selling an orange-dialled dive watch for years.

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Timegraphers

When it comes to giving the accuracy of a watch surely these just give a snapshot of the accuracy at the given amount of wind in the mainspring when you measure it? So you could put the same watch on the timegrapher later on when the power reserve has …

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