With the upcoming reintroduction of UG, I’d think they’d do pretty well by sticking closer to some of their classic watch designs (perhaps upscaling the original sizes up 3-5mm for a more modern look). A reintroduction of the 1-69 with better hairsprin…
Continue readingIs 44mm the maximum watch size for a good fit on my wrist?
Just collecting some opinions- does 44mm hit about the maximum size that would look decent on my ~6.9in. wrist? The L2L measurement is quite long on this particular watch at 51mm.
Some pictures – one taken from viewing perspective and one at a distan…
Continue readingCertina DS-2 Precidrive – a great quartz watch
Around 2-ish years ago, I was thinking about whether or not to get a Certina Precidrive Chronograph. I decided not to at the time, but eventually picked one up before they disappeared from online stores.
For a quick bullet list of why these things are…
Continue readingIf you could improve one thing about Grand Seiko, what would you change?
I figured this’d make for an interesting discussion. For myself, I’d like to see the reemergence of Day Date 9F83s and applied minute indices models. It’d be nice to see more variety with the 9F series of quartz watches. Cool slab case shapes and dials like the early 4883 Superiors and Grand Quartzes would be awesome to see again in a modern format.
Continue readingWhat about you?
