Arrived today! This watch features the world's first commercially available Swiss quartz movement (The Longines UltraQuartz was technically an earlier development but could not be mass produced). Derived from some elements of the Beta 1 and Beta 2...

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Just got this watch for $100... One of Citizen's High-Grade Crystal Sevens (has the same amount of jewels as the automatic Chronomaster at 33 jewels!) Couldn't pass it up, and the 33 jewel versions are pretty darn rare. Case finishing has add...

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For my collection, Eco Drive One at 2.98 mm thick.

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Figured I'd share my first SOTC.

Casual/Dress:

Hamilton Fontainbleau, ~1970s
Longines Flaghship, ~2010s
LeCoultre Master Mariner Memovox, 1962
Jaeger LeCoultre Ultra Thin, ~1973
Tudor Prince Date+Day, ~2000s
Wyler Incaflex Triple Calendar, ~196...

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Just arrived today - a Citizen Eco Drive One. Measures ~3mm thick - feels like I'm not wearing a watch at all. The dial is really amazing - looks completely different depending upon how the lighting in the room is (from a flat & dull finish, t...

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If you could purchase watches (at the original asking price for the time but adjusted to inflation today, and brand new with box, papers, and warranty) and were locked into only being able to purchase watches produced in a specific decade, which decade...

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Hi all,

I was wondering if Tudor still swaps out the movements for a watch when a watch is sent in to be serviced. If so, does this mean that you get another COSC certificate for the "new" movement that was put into the watch?

Thanks.

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Kicking things off here, Tudor P01 at 42mm width and 55.7mm L2L, next to the JLC at 34mm width by 36mm L2L. I know there have been historical threads on this but I wanted to see a fresh update, if you will, on what people are rocking currently since co...

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