I'm scrolling through various WRUW threads right now while wearing this watch. WRUW?
Continue readingKilling Confusion By Eliminating Options
I've long felt it to be true. Now there's objective evidence.
Jeans that fit perfectly. The ideal Netflix show for a Tuesday night. Your one and only soulmate. Modern life promises that with enough options, you will happily find the best of …
Continue readingWUS sales forum enschittiphication.
We all like to think that WUS is a friendly community of watch enthusiasts, aficionados who come together virtually to discuss watches and watch-related lifestyles, etc. etc., with the occasional bonus that we can put up a few of our own watches for sa…
Continue readingDamasko DC80 “Destro” on leather strap
I'm selling off my collection. This is one of my favorites. I'm going to miss her.
The crown is on the left side, making it less intrusive on the top of the wrist if you wear it on the left. The condition is excellent. The crystal is flawles…
Continue readingMeistersinger Perigraph “One Hander”
I'm selling off my collection. This is my second favorite watch, after my Seamaster.
This is the 43 mm Meistersinger "Perigraph," Swiss- made and with the ETA movement. I know it's an ETA 2824-2 because after buying it (preowned) …
Continue readingDIY vs Off The Shelf
People who prefer to assemble their own watch from a parts catalogue (the so-called DIYers and to some extent the "modders") are like the people who would rather cook their own meal and eat it at home…
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Continue readingHow does one determine accuracy of a watch with no seconds hand?
This piece of mine only has a running chrono seconds hand (the thin white one) and an elapsed chrono minute hand (the black one with the orange B727-200 on the tip).
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Continue readingHow does one determine accuracy of a watch with no second hand?
This piece of mine only has a running chrono second hand (the thin white one) and an elapsed chrono minute hand (the black one with the orange B727-200 on the tip).
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Continue readingGoing To Chicago: safe to wear my nice watch?
I’ll be in the Windy City for five days in the early part of this coming November. Staying at a big hotel in the downtown area. Would like to take my favorite watch (photo below). Plan on exploring the surrounding area by foot, taking in the sights, us…
Continue readingShockingly exposed and vulnerable saphire crystals
I hadn’t previously noticed how much of my Bulova “Lunar Pilot’s” crystal sits above the bezel, just begging to be chipped or cracked by a wayward spastic swing of my left wrist against a chunk of lava rock or a metal table edge.
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