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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Continue readingWrevolting Wrist Shots
Up until recently I only ever logged onto WUS on my smart phone. Everything was fine. Then a week ago I bought an iPad. It makes a positive difference in my casual internet use. But when those bigger than life size wrist shots pop up twelve inches from…
Continue readingYou’ve been chosen to be the new James Bond.
You’re an up and coming actor and somehow you’ve been offered the role of 007. Daniel Craig has retired and the producers want you to sign a multi million dollar contract, for five films. You accept.
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Continue readingDress Watches With Robust, Even Excellent Lume
I’m looking for a dress watch that has amazing lume. I don’t own a dress watch yet, so all of my watches are sports or aviators – and they all have amazing loom. I can’t imagine giving up the lume just ‘cause I’m dressed up all fancy – schmancy.
Continue readingOn the threshold to greatness… yet hesitant.
Sorry for the click bait thread title… What else did you expect from me? 😊
This thread is about someone (of my general height, weight, and build) who has never owned a truly upper mid-tier or high end watch, and is now in a financial position to acqui…
Continue readingYema announces tariff-related price hikes. Surely other brands will be announcing the same.
Got this in an email today:
Continue readingMost precise minute hand time-setting technique?
When setting the minute hand (referencing an external time standard) on a hacking watch, I have found that moving the minute hand in
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Continue readingWill Rolex ever be succeeded by another brand as the icon of high end horology?
I am assuming that, among the general non WIS population, Rolex is the most recognizable and most accepted high-end brand of watches. For example, ask 100 random adults in an airport waiting area “What brand of watch do most successful and affluent peo…
Continue readingPoll: choose Johnny’s watches for flight tonight.
Tonight I’m leaving on the ultra luxurious redeye B777-200 flight from Maui to Denver, and fully expect a free upgrade to business class from one of the young svelte sexy flight attendants. Of course I will be sporting one of my three mechanical watche…
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