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Dress 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.

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On 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…

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Yema announces tariff-related price hikes. Surely other brands will be announcing the same.

Got this in an email today:

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Most 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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Will 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…

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Poll: 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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Damasko: underrepresented here why are they ?

There’s no Damasko forum in the WUS Watch Brands section (but there is a Sinn, another German “tool” brand). Simple oversight or are Damasko considered a microbrand unworthy of their own niche? And I rarely see any Damasko that remain on sale for very…

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A pleasant interaction with a non WIS

This past weekend I attended a friend’s afternoon Independence Day BBQ pool party. About 40 guests. I found myself sharing a table with an elderly lady sitting across from me by the pool. After the usual chit chat (“So what do you do? And where do you…

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Flexing Is Not A Crime

I’ve been a little constipated lately, so I’ve had a bit more down time to sit and think about things, and it occurred to me that watch aficionados tend to use the word “flex” (as in proudly wearing one’s cool or rare or expensive watch) in a derogator…

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Mandetbrote Orbital: My first Kickstarter watch purchase

Can’t remember how I found out about this watch, it must’ve been one of those unsolicited emails. Mandetbrote Watches. But the campaign looked legit and was already fully funded, and the design was just quirky enough to pique my interest. So I pledge …

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