My gramps is getting pretty old and he doesn’t even own a watch. But he still possesses all of his faculties and commented to me recently that he’d enjoy wearing a nice watch. What should I get him, understanding that at age 94… such a watch will likel…
Continue readingPushers’ Delight
What’s your preferred chronograph pusher type? Take the poll and state your opinion. Because it’s an opinion poll. Extra points for extra stuff.
My favorite? Type 4 “The Mesa,” of course.
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Continue readingShipping via US Postal Service: “No Quartz Watches!”
My watch purge continues (down to eight from fourteen) and I’ve sold all of them thus far to other WUSeekers.
Today I tried to ship my quartz Certina HA Chrono to a buyer in the EU: $75 just for shipping charges of small 2 lb box, plus whatever impor…
Continue readingWill the Seamaster get me a business class upgrade? Live thread with updates.
On my way to OGG for a short hop to HNL. Wearing my 007 Seamaster GMT.
Uber driver not impressed, but what does he …
Continue readingTariff-Free Watches For Americans!
Do you want to buy new watches but not pay the inflated post-tariff prices? Me too. So I looked for watches made in the USA that will be un-tariffed. And I found this article on Teddy Baldassarre’s site.
Of course most, if not all, of these brands, …
Continue readingYey For Yema!
How many other watch companies do we think will be doing this?
Continue readingCertina DS Podium Precidrive HAQ
The downsizing continues….
Next up is my Certina DS Podium Chronograph with the Precidrive high accuracy quartz movement. This watch’s timing has been off by only two seconds a year. My local jeweler installed a new battery two months ago when the ori…
Continue readingWhat is this watch an homage of?
I have a suspicion Certina designed this watch with another (more famous) watch design in mind and as inspiration. Any opinions on what they were referencing?
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Continue readingGF wants a Rolex; but she knows nothing about watches.
Just goes to show how pervasive, how utterly deep rooted and insidious the House Of Rolex Narrative is.
“You know, there are many excellent premium watch brands that make truly beautiful and elegant watches: IWC, Cartier, Omega, Bulgari, Patek, Jaege…
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