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 readingOn my way to OGG for a short hop to HNL. Wearing my 007 Seamaster GMT.
Uber driver not impressed, but what does he …
Continue readingDo 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 readingHow many other watch companies do we think will be doing this?
Continue readingThe 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 readingI 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 readingJust 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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