Do you prefer the original or the reissue watch?
Do you prefer the original/vintage reference or the reissue? What are your reasons for choosing original/vintage over reissue or vice versa?
I mainly tend to lean towards original/vintage ones but I also want a reissue as well, mainly because the reis…
Continue readingIs it possible to use non-Timex movement in my vintage Timex Mercury Ref. 1044?
It might sound crazy but I wonder if that’s feasible to put non-Timex movement in it and if there are Swiss, Japanese, or any kind of movements that can fit into my vintage Timex Mercury? I’m wondering because since older Timex movements are notoriousl…
Continue readingCan a field watch be digital?
This genuinely made me wonder because I noticed most field watches mainly have an analog display. Made me ask “can a field watch have a digital display?”
Continue readingRoger Daltrey field watch ID
This is an elusive one since I basically asked in other places and literally no one are able to identify it and not even Google Lens recognizes this one aside similar results of Bertuccis and Seikos, none of which looks like Roger Daltrey’s field watch…
Continue readingHelp identify Jimmy Carter’s watch
I hope this is allowed especially since I’m really curious to know what watch is this.
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Continue readingDoes anyone like expansion bands?
They’re a genius invention and I’ll die in that hill.
Love my Timex’s expansion band
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Continue readingHelp ID those watches
Does anyone knows what model of Judd Hirsch’s gold watch he worn in late 70s sitcom “Taxi”?
- the mesh (?) band certainly looks interesting but I can’t tell if it’s a factory band or an aftermarket strap.
- it has a seconds subdial on the bottom of the dial
- it has numerals. It looks like it has 12, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10.
- Most likely mechanical.
- For reference, “Taxi” ran from 1978 to 1983.
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Does anyone knows what model of Judd Hirsch’s gold watch he worn in late 70s sitcom “Taxi”?
After your military service or your relative’s military service is done, do they keep the issued watch and do they continue to wear it?
I’m quite curious because there are bunch of WWI and WWII era watches that were used by soldiers and because they survived, it made me wonder if anyone from the military brought their military issued watches home and continued to wear them even after t…
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