SocalLefty68, Author at RK Watch Service https://rkwatchservice.com/author/socallefty68/ Watch Repair & Restoration Service Thu, 16 Oct 2025 11:50:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://rkwatchservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cropped-RK-Watch-Service-Logo-Chicago-Watch-Repair-Web-32x32.png SocalLefty68, Author at RK Watch Service https://rkwatchservice.com/author/socallefty68/ 32 32 Who are your favorite watch social media channels? https://rkwatchservice.com/who-are-your-favorite-watch-social-media-channels/ Mon, 13 Oct 2025 14:43:38 +0000 https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/who-are-your-favorite-watch-social-media-channels.5646158/ Watch Repair & Restoration Services in Northbrook & North Chicago Suburbs. Contact us for a free estimate at 224-213-7371. Learn more from our news blog.
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Who are your favorite watch shows and/or podcasts that you follow and like on YouTube or other social media? Which are the favorite channels you subscribe to?

Are there any that you find educational in addition to being very entertaining about wristwa...

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Who are your favorite watch shows and/or podcasts that you follow and like on YouTube or other social media? Which are the favorite channels you subscribe to?

Are there any that you find educational in addition to being very entertaining about wristwatches?

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What makes you like the watches you like and collect? https://rkwatchservice.com/what-makes-you-like-the-watches-you-like-and-collect/ Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:26:06 +0000 https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/what-makes-you-like-the-watches-you-like-and-collect.5645853/ Watch Repair & Restoration Services in Northbrook & North Chicago Suburbs. Contact us for a free estimate at 224-213-7371. Learn more from our news blog.
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I’ve been thinking about what makes me like the watches I like and what influences me in my choices for collecting watches knowingly or unknowingly beyond sticking to my budget.

Here is an excerpt from a recent online article I read which I think is p...

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I’ve been thinking about what makes me like the watches I like and what influences me in my choices for collecting watches knowingly or unknowingly beyond sticking to my budget.

Here is an excerpt from a recent online article I read which I think is pretty apt: ’Watch desire is a tangle of status, identity, nostalgia, history, mechanics, and aesthetics. Watches are this beautiful combination of history, engineering, status, craft, mechanics, and human ingenuity’.

At the end of the…

What makes you like the watches you like and collect?

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Are exhibition casebacks emphasized too much? https://rkwatchservice.com/are-exhibition-casebacks-emphasized-too-much/ Wed, 08 Oct 2025 02:19:53 +0000 https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/are-exhibition-casebacks-emphasized-too-much.5645512/ Watch Repair & Restoration Services in Northbrook & North Chicago Suburbs. Contact us for a free estimate at 224-213-7371. Learn more from our news blog.
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Exhibition or display casebacks where you can see the movement are often seen as a big part of the purchase decision for modern watches. But in my case, I don’t know which of my roughly 30 watches have display casebacks and which ones don’t. I don’t l...

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Exhibition or display casebacks where you can see the movement are often seen as a big part of the purchase decision for modern watches. But in my case, I don’t know which of my roughly 30 watches have display casebacks and which ones don’t. I don’t look at the caseback when I wear the watches or even when I am deciding which watch to wear looking at my winders.

On the other hand, when I buy a watch or during the first few weeks of wearing a newly acquired watch, I might find myself…

Are exhibition casebacks emphasized too much?

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What titanium watch are you wearing? Or post about titanium watches in general! https://rkwatchservice.com/what-titanium-watch-are-you-wearing-or-post-about-titanium-watches-in-general/ Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:15:10 +0000 https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/what-titanium-watch-are-you-wearing-or-post-about-titanium-watches-in-general.5645116/ Watch Repair & Restoration Services in Northbrook & North Chicago Suburbs. Contact us for a free estimate at 224-213-7371. Learn more from our news blog.
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Post pics of your titanium watches. Or just post comments about the titanium watches that intrigue you and might be a future purchase.

My GP WWTC world timer chronograph is one of my favorites and its lightweight comfort makes me be on the lookout fo...

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Post pics of your titanium watches. Or just post comments about the titanium watches that intrigue you and might be a future purchase.

My GP WWTC world timer chronograph is one of my favorites and its lightweight comfort makes me be on the lookout for more titanium watches.

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What are the microbrands that intrigue you? https://rkwatchservice.com/what-are-the-microbrands-that-intrigue-you/ Sat, 04 Oct 2025 16:17:59 +0000 https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/what-are-the-microbrands-that-intrigue-you.5645043/ Watch Repair & Restoration Services in Northbrook & North Chicago Suburbs. Contact us for a free estimate at 224-213-7371. Learn more from our news blog.
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Are there any microbrands that you would have an interest in buying a watch from or already own? My list of the microbrands that intrigue me in one way or the other would be as follows:

AnOrdain
Ba111od
Dornbluth and Sohn
Furlan Marri
Kudoke
Louis Er...

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Are there any microbrands that you would have an interest in buying a watch from or already own? My list of the microbrands that intrigue me in one way or the other would be as follows:

AnOrdain
Ba111od
Dornbluth and Sohn
Furlan Marri
Kudoke
Louis Errard
Minase
Ming
Nivada Grenchen
Serica
Straum

I haven’t pulled the trigger on buying any of them yet, but do watch news about their latest models. What are the microbrands that you are paying attention to?

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Which of your watches would you take to a watch enthusiast event? https://rkwatchservice.com/which-of-your-watches-would-you-take-to-a-watch-enthusiast-event/ Thu, 02 Oct 2025 21:50:45 +0000 https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/which-of-your-watches-would-you-take-to-a-watch-enthusiast-event.5644849/ Watch Repair & Restoration Services in Northbrook & North Chicago Suburbs. Contact us for a free estimate at 224-213-7371. Learn more from our news blog.
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If you could take 3 watches to a watch enthusiast or collector event, which ones from your collection would you wear/take? Post pics and comment on why you would choose them.

I think I will wear my Gen 1 VC Overseas from the nineties, but still debat...

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If you could take 3 watches to a watch enthusiast or collector event, which ones from your collection would you wear/take? Post pics and comment on why you would choose them.

I think I will wear my Gen 1 VC Overseas from the nineties, but still debating what two other watches I would take. The VC Overseas is the best high horology watch I own and the smaller Gen 1 in my biased opinion is way more beautiful than the recent editions which is why I would take it – also don’t run into others…

Which of your watches would you take to a watch enthusiast event?

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Do these watch company slogans resonate with you? https://rkwatchservice.com/do-these-watch-company-slogans-resonate-with-you/ Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:53:41 +0000 https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/do-these-watch-company-slogans-resonate-with-you.5644674/ Watch Repair & Restoration Services in Northbrook & North Chicago Suburbs. Contact us for a free estimate at 224-213-7371. Learn more from our news blog.
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Which of these watch company slogans resonate with you the most in terms of your image of the brand and its products?

AP - To Break the Rules, you must first Master them
Breguet - Crafting Emotions for 250 years, one Invention at a time
Cartier - Ne...

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Which of these watch company slogans resonate with you the most in terms of your image of the brand and its products?

AP – To Break the Rules, you must first Master them
Breguet – Crafting Emotions for 250 years, one Invention at a time
Cartier – Never Imitate, always Innovate
Doxa – The Watch that Marches with the Times
FP Journe – Invenit et Fecit
GP – Shaping the Now for those in the Know
IWC – Engineered for Men
JLC – The Watchmaker’s watchmaker
Hublot – The Art of Fusion
Omega -…

Do these watch company slogans resonate with you?

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What makes a watch a ‘fun watch’ for you? https://rkwatchservice.com/what-makes-a-watch-a-fun-watch-for-you/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 02:59:00 +0000 https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/what-makes-a-watch-a-%E2%80%98fun-watch%E2%80%99-for-you.5644223/ Watch Repair & Restoration Services in Northbrook & North Chicago Suburbs. Contact us for a free estimate at 224-213-7371. Learn more from our news blog.
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What makes a watch a ‘fun watch’ for you? Bright colors, funky shape, irregular dial, vintage looks, quirky design, pop culture referenced design?? Any watch that makes me smile when I look at my wrist and puts me in a light-hearted mood is a ‘fun’ w...

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What makes a watch a ‘fun watch’ for you? Bright colors, funky shape, irregular dial, vintage looks, quirky design, pop culture referenced design?? Any watch that makes me smile when I look at my wrist and puts me in a light-hearted mood is a ‘fun’ watch and every enthusiast should have a few of those in their collection. Sometimes putting a quirky strap on a watch can make it a ‘fun watch’ and all three of the watches below have after-market straps.

Some of my watches that I consider…

What makes a watch a ‘fun watch’ for you?

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New member from sunny Southern California https://rkwatchservice.com/new-member-from-sunny-southern-california/ Thu, 25 Sep 2025 19:34:45 +0000 https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/new-member-from-sunny-southern-california.5643952/ Watch Repair & Restoration Services in Northbrook & North Chicago Suburbs. Contact us for a free estimate at 224-213-7371. Learn more from our news blog.
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Joined the forum today after visiting once in a while previously and am looking forward to being a part of this watch enthusiast community. Thought I would introduce myself with this first post. I live by the coast in between Los Angeles and San Diego...

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Joined the forum today after visiting once in a while previously and am looking forward to being a part of this watch enthusiast community. Thought I would introduce myself with this first post. I live by the coast in between Los Angeles and San Diego.

I have around 30 watches with about 15 of them bought within the last three years after the collecting bug bit me hard (Is that a COVID after-effect?). I started with dress watches for work/evenings and dive watches for dive vacations, but…

New member from sunny Southern California

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