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Ladies and Gentlemen, I can honestly say that my watch journey has been pretty good. I do not stroll in the Top Tier arena of the watch world. I am quite happy in the entry level. Yesterday I was able to get my Grail/Milestone watch. Allow me to explai...

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Living with a watch allows you to discern what you really need in a watch V what you want in a watch. I squarely fall into function first. Legibility, comfort i.e. weight, build, then appearance. I have found that I…

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Ladies and Gentlemen,

While I traipse through this hobby, I had made a small mistake. Thinking of a small but perhaps helpful mod would be adding a cyclops magnifier over the date on my Seiko Samurai.

I had the local AD do the work, and they did a g...

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Ladies and Gentlemen,

While I traipse through this hobby, I had made a small mistake. Thinking of a small but perhaps helpful mod would be adding a cyclops magnifier over the date on my Seiko Samurai.

I had the local AD do the work, and they did a great job. It was placed squarely over the date window, clean with no glue along the edges. Sadly i found that the convex shape of the cyclops caught light sources from any angle and actually distorted the image and made it harder to see the…

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]]> The freshly paved road to my Grail watch https://rkwatchservice.com/the-freshly-paved-road-to-my-grail-watch/ Sat, 08 Mar 2025 16:21:07 +0000 https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/the-freshly-paved-road-to-my-grail-watch.5617643/ 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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Welcome one and all to my picnic.

As you can see I have not been here a WUS for long. Since here I have been welcomed by many of you, if I could bottle your kindness and shake it over the globe, we all would be better for it, Thank you to all.

So I...

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Welcome one and all to my picnic.

So I just looked, I have been wearing a watch for 55+ years. They have been a part of me longer than any friend, job , or home.

When I "really" got watches was after I lost my favorite one. A Casio G-Shock commonly known as a 5 eye. I have been on…

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This past summer, I gave my sister my GWM 5610-1. It was a watch I cherished, but did not wear much due to the other G-Shocks I have.

Without going into detail, my sister is not in a good place. She got laidoff from her job of over 30 years, her kids...

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This past summer, I gave my sister my GWM 5610-1. It was a watch I cherished, but did not wear much due to the other G-Shocks I have.

Without going into detail, my sister is not in a good place. She got laidoff from her job of over 30 years, her kids have moved out, and she lost her husband to Covid. She was feeling very "disconnected".

She has a small collection of watches, quartz analog with a seconds hand so she can take the pulse of her patient and what ever nurses need to do with a…

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Let me first start by saying that while I have not been on this forum for very long, I have seen the most amazing and beautiful watches I could have ever imagined, to all of you, Well Done !!

Some of the watches are nothing short of incredibly accura...

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Let me first start by saying that while I have not been on this forum for very long, I have seen the most amazing and beautiful watches I could have ever imagined, to all of you, Well Done !!

Some of the watches are nothing short of incredibly accurate instruments, do any of you keep a record or a journal of your timepieces ?

I got the idea from the book "a Man and His watch" when showing the Tudor Oyster Prince from the BNGE expedition.

On the weekends I sit down and journal my Seiko…

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Today I was inspecting a house for the C of O, Certificate of Occupancy. I grabbed the small step ladder and reached up to push the button to activate the smoke alarms. While reaching, my arm stretches beyond my cuff and I get a great shot of my Seiko 5. This has been a great watch, I did have it regulated after a year, and it keeps great time. It's has seen, mud, snow, heat and has been submerged multible times. No complaints ! I have been looking at the Baby Alpinist, in green, but i'm...

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