It’s no surprise that I collect affordable/ cheap watches. Today I spent an hour or so at my local flea market (again).

I lucked out today, I walked up to a booth where I’ve seen watches in the past, and this guy did have more watches this time. Before I could pick out a couple that I thought I could save he said “I’ll take $45 for all of them.”

17 watches in fair condition, some keepers, some need a bit of work, over all I call that a score!

The…

What a haul!

Close to zero wrist time: honeymoon phase is long over; I like the on-wrist look okay, but don’t love it; I want to baby the watch, so can’t wear without care; I think the watch looks great in third-person perspective, but I don’t wear a watch to look in the mirror all day, and I don’t wear it for others to see. So watch gets close to zero wrist time.

Close to constant wrist time: honeymoon phase is long over; I like the on-wrist look okay, but don’t love it; I don’t need to baby the watch…

What brings wrist time close to zero? Close to constant?

I’ve always admired Farer watches but never found one that made me want to pull the trigger and buy one. The monopusher chronographs (esp, the Cobb) were particularly enticing but just couldn’t justify the price. Not that I feel they are over-priced, just that at more than $1500 I’d find something else I’d rather buy.

The one model I would’ve bought but I missed out on was the Hudson. Ah well, can’t collect them all!

Anyway, this past weekend Farer emailed that their new models were…

Farer – ordered the new Durham

So yeah, it finally came after DHL asking me the same question over and over and over again and asking me to call them to give them more info only to tell me they don’t need any info from me for almost 2 weeks. So here we go.

Granted, I never held the other MAD editions, so I can’t speak to how thick they are. But this one doesn’t quite wear as thick as the specs suggest; the domed sapphire adds girth without making you feel it. But it’s obvious from looking at the display that this…

This just in! M.A.D.1S

I’ve bene considering getting a Mido Ocean Star GMT – but I’m hesitating because they’re 44mm diameter.

They’re gorgeous to look at, but I’ve found myself tending to like 40mm-42mm the best.

I know they have a 40mm version, but it has 21mm lugs, which is really off-putting when you’ve accumulated 20 and 22mm straps…

Anyway, I was hoping to get a wrist report about how the 44mm version wears. Does it wear large or small? Is it very thick? Will it work under a dress shirt cuff, or is it…

Anybody own a Mido Ocean Star GMT? Need a review…

It’s my birthday month, so I wasn’t going to waste a perfectly good reason to add to the collection. 😁

I had been eyeing this Seiko SBSC009 for a minute now because I’d been wanting to add a white dial to my collection, and I didn’t already have a GMT. I’d also never bought a watch from overseas, and since my local Seiko AD couldn’t source one for me, off to eBay I went to buy a new watch for the first time too.

So yeah, happy to tick off a few boxes…

A Few Firsts with One Stone