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

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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I know y’all don’t value accuracy……..but this is amazing !!

I bought Bluesy new on May 29. I have not set it once, and its now only 5 seconds behind atomic time. Sadly I have to set the date now, and I'll have to unscrew the crown again for DST next month.

One second per month……….its incredible.

H…

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New member and new sponsor, Rusty’s Watches 💻

The short story:

I have been a member here for 10+ years with a personal account, but just became a premium sponsor so I can share my work.

I've been working on a hobby project (rustyswatches.com) to create the greatest search engine for watches…

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What’s the deal with customs holding packages???

I have a new watch en route to me from Germany and customs has had it for a week now. The tracking through Fedex only says "clearance delay". How long will this process take? and why do they drag it out or even do it in the first place?

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Expensive Watches with movements that don’t match

Just looking at an article now online about the new Purple Wild One. I noticed some time ago now that Norquain had stopped using the Kenissi calibres and started instead using a pretty standard SW200. But their pricing is the same. Otherwise, this appe…

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Do these watch company slogans resonate with you?

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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*PATINA/WABI SABI THREAD*

I thought I'd start this thread as I just posted a pic of this 1953 Omega 2639 and forum regular Russ1965 said "If that watch could only speak". Indeed.

Apologies if there is a recent thread covering this but a quick search only turned …

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Does this Sound Legit?? Purchase Question.

Hey all. Quick question for you guys that know much more than I do.

I’ve been looking at buying a new watch. Browsing eBay I found a possible and it was in Japan. The watch was priced at $600 or so, maybe a bit lower. On the shipping he had the cos…

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Reunited after 16 years.

Back home after 16 years of being missed!!! For those that missed my previous WRUW posts…

I had this custom made in Switzerland with my DAZ Logo and a Valjoux 7750 in 2006. I was forced to sell it in 2009 during hard times and have missed it badly e…

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