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Best pilot chronograph?

Happy New Year everyone!
I know there’s tons of “best diver”, “best GADA” but can’t recall if there’s a thread about pilot chronographs. It’s a very beautiful design if properly executed but I might be wrong but there’s not a whole lot out there. Who’s your candidate?.

1.- IWC pilot chronograph.

2.- Archimede pilot chronograph.

3.- Laco pilot chronograph.

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After So Many Watches, What Still Excites You?

After reaching 10 watches in my collection, I feel like I have seen it all.

Every new release feels like a slight variation of something that already exists. The industry plays it safe, and I get why, but it makes collecting less exciting.

What keep…

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Seeking advice – Is this a Lemania Series III 3 military watch?

I received this watch from my Dad over the weekend, first impression was; swiss, no branding…must be some old clone with a generic movement of some kind. But looking closer and trying the chrono for the first time, this thing had a certain quality to it. The patina certainly looked authentic, this thing has seen some action. My Dad couldn’t really tell me anything about it and he couldn’t remember where he got it, my guess is it’s a thrift store find. Took a few searches but I finally…

Seeking advice – Is this a Lemania Series III 3 military watch?

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Quartz or Mechanical? – a watch-related song…>

I’ve been playing around with the Suno A.I. song generator. Here’s a song I created recently with lyrics you may be able to relate to

You can have a listen at the link below.

Thanks.

* Quartz or Mechanical? *

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Reunited (NWA)

And it feels so good! I actually just sold my blue dial 104 in January. After shipping that one, I knew I had made a mistake.

Looking back I rushed the decision to sell it while in the midst of a transition. I’m still in that transition period as I’ve tried to tighten things up in terms of quality and quantity. In the last few months I’ve sold 6 watches and bought 3. So now, my core collection consists of 9 watches instead of 12.

I always really…

Reunited (NWA)

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Dang, this is a pretty good homage

Nothing profound on this one, just was really struck by this little Timex. A quick search will yield you one of these bad boys for around $100 and it’s the kind of homage I think most of us can get behind. For the price of dinner you get a reliable wat…

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##WRUW Friday March 7 2025##

WRUW Friday March 7 2025

Baton Down The Hatches Edition

This one’s dedicated to the WRUW Founder & CEO @Russ1965
and all the good folks in AUS 🇦🇺 in the path of this giant Cyclone Alfred. Please share a thought that they are safe and protected….

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NATO strap “rash” abrasion feedback

Thoughts & experience on NATO’s marking watch backs over time?

I copied below Tudor pic and quote off reddit. .
I’m never going to resell my watches but I’d like to enjoy looking at the backs a decade from now.

Pic 1 Tudor back – Quote from poster: “After using the OEM NATO strap for a longer period of time I noticed that the caseback has [checker] marks all over it..”

Pic 2 My crystal back – I’m fine with service marks (shown)
Pic 3 My Logo Back – showing micro scratches

[ATTACH…

NATO strap “rash” abrasion feedback

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Nato help

Are there any ways to control the bitter end of a nato strap. I have @.5 inches of strap that just sorta waves back at me.

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Watch review annoyance

It really annoys me when I read a review that says something like "this watch is 44mm, but it wears like 42mm." And it annoys me because I also see in other reviews "this watch is 42mm, but it wears more like 44mm." I have no idea w…

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