Built for real life. Built to be worn.

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Standing out in the sun, watching a game, and spending hours outdoors is exactly where this watch shines. The rubber strap keeps things comfortable even when the temperature rises, while the sporty design makes it feel completely at home on the sidelines.

It’s practical, comfortable, and rugged enough that you don’t have to worry about wearing it.

That’s what to love about the Seiko 5 Sports — it doesn’t just look like a sports watch. IT FEELS LIKE…

Built for real life. Built to be worn.

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Universal Date / Time safe method and mechanism wear

As a lover of automatics with date (and even better day/date) and after a lot of research here and other sources, I came up with a ‘Universal Date Time setting process”.

This has led me to two main questions as I’ve now been using this for a couple of years.

First the process itself. This is assuming a stopped watch, but would also apply if running and needing to advance the date each month:

Get it running (manual wind, or wear it for 15 minutes).
Pull the crown out to the time setting…

Universal Date / Time safe method and mechanism wear

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Which watch would you keep?

I recently bought a RADO TRUE SQUARE new for a good price

After I received the watch, I started doing my QC inspection and found what looks like a small dust or scrach under the crystal, I’m not even sure what it is!!!

So I contacted the seller and sent him photos of the issue and he told me he would send me a new watch and I should return this one

I received the new watch 2 days ago , it doesn’t have any QC issues but it’s running at +13 seconds/day
And first one with the issue is…

Which watch would you keep?

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Who cracked the code on longer PR?

I’ll admit I do not follow the industry that closely anymore. I just recently found out that SW200-2 has a 65hr power reserve. The first thing I thought was that a lot of these movements are very similar, so much so that the SW 200 and ETA 2824 have been used interchangeably in many models. It got me thinking about something.

Is it true innovation? Is it that you can buy a Kenissi movement or even the L888 (or the watch that has it) and extract the secret sauce? Is it advancements in using…

Who cracked the code on longer PR?

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