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Aging Eyes (Old Eyes) & Legibiity

In the the last year I have realize that I just cant see the faces on most of my watches. We have been called back into the office so wear one every day again (I was work at home for 12 years – long before the pandemic).

I usually wear a Casio G-Shock…

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Automatic or mechanical

Hi, I am purchasing a Pagani which come in an automatic model and a mechanical one. I will only wear the watch about once a month in rotation with my other watches.
I assume that the mechanical will need cleaning/servicing more often than an automatic…

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New watch day, Omega Seamaster

So this wasn’t on my radar at all. I’ve been using my Tudor Black Bay Monochrome most days for work for about a year now and it’s lovely, but I always feel naked with it. Keep in mind my other watches are all 43MM and above. I ended up trying this Omeg…

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## WRUW on 12 October 2025? ##

Lee appears to be encountering issues, so…..

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Is Thinness Overrated?

Over my years on WUS, I have noticed one thing. A definite preference for thinness. Regardless of a watch’s dimensions, someone will chime in and reflexively say “it’s way too thick,” even though they clearly haven’t tried on the watch.
There are many…

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Popular watches you don’t understand the appeal of…

It might just be this particular community, but there are certain watches that seem to be very popular and I just don't get it.

To the point that a number of these watches almost seem to be expected additions to a collection, like people feel obl…

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Lets see your oldest Chronograph >>>

Here is mine from the 1940's A Chronographe Suisse with an 18K Gold Case back, runs sweet and its recently been serviced so its hopefully got a lot more years of service ahead of the watch anyway let see yours guys.

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BLRO / Pepsi GMT Master II – Allocation Bracelet Conundrum :)

If you had been waiting for one for 2-3 years and were offered BLRO on a non-preferred Bracelet, would you buy it.

aka – wanted Jubilee, but Oyster was offered OR Vice-Versa.

SA is happy to order the other bracelet via RSC – though it is ~20% the cos…

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Next addition

I'm really wanting to add something a bit different to my collection, have an ever growing shortlist of watches I would love to have but obviously need to draw the line somewhere although a Pistachio OP and Batman GMT is one for the future.

I hav…

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What Kind Of Collector Are You?

A little over 40 yrs ago I was buying vinyl records like crazy. I said I need some jazz and although I did listen to them , It wasn't daily . I said I needed some classical but again didnt listen to them much.
I ended up with over 200 records an…

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