Watches for going off to War.

On a different forum, outside of WUS, someone asked me about a current conflict that I’m familiar with. But they admitted to being ignorant about. Not going to get into politics. But after I answered his question, it occurred to me that very few of my watches would be suitable for going off to war. Honestly only my Citizen Eco-Drive BM7080-03E I bought nearly 25 years ago would be suitable.

So, if you had to go off to war, or chose to because the cause was Just; which watches from your…

Watches for going off to War.

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Inexpensive GMT with numerals, not indices

A friend of mine is not a watch person, but he was admiring my Seiko SSK 017.

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So much so he has already added it to his amazon cart about a week ago and last night he was about to click “Checkout.”

Then he said, “The one thing I don’t like about my Invicta” is that it doesn’t have numbers.

I told him to look at my Seiko, yeah, no numbers.

I told him I’d look around for a GMT with a similar vibe with numbers. My…

Inexpensive GMT with numerals, not indices

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When or where WOULDNT you wear a watch?

So, aside from wearing your Rolex on the wrong side of the tracks, or your Omega while putting up drywall, are there times or places where you don’t wear your watch?

I was thinking about this today, and despite the fact that I assumed I generally wear mine everywhere, I realized that I actually leave it off more than I would have thought.

This makes sense at home. For instance, I don’t usually wear one when working on the car I’m restoring, because I don’t want to scratch the paint. I…

When or where WOULDNT you wear a watch?

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