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What makes you like the watches you like and collect?

I’ve been thinking about what makes me like the watches I like and what influences me in my choices for collecting watches knowingly or unknowingly beyond sticking to my budget.

Here is an excerpt from a recent online article I read which I think is p…

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How’d I do

Sorry if this is the wrong forum. I dont buy many watches and i am new at it.

I was in Branson Mo today and visited a pawn shop and a Fine Art Gallery.

At the pawn shop, I picked up a 2014 Chris Ward C60 GMT with box, papers and the original warrant…

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The 1972 Omega Beta 21 “ElectroQuartz”

Arrived today! This watch features the world's first commercially available Swiss quartz movement (The Longines UltraQuartz was technically an earlier development but could not be mass produced). Derived from some elements of the Beta 1 and Beta 2…

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### WRUW Saturday 11th October 2025 ###

Hello watch nuts of the world and welcome to another weekend. Hope you have a great one wherever you are, but in the meantime show us what you're wearing: I'll kick it off with my Seiko Prospex LX GMT SNR033…

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Watch Photography Thread! :)

More watch photography! This time round, I take on the Superocean Heritage II 42mm! I really wanted to bring out the blue theme and feel of the watch but I think I did a bad job and oversaturated the photos such that the case looks yellowish, what do y…

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They call it Independent Watches

It is an interesting idea to call both micro brands and ateliers Independent Watches.
I mean micros that aren't just using out of bin cases and copying existing designs.
What do you think?

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Crazy watches – show us yours!

Show us your crazy stuff – the diamonds, the openworks, the forgotten brands, the weird complications, or just anything that isn't boring.
Let’s see some personality on those wrists!

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## WRUW on 10 October 2025? Friday Edition? ##

Oh, Look……………Friday's rolled around again !

Let's get this thread moving.

Kicking off the pre-weekend with my Seiko ProspeX Land Tortoise.

WRUW?

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Looking for an affordable Tiffany/Teal/Turquoise blue dial watch

I am looking for an affordable Tiffany/Teal/Turquoise blue dial watch. It can be an automatic or a quartz watch. I have a budget of USD 500 (approx). I am open to micro-brands as well.

I am looking for a watch with following specifications (please ign…

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Leaving my bedroom: safe to wear my nice watch?

Just woke up and am considering getting out of bed for the day. Should I be okay wearing my nice Invicta, or would I be robbed and murder-killed for it in the kitchen?

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