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Is Seiko Alpinist A Good Investment In 2025? (Price …
Continue readingMy experience with the Watchdives 1860
I bought this watch in December 2024, and it arrived quickly. The finishing was impressive, though the bracelet felt slightly sharp. In March 2025, the chronograph’s seconds hand detached. Watchdives provided a refund and sent a replacement hand, but the issue persisted. They then sent a new watch head at no cost. Overall, their customer support was responsive and helpful.
Continue readingHaving said that, the watch looks very nice. Dimensions are great and the lume is decent. The 24 hour indicator is as…
Problematic Formex – How to Proceed
My Formex Essence 39mm was truly accurate when new, but after 3 years, it was losing time at the rate of about 8 sec/day. Certainly not chronometer-grade performance. I contacted Formex, and they recommended that I send it to their authorized service c…
Continue readingPins too close to case for strap
I’ve been looking for a 20mm-20mm adapter – something like what’s shown below but I’d rather have the strap feed into a 20mm buckle rather than 20mm pins. Is there something like that in silver?
Continue readingI have a cool 20mm NATO strap and want to use it.
Thanks
Dive Watch Criteria?
Looking at the forum asking members to show their dive watches made me wonder what should be the criteria to call a watch a dive watch or a military watch? Some shown in the thread are to me pseudo dive watches. Lige Foxbox makes numerous look alike …
Continue readingIf you were spending a week in London, would you wear a nice watch (or not)?
Like walking around the city center as a tourist (not sitting in an office). Are things as bad there as the media suggests, or is it overblown? Should I just stick with a boring Seiko?
Continue readingIf you need some context (even though this story is about the numbers being down, it is a LOT of thefts, and many of them seem pretty brazen). 29,000 watches reported stolen in 5 years, or 15 per day (though I don’t know if those were all muggings vs. other stuff like shoplifting). Still, that’s a lot…
If you were spending a week in London, would you wear a nice watch (or not)?
What is this watch an homage of?
I have a suspicion Certina designed this watch with another (more famous) watch design in mind and as inspiration. Any opinions on what they were referencing?
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Continue readingHow to fix annoying habit of watch sliding toward the exterior of my wrist
This happens to all my watches regardless of whether on a bracelet or leather and sometimes even silicone. I’ve adjusted my bracelets so I have less links at six o’clock and the clasp is centered. And I ratchet my leather bands fairly tight. But for so…
Continue readingCarl F. Bucherer Closed?
I’m assuming I missed some threads on the closing of Bucherer last month by Rolex?
Continue readingSad to see them go.
“It’s the end of an era, as Carl F. Bucherer (CFB) is to be discontinued, reports Swiss business publication Bilanz. The decision comes in the wake of Rolex’s landmark acquisition of Bucherer, announced in August 2023, which represented one of the most significant shifts in luxury watch retail in recent decades…
##WRUW Tuesday 18 March 2025?##
Got this Zodiac Super Sea Wolf ZO9206 a week and a half ago.
Most of my watches are vintage, so the lume on them may only emit for a few seconds if at all. This SSW has amazing lume that i could read a newspaper in the dark with!
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