Crown not demagnetizing?

Watch (vostok Amfibia 1967 2415/190057) has been a little fast (30ish seconds a day, which is factory standard fwiw) so before attempting to regulate I’ve taken out the compass and magnetized app to see if my watch could be magnetized and whole case se…

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Windup watch fair Dallas 2025

I was there with my little girl who was bored, so we did not stay long. I looked at a number of watches but the only one I tried on was the Junghans Chronoscope. I had just recently tried on some Christopher Ward pieces at their showroom nearby. Marc…

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Chrono24 and private sellers

Im looking into buying a Rolex DJ 41 and since ADs in my area are not really an option I consider chrono24 as well. I’m still figuring out the associated risk when using that platform and wiring around 10k to potentially a private seller. Iwould only …

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New to the grpup

Good Sunday afternoon. I’m new the group and just sorting out how everything works. Looking to purchase, so I will be checking out a lot of posts. Thank you for approving me!
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Need recommendations for a dive watch 42mm+ <$1500

I have a fairly large wrist at 7.75 inches and am looking for a dive watch with some size to it. The large bezels on dive watches just have faces too small on watches of lesser diameter. I bought a BB58 knock-off to see how a 39mm looked and it’s not for me.

Due to limited budget I’d like to stay below $1500. I don’t have much experience in the watch world yet so I’d love to pick your collective minds.

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Mainsprings sizing

I found a replacement mainspring on a site with a description of:

Mainspring 0.95 x 0.115 x 380 x 10.0

I imagine thickness, width and length but what is the extra parameter ?

& I’m assuming this is in millimeters ?

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