I’m looking for a watchmaker to service/polish watches in the Cincinnati area. Does anyone have any recommendation?
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Owen’s missed the start, so:
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KUOE Old Smiths 90-002 from the historic city of Kyoto/Japan
Today I would like to show you my new watch from Kyoto/Japan.
It is the KUOE Old Smiths 90-002.
I have been following the rapid rise of KUOE for some time now and I am very enthusiastic about the brand.
As a great friend of Japanese culture, I am natu…
Stay Away from a Miyota 82S5 Movement?
I’m considering buying a Draken Aoraki, but the movement – a Miyota 82S5 – is holding me back. It hacks and handwinds, and Draken has put it in a Faraday cage for 20,000 A/m magnetism protection, but I’ve heard that it’s often less accurate than the NH35 and it may be difficult to service, as least compared to the NH35. I’ve also heard that Miyota’s Parashock system isn’t as good as Seiko’s Diashock.
Continue readingI’ll be using this as a legit field watch – wearing it for hiking, which I do regularly…
Looking the right watch box
Hello all,
Continue readingI’m searching for a watch box but can’t seem to find exactly what I want. Maybe they don’t make them the way I’m looking for, or maybe I’m not searching in the right places. Either way, I’m not sure, so I turn to you fine folks for help.
I’ve realized I don’t want a box with watch rolls to wrap the watches around—I know it’s a small detail, but I just don’t like them. I’d rather have a box where the watches can lay flat on their straps. I have a travel case like this that I…
POLL: Would You Buy/Sell…
To a brand new member? A recent thread got me to thinking about how my fellow WUS members feel about trusting new members when it comes to buying/selling watches or other items here. I don’t buy or sell much here, maybe half a dozen times or so in ten years, so I’m interested in hearing if the members that do frequent the for sale sections would trust a brand new member who has little or no post history and no transaction history as a buyer or seller. Comments supporting your view are welcome!
Continue readingExpensive watches don’t make you appreciate the cheap ones any less
Unpopular opinion?
Continue readingSeiko 7t42
Hi everyone I have one problem with this watch the minute hand for the chronograph and second hand for timer is not moving the timer function and chronograph function are both working is it fixable do you think. Many thanks Steve.
Continue readingVostok amphibia crowns and galvanic corrosion
I saw a video about how a Vostok amphibia watch got galvanic corrosion on its crown tube. I heard that this is due to the brass crowns Vostok use for their watches.
I was surprised to hear this as I thought watches that are meant to be dived with (in…
Continue readingWhen your wife calls you out.
The other day my wife says, “You dress your watches like Barbie dolls.” She said this because I’m always changing my watch straps and bracelets for different occasions. I said, “Well they have hands and faces, nothing wrong with changing their outfits now and again.” Am I wrong?🙃
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