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What’s Your Favorite Luxury Watch — And Why?

I’ve been curious to hear from others: What’s your favorite luxury watch, and why?

It could be a piece you own, something on your wish list, or even a watch you admire for its history, design, or movement. Whether it’s a Rolex, Patek, Grand Seiko, or …

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Do your sleeves scratch your watches?

..I was afraid mine would..

However, it turns out that 316L is sufficiently harder than the mild steel used to make the c…

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Good night, the party’s over.

After eight years chasing down the watches I wanted, I’ve decided to stop buying more. It wasn’t a dramatic choice at first—more l…

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Omega De Ville or IWC Portugieser

Hi all,

I've just gotten my first ever bonus from work and am thinking about treating myself to a nice new watch! I'm looking for a dress watch with a black leather strap. Currently I've got it down to an Omega De Ville (De Ville Presti…

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Graham Chonofighter – any concerns?

Considering adding a Graham Chronofighter to my collection. Love the look and the unique design.
Are there any concerns / issue with their movements or build quality? How are they with servicing?
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
J-Mike

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###WRUW Monday 6 October 2025###

G'day watch friends from around the Globe.

New South Wales, Australia has started DST and moved another hour into the future and it's 0700 Monday.

I am celebrating my custom made 1/1 Valjoux 7750 being back home for the first week in 16 yea…

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Tag Heuer and Chess?

We all know that Tag Heuer has a long association with sponsoring sporting events, but I just learned to today that they were the official timekeeper and of one of the sponsors of the recent chess match between USA and India. How cool!

I don't k…

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Thoughts on the Tudor Black Bay 36 79500

Hello, I just wanted some suggestions on getting a Tudor BB 36 reference 79500 Blue dial in 2025, which is a discontinued model. It is still available at some stores in Europe at around 2200 Euros (New), while the newer version comes at around 3700 due…

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A lesson in restraint

I have a short story to share. This has been on my mind for a couple of weeks. It has to do with evaluating and authenticating a certain watch for a neighbor.

This one (not the real watch, and not my picture)

…

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Financial Difficulties

Suppose you have had financial difficulties and you have no other choice but to sell your entire watch collection, and that’s after you sold everything else you could before that… which watch will you keep from your collection as your one and only?

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