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Show Me Your Factory Car Clock

I've thought of a new one to try for the Public Forum.

"Show me your car clock."
We all have them… lets see what happens.
Ok…

Here is the criteria for the thread–

(1)–I'd like a picture of your car clock. It can be very old…

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Longines continues to provide incredible value

There's no shortage of Longines threads out there, mostly on the hydroconquest. I've read a thread here or there about the brand positioning and similar things but something that I started thinking about recently was the bang for the buck. I&…

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Inexpensive watch winder recommendations?

My collection has grown slightly faster than I was anticipating, so I wouldn’t mind getting a winder for my automatics. I have a Wolf Cub single winder currently which my dad’s old Seiko lives on.

Ideally less than £100 (as I’d rather wind up by hand …

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Wakmann 1970’s FME hybrid electronic/ manual movement, what battery needed?

Calling out to 'Taswell' as he seems to be the only other person who has come across this 1970's watch.
He posted photos of it with a battery fitted but unfortunately the actual type and size is covered up- www.watchuseek.com/threads/0.2…

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Show Us Your Grey Dials!

This is really just an excuse for me to post some pics of this one, a recent acquisition I am hugely enjoying this week.

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What battery is needed for this FME hybrid manual/ electronic movement

Calling out to 'Taswell' as he seems to be the only other person who has come across this 1970's watch.
He posted photos of it with a battery fitted but unfortunately the actual type and size is covered up- www.watchuseek.com/threads/0.2…

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Favorite Chronograph Colorway

Show us the chronographs that captured your eye from first glance and still do.

These are the ones that I go back and look at often.

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I fall down more often than dropping my watch

A couple years back I started working on a single pass strap with a loop end and G hook. Mostly because it seemed like something I could do. The reception here on The Forum was meh. Fodder for all the stay at home folks. The biggest gripe was the strap…

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What next? (Looking in the $5k to $20k range.)

After amassing a collection of more than two dozen mostly Swiss automatic watches over the years, I’ve followed the good advice of others on this forum and started finding new homes (well, wrists) for some of my more inexpensive watches that never seem…

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Official: Swatch X AP Collab: Royal POP

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