I like my Duro ($34) in that it got me back into watches...
...but I recently picked up a W-87H-1V ($18). My adult children where born in 1996 and 1999, respectively, and this watch was introduced in 1996 and the minor variation colorway I have came out in 1999, so it is sort-of a birth-year watch for either of my children? I've been wearing it for the past week and I like how much lighter it is than the Duro (as a beater), and with functionality similar to an F-91W, it really is all anyone needs.
I think that 40-41mm is my sweet spot, but the 44mm Duro wears like a 41-42mm and the 45mm W-87 wears like a 40mm 👍.
Over a month, that is good… although my watch with an NH35 is only 3 seconds off since the time change in the US four weeks ago (which is basically miraculous)👍👍
I have another watch that runs +22spd that is 3 minutes fast over ~8 days… when I wear it, I set it a minute slow and it’s a minute fast before the week is out 🤨.
Timed burgers on the grill and fries in the oven on my Invicta 1953 this evening…
I also have a Seiko chronograph, but don’t use it as much for timing everyday things.
On Easter, I met a gentleman wearing an Omega Speedmaster. I had never seen one in the flesh and he had never seen an Invicta in the flesh. He was very complimentary of my watch and was shocked at the price, which he noted was half of what he paid for his beloved SKX007 in 1997.
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