AdrianR

Adrian
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West of Toronto
7.00” / 17.78 cm Wrist
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Recent posts

Is it time to “right-size” the range of button cells?

An older lady at church gave me two of her watches to replace the batteries, and despite my ownership of numerous sizes of button batteries, I had to...
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Unplanned Church G-Shock Meeting

We got a new young priest from the Philippines who wears a Baby-G because of his small wrists. (My hand engulfing his for scale.) I happened to be wea...
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Useful CasiOak mod

Got my first G-Shock from my dear wife at Christmas and as much as I have enjoyed wearing and using it, the functions of the four pushers are practica...
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Recent Comments

commented on Is it time to “right-size” the range of button cells? ·
commented on Stubborn Case Back Screws ·

As a last resort, depending on the size of screw and if it is recessed, touching a hot soldering iron tip to the head of the screw for a few seconds, then letting it cool can break the bond between the two parts.

commented on Hello everybody! ·

Welcome, Vincent. Good to see another Canadian on here. Don’t pressure yourself to buy a watch every year. It has to feel right. If it takes two, three or four years, so be it.

commented on Icy 💎 ·

Oh. No. Crass no matter how much money you make.

commented on Watches define a man (or woman) ? ·

An amusing and insightful article about what makes us human. Although not a “watch guy”, the author does hit some nails on the head.

commented on Hello Crunchers! 👋🏻 ·

Wait a second here. Which one of you is Tank, and which…

Welcome, Tyler! I’m sure you’ll like it here.

commented on Photography Friday 🎞️ ·
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More posts

Seiko quartz from the ‘90s

This pretty Seiko was manufactured in April 1996 and given to my buddy Mike by his wife in 1998. It has a 5P31 quartz movement and had a dead Varta 37...
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Merry Christmas to all!

I hope that you and your family are as happy with the day as I am. My first foray into the world of G-Shock with the GAB-2100CY-1A.
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NWA - G-Shock GAB2100CY-1A

My Christmas present from my wife arrived this morning and will go under the tree. The only mod I’ll probably do is to change the black hour index rin...
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Old solar watch

While waiting for a good sale on a G-Shock (probably) as my next tool watch, I dipped once again into my son’t collection of ignored watches and came...
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One time change too many

Recently I posted about giving away one of my two beaters to a fellow who had no watch (hard to imagine, I know). Then, while attempting to conduct th...
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Goodbye Fossil

This is the last shot of my Fossil beater before it went to a chap trying to get back into the workforce after beating a substance abuse challenge. It...
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Time to change tires

Took the winters off yesterday and checked the brake pad thickness. The beater Fossil that I wrecked the chronograph function on is perfect for that.
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