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Bay Days are on
The Hudson’s Bay Company is having their Bay Days sale. In my local store today they were advertising 35% off Seiko, Citizen, G-Shock and Timex. Bulov...
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Tissot Seastar after 7 decades
One of my former customers who is now in the same long-term care facility as my mom told me he bought this watch in the early ‘50s as a young man. Dia...
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Cheap Chinese Bling
I replaced the battery in a customer’s watch - one of many that she owns, not one of which was working. It’s a world-famous “Vivani” brand 😉 three-h...
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Vintage Baume & Mercier quartz
Belongs to a customer, along with a Cartier quartz, probably from the ‘70s. B&M still has a quartz model called the Hampton that appears to use t...
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Good news for Canadians
The Bay (Hudson’s Bay Company) is already having a Boxing Day sale. While buying gloves for my wife yesterday (half price!) I noticed that they carry...
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DKNY went all out on this one
My wife’s Apple Watch no longer holds a charge for a full day, so she went to a previous watch, a Donna Karan New York 2-hander. (Who needs seconds?)...
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Trip to Switzerland 2
Made a side trip through Le Locle, considered the “cradle of the Swiss watch industry”. Didn’t have time to visit any of the buildings, unfortunately...
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Trip to Switzerland Part 1
My son-in-law was driving a city bus in the capital, Bern, and someone left this Parmigiani Fleurier on a seat. The owner never came to the lost and...
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1954 LIFE Magazine
Apparently having an unbreakable mainspring was an important feature to advertise in that era, judging from this and other watch ads in that issue.
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