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Chris
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New Watch, or (second hand) retail therapy

December has been, and will be a real pain in my ass of a month it seems. It’s the busiest time of the year for my job, I’ve had some nagging health i...
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Anybody got a watch they feel is a bit holiday themed?

It’s a tight fit to get anything but the OEM bracelet on this Brew Retromatic but this green goat strap from Hodinkee was just small enough to fit.
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Getting a little Oris-curious. Curi-Oris

It’s always funny how the mind of a collector of anything works. For some time I’ve never considered an Oris. They’re nice. I like them all as far as...
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Brew Retromatic returns to me!

My first automatic was a Brew Retromatic with a copper dial in February 22. From there I bought several more watches and in June 23 my brother was vis...
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Watch nerdery book recommendations

This was covered recently in Hodinkee and I went ahead and ordered on Amazon. The author makes some beautiful bespoke watches but this isn’t so much a...
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Help with bronze hardware on straps.

I’d like to find more options for straps with bronze hardware for this watch. I’ve bought a few NATO straps from CNS that have a ‘almost bronze’ look...
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A birthday cocktail.

I was just given this Cocktail Time for a birthday present from my girlfriend, for Christmas she got me this green strap and boy do they look good tog...
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Oh you want a journey do you?

I’m going to skip to adulthood here… I bought an Apple Watch as the first thing to regularly adorn my wrist (a common refrain) around 2015 I guess. I...
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Tudor Ranger, the choice of destructive teenagers

Everyone knows Sid. Sid is your average antisocial teen with a real penchant for M80s and ‘improving’ his toys. Sid can’t always rely on the streetlig...
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Generations

So much of what ‘Watch collecting’ is revolves around sentiment. I made a mini rant about this in the comments on someone’s post about patina a few da...
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