Drivenbywatches

Thomas
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Christmas and watches/gifts

The christmas time is mostly the time I start buying/selling watches for myself. This year I’ve bought the Rolex Explorer 14270 which I have talked ab...
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The joy and uncertainty of watch collecting

This week I posted about my new addition, the Rolex Explorer ref. 14270. And it got me thinking. Which has led to me writing this small story about my...
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My first ever Rolex watch

I have been looking at this watch for quite a while now. It seemed like a perfect fit for my collection.  So this week I have decided to pull the trig...
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Recent Comments

commented on Will dress watches ever make a comeback? ·

You should always post what you want 😉, I once got shit on on Reddit because I posted a picture of a custom made Speedmaster rug and everyone thought my shoes didn’t match my pants 😂

commented on Will dress watches ever make a comeback? ·

Would love to see the post ✌️

commented on Will dress watches ever make a comeback? ·

Wow what a collection!

commented on Will dress watches ever make a comeback? ·

Thanks for the kindness! I would love a bigger wrist as this watch is inherited... The emotional meaning makes me care less about the size

commented on Will dress watches ever make a comeback? ·

That’s a great point of view, I haven’t personally looked at my ’tool’ watches like that but it’s most certainly right. 

commented on Why do people like NATO straps?. ·

It’s also great for people who have smaller wrists. it’s easy to cut short/fold under the pass and it has a lot of holes. I prefer Nato for a leather strap only because I have small wrists and the leather straps are often just a bit too long

commented on a post ·

I have an IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar that I’ve inherited from my grandfather last year. It’s still somewhere mid 2016, my OCD can’t really handle it but I like to feel that I’m “moving on from where he left”.

So I’m basically somewhere in the middle, normally I would adjust it but in this case I won’t 😄

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Will dress watches ever make a comeback?

I’ve given it some thought last week and there are a lot of dress watches out there. Though it seems that it’s not getting as much attention as they s...
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My holiday companion

I’ve carefully chosen a watch for the occasion as this was my first one-week vacation where I would be by myself (it’s all about making memories right...
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My first ever El Primero

I’ve bought this watch to commemorate my new job which is commercial, this will hopefully keep me company the coming years!
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Finding a new fit to my collection

So, I’ll have to start somewhat of a backstory here. I have been looking for a Tudor Pepsi GMT for over a little while now. I was saving up for it and...
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6 Months later with love of my Seamaster 300M

Let’s start with why I bought this watch. To be honest, my favourite diver is probably a vintage submariner (drilled lugs, aluminium bezel etc). Thoug...
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The story behind my first mechanical watch

So first post here, thought by starting it off with my first mechanical timepiece. I always wore watches for as long as I can remember, therefore ther...
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