Fracas

Fracas
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6.00” / 15.24 cm Wrist
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You Made Me Love You (I didn't want to do it)

I remember when Casios came out, and I remember thinking they were the ugliest things that had ever existed. Fast forward to six or so years ago when...
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Not Madly Me-- why is liking what we like so important?

My mother had this phrase, generally applied to clothes that my father had chosen for her: "not madly me." It was always interesting to me that what w...
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What did I miss? Watches as therapy, once again

Haven't been on here for a minute, or 6000 of them. My old dog had a health crisis: a month of cellulitis on his lovely old mug, which then morphed in...
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Recent Comments

commented on White Dial Roman Numerals - Romance ·

Agreed— my most recent obsession. Glad I’m not alone 😂

commented on This will be a day long remembered... AKA, trading in my final Swiss watch for yet another Grand Seiko ·

Tschuss, A Haiku:

GS Purity--

Where else but in the watch world

Can we gain such peace?

commented on Confidence, bravado and sayonara ·

I aspire to this: pure, simple, perfect. Great inspiration, and another thumbs-down from me on circular hour markers.

commented on State of the Collection ·

Another vote for that Farer...not sure it would end up being my thing, but I love looking at it

commented on MADRID, FLEA MARKET AND WATCHES ·

I love Madrid so much; thanks for the great pix! That Seiko is a classic; the Urban Gentry did a video on a similar one that he got on eBay. Enjoy!

commented on Watch Life in Podunkadunkaville: A Quick Snapshot ·

j/lh...and prob a compliment to most, but -- as probation-youth I used to work with used to say-- I'll always be from Chicago. Just want everyone to see my broad shoulders, and smell the stockyards.

Will do! It's one of those Existential conundrums: if I can show up anywhere, it will mean that my old doglet is gone, beyond sad, and will also mean that I am free to move around in the pursuit of lovely times such as you describe.

And with the sleep-thing, we might be years out...but I have a full and proven repertoire of lullabies.

commented on Watch Life in Podunkadunkaville: A Quick Snapshot ·

Sure, just JK. I'm just an inveterate city person, who can't wait to sell my car and live a public-transport away from everything. But I'm looking forward to my own little AD trip soon, and y--it's a special day. Enjoy your Speedy!

More posts

Watch Life in Podunkadunkaville: A Quick Snapshot

So I live in the southwest, in a lovely small town that is not Scottsdale (so no AZ Fine Time). And we have no , that's right, zero, ADs. (Side note:...
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I Only Want One Watch: A Fantasy In the Making

So, inspired most recently by this post from @MarkD67  https://www.watchcrunch.com/MarkD67/posts/how-many-is-too-many-2-25176 and the many thoughtful...
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Delayed gratification (short-term)

My Mr Jones arrived, UK to US literally 2 days from purchase.  Southwest Air, meet FedEx.   Since I'm super-myopic, I like to examine things up close...
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Magnetization Question

My internet research gets confusing, so I’d rather turn to my smart, trusted Crunchers: I work online; hours of Zoom daily along with much Google-doc’...
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My Mr Jones Tiger watch is back in stock!

JUST ORDERED That´s it. That’s the whole post.
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Cooking with your watch on?

Anyone else feel oosty about this?  I mean, splashing/sizzling oil, droplets of stuff, or tiny, flying pieces of fresh herbs or onions that hide in br...
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Couple of recent lessons learned...

As they say, your mileage may vary.  But here are some recent mishaps/mis-buys that have added to my knowledge base.  At least, my knowledge of myself...
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