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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Fracas
commented on What did I miss? Watches as therapy, once again ·

Thanks! Me, too-- hope it holds.

Sounds like my absence stopped time in its tracks (har)...But now that I'm back, we can move the conversation forward: "Quality control issues in Seiko" and "But is it really a micobrand" up next!

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commented on Exit collection? (Or just state of the collection?) ·

Argh— how did you get in my brain and steal my fantasy exit-collection?

Yeah, that’s it. You can stop, now.

(But you don’t have to 😉)

Fracas
commented on SOTC 2023 ·

Bienvenue! Votre anglais est parfait, et votre collection aussi!

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commented on Amazing service! ·

Nice cars, sure, but that GS is perfection

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commented on Need help with watch box pillows! ·

Same problem…I think Jenni Elle sells watch boxes with smaller pillows bc of her own small wrists. Maybe she sells pillows separately—? Have been lazy myself about addressing this; sideways working well enuf

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commented on Zaratsu polish getting scratched in time ·

@HotWatchChick69 is a GS maven and definitely the one to listen to.

That said, one of the reasons I sold my GS was bc I freaked out about keeping my Zaratsu perfect, which made the wearing…stressful.

But I think I’ve moved past that now, thanks to Crunchers here, and so I’m thinking about another one up the line 😉

Fracas
commented on Do you have a watch where the whole show happens on the dial? ·

Another Seiko Presage, here. My 33.8 mm SRPF55:

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It’s just a shocker how nice the brushed/laquer-y indigo dial is. Not to mention that the hands and indices have that gleaming, razor-like GS thing going on. Lotta watch in a little package and a big value.

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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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