Icarium

Icarium
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🚨 NWA! 1969 Omega Constellation 🚨

Today saw the arrival of the newest member of the watch family (but fourth oldest, after the 30s Junghans, 40s VC and 60s Zenith): Very nicely package...
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Why do I do this?!

Just three weeks before I go and visit Glashütte, home of A Lange, Nomos and Glashütte Original, I go ahead and buy a new watch… Why can’t I wait, sav...
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Anyone else going to Vintage Watch Fair, 21 April, Houten (Netherlands)?

Bit last minute 😂 But if anyone else is going to the Rikketik watch fair in Houten tomorrow, send me a DM; perhaps we can meet for coffee? I’ll be th...
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Recent Comments

commented on NWA: Omega Constellation Globemaster Annual Calendar ·

Beautiful piece! Congrats.

Love that bezel, and quirky yet stylish dial with the months in cursive script 👌🏻Stunning watch.

Happen to have commented on the beauty of the applied logo on the Connie (in this case on a ‘69 which arrived this week) just this morning 😎

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commented on Weekend Escapade ·

Cool watch fam! Love that Useless Afternoon thrown in with the Big Brands 😎

commented on The Call Came Early...Arriving Tomorrow!!! ·

Pleasant surprise indeed! Classy piece sir 👏🏻

I am not a bracelet wearer myself, but this 222 really is a thing of beauty 👌🏻

commented on Icarium's WRUW ·

I feel pretty lucky having such a pretty dame on my arm 😎

commented on Omega refs? ·

According to Omega themselves, it is indeed part of the Seamaster line:

https://www.omegawatches.com/watch-omega-seamaster-omega-ko-2791

Cool watch btw!

commented on Hypocrisy, Evolution or Fashion. ·

Sometimes it just works. I am on record stating I will never own/wear a gold watch. Then this came along and whoosh, gone was my firmly held belief :)

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commented on 🚨 NWA! 1969 Omega Constellation 🚨 ·

Fully agree. This just shouts 'SEVENTIES!' at me 😍 The 35mm width is indeed fairly small, but the C-shapes do give it more 'wrist presence' than my similar sized Zenith.

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Cheers Crunchers!

Almost 17:30 here, time for a nice warming glass of port - which is about the same age as the watch :) Bought that watch circa 24 years ago, as my fir...
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Sometimes the watch is just wholly inappropriate 😎

But who cares? Well, maybe you do! Any circumstances where you really wouldn’t wear a particular watch?
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NWA: pretty impressed with the Farer World Timer Roché II!

Today saw the arrival of the first world timer in my collection: the Farer World Timer Roché II - basically the same watch as the original 2019 Roché,...
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Ooh, shiny!

Nothing to add really, just waiting for my better half (we’re going out) and passing the time by looking at and taking pictures of the shiny blue piec...
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Farer releases the world timer

Maybe already been posted, but I didn’t see it: pretty excited about Farer re-releasing their World Timer today! Now equipped with a Sellita SW330-1 a...
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How 15 cubic centimeters make our lives easier

I am not the first, nor the last person to wonder what attracts us so much in watches.  And I have no ‘original thought illusion’ either - someone wil...
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I have become one of those people - bringing an extra watch for 5-day trip :)

Received a nice travel pouch from my daughter for Christmas; and now that we’re off to a five day trip I thought: let’s put it to use! In all honesty,...
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