Abbreviations of the watch world

Here's one I had to look up; and then still ask "what does it mean?":

YMMV = your mileage may vary = your experience might be different from mine.

Edit: but looking at your profile, you would probably understand it better than me!

Is "New Watch Alert" a term coined by Jay Z's song HOVA or was it preexisting?

GADA is go anywhere, do anything,

GS is Grand Seiko

LTL is lug to lug measurement

I forgot what PRX stands for

TAG is Techniques d'Avant Garde

WR is water resistant/resistance

oh, etc is for et cetera.

B.E.- beat error, how evenly your movement is running

A.D.- Authorized Dealer, where good deals arnt had

Except we use kilometers🤣

I use cm and meters for short distances; and miles for longer distances! 🤷‍♂

TH Tag Heuer

AP Audemars Piguet

Omega PO Omega Planet Ocean

Speddy Omega Speedmaster

F*** I*!!!!!! - this means 19mm lug width.😕

GGTELLGADASM (with thanks to @Aurelian)(pronounced gee gee TELLgadasm) stands for grail god tier entry level luxury go anywhere do anything strap monster. 🤣

More seriously, VGC - Very Good Condition.

YDHTSAFTGAGWOYW - You Don't Have To Spend A Fortune To Get A Good Watch On Your Wrist

From Jody's youtube channel "Just One More Watch" (aka JOMW)

Did he have a t-shirt with this text on one episode?

Yes, he's worn that t-shirt more than once. He did so in a more recent video too. Wow after watching this again I realize I left out some letters. LOL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojIvwKOj97A

“L2L” is one but imo it’s dumb since we should just call it “case length”

AFAIK - ill-researched comment inbound

TBH - I am about to chat through my arse

IMHO - I didn’t do my research, so this will not be a hot take, and I’m going to die on this hill

GADA - completely impractical watch for a daily, look at me and my disposable wealth

BB - I have no original thought

OP - Your anguish sustains me

VGC - watch has been dragged backwards through a hedge

AP - ignore the turnover, apparently not a brand of note

VC - Trinity bargains, but people just don’t understand

PP - don’t torture yourself

AD - that friend you only see at weddings or funerals. You’ve never really liked them but they always buy you a drink

GS - quartz playground of the deluded

NWA - you are now about the witness the strength of street knowledge

BNIB - worn many times, not original box, talk to the hand

GO - I’m stylish because it’s German innit… spare us serfs from your majesty m’Lord, we are but humble farmers

NOS - probably fake, definitely franken, and… OH F*** MY EYES IT’S SO BRIGHT!!!

GMT - I don’t travel, but I want you to think I’m erudite

PRX - design trope rescued from Gerald Genta’s dustbin. Now we all want an integrated bracelet.

WR - as if you wear the watch when you wash your hands, you precious little flower

SOTC - the horological equivalent of a d*ck-measuring competition.

D) Seiko

Preach 🙌🏼

I can't remember what the third letter stands for but I think P and R stand for Precise and reliable.

EDIT: I looked it up. P = Precise, R= Robust, X= Ten ATMs of water resistence.

Great, another Canadian.

😉

GAG - Grab and go. Or..that watch is hideous!

FTR - please don't write this down.

TMWC - The Mad Watch Collector.

ABC all bases covered it's like GADA but better (and I made this abbreviation up, so it's mine and better)

JOURNEY not really an abbreviation but if you use it some people get that mad they go out in their cars and run over small animals (use with discretion)

If I’m not wrong.. PRX stands for Precise Robust 10(for 10 bar water resistance)..?