Meglos

Alan
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Long shot

A few months after I was born my Dad bought a $5,000 life insurance policy for me. The year was 1977. It's fully paid up and now provides a modest div...
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Can a $13.99 watch bring a smile to your face?

This was at my local thrift store for $13.99. The G-Shock line has always sounded pretty cool to me but getting one wasn't high on my list of watch pr...
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It finally happened

It is with mixed feelings that I report it finally happened. After a little over 2 years someone outside my immediate circle of family and close frien...
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Recent Comments

commented on Tried On Quite A Few Watches Today... ·

Both look great but I agree, Majetek. Especially if you already have a dive watch.

commented on Which would you pick out of these three? ·

#glashutteoriginal but the #iwc

would be a close 2nd.

commented on Would you Rather? ·

One is a poor man's Day-date. The big rose has its own thing going on

commented on My All Time Grail arrives tomorrow ·

That watch rocks!!!

commented on Which watch should I make my buddy buy for me? AKA, the story of my risk-taking friend and how he has to buy a watch for me by losing a bet ·

The bet is for one watch, ONE! So the FIVE Grand Sekios are immediately out. The answer is VC all the way if it were me and I'm an Omega guy. That's how beautiful the VC is.

commented on dankapotamus's WRUW ·

Fire dial

commented on JagTag's WRUW ·

Love the orange hour markers and the hour hand.

More posts

Orange!

It was an orange kinda day
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Tell me you are getting close to 50. . .

without telling me you are getting close to 50. Me: "I've started thinking about buying a two-tone watch." Friend: "That sounds serious have you seen...
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Goofing around at lunch time.

Goofing around at lunch time and I went to an estate jewelry place and a thrift store. I tried on this beautiful Longines manual wind in solid 14k gol...
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It Needs To Be Said, Part 3

Picture this it's my birthday and my girlfriend has just given me a Star Wars themed Citizen Ecodrive Chronograph. Girlfriend: "You might not like it....
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20 seconds fast!

This Omega Seamaster 300 Heritage is only 20 seconds fast since the last time change. I don't remember resetting it at any point.* If that is true it...
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My Mom is still at it.

Dad was a bit of a pack rat. In his last few years he had dementia. Not bad at first but it kept progressing as these things do. Mom wanted me to have...
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Gradpap's Watch (Strap Recommendations URGENTLY Needed)

When my Dad passed away last year my Mom gave me a box of old pocket watches, wrist watches, and assorted parts that he had collected over the years....
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