Started as a quartzbro goofing on the mechanical snobs, wrote for thetruthaboutwatches.com, and lately started finding forgotten familial vintage watches in need of love.
New battery, the second in fifteen months. Might as well wear it, I guess.
71 days ago
Jun 01, 2022
The stripey silicone I bought off ebay as a result of this thread with @morganthedruid came yesterday. The colors are indeed molded in, albeit with delineation grooves and stopping up by the lugs. Needed something colorful for the Vaer C3.
93 days ago
May 10, 2022
Double wristing today as this unserviced heirloom has been fully wound and stuck for weeks but seems to keep running when worn. Local jeweler branded, Speidel expansion band, gobs of brags about anti-magnetic, Incabloc, unbreakable mainspring, water resistant, and all stainless steel case. All in a tidy 32mm diameter.
107 days ago
Apr 26, 2022
Mr Jones and me
now on crummy unoriginal band
112 days ago
Apr 21, 2022
Vintage Soviet. Dial is Zim but I recall it being sold as Pobeda so IDK.
125 days ago
Apr 08, 2022
Timex Easy Reader. Bang for buck rivaling the F-91W.
126 days ago
Apr 07, 2022
Seriously my least favorite watch, but I changed the battery so it's getting worn. Just too big for me. At least wearing the NATO underslung keeps the crown from digging into the back of my hand.
127 days ago
Apr 06, 2022
The other cheap little black plastic Casio.
128 days ago
Apr 05, 2022
Automatic day/date wasn't getting wound enough by morning workouts.
129 days ago
Apr 04, 2022
What better for today than a Mickey Mouse watch? Lorus circa 1980s. I bought one of these new, but it died and I got an exact replacement half a dozen years back.
It's around 31mm, a perfectly cromulent size.
132 days ago
Apr 01, 2022
Just noticed the wabi-sabi on the bezel by the crown. Boo hoo. Hands block logo, so it's a Vaer C3 36mm quartz.
133 days ago
Mar 31, 2022
Sorry, I wanted the hourly chime today. This watch should need no introduction.
134 days ago
Mar 30, 2022
Made from the best stuff on earth, arguably vintage.
135 days ago
Mar 29, 2022
I wanted the half hourly chime today, so Marathon ADANAC GPD it is.
I can't believe nobody is talking about the auctioning of Hitler's wrist watch. https://www.fox5dc.com/news/hitler-watch-sold-alexander-historical-auc...
I got granny's watch repaired and the dial and case really cleaned up well. Now there is the problem of getting it on a wrist. It was found with this...
One of the great early joys of wearing a wrist watch is the discovery that you can use the crystal to reflect light into people's faces. Have you done this and do you still do it?
Speculation in other cases was that restaurant waitstaff were on the lookout and would e-notify their compatriots. As you state, it's hard to positively identify a brand marking from less than a foot or two.
OscarKlosoffcommented onThrift store pick up....·
Radial polish on a c-case and a date to boot! Please send expansion bands to me at PO Box 9000, Los Angeles, CA 90212.
OscarKlosoffcommented onWhich Watch Will You Take to the Grave?·
I would advise against wearing the Core Seven Sins watch when planning to meet St. Peter at the gates.
OscarKlosoffcommented onCasio's budget one watch collection suggestion?·
If you can find a Duro with a white dial, get it. But fat chance, so try a MWR-200?
And kudos on choosing the best dial color.
OscarKlosoffcommented onI bought this Hermes watch for £8 on ebay, I don't think the watch has any connection with the famous French luxury brand . I was going to polywatch the crystal then sell it but my wife loves it and has stolen it.·
It doesn't even have an exotic strap! Yet.
That is the case shape of my Pobeda/ZIm, less the octagon. Does that have a name? What is that shape about?
OscarKlosoffcommented onHow much taper do you prefer on your watch straps?·
2-4mm. I didn't know it eclipsed this, but I prefer starting at 18mm and am not into wider belts.
OscarKlosoffcommented onCasio's budget one watch collection suggestion?·
On many if not all Seiko day/date watches, weekend days display with colored lettering while weekdays are black. As the thread title states, Saturday...
This may be one of those things I'm too poor/declasse to get. So a while back I was in a more frou frou watch place, and for the first time in my life...
Am I the only one that hates wandering watch band keepers so much that they take measures to fix them in the desired place? I used to try stitching, b...
Just a day or two ago I was asking why long lugs are so rare and I got the answer about breaking. This morning I was having problems getting a spring...
I received two vintage watches this weekend that belonged to my grandfather or one of his brothers. Both were on metal expansion bands, you know the s...
I was recently given a few family watches that had been unearthed from decades of slumber. One had an unfamiliar name on the dial that a little googli...