Pickle247

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Sometimes the old ways are the best ways

I usually don't care about the accuracy of my mechanical watches- I have my radio controlled Casio Oceanus for accuracy on my wrist and my smartphone...
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Glorious Seikomatic

Last year I took a break from watch forums and media. However in the last couple of months I got the itch to try a vintage piece! This 1961 Seikomatic...
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Maurice Lacroix release the Aikon x Tide collection

ML have added to the Aikon collection this past weekend with a range of brightly coloured recycled plastic sports watches produced in collaboration wi...
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Recent Comments

commented on One watch you regret not getting ·

Wish I had bought a SARB033 at retail when I first got into collecting instead of obsessing over bad overpriced microbrand divers!

commented on Looking for a Swiss diver! ·

Lots of good options posted here, the Montblanc seems very pricy for a watch with an SW200 though🤯

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It's a real shame, I've been considering the SPB333 Save the Ocean turtle for my next significant watch purchase. But why would I spend over a grand to risk poor QC and comparatively bad movement specs when the Swiss conglomerates generally get it right first time at that price point?

commented on Christopher Ward The Twelve ·

It's close enough that people have already made this comparison multiple times across this thread and in other spaces 👍 as you own more than a few CW pieces I can see why you are taking this angle

commented on Christopher Ward The Twelve ·

There's a large degree of separation between 'too weird' and directly copying specific details like the Czapek Antarctique's indices & case geometry...

commented on Lets see those vintage gems! ·

My first vintage watch- a 1961 Seikomatic I picked up in January!

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commented on Christopher Ward The Twelve ·

I don't see anything wrong at all with making watches with certain design elements more financially accessible to people, I just think it's a missed opportunity for CW to develop their own design language and brand identity which they kind of lack in a few ways.

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What would you consider to be the most 'special' or iconic watch under 3k?

Thoughts? To me it would be the Cartier Tank. Timeless design worn by greats including Muhammad Ali, Princess Diana, JFK and many more, plus one of th...
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