Cool watch and bracelet. I just got back from a trip to Japan and saw a ton of cool watches on people's wrists (a lot less smart watches and a lot more vintage and Japanese watches on bracelets) and saw that bracelet on the subway but couldn't get a good view of the watch (I didn't want to go up and stare and couldn't strike up a watch conversation b/c I don't speak Japanese). Trying to figure out what watch brand or vintage the bracelet went with was driving me crazy but now I know.

Not anymore. I wore the same watch (also known as my only watch) every day for 20+ years until I got what I thought would be my grail (Speedy/ the watch I always wanted as a kid growing up in Houston during the Apollo era). Researching the Speedy purchase gave me the bug and now I often changes watches more than once a day.

Add to the chorus here, I only buy non-essential items that I can afford to pay for on the spot. Like many, I’ll use a rewards credit card (maximize your benefit), but my parents long (long) ago said to never to carry a balance on a credit card.

Luckily, I only started collecting late in life with a full retirement account ready to spend on watches.

Congratulations on the wedding and the fact that you got away with having your wedding photographer take watch pics!!!

Green for sure. Picked this up last week in Tokyo.

Awesome pics and what a great trip. Tokyo really is watch heaven. We might have crossed path. I’m leaving Japan today. Im jealous of all the watch pics. My family mocks me too much for me to do this except on my solo trip to the Seiko museum

@cabarbhab, thank you very much for the recommendation. While the wife and daughter were in Ginza shopping, I took a trip to Mizitani Camera (and then Nakano) and Mizutani Camera was just as you described (and I much prefer the vibe of this small modest shop to Nakano). Saw 2 cool Seiko 6139s and am trying to decide between them and a watch I saw at Nakano broadway. Thanks again.