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Suggestions pls (also an *I'm not dead* post

Alright I'm back. It's been about a year but I'm back full time now. If you've never met me on here before I'm an annoying little british twat who wil...
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'Hurr Durr do your research' Also known as Scooby gives up

I hate those 'is it real?' posts. And yet here I am. It's no secret that one of my grails is an actually worn Vietnam war era Mil spec watch. Problem...
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#1WC, I submit to the council for appeal

Peeps, it is entirely possible that my attempt at the one watch challenge may be at an end. It is my understanding that one must wear their chosen wat...
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Recent Comments

commented on Watch Chokers: Yea or Nay? ·

Am I just a bit special or something. How do you check the time

commented on Seiko SKX 025 - what you think? ·

No lume pip at 3 either. To be ISO rated you need luminous pips at all the markers. Technically the Rolex Submariner isn't a fully certified dive watch

commented on Good field watches below $2k ·

You've got tons of choices.

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CWC G10. Stainless steel 36mm by 42, quartz, acrylic crystal, Swiss made, 50m of wr (CWC also make what they call the G22, which is the same watch but boosted to 200m wr) yours for £279, so well within budget. The best bit? It was actually issued. Its not a reissue, it is the exact watch the MOD ordered.

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Or there's this, the khaki pilot pioneer, £750 rrp but you can get it for well under. Yes I know it says pilots watch but it was a general service piece issued to all three branches of His majesties armed forces. 36mm by 43 (but it wears significantly larger due to the cushion case). Also Swiss made powered by the H50 (so 80 hours of power reserve) 10 bar wr, and a GORGEOUS textured dial. If fauxtina ain't your bag, CWC make one that looks slightly different.

Or there's the default answer of Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical.

All of these are way under budget (you could buy 10 G10s and still have change)

commented on Seiko Group is High Horology ·

Wtf does 'High Horology' mean? Horology is the study of keeping time, and the history of keeping time. A stick in the sand is Horology.

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This is the oldest man made time telling device we've ever found. It's a sun dial found in the Valley Of the Kings, thought to be from the 13th Century BC. That's over a Millennium before Christ was born.

You know what else is Horology?

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This is Jeff Bezos' 10,000 year clock. It's inside a mountain in West Texas, USA and ticks once a year, and will continue to tick once a year for the next 10,000 years.

Yes, Seiko should be studied by Horologists due to their advancements in time telling ability. The Plutonium Timekeeper buried in Osaka, The first commercial quartz watch, Spring drive (the first major advancement in watchmaking since the aforementioned quartz) and yes, The Seiko 5 for providing high quality (at the time) jewelled movements for the masses, but to call Seiko 'High Horology' is daft and it diminutises how wide the field of Horology actually is.

commented on Why so serious? ·

Because I'm Batman

commented on How do you bridge the time it takes your new purchase to arrive? ·

Watch review on yt, read review on Internet, check tracking, repeat

commented on NewBookAlert ·

I've read them both and they are fascinating reads. Enjoy!

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