What’s your favorite at home watch?

This is mine - my grandfathers bulova. so chill and comfortable. After getting it restored and wearing it - it totally changed my perspective on smaller watches. 

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Classy restoration. I don’t have a heritage piece like yours, but I do enjoy a Yema Flygraf when just bumming around the house. 

I have a larger wrist and usually prefer larger watches but the 39mm diameter and lug-to-lug of the Yema makes bumming around really comfortable. The dial texture and case brushing really pop in softer light too. 

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I wear my Marathon Navigator a lot. The ease/accuracy of quartz, light weight, and tritium. 

I didn't realize how much my life needed tritium tubes until I had the Navigator. 🤣

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Any watch with family history is a treasure. wear it with pride. 

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valleykilmers

Classy restoration. I don’t have a heritage piece like yours, but I do enjoy a Yema Flygraf when just bumming around the house. 

I have a larger wrist and usually prefer larger watches but the 39mm diameter and lug-to-lug of the Yema makes bumming around really comfortable. The dial texture and case brushing really pop in softer light too. 

Those flygrafs are awesome - I really llike the grey dial version 

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Wear your smaller watches with pride, there is no stigma in having a 28mm watch as they were standard size in the 30s and 40s. I have a 7 1/2” wrist and regularly wear sub 36mm. They actually wear very comfortably, my 28-32mm watch crowns don’t stab into my wrist half as much as my 38mm+ watches. 

Again, anyone who tries and tells you otherwise is a muppet.

To answer your question - it’s currently my Printania. I’ve been wearing this a lot in the evenings keeping an eye on it. The crown is stiff as anything, so it’s really hard to wind, but it’s keeping time ok for the moment. I think I just need to find the right occasion as it’s too nice to wear casual. I have a new strap coming for it.

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I have gotten into the habit of wearing a quartz Columbia on a silicone strap or a Poljot Deluxe around the house. The Columbia is for making coffee, walking the dog, and the occasional cleaning up. I don't worry about water getting on it. The Poljot is an automatic that keeps better time with use. It has a rotor that feels like an unsecured pallet shifting in the back of a panel van.

I agree with @chronotriggered , don't feel in any way insecure about wearing a vintage piece, in a vintage size, out and about.  This is my smallest, at just 29mm (tanks are smaller, but they wear differently):

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I think that it is weird that every watch got so big.  The smaller sizes, especially with uncomplicated dials, look just fine.

That Bulova should be seen by as many people as possible.  Don't hide its light under a bushel.

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Mine has to be the Caravelle Sea Hunter Devils diver 666 with a "Love Lynn" engraving. It is 36,5mm with an Explorer/Ranger/Commando dial. 

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Wasn't this a Hodinkee gag, the watch that's best for sitting on the couch at home?

Typically I revert to my Seiko 5 as I want to keep the unwindable thing running so I don't have to futz with the day and date. On weekends if I'm slumming and not really going anywhere, Casio F-91W, baby.

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PoorMansRolex

Wasn't this a Hodinkee gag, the watch that's best for sitting on the couch at home?

Typically I revert to my Seiko 5 as I want to keep the unwindable thing running so I don't have to futz with the day and date. On weekends if I'm slumming and not really going anywhere, Casio F-91W, baby.

Next up - Best watch to eat a sandwich with!

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marioap

Mine has to be the Caravelle Sea Hunter Devils diver 666 with a "Love Lynn" engraving. It is 36,5mm with an Explorer/Ranger/Commando dial. 

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Definitely a cool piece!

I love old engraved watched. I found a all Gold Omega Seamaster from the 80's and it had "Happy 21st Birthday Barney - love mom and dad" - for some reason I feel like that was a watch given to a member of Animal House or something hahah

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Porthole

Wear your smaller watches with pride, there is no stigma in having a 28mm watch as they were standard size in the 30s and 40s. I have a 7 1/2” wrist and regularly wear sub 36mm. They actually wear very comfortably, my 28-32mm watch crowns don’t stab into my wrist half as much as my 38mm+ watches. 

Again, anyone who tries and tells you otherwise is a muppet.

To answer your question - it’s currently my Printania. I’ve been wearing this a lot in the evenings keeping an eye on it. The crown is stiff as anything, so it’s really hard to wind, but it’s keeping time ok for the moment. I think I just need to find the right occasion as it’s too nice to wear casual. I have a new strap coming for it.

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What strap are you getting for it? cool watch!

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Tankytank

What strap are you getting for it? cool watch!

I have a selection of 16mm Barton and similar silicon straps to choose from, mostly black, so likely one of those.

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Tankytank

Definitely a cool piece!

I love old engraved watched. I found a all Gold Omega Seamaster from the 80's and it had "Happy 21st Birthday Barney - love mom and dad" - for some reason I feel like that was a watch given to a member of Animal House or something hahah

Yes, imagining a story behind and that the watch meant something to all the people involved gives them a lot of interest.

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Christopher Ward C63 Sealander GMT. Also my smallest watch. 

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