TheSharperTheBetter

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I don’t normally do these NWA’s, but I was compelled beyond reason.

I repeat myself again that I am a sucker for railroad minute tracks, heat blued hands, and sub seconds. Now, I can say I am a sucker for Art Deco hand...
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just a little reminiscing

Not that long ago, I got into the hobby of watches. I’m still getting into the hobby, and I have an inkling it will provide me with many mini lifetime...
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What are these things?

Really though, watches, who the hell decided that such scientific manifestations should be so subjectively alluring and beautiful at the same time? Th...
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Recent Comments

commented on Citizen Promaster Tough, any experiences? ·

Don't have one, but I keep returning to this as a possibility for a gift, trouble is the recipient is of the itty bitty wrist committee and this would just look comical on their wrist. Not just the case of 42 but the lugs and way the bracelet sticks out even further makes me pause.

commented on This is funny ·

Yeah 3.5K certainly is a cheeky joke. What's the deal with the Marvin 700 movement? Trying hard to legitimize the price.

commented on Photography Friday 📸 ·

@rompec what's this Friday's theme? Love the example, but I think the words were forgotten.

commented on Always have time for a Bulova ·

Don't see that much these days.

commented on TheSharperTheBetter's WRUW ·

If one of them were even a tad sharper…it would be…better.

By that I mean if my watch were serviced it would be running, more often than not.

commented on TheSharperTheBetter's WRUW ·

@Shbamn50 found some info ∆

commented on TheSharperTheBetter's WRUW ·

Some research on https://mybulova.com/sites/default/files/watches/dhhirsch%201925%20Bulova%20a%2011%2010%2015-7912.jpg turned up this:

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The Bulova Senator, started exactly when my movement was built. The engraving isn't the same, and it only happened on the first couple iterations until they changed the case design completely in 1933:

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More posts

The First Attempt at a Worldwide Synchronized WC Meetup!?

Happy New Year, by the way. My first question for you this year comes from the best thing WC has provided me, the opportunity to geek out together, th...
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Is it possible to talk about a bunch of the elephants in the room?! All at once?

You know the ones, the taboo topics, the whispered words that might get one in trouble, those ideas that make us a little uncomfortable in our chairs....
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The joy of having the perfect wrist size.

That’s right. At 7 3/8” to 7 3/4”, 18.5cm to 19.5cm, I am gifted with the perfect wrist size. Nothing too big, nothing too small. Go on and give me a...
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You ever just get stuck?

Sometimes, i just don’t want to choose. I just don’t want to pick one. I know this is a me problem. It’s like when my wife asks me what we should have...
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Pocket dump? Libations?

We have them occasionally—things with drinks. Turn those pockets out, and show us that EDC (every day carry) around your particular poison. This eveni...
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Got fifteen minutes?

Nerd out and watch this dude make a clock out of Legos. Enjoy. Cheers.
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Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It…

@thorhodes You now have 36 hours as of the time of this posting (4:20 {giggiddy} PM PST, Wednesday, June 7) to write a review in the WatchCrunch offic...
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