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The Future of Collecting Vintage Watches

@Ryan_Schwartz , @Porthole , and I discuss the future of collecting vintage watches over at The Escapement Room . Things were said that can't be unsai...
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Save the date!

Three years ago, @TimexBadger made an offhand comment that he was going to try to wear the same watch for a month to see if he could. Like most of us...
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A short note about a number (a 1WC prequel)

Sometimes we hear a Cruncher, usually a fairly new Cruncher, opine that wearing one watch is easy and that they do it all the time, in fact they have...
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Recent Comments

commented on The Call Came Early...Arriving Tomorrow!!! ·

I am kind of worried that it may be too demure.

commented on Watches in the Wild (Gooooooooold, Volume 60) ·
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I don't know much about vintage Heuer. I pulled this from the internet. Someone is selling it on eBay. For $1100 less you can buy an Eterna with similar finishing and a better automatic movement (I think this one has an A.S.). This was what most watches looked like in 1955. That year most companies had models that dropped all Arabic numerals. (Previously, there had been 3, 6, 9, 12's and 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12's.)

commented on Watches in the Wild (Gooooooooold, Volume 60) ·
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I have been in a dry spell for a while for watch spotting. I saw a Citizen chronograph on the wrist of a police officer acquaintance and since my client was giving a statement about his involvement in a murder, it didn't seem like the place to ask which Citizen it may have been. Also, my brother in law sports a Hamilton Khaki Field King with a black dial that looks really good.

commented on Opinions ·

You are not trying to "match", you are trying to compliment or contrast. The two most common colors for dress shirts are white and blue. It would look fine with either.

(I originally was just going to drop in with a joke: "Bulova designed that with nudists in mind," but I changed my mind.)

commented on Flatland 2024 ·

My geometry teacher suggested that I read Flatland because I was an obnoxious twit who talked first and learned later. It was the best book that I read in high school.

commented on West end Watch Co The Classics ·

That's a real West End. They produced many watches like this.

commented on West end Watch Co The Classics ·

No Datejust looks like that. I love a nice West End.

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I repeat myself when under stress (a poll)

I do remember one thing It took hours and hours By the time I was done with it I was so involved, I didn't know what to think I carried it around with me for days and days Playing little games Like no...
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Where are the vintage bargains?

I answer that over at the Escapement Room here . Hint: I think that it is old Wittnauer "dress" watches. After @brunofrankelli 's recent post about th...
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Can only go down from here...

This dropped into my notices today. I don't know what the criteria are, but I take it as some sort of "Lifetime Achievement Award" from WatchCrunch. I...
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Time to Change

If you are of a certain age you remember messages from popular music that really resonated with you. This from the supergroup the Brady Bunch has alwa...
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Major Announcement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE          MARCH 25, 2024 Miami, FL It is with great sadness that TrollDeep, S.A. must postpone the release of the TrollDeep X Did...
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The end of the department store watch may be near.

It is a casual slight to call a brand of watch a “mall” or “department store” watch. Bulova, Citizen, and Casio get tagged this way. My WRUW watch tod...
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Most likely to be voted off of the island?

One of the features of WatchCrunch is the ability to block or mute those that we want to, for any reason. Often, the only way that you know that you are blocked is that you can see responses to commen...
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