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Nathan
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Unique day wheels?

A unique day wheel I’ve seen is the Hebrew one on a Marathon made for the Israeli Defense Forces. I have thought a wheel with the astronomical symbols...
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The right watch for the cuff?

I read all the time how one needs to select a dress watch to work with the dress shirt you want to wear. I can’t be the only one who selects a cuff to...
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Hamilton railroad pocket watch

This Hamilton 936 Model 1 made in 1906 was handed down to me. It will function for a short while but appears to stop due to gummed up lubricant. The s...
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Recent Comments

commented on Why the hate for Apple Watches?? ·

It’s funny that many watch people will give G-Shocks their due but can’t do the same with smart watches which objectively outperform automatics in nearly every way. I’d even argue that the smart watch is the tool watch of the information age. Acknowledging this doesn’t take away from the feeling I get wearing a well designed precision mechanical device on my wrist.

commented on This might be the cure...almost ·

The minimalist theme you chose is offset perfectly by the splash of the splash of red on the hands and in the strap’s stitching.

commented on Look at this unique looking watch ·

The California dial with Romans on top and Arabics on the bottom is unique, but this dial with odds on the right and evens on the left takes the prize for quirkiness. I like it.

commented on The right watch for the cuff? ·

That’s so cool! (Or am I an idiot and missed that you were being sarcastic?)

commented on Oops I did it again... ·

I love the Yatchmaster bezel insert. I also like how you carried the color through other parts of the watch.

commented on Cheap watches and accuracy ·

Do you test in multiple positions (example: dial up, 9 o’clock up, and 6 o’clock up)? Do you check amplitude and bear error even if you don’t tweak them?

commented on Am i the only one having hard time reading watches ·

Looks good! It seems to me that one can get away with a much larger diameter flieger B than one would normally be able to with other watch types. Partly, fliegers are just supposed to be big. Partly, the inner hours on the B dial break it up.

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UTC on Apple Watch

Like many other digital devices, the Apple Watch incorrectly applies your 12-hour settings to UTC as though it were a time zone (that’s right, UTC isn...
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Replacement for childhood watch?

As a teenager in the 1980’s, I mail ordered the Celcius-9 - a cheap baby Arnie knock off - from an ad just like this in the back of Popular Mechanics. I remember the watch fondly. Should I…
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Ladies Accutron

I have this TINY Accutron of my grandmother’s - marked “N3” and “J39479”(?) on the case back with a 2301 movement. I would listen to it hum when I was...
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GMT done right

I work in weather, so tracking UTC is essential. The best way is with the 24-hour hand set to local time and the bezel set to UTC (trivia: this is how...
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Pepsi SKX GMT

Just got a 316 stainless brushed-and-polished oyster-style bracelet with matching solid endlinks, screw-in links, and a stamped (but decent) clasp wit...
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