David
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The vintage blues (aka "pop goes the pusher")
After a remarkable few months of joy since its last visit to the repair bench, I glanced down at ol' 69 to see that one of the chrono pushers made a b...
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Rolex's 2nd-string sponsors Red Bull's. #irony
Talk about a natural partnership: A watch brand used by its market-dominating parent as a test-bed for new ideas but firmly kept in check to never ove...
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Jody's Erebus Origin
Like a lot of folks on WC, my Origin showed up quicker than promised and better than expected. I'm not gonna bother with a "review" since this thing h...
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Review: Trying to love the Forstner Komfit band
In my ongoing quest to perfectly strap my vintage Chronomatic to my wrist, getting to Forstner seemed inevitable. They made aftermarket bracelets when...
Forstner Komfit Wide Straight Ends
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Before the flood…
Torrential rains are about to hit Los Angeles so we can pretend we finally have a use-case for all those 200m divers!
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Time to give up on watch genres?
Been thinking about how obsessed the hobby is with outdated notions of a watch's genre category and how often a watch is judged by how closely it hews...
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Finally found one!
A meant-to-be score at a vintage shop outside Kansas City: A 1969 (November, per the serial number lookup) Speedtimer notch-case/resist Cevert on the...
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Like father like son (but hopefully not TOO much)
My boy got the Seiko 5 One Piece “Zoro” watch for Christmas and, for a kid who never understood why I wear a watch at all, he loves it. I even caught...
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Traveling with a watch
If you have a few watches, traveling with one can be a great stress-test to judge its quality, accuracy,versatility, and comfort. I’m so impressed wit...
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