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Ichiro Chiba
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Semi retired businessman from Japan. Visited 80 countries and resided in 4. Watch collection > 100 pieces, including digital / quartz, new and old, but no PP/VC (edit ; deleted AP from here because I forgot that I do have one AP in my collection). I also need to mention that my watch hobby is in its “maintenance phase”, and that I am no longer in “collecting mode”.
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Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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Post #36 Perpetual calendar check 2
A slightly belated check up of the perpetual calendar function on my two Jaeger leCoultre pieces, the Master Grand Revail and the Master Uktra Slim. B...
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Post #35 One who knows what’s what
I recently learned that a singer-songwriter named Shakira wrote lyrics implying that her cheating husband made the wrong choice. She decided she was a...
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Post #34 Perpetual calendar check 1
With the disastrous start of the New Year, my first check (change to 2024 etc) on my two mechanical perpetual calendar watches were delayed. The Noto...
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Thanks for the nice comment. I’ll be having my 4 King Seikos overhauled this year and this will be the first one.
Japan’s custom tariff for watches is zero as long as it is for individual usage. If the invoice value is under JPY 200,000 (approx. US$ 1,300) the custom tariff will be zero even if the import was for commercial purposes. I think many countries have similar regulations. Could you tell me how the shipping documents are written? It’s not that I don’t want to help. Maybe an alteration (or a reissue) of the documents might make things easier through the remaining process.
It’s almost 39 years in my possession😅. I’ve had it OHed last June and the inside is still relatively healthy.
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Post #33 Seikosha mainspring pendulum clock overhaul
I bumped into an old clock shop by chance at the Yaotsu Village. The village happens to be the birth place of the Japanese Empire diplomat Chiune Sugi...
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Post #32 Current obsession mid October
We call “short term personal obsessions”=MY-Boom (マイブーム) here in Japan. A typical Japanglish word. And my very recent MY-Boom is my titanium Sinn...
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Post #31 My SOTC
I’ve been using WRUW as a physical inventory routine. And with the 120th post I’ve confirmed my SOTC (SOC?). I have a total of 108 watches, excluding...
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Post #30 Electromagnetic balance
At around the time quartz watches were launched, manufacturers were also engaged in R&D of various alternatives. The electromagnetic balance, an A...
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Post #29 My Jaeger leCoultres
I’ve accumulated 5 JLC pieces since 2004 and they have a premium role in my hodgepodge collection of 100 plus watches. I started with the Master Calen...
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Post #28 An Indonesian watch “Pala”
My business counterparts gave me this watch when they learned that I was in to watches. It’s a quartz watch with a wooden case with a batik design dia...
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