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Michael
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7.50” / 19.05 cm Wrist
I'm a software engineer
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Recent posts

Wall Clocks in the house

Yesterday @SpecKTator posted a picture of a wall clock at his In-Law's house. That got me wondering how many of us, watch hobbyists, have wall clocks...
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Effect of precise timekeeping on the society

In this forum, as most other watch enthusiast and collector’s forums we show and discuss different watches, their, complications, their implantations,...
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Vintage watches and patina on the dial

As I learn more about collecting vintage watches I see that if you have two similar watches, one with original dial, with patina on it, is valued a lo...
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Recent Comments

commented on Insert alliterative Friday title here ·

I've been paying more attention to Bulova watches lately and they are growing on me. I think I will need to get one soon.

commented on Seiko presage cocktail ·

I have an 8 in wrist and I was wearing a watch with a similar case, and it looked a bit too small. I'm used to 42 - 44 mm watches. So, for you, I think it will be ok. I gave the watch to my daughter's boyfriend, so I cannot show you how it looks. But he has a smaller wrist than I, and it looked good.

commented on Cruise Watches... ·

I'm curious about your rotations. You said that you rotate mechanical watches. Why do you not rotate your Apple watches?

commented on 50m WR = would you go in the pool? ·

Unless I need to jump into the pool to save someone, I will take my watch off first.

commented on Cruise Watches... ·

By a watch I meant a wristwatch. Let me explain.

  1. 99.99% of us are carrying a pocket watch with us. Some people call it a phone. I call it a pocket watch that allows texting and internet browsing.

  2. These days, on a cruise you are pretty much required to have the pocket watch I mentioned above. Most of the eating times, menus, entertainment, your bill are all available using that device.

  3. When you go on shore, you also most likely to your pocket watch, so a wrist watch becomes redundant.

So, you do not need a wristwatch on a cruise. You may want to have one, or two (my usual case), or even three. But that is different from needing it.

commented on Speedy and water... ·

Yes, if you swim in Lake Geneva, where the waters are calm, you most probably will not encounter a problem. But, if you go into an ocean, with waves, the water pressure could be above 5 bar even near the shore. I do not think it will be a problem, but better be safe than sorry.

More posts

My first attempt at building GMT watch

This is my first attempt at building a GMT watch using NH34 movement. The dial is still work in progress - need to change the color scheme a bit to ma...
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History of Watch Crime in Europe

As was discussed in many posts before, the watch crime is running rampant in Europe, and especially in London. You can see comments from people saying...
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Need help explaining.

So, I got these two watches in my collection. The one on the left is a Omega Constellation Globemaster Annual Calendar. I've got it about a year and a...
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Number of hands on an analog watch

I'm curious about number of hands on a analog watch. Two of my watches are shown, one with the least number of hands, two. Another is with most number...
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Noblia and Signature Lines

Has anyone heard of Citizen Signature line of watches or Noblia line? Signature is eco drive and Noblia is simply quartz. I have these two watches, bu...
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Another 40+ year old soviet watch

This beauty belongs to my mother-in-law. She has not worn it in over 30 years. Still works, but not well. Beat error is too high, about 10ms, and the...
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Watch books

I've been a member of this community for about 6 month now. I have seen a lot of watches and I have read a lot of opinions about watches. But now and...
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