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Any entry-level luxury watches with a case back suitable for engraving?

Besides the obvious choice, Rolex, the only ones I can think of are Cartier.
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Modding a Casio with 3rd Party Motherboard and Firmware

I ran across this post on Hacker News, linking to John Graham-Cumming's blog , detailing how he replaced the motherboard and firmware on his Casio F-9...
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Funny “buy both” combination

Stumbled onto an unfamiliar Grand Seiko, the SBGC229, on Instagram, then followed the link to Amazon, who I didn’t know sold Grand Seiko. The “buy bot...
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Recent Comments

commented on Echo/Nuetra Cortina 1956/CRISTALLO Professional Diver ·

I love the looks, but the fixed bezel on a skin diver style watch would be a deal breaker for me, at that price.

commented on My first purchase of 2024 ·

I recently got the same watch. I was looking for the Santos de Cartier, but the Dumont just looked nicer to me. Less busy. Classy.

I need to have an extra hole punched on the strap. A little too loose for me.

commented on Is watch photography too good - to the point of being deceitful? ·

The thing that gets me is when watch companies and watch reviewers show renders of new watches. Hard pass. The real thing will look nothing like the render.

If you don’t have the watch in hand, and you post a video “review”, that’s just free marketing for the watch brand.

commented on The Best '65 ·

There was a Topper Jewelers Edition Diver’s 65 that deleted the date, moved the “Swiss made” down to the bottom, and I think tweaked the lume pip or something. Came with steel bracelet and rubber strap.

There are a couple of video reviews on it on YouTube if you search.

I own the one in your post, but I wish I had the Topper.

commented on Any entry-level luxury watches with a case back suitable for engraving? ·

Nice

commented on Any entry-level luxury watches with a case back suitable for engraving? ·

Just a short, “With love, X” or similar, but I’d like it prominently displayed, not shoved off to the edge of a display case back.

commented on Why the patina that develops on bronze watches is often seen as a desirable feature, while tarnish on silver is generally viewed as undesirable? ·

Marketing. I’m pretty sure there’s a reason bronze watches weren’t popular in the past and they probably won’t be either, in a couple of years.

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They’re just so coy. 
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