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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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commented on Any Alba fans out there? ·

I almost picked up an Alba Neo Tokyo dive style watch. looked cool but the fixed dive bezel was a turn off. Though I can’t remember the last time I turned the bezel on one of my dive watches. :)

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commented on Market Crash or Correction? ·

I like to look at things in terms of how much gains an asset has “given back”. For example, Bitcoin and many stocks have given back close to 2 years worth of gains. I think the 2dary luxury watch market has given back about a year’s worth.

So what defines a “crash”? 80-90% loss? This is definitely a correction in progress. A crash (of the 2dary market) would be if they sell 30%-60% below retail.

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commented on Is The Electric Car Revolution The Equivalent To The Quartz Crisis? ·

Would be nice if electric car prices fell as much and as quickly as quartz watch prices. Right now electric cars are high margin (Tesla reportedly gets 27% per vehicle), luxury items.

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commented on Urban Gentry X Islander Watch… ·

Frankenwatch? Parts bin + 2 non designers designing a watch with cues lifted from a few of their favorite watches = ??

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commented on Modding a Casio with 3rd Party Motherboard and Firmware ·

I go out for a walk every morning, so I'm very interested in knowing when it gets to be light outside; i.e., the various forms of twilight (civil, nautical, astronomical), which precede sunrise.

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commented on Modding a Casio with 3rd Party Motherboard and Firmware ·

Here’s a link to the Hacker News comments

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commented on A Weird Poll ·

Jira 6534: Tapped option 1 to see a bigger image, which registered as a vote. No way to unselect it or change the vote.

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Am I the only one that hates “wrist roll” videos?

They’re just so coy. 
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My 1st Seiko Diver’s: Pepsi PADI Sumo

I found this for about $470 USD, including tax and shipping. Was lusting after a Pepsi SKX, but didn’t like paying the same price for a down-spec watc...
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Is "Novelties" the new "Colorways"?

I had never heard the phrase colorway until about a year ago, when seemingly every horological YouTuber started using it-- at around the same time. Th...
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Seeking Feedback on Website That Lists Local Watch Shops

I've been living in Bangkok for a couple of years, and started collecting watches around the same time. I noticed that Bangkok is in many ways a watch...
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