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It’s all about the dial.

I remember watching Marc from Long Island Watch (LIW) showing his new mini turtles on YouTube and it resulted in an immediate purchase. I’m usually th...
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Straps, glorious straps!

Today is going to be glorious, the sun is shining brightly, and it really looks like of of these days where the Almighty did everything right when he...
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This one’s a keeper

I don’t usually think about selling watches because I never bought one that I stopped liking. However, there are some that I like more than the others...
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Retro vintage on the cheap

Watches from the 80’s are a bit of a curiosity because this was a decade of transition where at one stage both mechanical analog and digital quartz wa...
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The Tampax watch

 Nomos are trying very hard to convince me that their Ahoi is the only watch I’ll ever need . I’m supposed to be able to go with it to the theater, th...
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The trouble with chronos

The problem with chronographs is that objectively speaking, they are not very good watches. The additional registers are cluttering the dial and creat...
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The Return of the Jedi

1983 was an interesting year. I got discharged from the IDF and returned to civilian life a bit shaky on my legs but at least I still had two of them,...
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The great silicone debacle

I like wearing my CIGADesign Z Titanium during weekends. The skeleton work done on the movement is interesting enough to keep me interested without be...
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A hot day in the Arctic

It's going to be hot today. Not terribly so but I'll still feel more comfortable with something tough on my wrist that can take the heat. The Arctic M...
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Well, it could be worse

The gilt dial Smiths (actually Timefactors) Everest PRS-25 isn't bad. It's nice to wear, it's legible, and the gilt dial is very pretty. I could almos...
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