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Maximum Mechanical Adoption Rate

In an imaginary scenario, every realistic effort imaginable is made to convert the population of your country to start wearing a mechanical hand wind or automatic) watch. One is sent to everyone, with...
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How To Save Watch Wear and Tear and Improve Service Life

I am amazed that I never see this advice as it is quite simple. We all know that modern timepiece lubricants is infinite and that the key to mechanica...
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Packard 1899 Model-A Limited Edition

For some reason there is a Packard watch. Well, the backstory seems to be that some watchmaker is attempting to resurrect the Packard Motor Company. A...
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Steamboat Willie Watch Time

The original Mickey Mouse, Steamboat Willie, is now public domain. I went to AlieExpress and have yet to see any Steamboat Willie watches. Please get...
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Have you ever heard of this?

Apparently there is a trick that some people do where you stop a chrongraph second hand (each day, presumably in the morning) to point to the day of the month. I ain't never heard of this in my life,...
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Tommy Wiseau Watches

Hey guys, today being the 20th anniversary of the release of Tommy Wiseau's masterpiece "The Room," I was wondering if anybody had experience with any...
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Watches in stupid sitcoms

I was reading another $X,000 watch thread and it reminded me of Gob Bluth from Arrested Development with the $X,000 suit that he felt he needed to ann...
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Which Single Pass Solid Color is Most Practical?

As you all know me and my personal style so well, and care about how I look... which strap should I wear when traveling? I'm not a lunatic, so I'm wearing one and bringing none. The watch will likely...
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My Neologism

I have coined the term dunkmania to refer to the irrational desire of people to unnecessarily submerge their watches in water. It generally afflicts t...
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