thekris

Kris
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
7.25” / 18.42 cm Wrist
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Recent posts

Are GMTs overrated?

For quite some time I’d wanted a GMT. There’s something romantic about the image of jet-setting around with a watch like that. I like to think my best...
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If One of You Doesn’t…

If one of you doesn’t buy this Hublot that features the likeness of Omar Bongo, president of Gabon…well I don’t know what I’ll do but you won’t like i...
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Anybody get it yet?

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Recent Comments

commented on I think there’s something seriously wrong with me. ·

If you’re enjoying a watch you already have, that seems like a good time to not buy other watches. Wait until you feel you really need something else and you’ll probably enjoy it more. Cheers.

commented on Stopped by the Omega boutique … ·

No experience, but I’m with you. This is a great looking watch, and the He valve is terrible.

commented on Regular watch guy ·

“Buy what you like”? Welcome to WC crazy guy.

commented on My collection is almost complete. For now. ·

Almost complete? I can only imagine you’ve entered hospice care.

commented on 6900 vs 5610 ·

Is the 6900 more popular? If so I can only imagine it’s because there are so many tasteless people in the world.

commented on Do you think more people would like quartz if they were all sweeping seconds hands like the 262? ·

To each their own.

commented on Do you think more people would like quartz if they were all sweeping seconds hands like the 262? ·

I certainly would. I can do mechaquartz or quartz without a seconds hand, but that ticking bothers me. There are several GS watches I could live with, but in general the ticking seconds hand is a turn off to me.

More posts

Remember the time…

…all the YouTubers breathlessly exclaimed the used Rolex market had crashed? While prices have dipped a little, I’ve been waiting for the true market...
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Why Not Us?

So I came across this article about watch enthusiasts and the watch industry. It talked about, among other things, how groups of enthusiasts are getti...
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Specificity

Specificity noun the quality of belonging or relating uniquely to a particular subject. So I’ve been giving some thought to watches and specificity, b...
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Congrats WC!

You showed up in my Flipboard feed. Seems like a big deal to me, I don’t follow EatchCrunch on there. Good job people. EDIT: Thanks for not asking wha...
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Help Me Fulfill a Life-long Ambition!

It’s a travesty that I don’t have the Hublot badge.  its a slightly smaller trashed that you probably don’t either.  So let’s help each other out by p...
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New Rolex Facility

So I don‘t usually post news stuff, I’m always sure somebody’s already brought it up. So if that’s the case…woops. Anyway, looks like Rolex is doing u...

Rolex Is Reportedly Building A New $1.5 Billion Factory So You Can Get Off The Wait List

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Iceland: a long, meandering watch story. Kind of.

As a few of you may have gathered, I recently spent some time in Iceland.  And as I’m a watch nerd, I have some watch-related things to share.   First...
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