uhrensohn

Balthazar
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SOTC

After getting myself two aditional collectors boxes I can finally host most of my collection in them. I broadly themed the boxes: (i) analogue quartz...
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Analogue quartzes - tell tale signs of the cheap and nasty.

Quartzes are generally cheaper than mechanical watches. But there comes a point when corners are cut too far, which is rather subjective. Where is from your perspective the cut-off point that separate...
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Casios on leather

I like digital watches, but I have issues with the straps they come with, be it hairpulling bracelets or these rubbery contraptions that eventually wi...
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Recent Comments

commented on Two-tone watches: gaudy or perfect? ·

Not a fan of two-tone, but in itself that is not enough to reject a watch. I recall a two-tone Chronomaster of another watchcruncher which was drop dead gorgeous. But these Islanders get a No from me, probably mostly from the fluted bezel. I was first thinking that the issue was two-tone in combination with a dark dial, but the Rado posted earlier looks fine to me despite that combo.

commented on What are your “GADA” watches? ·

No, it is not. You are either a normal person, have one watch, and take that one anywhere anyway. Or, you are a watch nut and the very idea of a GADA is a threat to your addiction. At the end it becomes just another watch category of which you desperately need an example of, completely defeating the idea behind the acronym.

commented on uhrensohn's WRUW ·

Yes, relatively early on in my watch collecting experience I got a bit bored of normal looking watches and checked out the weird and wonderful ones on AliExpress. Oulm was a bit much, even for me, but Forsining had a few quirky designs like this one, and all affordable.

commented on uhrensohn's WRUW ·

No, Balthazar is my (account's) first name. I know diddly squat about the watch - bought it on ebay.

commented on Will Quartz ever make a big comeback in the industry? ·

This is a bit like asking: will cd's ever make a comeback over vinyl?

commented on What’s you most accurate non-COSC watch? ·

You beat me to it.

commented on How to pronounce it? ·

Regarding the combination of Glas and Huette (no umlaut on my phone keyboard), the word really means glass-melting-factory. So, at some point there must have been such a factory in this place. And yes, no sh sound in this at all in German.

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An annoyance with the watchcrunch app

One thing that has happened to me several times is this: I move about town, and with it my (Android) phone moves from one network to another. The watc...
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Acceptable precision loss for a quartz in 6 months?

I used to absolutely not bother about the accuracy of my quartz watches, simply assuming that they are all super-accurate, adjusting them once in a blue moon when switching timezones and then a little...
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Radio-controlled watches... on Ali?

I am used to seeing all kinds of watches on Ali, even double tourbillon, star wheel, and mechanical alarms. What I haven't seen though are radio-contr...
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Review of another Casio clone

The Skmei 1381 looks exactly like a Casio DB360 - at first glance anyway. I already owned the Casio and wanted to know how its knock-off would compare...

Skmei 1381

3.6 Avg. Score
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Evening with the db360 on leather

Love the new strap
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Modern quartz at brekky

Over the last few days I had several frustrating experiences with my vintage watches. A couple stood still after an insufficient wind, and the crown f...
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SOTC before the Ali sale

Could not quite fit all my watches in - there's another dozen or so here and there, not even counting the drawer of shame. But it's most of it. One 24...
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