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How would you get round to wearing all those?? I'd rather have a few really expensive ones personally.
What watch do you wear?
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Newest watch came today, loving these metal G-Shocks 
Yeah, by the time I had seen it was on offer it was OOO
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G-shock Mudmaster.
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New bracelet for my Epix
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I love those 'liquid metal' dials, such a nice sheen to them.New arrival
Congrats on the Planet ocean, which size ?New arrival
Remember mine in blue , sold during the pandemic when there was a shortage
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Nice watch, that is pretty huge though. Would look like a clock on my wrist
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Amazing collection, I think if it was me I would want them all on display in a dedicated watch room!, some people will criticise the enormity of the collection but I think it brilliant, do what you enjoy.I've started wearing this Valjoux 7750 powered Victorinox chronograph recently, I bought it from Facebook Marketplace a few years ago..
I've been collecting watches since I was sixteen (Grandpa was a wath repairer), i'm now sixty six so it's fifty years now!!
Some of my others, Seiko are my faves!
Some more of them..
John
From that single photo its impossible to know whether its a good collection or simply a trash mountain of horological tat.
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And so what if it is.... It's his collection!
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Day to day is usually a Suunto Core a la Equaliser.
Some days I wear a Casio Edifice Red Bull.
I also have an Omega Swatch Moon Mission watch which I rarely wear.
Some days I wear a Casio Edifice Red Bull.
I also have an Omega Swatch Moon Mission watch which I rarely wear.
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A shot of my entire collection
it's actually not too bad. it wears the same as the older 42mm models due to having female end linksNice watch, that is pretty huge though. Would look like a clock on my wrist
I want to ask a question and I genuinely don't mean this as a troll post or anything: what's the appeal of an automatic movement? As far as I've seen while looking around for watches, they tend to command a higher premium but need to be worn daily to keep going. Most have a power reserve of less than 2 days, so if you decide to not wear it for a week, you'll come back to it, have to wind it up, reset the time etc... that seems very faffy for a more expensive product, so what's the deal?
Apologies for being a luddite
Apologies for being a luddite
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I want to ask a question and I genuinely don't mean this as a troll post or anything: what's the appeal of an automatic movement? As far as I've seen while looking around for watches, they tend to command a higher premium but need to be worn daily to keep going. Most have a power reserve of less than 2 days, so if you decide to not wear it for a week, you'll come back to it, have to wind it up, reset the time etc... that seems very faffy for a more expensive product, so what's the deal?
Apologies for being a luddite
They're tiny machines that sit on your wrist, accurate to with a few seconds a day solely through springs and gears, powered by the movement of your body. If you listen to them it almost sounds like they're alive.
If you get them serviced they can last a lifetime plus the smoothness of the seconds hand sweep is quite satisfying.
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I want to ask a question and I genuinely don't mean this as a troll post or anything: what's the appeal of an automatic movement? As far as I've seen while looking around for watches, they tend to command a higher premium but need to be worn daily to keep going. Most have a power reserve of less than 2 days, so if you decide to not wear it for a week, you'll come back to it, have to wind it up, reset the time etc... that seems very faffy for a more expensive product, so what's the deal?
Apologies for being a luddite
When you see how a watch goes together, it is quite incredible that it can function as @Sheff describes. Yes a quartz watch will be more accurate or a glance at a phone / smart watch will tell you all you need to know and do so much more but its the appreciation of how its made over anything I'd say.
This may help appreciate what's involved?
Depending on your stance, you can appreciate the workmanship, the history of the brand or as a status symbol.
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Also in a world where instant gratification seems to be more the norm, its nice to hark back to a simpler slower pace of life. Similar to where you see someone tinkering with an old car rather than having to rely on a garage to fix it for you by plugging in a computer.
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