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If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and n

Hope everyone will have a positive and happy week. Here is my mini-review of the 925 Silver BB. It is quite a beautiful colour, especially the taupe dial and bezel. The sheen of silver is very unique,

In 2012 or so, I was admiring Speake-marin pieces on this forum. The “Foundation” hands were something different, with the hour hand looking like a heart. The lugs were radically different. The case s

He was just munching on his cookies today, and sending a birthday wish to his friend, on this routine day, and the phone rang. It showed Gregories (a Tudor retailer in Sydney). He immediately picked u

The goal of this post is to see if you can get the mindset and ideals distilled into a piece for another forum member. I hope you enjoy it. I find that watches make very meaningful gifts for loved one

This is my least worn piece, somehow. I never connected with it in a way I should. Wanna know why? Because my significant other nags at me to trim my collection when she gets into a bad mood. She pick

Here’s a short review of this unusual piece that pique my interest 3 years ago. I had made many calls to enquire about it, but the price was never right. And then the moment came - I was searching for

After living with the Airking for almost a year, I can conclude this is a keeper. There are certain elements in this watch which take a while to notice: The hour and minute hands are similar to a subm

Sometimes I forget how beautiful this movement is. I hope they continue making pieces like these.

In this "Best of" series, let's be entertained by some of the industry's boldest and wackiest balance wheels. Please help me add in more examples. Cheers! In George Daniels Watchmaking book, he mentio

I think they’ve got right. What do you think? Here are my justifications: 1) Grade 5 (not Grade 2) titanium 2) Symmetry of dial (date is at 6 o’clock) 3) Sandwich dial indices 4) Proprietary rubber st

They actually wore Rolex pieces while hitting the ball; this was what I observed in the 90's when I accompanied my father on weekend golf games. I wonder if they knew they could break their watches th

9 of the most over-engineered Dive Watches I can think of at the moment. Please help me add more suggestions. I'm writing this post because the lockdown made life so dull, and I want to reminisce the

Good day everyone, thought about dive watches today and these 10 great pieces in today's market immediately came to my mind. Please help chip in your thoughts on which are the best-of-the-best and cou

Albert is a German Teddy Bear. He was made in 2005 to commemorate a great German scientist. These days; he has retired from nuclear physics, and prefers the simplicity of wristwatches. In his thoughts

On my off days, I enjoy taking the AK out, and going for desserts. Desserts give a much needed sugar-rush to the tired mind. How I look forward to more Rolex pieces - something which doesn’t happen mu

They say, the first 5-10s of meeting someone will determine our lasting impression of them. I was giving much thought about the state of this hobby while taking my mind off tedious things in life. I r

This piece was released a few months ago, and it caught my attention slowly. I wasn’t immediately drawn to it, because of the crowded market for aviator-styled watches. Today, I went to the AD to coll