The (Less intimidating) Watch Thread
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Thanks! I don't know what it is about this watch, but I am so smitten with it. The aesthetic is so perfect for me, and I love looking at it. Plus, it's fun to wind every morning.
Where'd ya get that lovely strap?
I know a guy
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Great-looking piece.
Where'd ya get that lovely strap?
Guessing he made it. It’s brandishing his logo [emoji1]
I think he was joking. Fun fact: @mclaincausey was my very first paying customer.
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Great-looking piece.
Where'd ya get that lovely strap?
Guessing he made it. It’s brandishing his logo [emoji1]
I think he was joking. Fun fact: @mclaincausey was my very first paying customer.
Yeah I realized that after my post [emoji12]
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Just to clarify, I worked directly for the command Senior/Master Chief’s and Master Gunnery SGT at my three duty stations and was given an extensive training in Naval Vocabulary by all of them.
I’m sure you know what I mean.
I respect the Chief’s/Warrant’s tremendously and can’t thank them enough!
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Just to clarify, I worked directly for the command Senior/Master Chief’s and Master Gunnery SGT at my three duty stations and was given an extensive training in Naval Vocabulary by all of them.
I’m sure you know what I mean.
I respect the Chief’s/Warrant’s tremendously and can’t thank them enough!
I sure do know what you mean
There's definitely some great Chiefs out there; I strive to be one of them 
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@DougNg that is a beautiful watch. I've scoured Hamilton's Euro website and can't find this model for sale, but it is a relatively new release, correct?
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OK, Hamilton site suggests it is not currently available from their site.
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Another Hamilton coming out soon. I’m tempted to get this when funds open up
https://shop.hamiltonwatch.com/coming-soon/h13519711-boulton-mechanical.html
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Nice one–I'd love the green but would miss the blue(-d?) hands
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Well this is a bummer.
If you plug the image into eleif.net, and use the lug to lug distance as the control, the horizontal measurement of the Boulton is 33mm (kind of large for a retro reissue), and the lug to lug distance is 50mm, which is massive. That's bigger than my 42mm Seamster. I think the lug to lug on the SMPc is 47 or 48mm, and that's really the limit of what I'll tolerate.
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Long Island Watch came out with their own upgraded Seiko SKX:
https://www.longislandwatch.com/Islander_Watches_s/2006.htm?utm_source=google&utm_medium=yt&utm_campaign=ytislander&utm_term=ytislandersep232019
Lots of upgrades that SKX fans have been wanting for awhile:Sapphire crystal
Ceramic Bezel (fuck you Tudor)
Hacking handwinding movement
Drilled lugs
A bracelet that doesn't feel like a windchime
Not sure if it will have the same issues as the SKX (misaligned chapter ring, movement that is horrifically inaccurate), but pretty cool for those that are in the market for the now discontinued SKX.
I have an SKX007 and an SKX009 that is in the shop now to get it's chapter rings aligned properly. I never really wore them regularly because it made me crazy.
They're nice travel watches because nobody will mug you for them, they're pretty inconspicuous. There's some drama right now in the watch/YouTube community with muggings in London over watches.
