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I need more activity here because I like looking at watches so I figured I'd do my part and post my new watch box. Left to right top to bottom: Speedmaster 3520.50, Breitling A13340, SARB, Seiko KS with a rad grey brushed linen dial, Breitling Aerospace, Bulova Sea King, NTH Nacken sub homage. I should have bought the Aerospace first because it's the only watch anybody needs.
No one gonna mention the dickbutt?
I love that speedy, how's it wear compared to the breitling? They're both 7750-7751 based right?
Night and day. The Omega is a relatively small 39mm but wears smaller, has 18mm lugs. I love the busy dial, but do not love the pointer date. It's a great business casual watch, but these days I'm wearing shorts and tees and at the pool more than the office. The Chrono Superocean is gd amazing - it wears all of its 42mm which is as big as I would go, but has a restrained l2l, obviously very show-offy, utilitarian with chrono and bezel timers plus day date, Professional II bracelet is phenomenal, and unexpected for my personality and appearance. Tons of value in both of these, both are still <$2k all day.
Nice collection, but all your watches are automatics ? Are they stop working all the time? Isn’t it bad for mechanisms ?
No, it does not harm the mechanics at all.
Nice! Good variety! And not a Rolex in sight
Maybe next couple years will start looking at 1625 or 16610 but the BB54 is as interesting to me as anything Rolex is doing.
Nice! I’d like to hear about the box as well!
YourFancyWoodGifts "handmade" on Etsy which usually means direct from China but it wasn't dropshipped it came with like fifty Ukrainian stamps taped to the box and obviously they did the custom dickbutt and I couldn't find anything similar on Ali so who knows. Solid top with a lower drawer was exactly what I was looking for, and more utilitarian than fancy which is my style anyway. My other option was literally going to be an old toolbox so my wife's probably happier with this.
I didn't even see the dickbutt hahahahaha
Nice box! I am moving soon and thinking about storing my watches. What y‘all think about a box vs a watch turner?
I think watch winders are a novelty - they are desirable but are noisy and not necessary for most watches collectors.
If you have a watch that’s really annoying to set, like a perpetual date or moon phase, a winder can save you a lot of time - it’ll keep the Watch running, so you aren’t needing to jump through hoops if it stops. It makes it more likely that you’ll keep that watch in the rotation.
I only have one watch where winding is a PITA: a GMT where the date is changed by winding the hour hand through each date. I picked up a watch winder for it. The winder is too noisy to keep in my bedroom on the dresser where my watch box lives, so I don’t end up using it. If I leave the GMT on it, in another room, the result is the GMT gets worn even less - out of sight, out of mind.
Furthermore, regular automatic watches, with typical day/date complication at most, I find that I like the ritual of winding and setting the day. It feels intentional to me.