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What is a Mechanical Pulsometer Watch and Do You Need One?

Robert Farago — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 17:30:27 +0000

A mechanical pulsometer watch? Be still my beating heart! An expression usually indicating excitement upon finding a mate or a low-mileage Honda NSX that hasn’t been modified by Fast and Furious folk. Obviously, you don’t want your heart to be still, ’cause that would mean you’re dead, or about to be dead. But do you […]

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Seiko C359-5000 Review

Racer88 — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:00:47 +0000

The Seiko C359-5000 takes us back to the late ’70’s. Hamilton’s Pulsar – the hugely expensive “touch to operate” watch that launched digital timekeeping – had been cut off at the knees by hundreds of cheap imitators. Seiko took the digital ball, put it on an LCD screen and ran with it, creating dozens of […]

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First Date Watch: Which One?

Robert Farago — Tue, 25 May 2021 14:01:05 +0000

All the women on match.com claim they want a man with integrity, stability and a sense of humor. Do they? The women in my search are 45-years-old and up. Clearly, in their previous love life, they opted for attraction factors that have nothing to do with The Big Three. Which makes selecting a watch for […]

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Seiko Presage Style60’s – What’s Not to Like

Robert Farago — Fri, 21 May 2021 16:33:38 +0000

What’s (Not) To Like About The New Seiko Presage Style60’s? That’s the question posed by fratellowatches.com. You may notice that the word “not” is in parenthesis. It’s a heads-up that author Lex Stolk isn’t about to bite the hand that feeds. In fact, his introduction to the Seiko Presage Style60’s contains a single direct criticism, […]

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New Watch Alert: Chronoswiss, Seiko, Montblanc

Robert Farago — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 13:00:09 +0000

Chronoswiss Opus Chronograph Flag – $11,400 As a legibility freak, I’m not a big skeleton watch guy. It’s fun to wear an X-ray of a complicated movement, but I prefer to see the bits through a transparent caseback. New watch alert! By modifying their Opus Chronograph with “the three most used colours for national flags” (tell […]

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Snapple Watch Review

Oscar Klosoff — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 13:00:48 +0000

In the comments section of Watch Collector? Not It! I asserted that “true collectibles are ephemera.” Supporting this argument: my “new” Snapple watch. A watch that was once a gimme (redeemed for bottle caps?) now selling on eBay. Exploring my thesis, I bought one for $8. There are many more for sale in similar condition, […]

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Gandhi’s Pocket Watch – Who Cares?

Robert Farago — Sun, 06 Dec 2020 13:00:29 +0000

“A ‘worn and broken’ pocket watch once owned by Mahatma Gandhi sold at auction for £12,000 ($16k),” bbc.co.uk reports. “The silver plated Swiss watch was given to the owner’s grandfather by Gandhi in 1944 as a thank-you for his devotion.” The sale of Gandhi’s pocket watch raises some important questions, like . . . Whatever happened […]

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