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The Value Proposition: A Seventy-Five Dollar Watch That Looks Like A Million Bucks
I sometimes wonder, when we post pictures and articles of watches like this, or this, or even this, whether we are not inadvertently creating the impression that we spend most of our time at Chateau Hodinkee alternating between sippin’ Darjeeling on the veranda with our pinkies out, and upbraiding Manservant Jeeves for being slow with the Pol Roger and caviar at teatime. When you’re heavy into mechanical watches there’s a sort of creeping tendency, over the years, to make the unspoken assumption that all other things being equal, you get what you pay for – which is to say, if it’s not expensive it ain’t much. The fact is, though, that really good design, quality in execution, and even real horological charm, to say nothing of a healthy helping of history, can be had for less than the cost of what my long-suffering spouse and I spend on dry cleaning every week. Behold the worst-kept secret in watchdom: the Seiko 5. 1 OF 6 Long revered by

Fed-Ex delivered a green box today..
....from Orbita.Thanks a lot Kevin, I really appreciate it....

Which GMT Master II Do You Prefer: Old style or GMTIIC?
OK, so I respectfully ask the question, which version of this famous model is your favorite? The old, aluminum bezel insert model, or the newer GMT IIC?I realize it's a bit of an apples vs. oranges question because they're both so different, but given the choice, which would you own?

New watch(kinda)
what do you guys think? have been wearing this for a couple months now just been to busy to play around on the internet.

new member
New member saying hi. My 1 month old ap1785