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I have owned a number of German watches across the years by Chronoswiss (3), Glashutte Original (1), Sinn (3) and Stowa (1), but all have passed from my collection for a variety of reasons (some photo

Hi, I am in the process of reducing my collection to a smaller, wearable number of watches. I am considering adding either one of the Aquanauts (5167 or 5164) or a Nautilus 5711. For context, consider

A Luxury Diver? I was in the market for a new dive watch to replace my IWC Aquatimer 2000 (IW356809) which I had for about 3 years but I found somewhat uncomfortable (a combination of case diameter an

Hi, After an 8 week wait, my new watch has finally arrived! I chose this watch to compliment my rose gold Breguet Classique Automatic 5177 and as a new case shape for collection. I wanted a white, nob

Hi, Ceramic Case and Bezel: I really have a general owner experience question regarding how well the material has held up to scratching and or chipping? I also would like to better understand how the

Hi, This is one of the "new" Chronoswiss models presented last year at Baselworld 2012. I believe that this is one of the first to arrive to the United States. It is a Timemaster Automatic (Ref. CH 28

Hi, After crawling around the Internet over the last month or so, and spending some wrist time at a number of dealers and boutiques over the last two weeks, I have narrowed my decision down to three m

Here are 6-manual wind watches to complement my Breguet automatic. I have expanded the list to include both rose gold and or platinum if there was a differentiating feature such as a dial or case shap

Hi, In my prior post regarding gold manual wind watch, we looked at a GO, PP and VC. I think after some reflective thought, he GO is my favorite between these choices. Now, lets consider a different c

Hi, I am thinking about adding a nice manual wind watch to my line-up. Keep in mind this watch is to complement my existing gold automatic watch (shown below). All three are very nice watches and I li

I have been on the hunt for a blue dialed sports watch for about a year prior to purchasing this watch. I found blue dials attractive and they really stood out from my black, gray, silver and white di

Introduction: I travel from time to time for business and for pleasure internationally and I was looking for a travel watch. A watch that is comfortable in the water or one that could be worn at more

Now that SIHH and GTE is over, let's get back to business around here and do some horological meandering. So I have reached the point where my once cavernous watch box with 12 watch slots is nearly fu

Hi, I wanted to share with the forum two watches that I have been pondering of late to add to my collection. Brand: Grand Seiko Model: Mechanical Caliber 9S Series Reference: SGBH001 Size: 40.0 mm x 1

Hi, I wanted to share my new arrival with fellow Purists. It is an IWC Spitfire Chronograph (IW387804). I had really been avoiding most of IWCs recent efforts due to their large size (many recent pil

Hi, Well after a few months poking around and a number of posts here at PP, my new watch arrived today. HOW DID I FINALLY DECIDE? I began my journey a few months back looking for my first gold watch.

Hi, I am fortunate enough to live near enough to a metropolitan center (NYC) where one can try on many of the watches that we talk about here on the Purists. I visited many of the mid-town boutiques (

Hi, Thanks for your comments and suggestions regarding the manual wind dress watches. It was quite helpful as usual. I have expanded my scope now to include automatic watches and I have found three th