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I had a 48mm Zenith Type 20 GMT for a bit, I think I got away with it, though I ended up replacing it with the 45mm bronze non-GMT version.

Like the IWC Big Pilot, this watch was a statement piece...

It proves nothing of the sort - raw numbers without the all important demographic component. Before my recent retirement I spent a lot of time travelling to meetings in the US and Canada (as well as...

I thought your issue was that data gathered from the US was somehow not relevant here? Now you are saying it’s TZ that’s full of lardy types? That’s not really been my experience.

Somehow I doubt whether the lardy sort that skews the stats spends much time on WUS.

Obesity in America correlates heavily around class and income level (as it does here too, though not quite to...

Shouldn't make much, if any, difference, I would have thought.

The Slender Watch did an interesting study which it seem I (only very slightly) misremembered that put it at 7.25 in on a statistically speaking substantial population of WUS users, pretty...

The average wrist is about seven and a half inches (about 19cm) meaning about half of the wrists out there are at least that size or bigger. The new Inge at 40mm, especially given it has a big bezel,...

I was equally underwhelmed. The new Inge is laughably small and unimposing for a daily, non-dress watch. We don't live in the 80s or early 90s any longer and expect a watch to be bigger than it was...

Mark XII still in my opinion the best proportioned, most classic IWC Fliegeruhr dial (in this regard at least, preferable to the Mk XI), though much too small for me, in fact I couldn't even get...

Mark XX looks fabulous in white :)

On the white/silver dial theme this arrived yesterday ....

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On blue-black cordovan just arrived today from redmonaco. Works well I think with the ruthenium hands.

Good weekend all.

Just checked it out. Was completely unaware. Thanks for letting me know.

That reminds me I bought this print back over 20 years ago .... mirror writing as you can see ... I think it's quite cool (sorry for the crap pic)

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When you flip...

Thinking more about this, while the Torpilleur is certainly a strong candidate, the watch I'd most like to see hommaged is this one - the Heuer Bundeswehr. No date and full 43mm size - it just...

Had a few comments from random civilians on this one - the eggshell enamel dial is really quite striking for its delicacy, but just about impossible to photograph.

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Wanted one of these for ages. Had the 43mm Zenith Chronometro Tipo CP2 in both steel and bronze. Steel one is just right I think but the bronze cased version wears too small - for me at least I found...

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In biblical reference, Ur of the Chaldeans. Yes, I believe it's the same place.

Comes from the ancient city of 'Ur' in Mesapotamia. It means 'original'. It started out as a German usage, but it now appears more widely in lots of academic contexts, eg 'Urtext' is a music or...

Fabulous watch. That dial is really something. Bit out of the ordinary - and a great size too.

FWIW I think the green one is the one to have - really lush - the orange is really nice but if I...

Totally agree the Navitimer would make an interesting hommage.

Another option would be the UN Marine Torpilleur - the old Sewills version made a good stab at Marine Chronometer with a super dial,...

Have a good Easter everyone.

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Funnily enough I haven't been motivated to buy a Rolex since a 5513 in the early 00s ... too small, too rattly, and while rattly doesn't apply in the same way to the 16610, I still felt it was too...

Well the tiny originals were from a different age - 32mm? 34mm? - even the later 'Jumbo' was only 40mm. The big bezel design makes them all look even smaller. The original ones are pieces of a size...