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They do seem to grow on one, I’m acquiring a bit of a mini collection…

This one comes with two straps, both with the yellow text. One of them is blue-grey, and I’ve got the exact same strap...

New in today: a JDM version of the Seiko 35th anniversary Tuna. I’ve been after one for a couple of years now, and I am not disappointed. The dial is beautiful, the raw Ti case and bezel look great...

First new incoming in a long while: one of the new, slimmer MT-G series, all black with green accents. I’ve struggled to get on with MT-Gs before, my wrists are quite round so the massive, fixed lugs...

Very much looking forward to the next addition to the watch box - an AnOrdain Model 1 with blue fumed dial. I'm a sucker for a nice bit of colour and texture and this one looks like a proper work of...

Thank you! The bracelet fits nicely, as it happens - always a risk when it's "whole links or nothing"! I really like the way the angle of the case "flows" down the bracelet, becoming more and more...

New arrival and first impressions are seriously good: a JLC Master Quartz from redwolf.

I’m loving the size, the heft, the dial and the distinctive movement of the second hand, very precise and...

That's an incredibly decent offer, and one on which I will certainly take you up. PM inbound. Thank you. :adoration:

Thanks for posting these - I got a bad case of The Wants when I saw the first press photos of this one, but then got cold feet when I saw photos that make it look a rather unfortunate, livid dark red...

Redsox, that Porco Rossi is fantastic! I absolutely love that, yes, perhaps not conventional but the design is fun and funky, and the execution looks top-class. Love it.

I’ve had incoming today...

PRS-47 Commando got here yesterday and I’m very much enjoying it.

More fringe, though, is the Seiko SBBN025 “Darth Tuna” I have incoming next week. I’m either going to love it utterly or decide I...

Yes, they've shaved a couple of mm off the case diameter. The main impact has been to make it "feel" a bit taller than the MM200 but the profile behind the bezel still has a significant under-cut, so...

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I considered it. Then Mrs Cain noticed and said “who do you think you are? Morten bloody Harket?” Which discouraged me. And dates the pair of us terribly, I suppose. Seiko won.

Heh. Thanks. :icon_biggrin:

It is indeed the new SPB185. I really like it, the weight is fine, subjectively no better or worse than the MM200, and the reduced diameter is nice. First impressions...

Double acquisition; after weeks in lockdown I think my impulse control has suffered rather.

On the upside, they’re both lovely and I got a decent discount. So, y’know, fair’s fair.
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Thank you - terrible photo, I know... It's a black dial, I like black-and-red. :sentimental:

That’s encouraging! The best I have is my Skywalker X-33, which has consistently given me +7 seconds a year.

(I mean, obviously the radio controlled G-shocks are better but that is cheating. Sort...

I need to size the bracelet, but first impressions are far, far better than this quick and dirty iPhone photo. I’m genuinely excited to have this, I love high accuracy quartz and the 9F GMT has been...

I am presently quite unreasonably excited at the prospect of getting my mitts on something quite special. High-accuracy quartz, GMT, and something I've been hankering after since it was launched....

Not exactly a new arrival, but I am enormously looking forward to the return of my Planet Ocean from the Omega Service Centre tomorrow. They've had it since the end of August, when the hour hand...

Another piece for my Space Nerd collection - this rather lovely Shturmanskie landed today.

Aside from the nice little touches (I. Kirova dial designation, display back) I’m really struck by the...

Got a G-Shock full metal "Tron" incoming - I really like the laser etched grid pattern on the case and bracelet, and I think the patterned module might look good with my cerakoted bracelet etc too....

Drunken eBay wins.

Two out of three ain’t bad. The Seiko Ripley is still in Osaka...

I actually really like both of these. The Mudmaster is super impressive tech and probably literally...

Oops. More drunken eBay action, I have three incoming now: a Seiko Giugiaro “Ripley” style from Kyoto, a Mudmaster from Madrid and a new generation Arnie from London. I’m sure I’ll like at least one...

I've done something either very brave, or very stupid - but certainly rather exciting: just placed an order for my first ever "premium" G-shock, the MTG-B1000XBD, which has a steel-and-composite case...

Thank you (on both counts)! The Landmaster is on my wrist now and it's a beast - like a titanium, overgrown version of the old Omega f300 "Cone". It isn't my usual sort of watch but my God it's a...