Tell me you’re a watch enthusiast without telling me you’re a watch enthusiast…

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The rain stopped and the clouds broke so I decided it was a good time to squeeze in a walk with the dog. I grabbed my ear buds and turned on some watch podcasts then headed out with the dog.

About ten minutes in I thought I should check the time to see how far we'd walk. It hit me then that I didn't have a watch on. Oh, crap, I thought, now I can't tell what time it is.

It hadn't occurred to me to use the phone to check the time since I always use my watch.
 
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My wife has lost track of my collection. Whenever I wear a piece that's not part of my regular rotation, I get a passive-aggressive and scowling "you bought ANOTHER watch!"
 
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My wife has lost track of my collection. Whenever I wear a piece that's not part of my regular rotation, I get a passive-aggressive and scowling "you bought ANOTHER watch!"
Turn the tables on her and say: "I've had this forever"
This is what my wife says to me every time I see a purse I don't recognize 😉
 
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Turn the tables on her and say: "I've had this forever"
This is what my wife says to me every time I see a purse I don't recognize 😉
That's what I say every time. Half of the time it's true but she still doesn't believe me
 
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My motto is: If you aren't going to be on time, be early.
 
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1. I use Time.gov to set my watch
2. I get excited when the seconds hand on my non- hacking watch is close to the seconds on Time.gov before I set the time.
3. I adjust the hours and minutes to match Time.gov and then wait to start winding my watch to try to match the seconds on Time.gov.
4. I'm old and often can't even read the minute hand.
 
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4. I'm old and often can't even read the minute hand.
It's time to start selling the aftermarket whole-crystal cyclops. 🧐
That's where the future of the watch industry is. 😂
 
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Amazing reading!

Went through 8 pages and I laughed the whole time.
👍👍👍
 
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1. I use Time.gov to set my watch
2. I get excited when the seconds hand on my non- hacking watch is close to the seconds on Time.gov before I set the time.
3. I adjust the hours and minutes to match Time.gov and then wait to start winding my watch to try to match the seconds on Time.gov.
4. I'm old and often can't even read the minute hand.
Love this. I also use time.gov to set my watch. I will also make note of when I set the watch to check back in a day or two to get an idea how well it's keeping time. I don't have a fancy timegrapher.
 
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Someone recently asked me how many watches I owned, and my honest response was "I am not sure"
 
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Someone recently asked me how many watches I owned, and my honest response was "I am not sure"
Profiling you. Be careful 😉
 
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Someone recently asked me how many watches I owned, and my honest response was "I am not sure"
Yep.
 
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I returned this t-shirt because there is a spelling error on the tag.

 
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Years ago I bought from Japan as my work daily wearer a Credor quartz watch, which should be accurate to +10 seconds per year in theory, but I was a bit annoyed as it went +1 second per month, per Time.gov.
So I set it to 2 seconds behind on November DST day, and it was 2 seconds fast by March DST day, and hence at any time during that time I was never wrong more than 2 seconds !
And I set it to 4 seconds behind on March DST day, and it was 4 seconds fast by November DST day, and hence at any time during that time I was never wrong more than 4 seconds ::facepalm1::