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[novicewetshaver]

Welcome to the greatest shave forum on the interwebs, a group of very knowledagable people, if you havent checked out barberdaves and nursedaves vidoes on youtube you should check them out. they can be quite hilarious.

 

[Spider]

Remember, everything that happened in Vegas stays in Vegas.

….. and returns to Vegas again! You guys are in for the TSC 2022 meetup, right?

 

[August West]

Hey!

 

[woodpusher]

Welcome to the Cadre, Charlie!

 

[wristwatchb]

Thanks, everyone, for the warm welcome!

I don't like to complain, but can someone get the door sign fixed?

 

[Blade-meister]

A hearty mammoth trumpet out to you Charlie! Welcome. As far as watches, I'm a G-Shock fan and I've had mine for many years now - same battery. With my eyesight taking a dive, I may need something with bigger numbers

 

[wristwatchb]

A hearty mammoth trumpet out to you Charlie! Welcome. As far as watches, I'm a G-Shock fan and I've had mine for many years now - same battery. With my eyesight taking a dive, I may need something with bigger numbers

Thank you! I love my G-Shock too! It's tough as nails, and I like the retro digital vibe. I'm still on the original battery, and the numbers keep shrinking. It must be a G-Shock thing!

 

[Blade-meister]

I love my G-Shock too!

I added a Suunto compass clip-on for the wristband. Amazing how many people ask me if it's a special diving watch or something just because of the Suunto. If I told them it was a Casio they would envision that silver watch you could buy at K-Mart for $9.99 back in the 80's so I just tell them it's a G-shock - sounds cooler!

 

[wayne1963]

Welcome Charlie. I'm a watch guy too. It seems one collecting bug all too easily mutates into another.

 

[wristwatchb]

Thanks @wayne1963.

I've been interested in watches since I was a fourth grader. I used to tag along with my Dad to pawn shops near an Army base where he'd buy used watches and eventually re-sell them. In those days, you could score a nice Seiko, Citizen, Accutron, or even an Omega for a reasonable price. In 1970, $20 or $25 got you a really nice used Seiko automatic. I got to wear all of his acquisitions, which amounted a few dozen different ones over the years. The Seiko divers were my favorites, and I still like sports model watches. My watch interests cooled down for a few years and then reignited about 10 years ago. I've got a very small rotation of watches I truly enjoy wearing...each of them for different reasons...and all of them have a story attached to them.

I always made a point to show my fourth grade teacher my newest watch. Most of them were way bigger than my arm. I bet she thought I was a real piece of work.

What's your watch story?