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Since watches have come up before.
Since my better half got her Christmas gift delivered, a new rangetop and hood (yes she did ask for that, and yes I've learned the hard way to give her what she asks for) and has been using it for several days I decided to wear mine when it came in today.
My dress up watches are antique or at least vintage and for years I've toyed with the idea of buying a new quality watch. This year I pulled the trigger. I bought a Hamilton Khaki Automatic on sale direct from the company. They ship free in two days which is impressive. It's inspired by the watches made by Hamilton for the U.S. military in WWII but inspired is as far as it goes. I bought the smallest one which is 38 mm and it probably has the mass of two of the actual WWII timepieces it's based on. It has a 25 jewel ETA movement which you can watch work through the clear back, fashionable these days, a black military style dial with luminous but not radium hands, and a nice brown leather strap that is thicker than some belts I've owned in the past. Since my spousal unit is using her gift I'll wear mine around for a while to try it out before it goes under the tree. Age does grant some perogatives. It is a pretty thing but will take a bit of getting used to for an old boy who generally doesn't love wearing Jewelry but does like a nice timepiece if he's going to wear one. It will also give the old Hamilton gold Thin o Matic and the Waltham Crescent St. more of a rest since they will now be only used for the three or four really formal occasions a year and the new one will get the once or twice a week business casual duty the old ones did.
Bottom line, I like the watch very much so far and especially liked the $575.00 price was marked down a full 20%, but I'm sure not going to channel my inner Dan Draper when I wear it
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Since my better half got her Christmas gift delivered, a new rangetop and hood (yes she did ask for that, and yes I've learned the hard way to give her what she asks for) and has been using it for several days I decided to wear mine when it came in today.
My dress up watches are antique or at least vintage and for years I've toyed with the idea of buying a new quality watch. This year I pulled the trigger. I bought a Hamilton Khaki Automatic on sale direct from the company. They ship free in two days which is impressive. It's inspired by the watches made by Hamilton for the U.S. military in WWII but inspired is as far as it goes. I bought the smallest one which is 38 mm and it probably has the mass of two of the actual WWII timepieces it's based on. It has a 25 jewel ETA movement which you can watch work through the clear back, fashionable these days, a black military style dial with luminous but not radium hands, and a nice brown leather strap that is thicker than some belts I've owned in the past. Since my spousal unit is using her gift I'll wear mine around for a while to try it out before it goes under the tree. Age does grant some perogatives. It is a pretty thing but will take a bit of getting used to for an old boy who generally doesn't love wearing Jewelry but does like a nice timepiece if he's going to wear one. It will also give the old Hamilton gold Thin o Matic and the Waltham Crescent St. more of a rest since they will now be only used for the three or four really formal occasions a year and the new one will get the once or twice a week business casual duty the old ones did.
Bottom line, I like the watch very much so far and especially liked the $575.00 price was marked down a full 20%, but I'm sure not going to channel my inner Dan Draper when I wear it
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