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BF_Hammer
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Apr 17, 2018
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I had a well-established watch collection before joining massdrop last year. So the effect on me is not much other than I have 3 watches +1 incoming that I likely would not have sought out to get otherwise. I like the watches I bought a lot, but truthfully they are impulse buys. Before joining I normally spent weeks-months considering a new purchase, and that was a way of seeing of it was an infatuation instead of a true desire. I kind of slipped back to collecting habits I had 10 years ago when I did a lot of impulse collecting.
I started with the Sturmanskie Gagarin drop. I actually started collecting Russian watches 14 years ago, and I had a Ukrainian-assembled "Franken-fake" (repop dial) of the original long ago. I have always loved the dial design, and seeing the drop rekindled my desire to have one again.
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The Orient Star Classic came, well I never managed to get an Orient power-reserve watch before. And this had a newer movement with hack-handwind, so that old objection was not there. I am a big fan of mid-century watch styles too.
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Which brings up the Junhans Max Bill. I like Bauhaus-inspired watches too. I had a battery change go bad with my Braun analog quartz last year, so I rationalized that this would be the replacement. LOL. There are some design similarities.
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And coming likely tomorrow is my new Orient Mako II Pepsi version. I had the original in black more than 10 years ago. I regretted going cheap with that purchase and getting the rubber strap instead of a bracelet. I also regretting getting black instead of blue. I purged-out a lot of watches I picked up for less than $100 starting 10 years ago in a "quality over quantity" move. Now that Orient has improved the watch, I have no problem with getting another at the price of the last drop. I always thought the Mako was an under-appreciated watch.
Apr 17, 2018
SpiritOne
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Apr 18, 2018
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BF_HammerThat Orient Star looks exquisite! I have to agree w/ the quality over quantity part....... if you're never going to wear it....... well in that case it's just a waste of funds.
Apr 18, 2018
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