Greetings from a long time lurker in Brisbane, Australia!
Mar 4, 2021 18:27:39 GMT -8
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Post by bolto on Mar 4, 2021 18:27:39 GMT -8
Hi there everyone,
Greetings from a long time lurker here in sunny Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. I've spent a few years lurking in the shadows here picking up a lot of tips and hints from the incredible reservoir of knowledge on here that I thought I had better step out of the shadows and introduce myself and a bit about my watch journey to date.
I have always been interested in watches, dive and sport watches in particular. I'm blessed to have a career in international business that (until 2020) would find me in airports all over the world killing time in duty free watch boutiques. About 4 years I made the decision that - for me - I'd be happier to have a few "affordable" options rather the big "grail" R-brand Sub diver. So picked up a few modern cheaper Swiss (Glycine etc), Seikos and a few micro brands (NTH, Armida etc) over time. I then started getting into affordable Swiss vintage (think Camy, Edox etc) and then, suddenly, one day fell down the vintage Seiko/Citizen rabbit hole and have not stopped falling!
My current Japanese watch collection runs the broad movement range of vintage hand winders, automatics, quartz, ana-digi and digital. While divers are my primary passion, I've got a great love also for chronos, sports, dress digital styles from Seiko, Citizen, Casio, Alba etc. The Bay and Buyee Japan have been my two main sources. Had my share of miss-cues, but - with the great help of this forum - have avoided anything catastrophic to date (that I know of!).
When out vintage watch buying, I try and look for "ugly ducklings" that can be cosmetically salvaged. While I'm pretty handy with Cape Cod cloth and the ultrasonic bath, my watch fettling skills stop at strap and battery changes but am getting more confident at restoring vintage digitals over time. All my mechanical work heads off to the qualified experts. As I like to wear my watches, my philosophy is more about "conservation" than creating safe queens or museum pieces.
Being a Dad of a young family, opportunities to work on my watch hobby has to be fitted in around the general craziness of life (so no dedicated work bench etc for me). I'm also into beer brewing, low n slow BBQ and bonsai (all kid friendly hobbies haha!).
If you have read this far - well done. I look forward to getting to know some of you in the future. Here's a wrist shot from today.
Stay safe and well out there!
Mark
Greetings from a long time lurker here in sunny Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. I've spent a few years lurking in the shadows here picking up a lot of tips and hints from the incredible reservoir of knowledge on here that I thought I had better step out of the shadows and introduce myself and a bit about my watch journey to date.
I have always been interested in watches, dive and sport watches in particular. I'm blessed to have a career in international business that (until 2020) would find me in airports all over the world killing time in duty free watch boutiques. About 4 years I made the decision that - for me - I'd be happier to have a few "affordable" options rather the big "grail" R-brand Sub diver. So picked up a few modern cheaper Swiss (Glycine etc), Seikos and a few micro brands (NTH, Armida etc) over time. I then started getting into affordable Swiss vintage (think Camy, Edox etc) and then, suddenly, one day fell down the vintage Seiko/Citizen rabbit hole and have not stopped falling!
My current Japanese watch collection runs the broad movement range of vintage hand winders, automatics, quartz, ana-digi and digital. While divers are my primary passion, I've got a great love also for chronos, sports, dress digital styles from Seiko, Citizen, Casio, Alba etc. The Bay and Buyee Japan have been my two main sources. Had my share of miss-cues, but - with the great help of this forum - have avoided anything catastrophic to date (that I know of!).
When out vintage watch buying, I try and look for "ugly ducklings" that can be cosmetically salvaged. While I'm pretty handy with Cape Cod cloth and the ultrasonic bath, my watch fettling skills stop at strap and battery changes but am getting more confident at restoring vintage digitals over time. All my mechanical work heads off to the qualified experts. As I like to wear my watches, my philosophy is more about "conservation" than creating safe queens or museum pieces.
Being a Dad of a young family, opportunities to work on my watch hobby has to be fitted in around the general craziness of life (so no dedicated work bench etc for me). I'm also into beer brewing, low n slow BBQ and bonsai (all kid friendly hobbies haha!).
If you have read this far - well done. I look forward to getting to know some of you in the future. Here's a wrist shot from today.
Stay safe and well out there!
Mark