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And a lume shot... Incredible lume on these. This is the MP45, the first shots were the M100.

Antoine like Vertex? Great watches. Also just ordered this strap from Black Isle Leatherworks... Fantastic.

Really cool stuff!

I saw several trucks driving out I-10 West Sunday before the storm. I'm assuming they were staging until the storm ended.

Good to see them actually begin delivering. I would like this to go to $10 please. [emoji28]

Probably a tree guy driving around to find people who need trees removed. Just had one stop by my house.

Definitely agree on Direnzo.

My daughter's team won the Midwest Moxie tournament in Cincinnati. That played sloppy and lost in the Semifinals in the Vail tournament earlier this week. Sucks because they were in first after bracket play and lost to a team they had already beaten pretty handily.

Jesus Christ what an epic choke by Rory.

Fuck Peacock and NBC. I'm not signing up for another streaming service especially when NBC has a channel fucking dedicated to golf. Fuck them, leveraging sports events to get people to sign up for their shit streaming channel. Where's the enshittening thread.

Reverso and Cartier Santos/Tank/Must are all classics. DMed you but the new Hermès Cut looks fantastic. Also Nomos Tetra.

Farer is great. I'd say it's on the cut line of about $1,000. Could go either place. I'd take this over the Citizen above.

Zelos makes good affordable watches. I like this one from Direnzo as my current burnt orange affordable watch.

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One of the better looking movements. Platinum Microrotor

If you're willing to look beyond major brands check out RZE. https://www.rzewatches.com/ Fully titanium case and bracelet for under $700. Lightweight, clean modern look, comfortable, on the fly adjustment on the bracelet, good lume. Comes with an UltraHex coating on the titanium which increases the hardness and reduces wear and tear. Field, Dive, Pilot style watches available. The first photo of the Endeavour has a GS White Birch style dial, but they have more traditional dials. The Resolute Pro comes with enamel dials which look great. That's the second photo. Two other brands to look at are Direnzo and Nodus. Direnzo DRZ03 https://direnzowatches.com/drz-03-v2/?v=77c15b8369ec Nodus https://www.noduswatches.com/sector-series

The Delugs CTS straps aren't inexpensive but are pretty fantastic.

Fire now, I agree. But the opportunity to monetize will be there eventually as Elon continues to deconstruct Twitter. It may take a few years, but it will definitely happen. The allure will be too strong.

WTF... Seems like something is missing here.

One of my favorite microbrands, Formex. Most of their watches probably fall into the other thread, but this Field comes in a little under $1,000.

And in the meantime, they are about to start charging a lot more for paid verification on Instagram. Meaning that only big brands that can afford it will actually see promotion. The current plan is $15/month and will now have added tiers of $45/$120/$350 per month. Instagram has been complete shit lately, likely to increase people's willingness to pay these increasing amounts. I have no doubt they will do the same thing with Threads.

With the Cellini, you lose the most important aspect of owning a Rolex, other people don't know you own a Rolex.

The AT is a great watch. I'm not into historical significance as much. I appreciate the history but it comes at the price of limiting creativity to maintain consistency with the historical catalog. Of the major brands, IWC is my favorite. But if I have to go with something from one of the major luxury conglomerates it's Glashütte Original. Nothing in the sub-2k category though. I really prefer small independent watch brands and watchmakers. Horage is making a name for themselves. They designed the K1 and now K2 movements and they are regulated to COSC standards. But they are a relatively young brand. I do like the Multiple as it's clean but the grid on the dial keeps it interesting while still being relatively subtle. I'm probably not the best person to recommend watches for what you're looking for as we are almost polar opposites on what we like. But to each his own. Here are a couple clean, simpler looks. Oligo Blue Rashid Tsoroev And because I'm a Texas fan, the orange Nicholas Hacko Mark II. The guilloché is incredible and everything is titanium which is incredibly difficult to work with.

And Stowa is an excellent suggestion.

You'll get the sweep from any mechanical watch. The ticking is quartz. I don't really like homages for the most part, and the Monta is a little too Rolexy for me. I especially think Rolex knockoffs like that are simply a way of saying you want a Rolex but can't afford one. And it's basically trading on someone else's design without any real inspiration. But I'm also pretty biased against Rolex in general so take that with a few grains of salt. Check out Traska, or as a step up, Formex is a great option. Direnzo makes great affordable watches, but might be a little too different for your husband. The DRZ03 and DRZ04 would be more in the typical style.