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Old 04-01-2015, 03:18 PM   #1081
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Drew my nephew's name for Christmas. He is a teenage dbag and hard to buy for. My wife bought a watch for me to give him, but his mother said "No, he'll hate that." So, I've been rocking this watch since December.




Early in January he says to me "Woah! Cool watch, Uncle Buff!"...
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Old 04-02-2015, 01:16 PM   #1082
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Just bought this watch today. Will take a couple of weeks for delivery, very excited!
Any Baume & Mercier owners here? Thoughts on them?

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Old 04-02-2015, 01:22 PM   #1083
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B&Ms are well made and highly regarded. Their designs are what you would want in a classic dress watch. They're known enough that an aficionado will know the brand, but not known enough to draw unwanted attention.

without knowing the movement, I would say yours is probably a ETA 7750 or equivalent. Pretty good movement.
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Old 04-02-2015, 04:10 PM   #1084
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Anyone get engravings on watches? Looking for company logo and engraving on watch for corporate gifts.
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Old 04-02-2015, 04:30 PM   #1085
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I heart Baume & Mercier. Extremely well made watches.
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Old 04-02-2015, 04:31 PM   #1086
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Old 04-02-2015, 04:38 PM   #1087
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Lost my only watch (Citizen Eco-drive) on Saturday by accidentally leaving it on a table at Buffalo Wild Wings. It feels terrible not having it on my wrist. Does anybody know of an online retailer that might have this watch for cheapish, yet not a knockoff?

Here is the watch for reference:
http://www.amazon.com/Citizen-AR3010...mg_top?ie=UTF8
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Old 04-02-2015, 05:09 PM   #1088
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Lost my only watch (Citizen Eco-drive) on Saturday by accidentally leaving it on a table at Buffalo Wild Wings. It feels terrible not having it on my wrist. Does anybody know of an online retailer that might have this watch for cheapish, yet not a knockoff?

Here is the watch for reference:
http://www.amazon.com/Citizen-AR3010...mg_top?ie=UTF8
Did you call Buffalo Wild Wings to see if they still have it? You never know.

Amazon isn't bad, I don't think I've ever seen a Citizen knockoff to be honest... For other websites, might have to ask the others or scroll a few pages back to take a look
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Old 04-02-2015, 05:12 PM   #1089
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Dutyfreeisland seems to have good reviews on watchuseek. Feel free to do your own research as I didn't invest a whole lot of time looking, but in case:

http://www.dutyfreeislandshop.com/ci...in-japan-watch

Sorry about the loss. That's a really nice watch (although I'm a sucker for Citizens.)
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Old 04-02-2015, 05:44 PM   #1090
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Did you call Buffalo Wild Wings to see if they still have it? You never know.

Amazon isn't bad, I don't think I've ever seen a Citizen knockoff to be honest... For other websites, might have to ask the others or scroll a few pages back to take a look
Yeah, I called on Monday, then again on Tuesday. An employee said they had it on Tuesday, so I drove 45min over there to get it, then when I get there they say there was a mix-up and that the manager actually only said he had my contact info already (since I called Monday), not my watch

Last time I got it I went through Amazon, but it seems to be out of stock now.
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Old 04-02-2015, 06:58 PM   #1091
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Anyone get engravings on watches? Looking for company logo and engraving on watch for corporate gifts.

If you're talking about getting an engraving done on the dial of a watch, I'd be curious how somebody would be able to take apart the watch and get that done without messing up the watches innards.

If you're talking about getting the back plate done, it'd be equally as interesting to me however I wouldn't trust a kid at the mall to do it in either instance, especially if there is a logo involved.

I'd call a good jeweller and see who they could recommend.
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Old 04-02-2015, 09:56 PM   #1092
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If you're talking about getting an engraving done on the dial of a watch, I'd be curious how somebody would be able to take apart the watch and get that done without messing up the watches innards.

If you're talking about getting the back plate done, it'd be equally as interesting to me however I wouldn't trust a kid at the mall to do it in either instance, especially if there is a logo involved.

I'd call a good jeweller and see who they could recommend.
Although I've never heard of getting the dial engraved, It's not a huge deal. Once the stem is removed, the movement and dial come out very easily. Take off the hands with something like this and then possibly a side screw or two at the most to remove the dial. Most don't even require that second part though. It's actually quite easy and doesn't do anything negative to the movement at all.

As for the back...unless it's a Rolex, it's fairly easy to remove. I would probably trust most engraving places, like Things Engraved, to be able to engrave on the back of a watch.
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Old 04-03-2015, 08:40 AM   #1093
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Lost my only watch (Citizen Eco-drive) on Saturday by accidentally leaving it on a table at Buffalo Wild Wings. It feels terrible not having it on my wrist. Does anybody know of an online retailer that might have this watch for cheapish, yet not a knockoff?

Here is the watch for reference:
http://www.amazon.com/Citizen-AR3010...mg_top?ie=UTF8
Sorry to hear you lost it...however, I have this exact same watch (Stiletto), but with the white dial, if you're interested.

I bought it about 2-3 years ago with the intent of putting on a black strap and making it look like this:



I've just never really gotten around do it for some reason. I haven't even had the original strap resized, so its been basically unworn and sitting in my watch box the entire time.

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Sorry to hear you lost it...however, I have this exact same watch (Stiletto), but with the white dial, if you're interested.
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Old 04-03-2015, 01:04 PM   #1095
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I am far from a watch connoisseur, but I bought this watch a couple months ago and am very happy with it. Seems to be really good quality for the price.



http://www.mvmtwatches.com/collectio...-black-leather
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Old 04-03-2015, 10:04 PM   #1096
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Does anyone know a trusted watch repair person in Calgary that can fix a Panerai?
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Old 04-03-2015, 10:24 PM   #1097
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Joe Joggia at Sears Southcentre. Probably, the best one in Calgary.
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Just bought this watch today. Will take a couple of weeks for delivery, very excited!
Any Baume & Mercier owners here? Thoughts on them?
I'm not a fan of the chrono's personally...I find the face too busy. But I love B&M and am looking at a Classima. Beautiful timepieces.
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Lost my only watch (Citizen Eco-drive) on Saturday by accidentally leaving it on a table at Buffalo Wild Wings. It feels terrible not having it on my wrist. Does anybody know of an online retailer that might have this watch for cheapish, yet not a knockoff?

Here is the watch for reference:
http://www.amazon.com/Citizen-AR3010...mg_top?ie=UTF8
I could be wrong, but I swear I saw that watch yesterday at Kavia Jewelery in Canmore. Asking price $375 IIRC. Black dial, silver colored band. If you want both white and black dial... here's an option? I might be wrong on price, but I swear I saw it in Canmore.
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Does anyone know a trusted watch repair person in Calgary that can fix a Panerai?
Try http://www.albertatimeservices.ca/

He was very good fixing my watch, and has been doing it for 40 years. I asked him about another watch I have, and he said "if I can't fix it, it can't be fixed". Not sure the truth there, but he seamed to know what he was doing.
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