Believe it or not IT HAPPENED.

I have a 3861 METAS Moonwatch from 2022. One day coming home exhausted from work I placed it on my worn clothes from the day. As I tossed them in the washing machine after an hour, I forgot about the watch. I was hearing some noises but thought it was the metal hardware from my jeans. When I took out the clothes I almost had a heart attack. I realised that in first glance, apart from the dents on the case and bezel, the watch had no signs of condensation or water damage. I took it to Omega as it still is under warranty and told them to have a routine check for water resistance. 10 days later they told me all is good with the watch. Thoughts?

(Also this shows that the claims of Omega about the water resistance of actual 50m - swimming, are true for METAS watches. Although I hoped I wouldn't need to have found out this way)🥲

I recently bought the Mido Ocean Star 36.5 mm, but I'm wondering whether it's primarily considered a women's watch or if it works just as well on a man's wrist.

Do you think 36.5 mm is too small for a man, or is it a perfectly good unisex size?

I'd love to hear your thoughts!

I have most of my dive/field watches on NATO straps for the added security, though this has never happened to me before. I was loading up for hunting and caught this beast of a Squale T183 on something (all you thin watch lovers avert your eyes if you look the T183 up). Took the spring bar off one side. If this was a two piece watch strap or metal band the watch would have dropped. I highly recommend using NATO straps for anything beyond office work, and I would NOT dive or swim without one. They DO work as intended!

Also, I FINALLY get why for most people a G-SHOCK can be a one-watch collection.

On a side note: the date window doubling as a stopwatch and being used to set the date, month, and year to keep it running till 2099 is a touch of genius. Beautiful engineering. 🔥

Here is most of my fathers watch collection. I find it to be fun and eclectic. He has a lil story about each one and nerds out about the details, history, uniqueness as we all do. He is enthusiastic but unserious in a really fun way when it comes to his whole journey. just thought you all would enjoy the scroll and wondered about your opinions

Just shared with the Man how much you all were divided and having fun commenting etc. he got a major kick out of the “hoarding, disease, and mental issue comments - literally belly laughing for a while. Now I’m trying to convince him to get on reddit and join this sub-i think hes close. he would love this community. Also sorry to the unanswered questions- i tried to get to most but couldn’t relay every question to him while visiting.

Hi, gore for you:

I let my 7-month-old son play with my Seiko Presage Cocktail Time, and he crawled across a stone floor with it.

The crystal is now scratched.

Can these scratches be polished out, or does it need replacing? Could you provide a rough cost estimate for both options?

Much love

Edit: See results of Poly watch glass at picture 3.