Traveling with watches can be nerve-racking. Questions and concerns race through the mind. It does not have to be this way. It should be easy and fun regardless of your horological budget, tastes, and risk tolerances.
With your pay raise comes the added feature of pushing paper and maybe having more disposable income to venture out and expand your watch repertoire. Now, some of you may be reading this and thinking, “I could never push paper.” Give it some time.
Being in law enforcement for almost 20 years, and having worked in various units throughout my particular department, I think I can at least offer some insight into the world of law enforcement watches and the type of timepieces that may serve a police officer well given their particular assignment.
Few Russian watches have become as iconic as the Raketa Big Zero. Unfortunately this icon status has increased demand for the watch – a demand which (in my opinion) far exceeds the supply that’s out there. This recipe is a fertile breeding ground for fake Raketa Big Zeros to run rampant – and run rampant they do!
One thing me and my father have in common is that we both really enjoy scoping out pawn shops for some good deals, and living in Lincoln, Nebraska there Is a strong influence from college football and college life in general. So you’ll often find some neat stuff that some college kid pawned off to pay for rent or groceries. Among the many things you find, watches fill most the pawn shops around town.
This article will show you how to diversify a one-watch collection and multiply it with the power of changing straps. Now I know it’s easy to get lost in the strap game. Where does one start?
I hope to make the case that there are vintage quartz watches that are worth collecting, even if they aren’t quite as rare. And to kick things off, I will start with perhaps a particularly eye-catching model: the Seiko 7A28-7010.
