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Today I received an email from Ashford with the scariest subject line ever:


"It's a BIG, BOLD, Invicta World"
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I might be the only person on this site that thinks the SKX line isn't anything special.
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ManOnTime wrote:I might be the only person on this site that thinks the SKX line isn't anything special.
I am mostly with you on this. I have never owned one, but I am not really a dive watch guy. It just isn’t my thing, so the SKX line does little for me as far as watches go. However,...

<note>
The below statement reflects my imperfect understanding of the watch modding world, so I may be completely off base here.
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I do greatly appreciate them as the availability of after market parts has made watch modding a lot easier and accessible to a great number of people. Without the popularity of modding the SKX we wouldn’t likely have me making lumed dials as the handsets/bezels, etc. would be less available than they are today. Many of those parts for the SKX will fit the Invicta 8926, but I am pretty sure they were meant with the SKX line in mind (see: Dagaz who designed his own watch after it was known that the SKX line was being discontinued).

I am guessing that small time parts makers started out making parts for the SKX and then expanded to include parts for the 8926 family(ie: Murphy Mfg.).

At any rate, the SKX line is special in that, I believe, it gave us the watch modding culture that wet are currently enjoying.


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mplsabdullah wrote: Thu Aug 15, 2019 2:20 pm I wish there was a way to have all my watches in the front row of my watch box without having to get a really wide box. I feel like my watches behind the first row don't get enough attention.
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My watch box is full, so when I take off a watch and there's no room for it, I just lay it along the row divider. I'm sorry.
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peskydonut wrote: Fri Aug 30, 2019 6:06 pm My watch box is full, so when I take off a watch and there's no room for it, I just lay it along the row divider. I'm sorry.
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The Sultan of SoWhat wrote: Fri Aug 30, 2019 7:36 pm
peskydonut wrote: Fri Aug 30, 2019 6:06 pm My watch box is full, so when I take off a watch and there's no room for it, I just lay it along the row divider. I'm sorry.
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peskydonut wrote: Fri Aug 30, 2019 6:06 pm My watch box is full, so when I take off a watch and there's no room for it, I just lay it along the row divider. I'm sorry.


I wouldn't feel so bad. This is one of my watch boxes.
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ManOnTime wrote:
peskydonut wrote: Fri Aug 30, 2019 6:06 pm My watch box is full, so when I take off a watch and there's no room for it, I just lay it along the row divider. I'm sorry.


I wouldn't feel so bad. This is one of my watch boxes.
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Do I see a loose movement in there? The horror!
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konax wrote: Sat Aug 31, 2019 5:03 pm
ManOnTime wrote:
peskydonut wrote: Fri Aug 30, 2019 6:06 pm My watch box is full, so when I take off a watch and there's no room for it, I just lay it along the row divider. I'm sorry.


I wouldn't feel so bad. This is one of my watch boxes.

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Do I see a loose movement in there? The horror!
It's a Chinese cheepy. Not too much to worry about. 😁
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ManOnTime wrote:
peskydonut wrote: Fri Aug 30, 2019 6:06 pm My watch box is full, so when I take off a watch and there's no room for it, I just lay it along the row divider. I'm sorry.


I wouldn't feel so bad. This is one of my watch boxes.
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Thanks for the tip. How to turn a 12 piece watch box into a 60 piece box. Who needs deviders taking up valuable horoligical real estate.

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ManOnTime wrote:
peskydonut wrote: Fri Aug 30, 2019 6:06 pm My watch box is full, so when I take off a watch and there's no room for it, I just lay it along the row divider. I'm sorry.


I wouldn't feel so bad. This is one of my watch boxes.
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I gotta get more watches.
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Was looking at a furniture website my wife sent me and saw this at the top:
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I got REALLY excited for a second until I realized they meant fabric swatches.
I wish that watch were 38mm?
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That horrible feeling you get when you find something you meant to buy on eBay... The day after the coupon expires.
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Less of a confession, just didn't know where else to post this.

If a California dial is half arabic/half roman numerals.
What would you call a dial that is half numerals/half indices?


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