Archive for the 'Watches' Category
Monday, August 9th, 2010
People who collect watches know how important it is to keep watches in tiptop condition. You don’t simply lump them all inside a desk drawer for safekeeping. That would pose the danger of scratching delicate surfaces. Solve this problem by buying watch storage boxes instead.
A watch storage box has individual compartments where you can put [...]
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Basketball fans are a weird lot. They are loyal to their team. They are ready to pick a fight for their favorite team, even expose themselves to danger. This has happened lots of times when fans from opposing team get into a fracas after a game. Surely, it is not only about how their favorite [...]
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Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Our grandparents grew up in 1920s and 1930s. My grandfather had photos of him dressed in a suit looking like gangster. When he was still alive he showed us a clock pocket he bought many years ago. It was still working at that time, about twenty years ago. My mother kept the watch hoping to [...]
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
For those who don’t wear their automatic watches everyday, an automatic watch winder is available. These devices move the watches in a circular pattern similar to human motion to keep the self-winding mechanism working. This is important because if a watch is not wound over time, the lubricants that keep it working will congeal. The [...]
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Thursday, May 6th, 2010
It is but right to keep your watches to a beautifully crafted case. This can store multiple watches in one box and can keep your timepieces free of scratch. Therefore, you have to make sure that your watch case parts are of superior quality. They should be very durable to keep the whole case intact.
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Friday, April 30th, 2010
You are into sports and everyone you know knows it. During weekends, they know you can’t be expected to go to their afternoon parties. They are aware that you are off somewhere doing participating in an extreme sport. You live to compete and you want to have the most fun while doing it. And you [...]
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Thursday, April 8th, 2010
Both mechanical and electronic watches require a power source for it to run. In a mechanical watch, power is provided by the use of a spring called the mainspring. It has to be wound periodically. An improvement was developed in which the watches were self-winding. They are called automatic watches which depended on the wearer’s [...]
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Have you been to the children’s section of a big department store lately? There are tons of toys, clothes and accessories to choose from? It is really a dizzying place. You have so many choices. What then would you buy a child for a very special occasion. If you’ve given toys, books and gifts before [...]
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
My mom died when I was still a baby. I grew up with four brothers. Needless to say, I often got to wear their hand-me-downs including clothes. Most people who knew me while I was growing up thought I was very boyish. All that changed when I became a teenager.
I guess my dad finally realized [...]
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
When I was a boy, I wanted to be a grown up. Now that I’m all grown up, I wish I was a boy again. I remember when I was five years old and always wanted to play grown up. I would put on my dad’s clothes and wear his jewelry. My favorite was his [...]
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