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Today's #watch — fresh from the mail — is a mechanical, hand-wound Felca. Gold-plated 34mm case, silver dial, a nice pin-shaped red seconds hand. As for the period, I'd say 1940s-1950s. Felca is a Swiss watch brand founded in 1919 as Felco, then renamed Felca. In the 1950s the brand expanded its business to Asia and started making watches under the name Titoni. Later, they merged the two brands and now they're just Titoni. Still making beautiful watches 100 years later.

Today’s #watch has been this Timex Expedition TW4B01900. Bought new for about €55 during last year’s Black Friday. Quartz movement. The indiglo feature is truly useful to see the hour in the dark. And I love the orange seconds hand.

When I was getting punched in the face during the nineties, my anxiety would often vanish simply because my “enemy” wasn’t in the room with me when I got home. Today, kids get beaten up or humiliated and are sent a video afterward, posted for the whole world to see.

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Today’s #watch finally arrived in the mail, after almost 20 days of wait (the parcel was untracked, adding to my trepidation). It’s a 15-jewel Junghans from the 1960s. Mechanical, hand-wound. Well-preserved gold plating. I believe this kind of design is called ‘tuxedo dial’. The lume material in the hands has deteriorated, but I don’t mind. This is also my smallest vintage watch, with a diameter of just 32mm.

Today I switched out my Galaxy 6 Classic smartwatch for my old G-Shock in an effort to distance myself from my phone. It went surprisingly well. I never realized how distracting that thing on my wrist could be with all the various notifications. Going forward I think I'm going to switch out watches every few days. The G-Shock and Citizen could use the sun anyway, they're solar. 🌞

Have a good evening everyone!

Today's #watch just got a new battery! It's my LIP Type 10 "Croix du Sud" (quartz movement, obviously). 40mm diameter.

Type 10 aviation wristwatches were produced since 1935 and used by Jean Mermoz, an aviator and a French national hero.

Croix Du Sud (The Southern Cross) was the name of a Latecoere 300 plane used by Jean Mermoz in his South American expeditions. Sadly on 7 Dec 1936 the plane disappeared at sea.

In memory of Jean Mermoz, LIP reissued the Type 10 in 2001.

Just arrived in the post, today’s #watch is this E.R.C. (Probably late 1950s or 1960s). Mechanical, hand-wound. I haven’t managed to find much information about the brand, but it should be French. I like that small magnifier window above the date.

Today's #watch is my Roue TPS Six. Movement: Seiko caliber VK63 chronograph hybrid meca-quartz. Crystal: Double Dome K1 mineral glass with anti-reflective treatment inside and sapphire coating outside. Stainless steel case, 40mm diameter. Limited edition (mine is №139 of 1000). It's my only chronograph watch and I love it.

Today’s #watch just arrived in the post, actually. A vintage, gold-plated Bifora. Made in Germany, dating probably around the 1950s-1960s. Mechanical, hand-winding, of course. Seems to work fine, and both dial and glass look pristine. Acquired for very little money, too.

Today’s #watch is an ‘Indian’ Favre-Leuba. Essentially a modern watch with a common hand-wound mechanical movement and some 1960s vintage look. My only faux pas in my journey of watch collecting. I was led to believe this was a genuine vintage Swiss watch. I didn’t know enough about the brand’s history to doubt the seller. At least it wasn’t a costly mistake. And the watch keeps good time and looks cool. *shrug*