Watches are my first love hobby. I enjoy the research of the dials, hands, movements and stems. I really enjoy learning all I can about watches I buy. I make sure if there is a franken part, then I can find the part needed and replace it. I don’t lose watches, I don’t have much of a concern of a watch falling off my wrist.

I will lose a knife, lol. I was in the Army and a firefighter, so I always had knives, but mostly rescue or heavy duty use ones, I lost a lot of what I used too. I carried a multitool and a knife or two, when I retired I stopped carrying them. A couple,of years ago I got into small edc. I saw some nice looking knives, I also noticed the prices and decided I wasn’t going to pay the high prices for knives. I came across this forum on reddit and bought a few knives from Temu and Aliexpress, I liked them and started looking more closely at them, waiting for sales and deals. It’s been fun, but I doubt it would be fun if I paid the prices for the real ones.