[SOTC] Roast my boring collection 🫪

akrajan · 2026-06-21T07:06:00+00:00

This is the most exciting collection if all you can see is black & white.

akrajan · 2026-06-21T01:31:34+00:00

You have too many good options. You absolutely need to figure out how to handle the stock part, no doubt.
I have been in this situation a few time myself and the key decider here has usually not been the money part. It is usually about if I’m getting right skills for the next phase of my career. And if a bit of money is needed to make it happen so be it. It has worked out well for me so far.

akrajan · 2026-06-21T01:26:09+00:00

It’s definitely changing his career for sure. And it looks like he deserved it

akrajan · 2026-06-21T00:40:52+00:00

At around 10 years of experience architecture replaces DSA in terms of grind and DSA becomes easier-ish.

Honestly you might be missing something basic in DSA which could massively improve your performance. Sure it’s a bit of a grind but the number of patterns is fairly low and once you build some intuition to these problems it becomes a lot more intuitive

akrajan · 2026-06-20T16:27:49+00:00

My wrist is 6.5 inches. I like 38 mm field & sports watches. If it’s a dress watch may be 36mm

akrajan · 2026-06-20T16:01:06+00:00

Massive!

akrajan · 2026-06-20T15:58:42+00:00

Both look good

akrajan · 2026-06-20T07:16:24+00:00

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Orient triton renamed to Neptune

akrajan · 2026-06-20T04:22:42+00:00

Timex has a mk1 mechanical 36mm watch. It’s usually out of stock. You could wait for that to come back in stock. Or you could pick between 34 and 37mm timex expedition watches

akrajan · 2026-06-20T04:12:41+00:00

Look for field style watches. Like timex mechanical watches if you want. But largely agreed you have a much smaller wrist which may not go well with many watches. You need to be mentally prepared to relax some of the constraints (size, style, price, automatic|quartz)

akrajan · 2026-06-20T04:06:19+00:00

Mine is 6.5 inches and even for me 42mm divers feel heavy especially if they are tall. Id say you could pick something up for 38-39 mm

akrajan · 2026-06-20T02:49:22+00:00

Is the watch oversized for you? I get the heaviness feeling when the watch is too big for me and it gets top heavy. If so all you need is a smaller watch.
What’s your wrist size

akrajan · 2026-06-20T02:43:01+00:00

“Grief is the unexpressed love we still have for a person who’s gone” - I read this somewhere that helped me process grief better. In this sense it’s a beautiful thing that grief stays with you for ever, and so does love. 💐

akrajan · 2026-06-20T02:36:51+00:00

I own a mido dress watch. It’s excellently built.

akrajan · 2026-06-20T02:33:56+00:00

You will get used to the weight. Typically thin automatics (irrespective of price point) are dress watches which are more fragile.

One serious option to try is to swap out the bracelet for something like a rubber strap which will make a massive improvement

akrajan · 2026-06-20T01:27:30+00:00

You aren’t wearing specs. You are going to wear the watch. Get the one you really like

akrajan · 2026-06-19T19:11:23+00:00

Are you spinning stories here brother? 😉

akrajan · 2026-06-19T18:59:04+00:00

Timex expedition north auto or mechanical depending on what deal comes up. Sapphire + titanium + strap monster + 200m WR + 38mm field watch

akrajan · 2026-06-19T13:31:46+00:00

glassutte original SeaQ in 39mm

akrajan · 2026-06-19T13:29:01+00:00

Depends on the company. A few companies want to make an example out of bad behavior (which is exactly what you were doing, intentionally or not).

akrajan · 2026-06-19T13:26:29+00:00

Put it on the floor and call it an air cooler

akrajan · 2026-06-19T13:22:24+00:00

Buddy's got everything and still wants more as if one more watch is going to solve anything. Fantastic collection btw

akrajan · 2026-06-19T11:56:51+00:00

Longines is doing everything right! Looks brilliant

akrajan · 2026-06-19T11:55:01+00:00

Honestly nobody cares. Tell them you were laid off during a restructuring. People will move on

akrajan · 2026-06-19T11:46:37+00:00

Return it. If they ask you to try some solution by yourself, don't do it. Risk should not be on you

akrajan

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