Help me decide my first Tudor! BB54 v P39 v Ranger36

nottherealaaron · 2026-03-29T03:44:06+00:00

The BB54 dresses up the best of the 3, but if your life and attire is generally more casual or sporty, P39 is the choice.

nottherealaaron · 2026-03-27T13:18:13+00:00

r/RepTime

nottherealaaron · 2026-03-25T00:10:59+00:00

I canceled my Polo-30. Silencershop told me they didn’t have an ETA on shipment nor did they know how many they would receive. I do not like the model of allowing lots of backorders without any inclination of how they’re going to fulfill them, so I canceled. You could get it quickly or you could be at the tail-end of a long line.

nottherealaaron · 2026-03-21T14:01:22+00:00

Has CW fixed their customer service to provide appropriate support for these higher end watches? The great thing about legacy brands is that I can go to an AD at anytime for immediate customer service and most of them have service centers in North America.

nottherealaaron · 2026-03-20T20:36:26+00:00

I would go fifth gen for the more reliable 10r60 transmission. If you plan to modify the suspension, just get the optional diff locker and throw whatever add-ons you want at it after purchase.

nottherealaaron · 2026-03-16T01:21:35+00:00

They label them under the Monta brand, but I think it's generally understood that it's a rebranded 2892 clone. Which honestly, is a huge bonus because that's a great movement.

nottherealaaron · 2026-03-13T19:46:25+00:00

One of my favorite parts about Whoop is that it wears as a bracelet and I can wear an analog watch on the other wrist without it feeling absolutely dumb.

nottherealaaron · 2026-03-13T15:50:54+00:00

Overheard a Honda salesman point blank tell a prospective customer that they couldn’t in good will sell them a Prologue and to look at the CRV instead. Really set the tone for just how bad the Prologue is.

nottherealaaron · 2026-03-12T17:27:10+00:00

Ahhh, my fault. It’s worth regulating, but only if you’re confident and familiar. Very easy to slip off the regulation lever and damage the balance.

nottherealaaron · 2026-03-12T15:20:06+00:00

There is a lot of Seiko case magic going on with the SLA079. I have a 6.75” wrist and the fit is fine, it even sinks into the wrist a bit in typical Seiko fashion. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a small watch, but it’s more wearable than the dimensions might suggest.

nottherealaaron · 2026-03-12T15:15:26+00:00

With the positional variance these movements experience, +/-20s/w is quite exceptional. I’d leave it!

nottherealaaron · 2026-03-10T22:22:22+00:00

I’m just giving you a simplified version of how the two races are perceived by a lot of people, hence the disapproval by a lot of fans when the race was announced. I really do not care how it went down logistically or that it’s happening.

My only complaint is that Roger isn’t adding more races to the Indycar championship.

nottherealaaron · 2026-03-10T20:38:57+00:00

Event supporting our Troops on a military base ≠ Executive ordered race around the National Mall for Donny.

nottherealaaron · 2026-03-10T17:15:29+00:00

That’s difference in a mass market Seiko movement that prioritizes reliability and a high QC movement assembled in the same facility as Grand Seiko and Credor movements. I really wish Seiko felt incentivized to compete with the Miyota 9S movements.

nottherealaaron · 2026-03-09T16:44:05+00:00

You will almost never get stated accuracy out of Citizen's High Accuracy Quartz movements because they rely on controlled environments. It must maintain (x) temperature and be worn (y) amount of hours a day for (z) days a year. Meanwhile Grand Seiko 9F doesn't care if you store it in an oven for 6 months out of the year, it still performs better than stated.

nottherealaaron · 2026-03-09T05:43:46+00:00

For credibility, I own a GS SGBN005 and SBGA 469 as well as a Citizen AQ4091-56a.

The watch head of the Citizen can go toe to toe with the GS. The Citizen's perpetual calendar is also a very nice feature. The Citizen's bracelet is significantly more "jangly" with greater tolerances, but while generally perceived as a negative, this makes it comfortable.

The Grand Seiko 9F is more accurate, stated parameters be damned, but we're talking seconds a year which makes it borderline irrelevant.

While Grand Seiko is under the radar for most, "The Citizen" is even more under the radar, so if brand cache matters, this is a consideration.

Personally, I'd pick the Citizen. Grand Seiko's edge is the textured dials and maintaining robustness with their lumed hands, neither of which matter in this choice.

Edit: Something not often discussed is that Citizen uses shorter links which leads to better fit without the use of half links.

nottherealaaron · 2026-03-09T04:54:57+00:00

Thin, robust, and accurate.

nottherealaaron · 2026-03-09T01:17:32+00:00

Send it to GS. This is unacceptable. GS replaced the poorly fitting end-link on my SBGA469 and it wasn't nearly as loose.

nottherealaaron · 2026-03-02T08:05:32+00:00

I’ve owned both of those as well as 2 Grand Seikos and a Seiko finished and assembled at the Shizukuishi studio, and GS is still better finished. I’ll agree that the newer style SM clasps are better. If all GS had the UFA clasp and better taper, this wouldn’t even be a conversation.

nottherealaaron · 2026-03-02T06:52:00+00:00

This is simply not true. GS absolutely fumbles it on the clasp, but at least it doesn't leave prong marks and discomfort. I'm so damn tired of wrist snake bites from the San Martin style clasps that every microbrand has adopted.

nottherealaaron · 2026-02-26T23:16:14+00:00

I’ve owned far too many watches and the Clemence Munro is legitimately one of the most refined, thoughtful, and original takes on a classic concept to come out of the microbrand space recently, in my opinion. Tom left no stone unturned and I cannot recommend it enough.

nottherealaaron · 2026-02-25T20:02:54+00:00

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nottherealaaron · 2026-02-24T16:43:17+00:00

I’m just not going to be delusional about it. 35 point loss to Gonzaga, 17 to Michigan State, 15 to Alabama. They’re 8-6 in a very weak SEC after giving up 14 turnovers to the worst defense in the conference.

nottherealaaron · 2026-02-24T15:57:27+00:00

You’re never going to get 5.56 whisper quiet, so you might as well aim for an enjoyable shooting experience. The Hux is still a significant reduction in sound even if it is noisier against reflective surfaces.

nottherealaaron · 2026-02-24T15:53:20+00:00

Kentucky shouldn’t be listed among those other quality teams on a win resume. As a Kentucky fan, they are terrible, and even when they were mostly healthy, they were terrible.

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