Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago

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A Discussion around our continual infatuation with the "Boring" Watch. The sort of piece that always checks all the boxes, that probably began our journey in the watch hobby. Why do we always return to owning these pieces even after years of experience with arguably more advanced, sophisticated and expensive watches? The irony is that these pieces probably got us started in the hobby and they are ones that we never forgot.

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Below are a list of the common sources that are used in no particular order:

Bob’s Watches | Revolution Watch | HQ Milton | Hodinkee | Monochrome Watches | Jomashop | Analog Shift | Bulang and Sons | Robb Report | Watchfinder | WatchBox | Phillips Watches | Christies | Timekeepers Club | Fratello Watches | Bexsonn | Worn and Wound | A Collected Man | Oracle Time | Time + Tide Watches

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