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I used to wear watches on my right wrist but had to change to the left as using a mouse all day is awful with a decent watch on. Guess it’ll take a while to get used to it.

Edit: I just noticed that by complete chance I took the image when the seconds were at 0. I did not plan that.

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[–] wfh@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Seiko in general has gone up in price a lot in recent years. The cheap and cheerful Seiko 5 were killed and resurrected as a mid-range sub-brand, and mid-range (like Presage etc) are now pushed twice the price they were a few years ago. There are no entry-level mechanical Seikos anymore.

Orient seems to be the last true Japanese manufacturer that still offers sub-$150 mechanical watches.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for mentioning Orient. Never heard of them but they have some beautiful watches.

[–] wfh@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You're welcome :) I love Orient and own a couple, and they also have some stunning pieces in their mid-to-high end Orient Star range.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah I was drawn to this one

Now I want it I should curse you lol.

[–] Copernican@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I bought my Seiko snk803 on Amazon for like 66 bucks 10 years ago. Why is this watch now showing up as a 200 dollar watch? Why did the prices go up so much?

[–] wfh@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Because they're out of stock now.