Lowly Caliber: a blog for humble watch collecting.
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Fossil Signature
Here We Go Again Just as I’m getting into ’90s Fossil and bemoaning the their current offering, the long-time watch giant, recovering from bankruptcy, makes a bold move; They go upscale with Signature CS-1. Immediately I thought of Timex Atelier. To bolster their reputation as a real watch brand, they have drawn on “made in…
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Timex Anecdotes
The Ups and Downs This is one of those posts that just happen as unplanned exercises. A few things happened recently with Timex that have me irritated. This is on top of the recent post about what I considered some disappointing releases. I am generally a fan of Timex but I just don’t understand some…
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Fossil Adventure 2
So many choices In my last look into Fossil I concentrated on some of the Stone models of the mid ’90s. This time I am going to move on to some other styles of Fossil watches that have caught my eye–without stone. With 40 years spent on churning out all variety of watches Fossil has…
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Timex Diver Updates
Arctic, Collaboration, and Helium Here we go again. I can’t not respond to some recent releases on the Timex diver front. I’m in the midst of completing some other more research intensive posts but decided to stop and speak my piece. Three releases prompted me, two of them got me hot under the collar. I…
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Fossil Adventure
Man, How Things Change and the Stones I just got off the Fossil website. It is easy to see why they are struggling to survive. I don’t understand how a company known for it’s crazy cool watches over the last 40-plus years can be selling stuff like this present offering. Who buys these watches I…
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40mm Expedition Sierra and Mk1 Chronos
Interesting Sierra and MK1 Chronos with Color I was just about to write a post on straps when I stumbled onto some new Timex offerings. It got me stirred up, so I’m switching course temporarily. This is how I always find out about new Timex watches; by accident. I got an email from Timex about…
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Random Watch 3
Bulova Ocean Snorkel and more Random Thoughts No excuses not to be writing a post now. The World Cup is over so I have to get back to the routine. Man, I was watching a lot of soccer! I can say Spain is a worthy winner. More FIFA scandals, as usual. I thought Argentina was…
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Random Watches 2
Two Different Swimmers It’s been a while since I’ve posted. Things have been busy; I’ve been wearing a wide variety of watches and collecting a few more since last writing. I’ve also been reading a lot of watch articles, so the watch world continues for me. Summer is here, which means my school teacher wife…
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Timex 40mm Mk1 Chronograph: The Return
The 40mm chrono is back, with a trade-off How does it go? “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all”. I think I will be able to find something nice to say, but, like the new 40mm MK1 auto and the second 36mm manual releases, I’m left with a lot of questions.…
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Timex Navi 41mm Part 1
Don’t Forget the 100m gang With all the focus on the newer 200m WR Deepwater offerings I have been forgetting another of Timex’s other water-focused collections. For the last six or eight years I have been following and collecting various Timex watches with the name Navi. I have posted on the 38mm Navi Depth, Navi…
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