Lowly Caliber: a blog for humble watch collecting.
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M&Co 1987 31mm
Gill Compressed Wins the Day Sometimes a watch isn’t about it being a watch. Its about things happening around it that come together as a watch. Its about things that people are interested in that are attached to a watch. A watch is a useful tool for telling time, but it can carry along other…
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40 Years of Eddie Bauer Watches: Part 2
Outdoor fashion ’90s? style — Sporty, anyone? Do you have good taste? Do you have style? Are you fashion conscious? A lot of us are afraid we don’t, so we allow others to define these for us. Its a shame, really, because we are all different and have individual tastes, but we want to be…
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40 Years of Eddie Bauer Watches, Part 1
The Wild World of Retail Branded Watches Here I go again. I’m about to relate to you my collecting experiences with a body of watches that I feel somewhat uncomfortable discussing. I really like the watches, but I feel like I don’t have a firm grasp of the subject matter I want to tackle. I’m…
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Trials of Cheap Watch Repair
Repairable or Disposable Like everything we own, if used, watches eventually need some kind of repair. But not all watches are created equal. Some watches are created to potentially last a life time and your progeny’s life time too. On the other hand, some watches are made to be discarded instead of repaired. Some may…
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Timex x J. Crew Andros
Time flies when you’re having fun & Its all in the dial It has been almost 13 years since this J. Crew-distributed watch hit the street. Following the successful launch of the J. Crew Military watch a few years earlier, the Andros brought a more nautical feel to the outfits of J. Crew customers. It…
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Neo Vintage Gruens: Part 2
These things are crazy! A while back I was ruminating on the 1980s – 90s era of cheap fashion watches. I spent some time on very inexpensive preowned Gruens I stumbled onto in Part 1. Well, I’m back with several more of these little zingers. I’m still trying to get a handle on the low-end…
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Timex Mk1 Collections Part 3
A Unique Set of MK1s: Archive Pioneers With this post I want to complete the final part of my attempt to outline the various 40mm and 42mm MK1 types that Timex released from roughly 2017 to 2019. In Part 1, I covered the Aluminum MK1s. In Part 2, the Steel Mk1s. There are some other…
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Redux Valor Offset Model 11D
Post COVID Perils of a Micro Brand : Mission Accomplished This post will be a break from my normal, in a way. It is more about a spec/tool watch than a fashion watch. But, a tool watch can be part of a dress code, too. It will also be about how watches are made and…
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Timex Mk1 Collections Part 2
Full Steel Ahead In Part 1 of My Timex MK1 posts I covered the origins of the MK1 and covered the various styles of Aluminum case Mk1s. Here I will try to get my arms around the 40mm 3-hand and 42mm chronographs that make up the Steel collection. As I mentioned in the earlier post,…
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Timex Mk1 Collections Part 1
With Such a Wide Variety, There is a Mk1 for Everybody Besides the unisex Weekender, I can’t think of another Timex style within the Archive era that is as popular as the Mk1? There is a huge variety of colors, straps and materials in both three-hand and chronograph models. With so many different looks, I…
Economy watch collecting