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Look familiar?

It's a watch I was pining over months ago, and now it's on my wrist!  Adam snuck onto Watchismo and snagged it for me as a graduation gift.  It's so perfect and appropriate.  I feel at least 15 percent more sophisticated and probably 25 percent or so cooler now.  LUV it.  It's a huge gold clunker from the 60s.  It's in perfect condition and is a legit watch...by that I mean I have to wind it everday (!!!) and it's not even water resistant.  It's serious business.  With that said, what architecture firm won't want me to work for them immediately when I walk in with this on my wrist?  Right?!

I've gotten side-tracked on my search for a watch that I started last fall. After I wrote that post about my dream watches, and even received a "pick out a watch for your birthday" birthday present from my parents in December, the pressure was too great to find the perfect one. I abandoned my dreams of buying vintage on Watchismo that I had been fawning after, since all the awesome ones have awesomely enormous price tags.  Now I'm on Ebay and totally addicted.  I'm into these mens mid-century, art-deco-y gems.  These three are Russian Soviet watches. 

Apparently, the Soviet era was a big watchmaking time in Russia.  I read that it started with the Soviet military and space program needing hefty watches to sustain in extreme conditions.  I doubt these ones sat on the wrists of any astronauts or Soviet soldiers, but they're made by the same Russian manufacturers at the time.

So here I am, putting more pressure on by writing more about the subject and dragging this all out.  Just get one already, right? I think I may go with the third one up there.  I looooove the numbers and the lines...like really good graphic design in a watch.  It may be a little hard to tell the time, but I think the admiration I'll feel when I look down at my wrist will make up for it.

After years and years with a naked left wrist, I've decided to go back to wearing a watch. I can't wait. I'm tired of relying on my phone for the time. And the more I think about it the more I wonder how I've gone this long without a dedicated timepiece. Now with all this importance I'm placing on the big move, my new watch has to be perfect. I'm not going to rush into anything here. In my initial search, I found this site, watchismo.com. Check out these gorrrrrgeous vintage watches they have for sale:

I think I could start a watch collection...and display it on my mid-century furniture collection. Mmmmm...yes.

For now I think I'll go with something more modern, like this stainless steel mesh gem: