Lee's Watch Thread for MM'ers of Impeccable Taste

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How did you like the Nighthawk after trying it on? It's my new favorite travel watch. I feel dude's pain tho...i am no fan of mineral crystals. That's why i got mine with a sapphire crystal upgrade on it

I really liked it. It's been on my short list of watches for a while but yesterday just bumped it up near the top! I was going to order it today but my wife reminded me that I sent her a list of several watches I'd like to have for her to consider for my birthday next month, so I'll wait till after that to order anything.

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If you do pick one up and decide that you want to swap the mineral crystal to anti reflective sapphire, Yobokies is about the only place I know where you can get one. And the good news is that his stuff is high quality.





The bad news is that he doesn't have a traditional web store...he maintains a Photobucket account ( :evil: ) with his wares and you have to email him directly for pricing, and then wait for the slow boat from Hong Kong to get it. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://s161.photobucket.com/user/yobokies/library/?sort=3&page=1">http://s161.photobucket.com/user/yoboki ... t=3&page=1</a><!-- m -->

Once it arrives though, Duarte at North East Watch Works does excellent work for a very reasonable price, or any competent local watchmaker should be able to do the swap for you. All in with labor you're probably looking at about an additional $100 which is about an additional 50% onto the price of the watch but it's honestly worth it. I have had conversations just like you with watch enthusiasts (most recently at a watch shop in Asheville) about the watch and they instantly notice the sapphire upgrade and comment on how it makes the watch perfect.

I happened to get lucky and found a "low mileage" used example with the crystal already swapped by NEWW for less than what it would have cost me to just get the watch brand new. :thumbup: