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Aftermath of the Seiko Prospex Kinetic Tuna Diver SUN019

After reading an article Gary sent me, I realized the Seiko SUN019 is already being called the "Kinetic Tuna." Here are some thoughts in the aftermath of acquiring this Kinetic Tuna yesterday.

One. It feels like a real Holy Grail. I want to give it a lot of wrist time, which means I also want to sell a lot of watches.

Two. I want to use this Kinetic Tuna as a punctuation point like I did with the SBBN017 Tuna to go on hiatus. Granted, I pre-ordered a Benarus Megalodon. This pre-order reinforces my desire to do a "sell-off" and trim the collection.

 

Three. The watch obsession feels like it got the best of the me the last two months. Eight weeks ago or so, I wrote a short story, one of my best in my non-objective appraisal. While crafting the story, my watch obsession waned, but when I was finished with the story, the watch madness came back with even more power. I think I had better write an epic novel requiring a decade to write.

Four. I may post fewer watches here. I feel like I'm beating the consumer drum of desire and I become my own victim.

Time to enjoy my Kinetic Tuna and sell several others. And look at an idea for a novel.

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I had been talking with the guys at Watch City about getting the Seiko Prospex SSC261 solar. So today when my wife said she needed two battery changes for her watches, I went to Watch City, looked at the SSC261 and said to myself, that's nice.

However, close by was the Seiko SUN019 Kinetic GMT Diver. I really loved it, far more than the former. I told Matt my kinetic anxiety and he said it is low maintenance while pointing out that it was still ticking with a 6-month reserve. No one had touched the watch since it arrived two weeks ago. I could wear it once a week and I'd be fine and if I was really nervous, I could give it ten shakes before going to bed. I was sold.

He discounted it 30%. I could have saved 50 dollars buying it on eBay but he's done so many battery changes and link changes over the years, without charging me, that I bought it on spot.

It's 48mm and plays just like that. It has sapphire crystal and the clasp is of the heavier high quality variety used on their Velatura models. The case reminds me a bit of the Seiko SBDB009 and has  sawtooth edges around the bezel.

The lume is Seiko full max. If I can keep it charged by wearing it once or twice a week, I'll be very happy with this.

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Typepad 101: How To Sell Your Book On Your Blog

It has been your dream to become a published author and the day finally came! You have a hard copy in your hands and it feels awesome!� Of course you want everyone to know, you announced it on your blog and include it your About Page but is that enough? No, it's never enough!

Did you know that you have a few options to sell your book right on your Typepad blog? It's true, and today we will explain how.�

Typepad blogger Emily Martin from The Black Apple writes children's books. In her sidebar she has thumbail images of each book linking to it's Amazon and Powell Book's listings.� You can do the same by adding a sidebar image and linking the image to your book listing online. �We have an Amazon plug-in you can easily insert into your sidebar too. If you have a special affiliate widget you would like to use, you can insert the widget the code by going to Design > Content > Embed Your Own HTML.

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When Do You Say It's Time to Sell a Chunk of Timepieces and Make Way for a Holy Grail?

 

The most manly watch I've ever seen, the most compelling watch I've ever seen, the most "This Watch Is Me When I'm Wearing It" I've ever seen is the Seiko SBDB009 Prospex Spring Drive Marine Master. At a hair under 3K, it's not cheap. On the other hand, I could sell 6 or 7 watches to pay for one. Should I put my money where my mouth is? Should I undergo the labor and anxiety of selling 7 watches to get my Grail, which entails the anxiety of possible failed expectations? Would this Grail cure me once and for all? It happens. Jonny acquired a couple of Omegas, and he hasn't purchased a watch in nearly 5 months.

Watch obsessives struggle with these decisions all the time. I think they enjoy the drama.

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Overview of Eton Field Radio 550 and Comparison with the Grundig 450

 

Thanks, Gary:

Here's a short overview of the Eton Field Radio 550.

http://swling.com/blog/2014/09/toms-overview-of-the-eton-field-radio-550/

Here's his comparison of the Eton 550 and the Grundig 450.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W22OG4g4uQo&list=UULVm5STfCi4fYim73JIKClA

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Sorry, for the boring post, but I had to get that off my chest.

Final thoughts: So far I have not re-purchased the watch as I believe the seller wants too much for it.

To be continued? I hope not.

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"Why is it glowing so much?" she asked, looking at it as if I had smuggled an illegal exotic creature from Thailand.

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