u/DoomEngine1

We all drool at every new trending release and collect them like infinity stones. I did the same last year with the Timex marlin Q chronograph for roughly 15k and wore it quite regularly, but my heart sank when it got a big scratch the very first day I wore it. Turns out it has an acrylic crystal. I wasn't a speck hunter back then and didn't pay much heed to the crystal being acrylic, mineral or sapphire.

Then I switched to the Pagani PD 1751 for roughly 4k last year, with a sapphire glass sandwich on both sides and I've been wearing this 5 days a week for the last year! It still looks as good as new! I'm genuinely surprised how there is not even a single scratch on this while my occasional watches all have had some bruises.

So the next time you are looking for a daily driver, do consider what kind of a crystal it has, as it will have to weather the Indian conditions on a daily basis. (still salty about my marlin Q)

It all started when I stumbled on Retro game corps video on this amazing hobby of retro gaming, and after tons of research, I ended up buying the Trimui smart pro for me and my brother.

9 months have passed since then, and I've accumulated 100+ hours on this gem!

It's a linux handheld so a crazy amount of PC games like Stardew valley, Celeste, GTA Vice City and San Andreas, TMNT and my personal favourite Balatro.

GBA and PSP looks awesome on this and I've also completed Chrono trigger and Dragon quest 1 on the SNES.

Even after accumulating a lot of higher end handhelds, I still come back to this solid starter handheld!

(The games in the photos are : Stardew valley, Undertale, Gta vice city, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Persona 3 and Monster hunter)

A note tho: it came with a generic SD card but I put my own SanDisk card in there as nothing would be worse than losing a 50 hours+ save file in final fantasy 3.

I remember sitting hours after school on my NES playing this groundbreaking RPG called **dragon warrior (Dragon quest 1)** and it was worlds apart from the other games at the time. My tiny brain couldn't comprehend a living breathing world full of monsters and magic with endless possibilities!

But god damn the game was hard as hell as a kid, and this was before the internet, so no holding hands either. But after stumbling upon this sub, I had a gush of memories and went straight back to the GBC port of dragon warrior, and boy the music took me back two decades in a single second. Took a day off from my day job and blew straight through this gem and **this is honesty the most fun I've had gaming in years!!**