u/circatee

I am off to visit the Citizen shop in Seattle today.

My Missus just said to me, and I quote, “You can buy any watch you want in there…”

OH MY GOODNESS people, let the adventure begin… 😆🤣😭😁😂

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UPDATE: 17 Aug, 12:45 pacific

I’ve never been to the New York Citizen shop. But, this Seattle (Marysville) was rather disappointing…!

All the high end watches were not on sale at that location. The sales person made it clear that New York’s location has all the models.

Alas, I learned, or should I say confirmed something. The 40mm does not fit me well on my 8” wrist.

It was a pleasure to try on a few models that I always wanted to see in person. At least now I can order from online with confidence, based on size.

I rolled into the shop with my Attesa GPS on, so it was rather challenging finding anything “better”.

However, I always wanted a Garrison. With that they had two choices, a white face and a dark face with the gold/yellow edging colour. I went with the white face one…

I am still on a deeper search for an automatic, my first. My watch box is full of eco-drives. But, I want to see what all the fuss is about, in relation to an automatic.

I’ve watched a few of the Islander YouTube videos, and am interested in a 42mm-44mm case (no larger than 49mm lug to lug), diver/sport style with a white dial. Now, I’d really like one with the hour and minute hands slightly a different colour to the dial. Thus, allowing easier viewing of the time when in direct sunlight (am in Atlanta, GA).

All that to say, am looking for suggestions from experienced Islander Watch owners.

Thanks in advance…

Over the past few weeks, I have had thoughts about reducing my volume of watches, thus, allowing me to use a core volume of watches more often.

With that in mind, I have since got my collection down to 5 watches versus the 10 I owned, and the remaining 5 are all Citizens 👋

Oddly, I feel like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders. Really weird...

Watch reduction: Currently, I have and own 10 Citizen watches (don't ask how we got here!).

Honestly, who needs that many watches? I want to reduce the volume to around 6, and then even one day, eventually 2.

My question is, have you ever reduced your watch count, and if so, what was your approach to achieving this?

Currently, I own a handful Citizen eco-drive watches. What I have never owned or used, is an automatic watch, and am on the hunt for one, just to "try it out".

Merely want to see what all the fuss is about.

With that, curious, if you own eco-drive watches, why did you also purchase an automatic?

Something has changed in the web version of Outlook on the web (not Outlook Dot Com). When I read an email, or even send an email, it automatically then opens the next email in my Inbox.

No, I do not want that! And no, I do not want to use the Outlook app on macOS or Windows. How do we get Microsoft to give us the option in the web interface of Outlook to prevent this? 🤦