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Sturmanskie Gagarin Automatic Watches

Posted by Craig Hester on Nov 23rd 2020

Sturmanskie Gagarin Automatic Watches
Greetings everyone. Craig Hester here with R2Awatches.com. And thank you for joining us today. As we continue on our journey through all the watches and accessories that are available at R2Awatches.com. If you are watching us on YouTube, be sure and ring that bell. So you'll get those early notifications. When we first post up a new video, if you're watching this on Facebook, you want to join …
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Behind the Name: European Watches and Their Significant Names

Posted by Craig Hester on Jan 31st 2019

Behind the Name: European Watches and Their Significant Names
Taking a little time from watch designing and thinking about our next watch project, I was reading about the origin of the band name Toad the Wet Sprocket. That's an interesting enough story in and of itself.  Turns out it came from a 1970s Monty Python skit, where Eric Idle was trying to come up with a name so ridiculous, nobody would ever really think it could be a real band. Boy, was …
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What Exactly is an Automatic Watch?

Posted by Craig Hester on Aug 30th 2018

What Exactly is an Automatic Watch?
Every watch collector undoubtedly has an "automatic" or "self-winding" watch in their collection. There may be some purists out there that only want a manual wind watch, but that would have to be a very small percentage of the watch buying public.When it comes to the watches we carry on R2Awatches.com, we actually still sell manual watches. But the lion's share are automatic. You hear these w …
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