Watcha wearing?

My son got me this winder for Christmas a couple years ago. It works great.

 

Ive been daily driving a Garmin fenix 3 for almost 2.5 years now, but every once in a while...

 

Sweet watch, love the samurai

 

It sets itself, it charges itself, and it's indestructible.

 

This is my daily wear.

 

Decided to sport my 2nd favorite watch today...

 

Yeah... no complaints about the view...

 

After ~13 years my Ripcurl watch finally did me wrong! Outside my office building on my phone I suddenly felt my wrist go light & a moment later heard a loud crash. Lost a link pin! That sucker was gone, and I wasn't going to look like a fool on my hands & knees for more than a minute, so I channeled my inner MacGyver & made a paperclip work. It'll do until I'm back home tomorrow night.

 

Damn dude, thats an awful story.

I say refurbish it, his friend looks to have put the wear on it. If it was always your brothers I would so not, but.....

Just my $0.02.

 

Looks like a working man's watch. Does the wear and tear tell a story or say something about the wearer(s)? If so then I'd leave it alone. Otherwise, I'd refurbish it so your nephew would have a nice looking watch that belonged to his father.
You mentioned picking it up while deployed. Is it a Seiko or a Haji Shop Seiko?

 

I would recommend refurbishing this.

 

Sorry, to clarify:
If it was your brothers the whole time, I would not refurbish it. The scratches would have more meaning.

However, you said he gave it to a friend who wore it and probably put the wear and tear on it. If thats the case I would refurbish it so your nephew has a nice new watch.

 

Good call. You have my vote (not that you need it of course). Wish I had something from my brother before he was killed. He was 6 though.

 

You could probably get a jeweler to buff the case and there are aftermarket bezel inserts that are pretty affordable.

I’m guessing the model is an SKX maybe? https://www.namokimods.com/collections/bezel-inserts?page=1

 

@jeff b
Since its a few decades old, if you replace the battery and it doesn't tick, you can replace the entire quartz movement for roughly $50.

 

I say leave it buy the nephew a new one for now. Give him the one with wear in the future.....

 

Look familiar?

 

Tudor 1926, 39mm.

 

Outdoors hiking/biking/working: $15 Timex
Otherwise:

 

Hammer.

The latest outermost ball is the hour. The hand in the middle is a normal minute hand. The picture is about 1:35.

Ball goes back inward six hours later. The seven ball is slowly moving back toward the middle in the picture.

This was a gift from about ten years ago.