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Hello everyone. This is my first post. I'm a bit excited about the start to a new hobby and thank you all for such wonderful insight I've had a chance to read in the past week. I've spent many a nights up late reading so much. I'm in a position to buy a watch and a few are limited editions...

I am new to the world of watch collecting, etc. new to forum also. I recently purchased a ‘lot’ of watches from an estate sale, including a couple of gruen’s, a longines, an empire? and an old looking Benrus that was made either for a very petite woman or adolescent female. I have not had any...