Have a Laugh at My Mistake(s)

Casio AQ230 AnaDigi Watch. Photo by Unattributed. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Introduction There are things watch collectors are warned about when they start getting into watches. I made several mistakes. Some of them are common, there are plenty of listicle style videos on YouTube that cover this topic. But, sometimes you can find yourself making a mistake so large that when you finally learn your lesson, it is something that will transcend the initial experience. It is something that will inform the rest of your approach towards collecting, and possibly other hobbies. In this case, let’s take a look at the mistakes I made with the Casio AQ-230 watch for an example of learning a lesson the hard way. Mistake One: The Size When I first bought the AQ230 I probably didn’t do quite enough research on it. I should have known that Casio watches, especially the models with bands like this one, are not typically sized for someone with large wrists. And indeed, this model has a band that barely…