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  1. On 3/9/2021 at 10:28 PM, Gale Snoats said:

    I’ve asked this but forget the answer. Have an early 90s submariner that has stopped working. The hands don’t move when you spin the thing. Any places in Austin that can help? If not does is it the kind of thing you mail to the manufacturer? I’m original owner if they care.

    Sounds like it could be a loose canon pinion.  I had that happen on a Nomos.  If so, easy fix for the right guy with the right tool. 

  2. On 3/17/2021 at 1:35 PM, Damor said:

    It's our anniversary. My wife likes Sinn. After 17 years, I don't argue with her. emoji16.png

     

    The Sinn 104 is my daily wear to the office. Just a great watch.  Congrats.

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  3. On 12/23/2020 at 10:18 PM, Tailgate said:


    Martin Braun Selene. He has some cool complications with the sun and moon.
    This one moon. The red tipped hand is actually the date. There is a version of this watch with a shaved piece of meteorite as the face.

    Different complications are neat on mechanical watches.  So few of them do a nice large moon phase that is readable unless you get really pricey like Arnold.  The best not ridiculous priced moonphase I have seen is the Christopher Ward C1 Moonglow.  I'd need to see it in real life if the translucent shield is dark enough to limit the lower moon figure, but overall they have done a good and unique job with this.  It has a "Speedy" vibe, very large moon, and the red tipped second hand and date are nice for quick viewing at a glance.  It runs about $2k.

     

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  4. 31 minutes ago, markstanco said:


    A mans shoes and the shape they are in says a lot about him on first impressions. Shoe trees in all my leather shoes and boots, and a great shine even on my redwings.
     

    Saphir Renovateur mink oil is God's gift to calf leather shoes.

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  5. 14 hours ago, workswithseed said:

    I don't understand the hate for those shoes.

    I see it as jealousy over the sartorial excellence that we West Virginians are so well known for. 

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  6. On 10/14/2020 at 11:27 AM, 52-80 said:

    any of you own a timegrapher?  any advice for buying one?  seems like theyre all chinese and $200.

     

    most of my watches are approaching the decade old mark and it'll be nice to measure at home how theyre doing

    I've got a Weishi 1900.  Really cool and addicting.  Can also set off the OCD.  I use it as a tool for tracking speed (accuracy) and amplitude (condition of spring).  I don't open my watches, but it lets me know if something is headed in a direction I might need work done to it.

     

  7. On 9/28/2020 at 12:27 PM, Dennis Taylor said:

    as of March 13, you are a little late   

     

    I appreciate the CSBs and the unsolicited advice...I really do. there are probably a couple threads around here for that. but this thread is for selling 4 cemetery plots on a hillside in peaceful, tranquil, beautiful West By God Virginia.

    @Whitman  make me an offer

    LOL.  Already have it covered.  

  8. On 8/24/2020 at 7:53 AM, Onboard 2.0 said:

    Yeah true, not the best quality analogy. Rolex is a well crafted product.

    Did you see where Rolex is dropping the OP39 and has introduced a new OP41 but with four (kind of not for me) flashy modern dial colors?  As my Rhodium OP39 is now out of production and an instant rare classic, I will now start the bidding at $100 chajillion bazillion dolllars....

  9. On 8/17/2020 at 7:28 PM, cabowabo said:

    I’ve grown to really like watches without date windows on watch dials. I would hate if this watch or my Speedmaster had date windows. 

    I'm the same way on many.  It's why I can't do a cyclops on a Rolex and have an OP39, and love Nomos.  That Tudor above (i think it is a Black Bay) is fricking beautiful in it's simplicity and the quality of the case and movement is wonderful.  But then I irrationally and stupidly think, "oh Tudor....just get a damn Rolex if they are the same company."  

  10. 1 minute ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

    Yep, I'm jonesing for a "no time" weekend in Lewisburg, 

    Was just there 2 week ago.  Went to Snowshoe for a bit of hiking/ATV/etc and snuck  down there for a day of shopping and eating.  Still pretty quiet and closed from virus stuff.

     

  11. 11 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

    How the hell do you tell the time ?  There ain't no numbers !!!

     

    Yeah, that's a really pretty face, clean, well proportioned 

    Worrying about time up here in the mountains is down on the list.  Indoor plumbing, revenuers, and genetic diversity are greater priority issues.......  

     

    PS: Is Gen. Lee coming down on Monument Ave in Richmond?

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  12. Here is something different I picked up recently.  A solid gold IWC,  and like me, the movement was made in 1964.  Very different from most of my others but just a sweet simple piece.  Original hands and unretouched dial still in great condition.  It uses the 854 calibre but isn't considered part of the Ingenieur line.  It's an automatic and I love the clean face with no complications.  I've never gone down the "vintage" route, and don't plan on much because of the prevalence of frankens and frauds, but couldn't pass this one up for a "birthyear" watch.

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  13. 1 hour ago, G650 said:

    Holy shit Whitman is alive.

    Some days more than others, but life is still pretty damn good even with a son at VaTech, a basketball team with no guards, and a football team with no quarterback.

     

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  14. On 11/14/2019 at 12:46 PM, Onboard 2.0 said:

    Well the trend has been bigger, so there's that.  But, yeah there are stoopid big watches out there that just look cartoonish.  My go to size is 43-44, but I have a 48 mm Nav B Uhr reproduction of a 1941 Luftwaffe pilots watch, that doesn't read stupid huge at all IMO of course.

    Here is my Laco bronze 45mm Nav B Uhr sitting on a print I found & framed of the original spec's (originals were 55mm).  I've got 8" wrists so it sits well on me.

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  15. I added my first full Swiss (a lot of my Germans have Swiss movements, both ETA & Sellita) to my brigade of German watches.  It's the Oyster Perpetual 39 in Rhodium.  Really understated watch that doesn't scream "look at me" like so many Rolex do.

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  16. On 2/28/2020 at 9:43 PM, KTTFB64 said:

    Purchased my first mechanical watch, a Sinn 104. My Tissot PR50 served me well for 12 years, but it was time for an upgrade.
    So far keeping great time, only a few seconds off per day.
    This thread was a great resource looking for something I liked, thanks for all the posts.

    Great watch.  It's my daily wear to the office.

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