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  1. Thank you. it's a really well executed watch. Treiber does a fantastic job with the design and his integration of the features and elements of the cars is really unlike anything else I've ever seen. There are a strawberry red and a white as well. These are prototypes I had to send back because he is at a watch show in San Francisco this weekend. Hopefully I'll get one or two back to get additional shots. I hope this gets funded on Kickstarter because I'd really like to have one. I own the first one based on the'57 Bel Air and it's fantastic.
  2. For vintage car people, there a relatively new brand Treiber Timepieces, that designs watches based on old classics. The first watch was based on the '57 Bel Air. They are about to have a Kickstarter for their second watch based on the 300SL Gullwing. The dials recreate the speedometer, but the case and lug design is asymmetrical and mirrors the eyebrow arches over the wheels. The crown replicates the radio knobs. Very cool watches.
  3. Tough to get but these are very nicely done for under $500. Imperial Watch Co.
  4. If you're interested in an Arcanaut, I know those guys personally. Just hung out with them a few weeks ago. They will show you the dials that are working on and you can pick one out. They have some that are linear and then some that are ripple milled and are 3D looking. One of the main guys is James Thompson who is known as Black Badger. He is kind of a mad scientist and works on some crazy lume shit for some super high end brands.
  5. Very cool. They took one is their guilloche machines to WatchTime and demonstrated how it worked. Amazing stuff. I would like to get one someday.
  6. I was critical of Jack Mason before. They were basically a mall brand. But they have recently been really working to reform the company. A few people I know have been very impressed with the Strat-O-Timer GMT and I was able to check that out along with the new Ellum last weekend. While neither is for me for different reasons, they are impressive. The linen dial on the Ellum is excellent. Credit where credit is due.
  7. Very cool from the museum! RGM is pretty badass as well.
  8. I'll be at the Atlanta show and I'm going to talk with them about having a show in Houston in the future. Several great independent brands at the Atlanta show including anOrdain, Arcanaut, Vortic, and Fears. Great microbrands as well. The Dallas show last year was good but only microbrands. I know the guy who runs the Atlanta Watch Society and he really busts his ass for that group. I didn't have a Vortic, but I want one. Not inexpensive though. Here's the other three though.
  9. A great affordable titanium watch, the RZE Resolute Pro. Love the angular case, fantastic bracelet, solid and clean design. Nice applied indices with good blue superluminova with green this at the end of the cardinal points. I think it's under $700.
  10. I'm kind of in love with it. The sandblasted case, the circular brushed bezel with the screws. Really domed bezel. Fat lugs. I like the font and the sandwich dial has lots of lume. I see the G instead of the 6, but that doesn't bother me because it's a unique font. It's a great looking watch in person. Under $1500, although I went with the acrylic crystal instead of the sapphire because I prefer it. I think sapphire adds a couple hundred dollars. Seriously though, and it isn't at the same price point and closing in on 3k, this Vertex M100A is one of the best watches I've come across. Everything about it is excellent. The 3D like blows anything else out of the water. I toned down the brightness on the second photo because it was too bright. This one isn't mine but it's definitely one I've added to my list for the future.
  11. Another great looking watch. Not cheap enough for the affordable watches thread but not terribly expensive. Sphaera Desk Diver.
  12. Checking out the Surly App and it's great, very smooth. Not sure why the browsers are so bad.
  13. Really digging this Vertex. This is a loaner but has me thinking.
  14. I think he attacked both for their age sufficiently and it was subtly very clever in basically making it known that Trump is also the oldest to ever run besides Biden. Slant the commentary slightly more against Biden early on to keep the people who need to be engaged, engaged. But still put Trump in the in the same boat without having to call him out specifically. Plus it's a legitimate issue and I don't think he's going to gain credibility by ignoring it. Afghanistan is in the distant past and people aren't tuning in to hear about that. They could talk the border and I imagine that will be the topic soon. It allows him to #bothsides that as well. He's trying to cozy up to the center right, not the center left. That's who needs to be swayed eventually. Can't do that without a bit of a rope-a-dope which means taking some shots. I think over time he'll start shifting slowly towards more attacks at Trump. He already leveled a more serious attack on Trump in the first episode. That will continue. But he still has to #bothsides where he can to not be seen as only demonizing Trump/Republicans. It's a fine line to walk for sure, though.
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