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HoustonHorn

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  1. I'll post this here too. Minutes and Hours Watch show is this weekend. Free admission at the Ao5 At Gallery in the Arboretum. Nearly 40 brands. Should be a good show if you have some time to kill before the game or on Sunday. Hit the link for tickets. Mostly microbrands at this show but there are a few brands that are a little pricier like Crude and Treiber. Crude are actually pretty damn cool and unique. Treiber will have a prototype of their new release based on the 300SL Gullwing. Having seen the first watch based on the 57 Chevy, he's a great designer Desi excited to see the prototype. Lots of really cool microbrands there too. https://www.lamicrolux.com/
  2. Surprised he wasn't arrested years ago. The guy is a scam artist. He started in Dallas. Quite honestly anyone who chose him to sell their watches probably is too dumb to actually tell the time on a watch and should get a digital Mickey Mouse watch.
  3. Minutes and Hours Watch show is this weekend. Free admission at the Ao5 At Gallery in the Arboretum. Nearly 40 brands. Should be a good show if you have some time to kill before the game or on Sunday. https://www.lamicrolux.com/
  4. We're probably neighbors then. My daughter plays on the WP team at Stratford. She loves it.
  5. New Direnzo DRZ02r Aerolites These are really great.
  6. So the Microlux watch event is November 11th and 12th in Austin for anyone interested. https://www.lamicrolux.com/ Most will be in the more affordable end but some really cool brands. Photos are Typsim, DuFrane, and Treiber Timepieces. Also Crude and Minase and Towson plus several Austin brands. About 40 brands total.
  7. Seems solid as hell. Excellent opening action, locks tight and no blade play at all when it's open.
  8. I don't know much about knives, but I picked this Finch Knife Co. Yellowjacket up a few weeks ago and I really like it.
  9. Just FYI, if you're in Dallas, Jack Mason is hosting a watch event this Saturday. Several microbrands will be there including Formex, Nodus, Vortic, Tsao Baltimore, Lorier, Raven, and Dryden. Also Finch Knife Co. Free and you can sign up here. https://jackmasonbrand.com/pages/intersect-dallas
  10. We're probably not going to have a lot of crossover in watches. [emoji23] But
  11. Yes. It's a Holthinrichs Pre-Liminality. I like a lot of things nobody has heard of.
  12. JR makes excellent straps. I bought a canvas for my Moser and it's great. I think the straps I got from tailored _by_jb are equal quality to my JR. I will say I don't have a leather strap from JR though. Here's a brown I picked up from him.
  13. I but a fair amount of straps. If you're interested in more exotic leathers, there's Artifex Leather in El Paso that makes some great straps. If you want something more traditional @tailored_by_jb on Instagram makes phenomenal straps. I'm sure either could hook you up with something for that Stowa.
  14. Big fan of this watch. Put mine on this white Hybrid strap from Under the Cuff and it's a fantastic combo. Much sportier. The only downside on this watch is the Miyota is loud. Didn't bother me but I know it does some people. I've chatted with Nathan a couple times and he's a really nice guy. Another great Austin brand is DuFrane.
  15. I had a chance to buy quite a few at once so I did. Veggie that just piecemealed a few here and there. The people I bought the largest part of the collection from kept the most significant games for the most part. So I focused on the NC seasons and anything pre-1984. I do have two copies of the Texas Navy Cotton Bowl. And some other important games as well. I have my tickets from the 2006 NC game framed with a photo of the Tower lit up. The AS and LAT front pages framed. I also have a UT football signed to me from Vince Young right after the 2005 Big XII championship and a helmet signed by Colt McCoy. I love the cover art on the programs though. Just phenomenal. I need to get a better setup for my longhorn room so I can display everything properly.
  16. Beauty @Mr. Drummond. I don't have any occasions to wear a dress watch so I really don't own a good one. But that's a great timepiece.
  17. Just received mine last week as well. Cool watch and love the design. Texas and Austin/Houston representing with some solid microbrands.
  18. Yeah, that are impressive for the money same look really sharp. Another brand that I've been impressed with recently is Galvin. Female watchmaker who lives in Australia.
  19. Just got a couple Nodus watches to photograph and they are very impressive and under $500. The Sector Pilot and the Retrospect III. Definitely worth checking them out.
  20. Like Satya said, Dan Henry is probably your best option. Baltic are nice but more expensive.
  21. No first hand experience. I think generally they look like knockoffs of more expensive watches but not in a good way - garrish and chintzy. Just my opinion. Looks good on you though. [emoji23] It seems people who have them seem to like them. And I've been known to be wrong. Are you looking for a Chronograph specifically?
  22. Daily. I truly appreciate the mechanical craftsmanship and design of mechanical watches. As a result I don't have many mass-produced watches and focus on independents. I also appreciate that I can actually talk with the watchmakers themselves and understand their vision and inspiration and develop a long term relationship. Means more to me than watches that roll off an assembly line. Hand craftsmanship is a dying art.
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