Recent content by Priller

Agreed, but the above Zodiac is a rotor-wound automatic (with date on many), and it's easily 2+ mm thinner in the case than 99% of auto divers on sale today, with identical water resist despite an acrylic crystal. It's also only 35 mm diameter, so there's even less room to work with. I'm sure...

Don't wish that time away, it's precious. Mine just moved back home yesterday after finishing uni. Arts degree, so plans are... uncertain. Still, it's good to have him home for a bit. His mum would be happy if he stayed forever in the Italian model, but I have my hopes pinned on a shorter stay...

Love the insanely tiny movements. I've been drooling over vintage Zodiac Sea Wolfs (wolves?) with the ghost blue bakelite bezels, and these watches from the '60s with 200m of water resistance, were able to be made at 10.5mm thick, including a domed crystal. Modern dive watches struggle to get...

If you read the article above, the headline may say 18 hours, but that was just the printed concrete. The rest took two months, and considering it's <900 sq.ft, that's not too different from matchstick construction here. Makes a lot more sense in Europe where they tend to build to a longer...

Some others from my Steam library: - Dragon Age: Origins - classic BioWare RPG, lots of party and quest choices. Old enough that the graphics demands should be low. - Fallout: New Vegas - a bit shootery, but just dial down the difficulty. Many consider it to be the best Fallout game with deep...

If you have any affinity for war games, the original Panzer Corps (itself essentially a copy of the legendary Panzer General from way back) is one of those perfect games that's easy to pick up but hard to master. Very low PC demands, which also helps with battery life on a laptop. Essentially...

Hey, the double batons and hands are clearly 'inspired' by the OP, but then Rolex went and released this at the recent watch show: Who's copying who now, eh? (Joking somewhat aside, I understand the Rolex cognoscenti absolutely hate the above watch, which instantly elevates it to my second...

Ha! All depends on the bracelet, I think. My Longines has a butterfly clasp and half links, so it just took getting the balance right where the 6 o'clock side is slightly shorter for it to be as easy and comfortable as any other watch I've worn...

Sounds like you're talking more YouTube channels than podcasts (at least based on your examples?), but I don't mind longer podcasts if they're entertaining to listen to. I like the Front End Chatter motorcycle podcast, despite episodes regularly hitting 2 hrs, because the hosts know their stuff...

I've already banged on about how much I like the Tsuyosa for the money as an incredible value mix somewhere between an Oyster Perpetual and PRX, but they just released some small-seconds variants with metallic guilloche dials that also replace the budget pressed steel clasp with a butterfly...

It's also yet another card dropping in the whole question about what superbike racing is for. When nobody is selling (meaning actually shifting units, rather than posting them up on the website) the supposedly stock motorcycles they're racing, what even is it? I love the class, but the regs...

My father-in-law is a big fan of that Scotty Kilmer idiot on YouTube, and is fond of parroting his take that EV's are useless, will never take off, and are a dead-end technology. My in-laws have an apartment in our house, and he's also prone to storming upstairs in a rage that Justin Trudeau is...

The quickest way to check is to spray vinegar onto the mortar. If it's lime, it'll fizz up, a bit like Alka Seltzer or like vinegar and baking soda. Cement will bubble a bit, but it won't be nearly as dramatic. I know, because my house is built in 1914, and the mortar fizzes like crazy. As I'm...

If you want a weirder example, check out the video from US News that @FullMotoJacket posted in that thread, which is entirely made up of stock footage. It's even got some borderline tasteless bits like stock footage of someone caring for an elderly man in a wheelchair when talking about...

I dig it. My last Citizen fell into the too-cheap-not-to-buy category, and I'm very happy with it.