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The "Official" Watch Thread and all Things Horological
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I dont have anything with radium paint. Cool historical oddity. I feel bad for the women that were killed by it.
I could relume the traser but it's not worth it. It was a daily watch for more than a decade and at the time, the lume was awesome. Havent worn it in years as I only wear metal watches as dress watches now. Maybe in the future that will change again.
I know a couple watchmakers that won’t even open the case on a suspect radon lume watch . Another one of our science experiments nobody knew about .
Friend has a mechanical small pocket watch with a chime set in it . Late 1800s and European built, it’s very cool as chiming watches were fairly rare , but other than a novelty that never comes out of a drawer ? I’m not sure it has much value
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Friend has a mechanical small pocket watch with a chime set in it . Late 1800s and European built, it’s very cool as chiming watches were fairly rare , but other than a novelty that never comes out of a drawer ? I’m not sure it has much value
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The book is actually a pretty good read. Those two chronos at the museum are part of the series of units he made to try and win the prize. I believe there's a third one at the museum that has been running pretty much since it was built.
The fact that his chronos worked so well and the bureaucracy was still trying to use iffy moonshots speaks volumes.
Not fancy but I like the look of this…
Something about pocket watches calls me. Think I’ll try to find one for kicks.
Will I need a smoking jacket and pipe then in order to wear one?
@crankcall which book? Looking for something after I finish up my ‘ROBIN’ book recommended in the reading thread.
Something about pocket watches calls me. Think I’ll try to find one for kicks.
Will I need a smoking jacket and pipe then in order to wear one?
@crankcall which book? Looking for something after I finish up my ‘ROBIN’ book recommended in the reading thread.
Noooo. Dont buy a quartz pocket watch. You can get automatics for cheap and watch them run.
This is the 
book I just finished up , it’s about $150 at retail so if you like you can borrow this one , nobody probably needs to own it lol
Also on the coffee table this week is the history of Sea Watches , dive, yachting and waterproof . And the history of Westley Richards company 200 years of superlative shotgun manufacturing.
You won’t need a smoking jacket , but a rowing blazer goes a long way with pocket watches . A quartz pocket watch is getting close to an automatic transmission on a motorcycle, part of the joy is winding it up , watching tiny gears go around . Listening to the tick .
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book I just finished up , it’s about $150 at retail so if you like you can borrow this one , nobody probably needs to own it lol Also on the coffee table this week is the history of Sea Watches , dive, yachting and waterproof . And the history of Westley Richards company 200 years of superlative shotgun manufacturing.
You won’t need a smoking jacket , but a rowing blazer goes a long way with pocket watches . A quartz pocket watch is getting close to an automatic transmission on a motorcycle, part of the joy is winding it up , watching tiny gears go around . Listening to the tick .
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Since we talking marine chronometers and latitude , when we crossed the Pacific one of the guys used a 200 yr old. Weems&Plath sextant to do noon sightings to verify our location . You can do the same thing with GPS , but if we his hobby. Usually about 1km of where we were accurately.
One consideration of using a chart , your watch and a sextant. There is never a battery failure and nobody can zoom out so far on the screen you can’t see the island your about to crash into .
Wind up watches …… hard to replace
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One consideration of using a chart , your watch and a sextant. There is never a battery failure and nobody can zoom out so far on the screen you can’t see the island your about to crash into .
Wind up watches …… hard to replace
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Mad Mike
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All this talk about watches got me rummaging through some junk bins looking for my old stuff. I havent worn a watch for 20 years, didn't fine anything unique... an old Marlin, a few Timex and Casio pedestrian pieces, and an old Heuer stopwatch.
I know I have a handful NOS TX Techlux watches and my old Seiko dive watch... more bins to check.⁰
I know I have a handful NOS TX Techlux watches and my old Seiko dive watch... more bins to check.⁰
That's cool. I want one for coffee at some point. Is this one 30 seconds with hundredths?
Thanks for the offer @crankcall ill take you up on that offer.
That’s some nice finds @Mad Mike you got some more pics of these finds?
Wtf if a rowing blazer…
That’s some nice finds @Mad Mike you got some more pics of these finds?
Wtf if a rowing blazer…
Rowing blazer ? its the Navy blue or Forest Green jacket you'll see the Harvard and Yale row team lads sporting , nice embroidered crest on the pocket . Like a yacht club blaser only more pretentious. Actually no the YC is more of a fop.
@madmike thet Heuer stopwatch is tre cool . Very nice and looks to be in great shape. I'm a big fan of the stuff Jack Heuer was doing before the TAG group acquired his company .
@madmike thet Heuer stopwatch is tre cool . Very nice and looks to be in great shape. I'm a big fan of the stuff Jack Heuer was doing before the TAG group acquired his company .
Here you go @mimico , this is the official wanker jacket , the stars indicate rank in the pecking order
I usually wear an Omega with this jacket lol
The cat has been sleeping on it in the guest room chair
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Ugh…now I need to be a yuppie for a pocket watch? Effing hell.
Or a hipster. Who else carries a pocket watch? There are cool to own and play with but it's hard to carry one and be cool.
BHYC? You would have raced against friends out of Dalhousie.
Does peter wells still have his boat there?
Well I’m 43…getting chubbier…so I should fit right in!
I’ll hold you to that!
Now in true GTAM derail…who was looking for suckers to help on a boat during summer? Crewing or something something…
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