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Post by zeb on Aug 15, 2020 20:09:04 GMT
Temperatures are dropping, the heat is still sitting in the bricks of our home, it will probably last a week, before our house is fully cooled down. That should be possible as luckily the temperatures are going down to reasonable Northern Europeans summer temperatures. That's for US citizens, the low to mid 70's.
There are 2 watches favourite with me momentarily: The Puck and the Samurai... Cool puck! Back to the Seiko 5 today. On this diagonal weave single-pass, which is my favorite. Looks great, and super comfortable.
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Post by zeb on Aug 15, 2020 20:11:01 GMT
Gotta love the puck! Looking at the Bulova for the wrist early today... probably the DOXA later. I've been so taken with the white whale that I never really noticed how cool the hands are on that Bulova.
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Post by zeb on Aug 15, 2020 20:14:34 GMT
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Post by zeb on Aug 15, 2020 20:18:05 GMT
Excellent Johan! Finally had a few days of cooler temperatures and it's cool enough at night I can keep the A/C off the next day. The Vintage continues with a Waltham automatic made circa 1972 as best I can date it. This was my father's that I inherited in 1984 with two others, one of them his father's. He always preferred yellow gold (which I don't) and it's plated over base metal. Has a Speidel Twist-O-Flex. He liked expansion bands (which I hate) and loved the Twist-O-Flex design; put every watch he ever had on one. Among other things, they're a PITA to add/remove links from. This Waltham was unusual as he was enamored by the cheap Timex watches and that's what he wore for decades, pitching it out to buy a new one periodically. Has an FHF 905 inside, which helped place it in the first half of the 1970's. FHF was eventually absorbed into ETA during the 1980's. Runs quite well. This FHF movement is different from most in its date quickset and time setting (it doesn't hack). The 1st position is the normal wind. 2nd position sets time, and 3rd position is date quickset in either direction to run the date forward or back. The 2nd and 3rd are opposite from most movements, and all the contemporary ones I know of. He definitely wore it quite a bit from the wear on the bezel and especially the band. Need to hit the crystal with some Polywatch. Great keepsake, John. And a very unusual movement! I used to love the Twist-O-Flex bands when I was a teenager. If you get the fit right the watch is on your wrist like a rock!
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Post by jamestkirk on Aug 15, 2020 20:19:32 GMT
Gotta love the puck! Looking at the Bulova for the wrist early today... probably the DOXA later. And I am loving that Doxa especially!
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Post by zeb on Aug 15, 2020 20:20:06 GMT
the heat is still sitting in the bricks In heat waves sometimes at sunset I go out and hose down the bricks. Sure cools them down. Nice today, but a good cool down coming tomorrow. Bob Beautiful shot, Bob! Love your photos.
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Post by zeb on Aug 15, 2020 20:20:55 GMT
Hey all! Went with an Eco Drive today. Great looking Eco-Drive chrono, Jeff!
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Post by jamestkirk on Aug 15, 2020 20:22:10 GMT
Nice puck there Johan! I made the mistake of paying a local AD a visit yesterday. I was hoping to see if some new Seiko models were in yet but as it turned out, I was a week too early. Then out of the blue, I was struck by an impulse and ended up with a new grab 'n go.....whoops Impulses! Bad for the wallet or you know it's a really, really good idea at that time! And hey, G-Shocks for sports, work, a riot, you name it...
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Post by zeb on Aug 15, 2020 20:22:43 GMT
Having a rainy morning today. Still on the every-other day cycle with the Okeah. It gained some time since last wear and is now about 30 seconds ahead of correct time. I think it was about 10 seconds ahead last time. Still working on those meteor shower photos. I tried to remix the Saturn photo better last night but just decided I wasted a couple of hours on the wrong path shortly before midnight. Uh-oh! If you had a rainy morning, I might have a rainy evening. Awesome OKEAH!
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Post by russmurray on Aug 15, 2020 20:24:26 GMT
Temperatures are dropping, the heat is still sitting in the bricks of our home, it will probably last a week, before our house is fully cooled down. That should be possible as luckily the temperatures are going down to reasonable Northern Europeans summer temperatures. That's for US citizens, the low to mid 70's.
There are 2 watches favourite with me momentarily: The Puck and the Samurai... Cool puck! Back to the Seiko 5 today. On this diagonal weave single-pass, which is my favorite. Looks great, and super comfortable. Great combination Dan!
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Post by russmurray on Aug 15, 2020 20:26:06 GMT
Impulses! Bad for the wallet or you know it's a really, really good idea at that time! And hey, G-Shocks for sports, work, a riot, you name it... Don't forget rape, pillage and locusts
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Post by jamestkirk on Aug 15, 2020 20:26:18 GMT
the heat is still sitting in the bricks In heat waves sometimes at sunset I go out and hose down the bricks. Sure cools them down. Nice today, but a good cool down coming tomorrow. Bob Beautiful Panhom! Well the local water company also told us, not to spoil our water as masses of people seemed to have filled their pools and children baths in the garden and so on and now we almost get to a water shortage... Lots of people stayed inland because of Wuhan virus, or just at home and then there is a severe 8, 9 days heat wave...
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Post by zeb on Aug 15, 2020 20:26:47 GMT
Thanks Russ! I'm really have a lot of fun with this little 5.
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Post by jamestkirk on Aug 15, 2020 20:29:31 GMT
Cool puck! Back to the Seiko 5 today. On this diagonal weave single-pass, which is my favorite. Looks great, and super comfortable. A SNOW white dial, that must cool one down for sure!
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Post by marsss25 on Aug 15, 2020 20:30:26 GMT
Gotta love the puck! Looking at the Bulova for the wrist early today... probably the DOXA later. I've been so taken with the white whale that I never really noticed how cool the hands are on that Bulova. Yeah, the block rectangle hour hand and split ended minute hand are quite unique
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