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Post by zeb on Aug 17, 2020 3:00:50 GMT
Great ones, all! I'm joining John today with a '70s vintage. Waltham Electrodyne my parents gave me for Christmas 1974 just before I left for the Army. This took me through Basic, Advanced Training and Jump School. Looks a little worse for wear but still running after all these years. Awesome vintage, Jeff!  I'd love to see the movement. How long do batteries last? |
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Post by zeb on Aug 17, 2020 3:04:16 GMT
Some nice toys, Kent!  What is the brand on the clock? Oh, wait, 49 Bond Street. Got it! |
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Post by zeb on Aug 17, 2020 3:05:34 GMT
Love that Samurai Captain! Back to an all time favorite for me.... It's a great classic Seiko, Russ.   |
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Post by zeb on Aug 17, 2020 3:06:22 GMT
Yay, sunshine today! Hamilton Team Earth Great shot of the Team Earth, Chris! |
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Post by zeb on Aug 17, 2020 3:09:39 GMT
Bob
You're definitely having a second honeymoon with that one, Bob.  |
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Post by marsss25 on Aug 17, 2020 3:11:13 GMT
Nice choice, Johan! been up since 6:30... about 2 1/2 hours now, due to thunder and torrential rain. Most likely another two hours of it... Rolex on the wrist- just to cheer me up... Alpinist later on. I slept through all of it. Nice pair of watches for a stormy morning! Wow, must be nice, my friend...  |
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Post by jeffhargrave on Aug 17, 2020 3:41:23 GMT
Batteries last a couple of years. Here's the movement - an ETA-ESA 9154 Swissonic. Attachment Deleted |
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Post by zeb on Aug 17, 2020 3:55:58 GMT
Batteries last a couple of years. Here's the movement - an ETA-ESA 9154 Swissonic. Awesome! Thank you, Jeff!! That's a good battery life for an electric movement. The forgotten child of watch history. |
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Post by zeb on Aug 17, 2020 4:48:10 GMT
I slept through all of it. Nice pair of watches for a stormy morning! Wow, must be nice, my friend... I got to sleep in the wee hours of the morning, and my C-PAP has developed an annoying whistle, so I put on my over-the-ear headphones with music playing. I'm sure I heard nothing.  |
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Post by John Lind on Aug 17, 2020 5:24:17 GMT
Great story John. Both you and the watch went through a lot. Btw, I love their BBQ chicken   Thanks Russ  |
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Post by John Lind on Aug 17, 2020 5:47:09 GMT
Wow, John. You've had an interesting life! Hard rock mining, military service. I feel boring now. That's a watch with a serious provenance! Well . . . shucks . . . I wouldn't describe it as "interesting" as much as extremely diverse. I've done many different things over the years because I didn't stop to consider whether or not I could do it, only whether I should do it. The biggest limitations most people have are self-imposed in their minds, and humans can endure much, much more than 99.9999% they think they can. Part of my military training at the beginning of my career was geared specifically to take us to the very limits of human endurance physically and mentally - so we would know in a training environment what it was like to be on the very precipice and learn how to cope with it. It was also designed to weed out those who couldn't, before they were entrusted with the lives of soldiers. A few fell by the wayside. Most who wouldn't have made it had already been thankfully culled before we ever got that far because a complete mental breakdown isn't a pretty sight to see. You've been down this path whether you realize it or not. Not by choice, but by having to do, and still doing, what you need to do.  Thanks |
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Post by John Lind on Aug 17, 2020 6:19:19 GMT
Wow, working deep under ground in hot humid temperatures. You could lock me away in an madman's asylum after just half a day... Just the idea, no way to quickly see and feel fresh air, triggers my fear of confined spaces extra strong. I don't have that quickly in elevators or such, but even so many days in house with extreme temperatures were not really a happy summer for me. Anyway, that was indeed a "Wunder Uhr" as the German speaking Swiss would say... Thanks Johan The first day of work, you're issued all the mine safety equipment required to work underground. Then you're taken on a tour of the entire mine operation, on the surface with the final crushing and refining, and then underground through all the ore extraction and primary crushing done to get it out from underground. The reason for the underground tour is to weed out anyone who has a claustrophobia or similar problem in a mine. The guys doing the familiarization know what the signs of it are. None of it felt confining, and I don't like being in closely packed large crowds. You do lose sense of time of day as there is no sun and the environment is completely the same at midnight as it is at noon. It was always odd going in on a swing shift during broad daylight and coming out in the middle of the night. Going in on 3rd shift and coming out just after sunrise didn't feel nearly as strange. It's a completely different environment, not one that anyone would imaging and certainly not anything resembling what I've seen depicted in any movie. The environment hits all five senses continuously. Just like any other heavy industrial job, such as a steel mill or large foundry, you have to pay attention to what's going on around you. The equipment is enormous, extremely powerful, and very, very unforgiving if you get in its path. Safety rules and procedures are sacrosanct. Violate one and you're out the door immediately. There's no 2nd chances. Underground hard rock mineral mining is quite different from coal mining. You'd never get me into a coal mine, but it's not for fear of claustrophobia. |
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Post by John Lind on Aug 17, 2020 13:27:42 GMT
Great ones, all! I'm joining John today with a '70s vintage. Waltham Electrodyne my parents gave me for Christmas 1974 just before I left for the Army. This took me through Basic, Advanced Training and Jump School. Looks a little worse for wear but still running after all these years. Cool Electrodyne. Its wabi could tell thousands of stories.  |
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