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Post by marsss25 on Aug 19, 2020 12:17:31 GMT
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Post by jeffhargrave on Aug 19, 2020 12:40:26 GMT
Cool, Marcel! I figured I probably should wear this one every once in a while. Attachment Deleted
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Post by marsss25 on Aug 19, 2020 12:51:54 GMT
Cool, Marcel! I figured I probably should wear this one every once in a while. Thank, Jeff- great PADI
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Post by russmurray on Aug 19, 2020 15:24:54 GMT
Stickin' with this guy again....
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Post by jamestkirk on Aug 19, 2020 16:20:14 GMT
“G” on the wrist for a while... followed by a watch that puts the “hump” in “hump day have a great day everyone Yup, Humptiedumptie day, nice black Casio and flying saucer... I think I start a thread about all the blue dial watches people own...
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Post by jamestkirk on Aug 19, 2020 16:21:29 GMT
Cool, Marcel! I figured I probably should wear this one every once in a while. Cool Padi!
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Post by jamestkirk on Aug 19, 2020 16:22:17 GMT
Stickin' with this guy again.... Great looking O....ris
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Post by John Lind on Aug 19, 2020 16:56:59 GMT
Nice ones Marcel! Always like seeing the flying saucer and I'll be wearing the G-Shock for the couple hours of yard work later today. The 1970's are winding down . . . well, not really, as I'm down to the digital quartz which don't wind or unwind. Today is the 1978 Sensor TriLite LCD that replaced the TI LED digital on my wrist (worn yesterday) after going through three pairs of 386 cells in rapid succession, relegating the TI to the jewelry box. LCD technology and its lower power drain by orders of magnitude displaced the LED watches very swiftly. The "TriLite" part of name refers to the Tritium it has behind the LCD screen that enabled seeing it at night. Its glow wasn't enough to be noticeable during the day, but it made the display very legible in dim light. Alas, Tritium has a 12-year half-life, and like Radium, it doesn't glow on its own. It's paired with a chemical "phosphor" that glows when irradiated by its radioactive decay. The phosphor's radio-luminescence chemically degrades with about the same half-life. After 12 years you're down to ~25% of what you started with, and it's barely detectable. Bottom line is you wouldn't be able to see anything from it now, even in an underground cavern with no light - and if you've ever been underground with all the lights out, it's darker than dark (why you never go underground without three reliable light sources). I've long since misplaced the instructions, but setting it is simple. IIRC, you have to set a Feb. 29th manually in a leap year as it's programmed to go from 28 February to 1 March. Whether it stores this for use in another four years I don't recall, but don't believe so as the battery will die before then and all date and time programming are lost. It's a very basic hour/minute/second with month/date digital. No fancy stopwatch, timer, or alarm functions. Maybe, some day when I have nothing better to do, I'll pull the screw down back and look at how the Tritium vial might be replaced, if possible. It has a battery hatch in the middle of the back and that's all that's been opened on it. Unlike the Texas Instruments which is also in a chromed "base metal" (brass) case, this one was worn for a number of years when I wasn't wearing the Chalet beater during military operations. This was before I acquired the Mil-Spec Hamilton's. Its wear and use was replaced by the Seiko SQ RR when I noted it "brassing" around the edges as the chrome plating wore through. It was then relegated to the jewelry box next to the red LED TI. Wore it periodically as a non-military beater instead of the zero jewel Chalet. As compared to the red LED TI, it uses one 386 Silver Oxide instead of two, and runs on it for about 2-1/2 years or so, versus burning through a pair of them in few months at the most. While the case is a thick, heavy block of brass, the bracelet is the typical thin, "hair puller" with wrapped stainless steel sheet metal link construction. It uses solid friction pins to hold the links together. Removing links requires jeweler's tools (hammer and drift) to pound them out and beat them back in. Driving them back in must be done with some care to prevent bending them. The friction is substantial. Those that have dealt with enough vintage bracelets have undoubtedly encountered these.
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Post by marsss25 on Aug 19, 2020 18:13:23 GMT
“G” on the wrist for a while... followed by a watch that puts the “hump” in “hump day have a great day everyone Yup, Humptiedumptie day, nice black Casio and flying saucer... I think I start a thread about all the blue dial watches people own...
That Deep Blue would be the way to start it! Bluetiful!
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Post by marsss25 on Aug 19, 2020 18:14:46 GMT
Stickin' with this guy again.... And why not... it’s a nice one for sure.
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Post by marsss25 on Aug 19, 2020 18:18:07 GMT
Nice ones Marcel! Always like seeing the flying saucer and I'll be wearing the G-Shock for the couple hours of yard work later today. The 1970's are winding down . . . well, not really, as I'm down to the digital quartz which don't wind or unwind. Today is the 1978 Sensor TriLite LCD that replaced the TI LED digital on my wrist (worn yesterday) after going through three pairs of 386 cells in rapid succession, relegating the TI to the jewelry box. LCD technology and its lower power drain by orders of magnitude displaced the LED watches very swiftly. The "TriLite" part of name refers to the Tritium it has behind the LCD screen that enabled seeing it at night. Its glow wasn't enough to be noticeable during the day, but it made the display very legible in dim light. Alas, Tritium has a 12-year half-life, and like Radium, it doesn't glow on its own. It's paired with a chemical "phosphor" that glows when irradiated by its radioactive decay. The phosphor's radio-luminescence chemically degrades with about the same half-life. After 12 years you're down to ~25% of what you started with, and it's barely detectable. Bottom line is you wouldn't be able to see anything from it now, even in an underground cavern with no light - and if you've ever been underground with all the lights out, it's darker than dark (why you never go underground without three reliable light sources). I've long since misplaced the instructions, but setting it is simple. IIRC, you have to set a Feb. 29th manually in a leap year as it's programmed to go from 28 February to 1 March. Whether it stores this for use in another four years I don't recall, but don't believe so as the battery will die before then and all date and time programming are lost. It's a very basic hour/minute/second with month/date digital. No fancy stopwatch, timer, or alarm functions. Maybe, some day when I have nothing better to do, I'll pull the screw down back and look at how the Tritium vial might be replaced, if possible. It has a battery hatch in the middle of the back and that's all that's been opened on it. Unlike the Texas Instruments which is also in a chromed "base metal" (brass) case, this one was worn for a number of years when I wasn't wearing the Chalet beater during military operations. This was before I acquired the Mil-Spec Hamilton's. Its wear and use was replaced by the Seiko SQ RR when I noted it "brassing" around the edges as the chrome plating wore through. It was then relegated to the jewelry box next to the red LED TI. Wore it periodically as a non-military beater instead of the zero jewel Chalet. As compared to the red LED TI, it uses one 386 Silver Oxide instead of two, and runs on it for about 2-1/2 years or so, versus burning through a pair of them in few months at the most. While the case is a thick, heavy block of brass, the bracelet is the typical thin, "hair puller" with wrapped stainless steel sheet metal link construction. It uses solid friction pins to hold the links together. Removing links requires jeweler's tools (hammer and drift) to pound them out and beat them back in. Driving them back in must be done with some care to prevent bending them. The friction is substantial. Those that have dealt with enough vintage bracelets have undoubtedly encountered these. Another great vintage piece, with personal history worn right into it!
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Post by zeb on Aug 19, 2020 21:46:44 GMT
“G” on the wrist for a while... followed by a watch that puts the “hump” in “hump day” have a great day everyone I love that SST! I got the Orient M-Force 2011 diver out today. it's 46mm, but it's relatively slim and hugs my wrist perfectly. Very comfortable!
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Post by marsss25 on Aug 19, 2020 22:34:16 GMT
“G” on the wrist for a while... followed by a watch that puts the “hump” in “hump day” have a great day everyone I love that SST! I got the Orient M-Force 2011 diver out today. it's 46mm, but it's relatively slim and hugs my wrist perfectly. Very comfortable! Thanks, Dan- great watch as well. I asked Jeff yesterday and it is visible on your shots, the lume on the hands seems a different colour from the indices. I think it’s most likely attributable to the thickness. Wonderful bezel design on that
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Post by bfhammer on Aug 19, 2020 23:38:32 GMT
Nice ones Marcel! Always like seeing the flying saucer and I'll be wearing the G-Shock for the couple hours of yard work later today. The 1970's are winding down . . . well, not really, as I'm down to the digital quartz which don't wind or unwind. Today is the 1978 Sensor TriLite LCD that replaced the TI LED digital on my wrist (worn yesterday) after going through three pairs of 386 cells in rapid succession, relegating the TI to the jewelry box. LCD technology and its lower power drain by orders of magnitude displaced the LED watches very swiftly. The "TriLite" part of name refers to the Tritium it has behind the LCD screen that enabled seeing it at night. Its glow wasn't enough to be noticeable during the day, but it made the display very legible in dim light. Alas, Tritium has a 12-year half-life, and like Radium, it doesn't glow on its own. It's paired with a chemical "phosphor" that glows when irradiated by its radioactive decay. The phosphor's radio-luminescence chemically degrades with about the same half-life. After 12 years you're down to ~25% of what you started with, and it's barely detectable. Bottom line is you wouldn't be able to see anything from it now, even in an underground cavern with no light - and if you've ever been underground with all the lights out, it's darker than dark (why you never go underground without three reliable light sources). I've long since misplaced the instructions, but setting it is simple. IIRC, you have to set a Feb. 29th manually in a leap year as it's programmed to go from 28 February to 1 March. Whether it stores this for use in another four years I don't recall, but don't believe so as the battery will die before then and all date and time programming are lost. It's a very basic hour/minute/second with month/date digital. No fancy stopwatch, timer, or alarm functions. Maybe, some day when I have nothing better to do, I'll pull the screw down back and look at how the Tritium vial might be replaced, if possible. It has a battery hatch in the middle of the back and that's all that's been opened on it. Unlike the Texas Instruments which is also in a chromed "base metal" (brass) case, this one was worn for a number of years when I wasn't wearing the Chalet beater during military operations. This was before I acquired the Mil-Spec Hamilton's. Its wear and use was replaced by the Seiko SQ RR when I noted it "brassing" around the edges as the chrome plating wore through. It was then relegated to the jewelry box next to the red LED TI. Wore it periodically as a non-military beater instead of the zero jewel Chalet. As compared to the red LED TI, it uses one 386 Silver Oxide instead of two, and runs on it for about 2-1/2 years or so, versus burning through a pair of them in few months at the most. While the case is a thick, heavy block of brass, the bracelet is the typical thin, "hair puller" with wrapped stainless steel sheet metal link construction. It uses solid friction pins to hold the links together. Removing links requires jeweler's tools (hammer and drift) to pound them out and beat them back in. Driving them back in must be done with some care to prevent bending them. The friction is substantial. Those that have dealt with enough vintage bracelets have undoubtedly encountered these. One of my brothers had a LCD with the tritium glow backlight also. It sort of mystified my 12 year old mind at the time.
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Post by bfhammer on Aug 19, 2020 23:42:52 GMT
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